This is part of my project looking into the transition from library staff to librarian and how people who did it felt about the whole thing. Spoiler: it sucks!

If that gets published next year (please let this happen; I just want this one thing!), maybe you'll get to see why and how much it sucks!

It also doesn't help that most instructors ask us to only do how-to OR the "tell my students not to cheat" sessions. We're going to keep getting stuck doing mediocre "AI lit" stuff if this keeps going and I hate it.

This is some of the stuff I try to cover when I get asked to do "AI Literacy sessions", instead of the how-to stuff. Problem, amongst many: it's kinda hard to do it well in a 50 mins one-shot (if you're even lucky enough to get that).

They also didn't identify themselves. The number looks spoofed. I have guesses, but I can't figure out who exactly it was. I blocked the number.

I only know of one other person who had this happen. We are both pretty upset that this happened.

So has anyone else experienced this? What did you do?

I don't have my number listed on Linkedin (shame me about that some other time) or on anything professional. It's sure as hell not on my staff page. I don't give my number out to patrons. My office calls aren't forwarded to my cell.

I don't have a fucking clue how they got my number.

I got a call from a number I didn't recognize, so I used my call screener to check:

"Hi Natalia, I'm calling about your role in regards to scholarly writing and research tools. Perhaps you university is looking to implement writing asst. for faculty/students. Let me know"

😨😨😨

None of this is coherent but how can it be when ICE IS STALKING CAR WASHES and ICE TRIED TO TAKE KIDS IN FRONT OF THEIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and WHY ARE THERE A SHIT TON OF MARINES DEPLOYED IN LA??

Telling Buffalo folks how stuff like ICE KIDNAPPED A GUY YESTERDAY OUTSIDE OF A CHURCH AND POINTED A RIFLE AT A PASTOR A MILE FROM WHERE MY FAMILY LIVES AND I'M AFAID IT'LL HAPPEN TO THEM TOO somehow isn't enough for them to understand how scared and mad people in LA feel, but maybe this will (?)

JIBARITOS! If there's something I regret not having enough while living in Chicago, it's jibaritos.