Whenever I get a reply to a networking email I sent:

Remember kids, read your textbook *before* asking AI to make a study guide, quiz, or podcast.

#AcademicSky #LibSky #LibrarianSky #CollegeLibrarian #AI

Looking for a good way to kick-start your New Year? Take action to #FundLibraries: Tell your members of Congress to support library funding in this year's federal budget!

There's no better way to get the year started than by showing up #ForOurLibraries: app.oneclickpolitics.com/campaign-pag...

Despite big challenges, libraries nationwide are providing information & resources to their communities every day. In Rhode Island, they're flourishing: www.warwickonline.com/townnews/mus...

Tell Congress to #FundLibraries and help all communities flourish: app.oneclickpolitics.com/campaign-pag...

Today, Alberta's two biggest school divisions say dozens of books have been taken off shelves as the province's ban took effect this week.

34 titles were removed by the Edmonton Public School Division, and 44 were removed by the Calgary Board of Education:

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...

Kick off 2026 with an online screening and Q&A with the award-winning doc, @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social, on January 10 at 2pm PT / 5pm ET! This event includes a post-screening conversation with Director/Producer Kim Snyder and film participants!

Get tickets now: https://bit.ly/49kZCVr

Heard a solid LLM integration into an assignment today:
Nurses get patients bringing info from "Dr Google" &now LLMs, so for this assignment nursing students go to Google, ChatGPT, &the library's databases for info about a health concern of their choice. Then critique the differences in sources. 📚

If anyone's looking for a fun passive program, try an interactive display where students can share their AI tips!

#academiclibrary #academicsky #librarysky #passiveprogram #librariansky #libsky

❌ Sorry, folks: This is not legit footage of an opossum stealing candy from a bowl before being startled by a Halloween decoration.

✔️ It's AI-generated & was shared by engagement bait accounts.

🔗 Tangible tips to avoid falling for such AI fakes: go.newslit.org/OpossumAI

#AILiteracy

ALA, I choose you! 📚

I was today years old when I found out Elsevier has free online AI courses for academic librarians #academiclibrary #skybrarian #libsky

In our webinar with @ala-booklist.bsky.social, we'll discuss APA Style Manual, updates to #APAStyle guidance on citing AI, and how to support #AcademicWriting in a world with AI and misinformation.

🗓️ October 1, 2025 at 2:00 p.m.
🔗 free registration: bit.ly/4ptaw2G

When citing multiple works: To draw a reader's attention to a particular citation, you can cite that work first and use “see also” (or a similar phrase) before the remaining citations in alphabetical order.

Example:
(Watson et al., 1988; see also Kuesten et al., 2014; Sandin, 2003)

#AcWri #APA7

Are any other colleges working on AI academic integrity policies?

We're trying to get ahead of the curve with AI in academics, but the exact how has been ... challenging 😅

#libsky #skybrarians #librarysky #academiclibrary #librariansky #academicsky

Managed to get fidget ring prizes just in time for finals. Wishing all our students the best of luck!!

Watching our Surgical Tech, Medical Assisting, and Electrical Tech students and staff help a student who got locked out of their car was an absolutely magical end to my day

#tradeschool

“Information has never been more accessible than it is now, but being able to access information & being able to know if what you're reading is credible are not the same thing.” - 8th-grade U.S. history teacher Lisa McKinsey

@wesa.fm story on the Butler Area School District (PA) ⤵️

#NewsLiteracy