Our poster engages a collaboration between Library Instruction and Black Studies/English, examining how we used an interdisciplinary pedagogy to create an environment where students understand themselves as contributors to the disciplines. Over the course of four years, the librarian came to the professor’s courses to provide scaffolded library i…[Read more]

In the words of the late scholar, critic, and artist, bell hooks, “though rarely articulated as such, the camera became in black life a political instrument, a way to resist misrepresentation as well as a means by which alternative images could be produced.” Black librarianship and memory work has been integral to preserving the evidence of thi…[Read more]

Many libraries hold rare book collections and they maintain and explore them with special attention, usually by following international standards. Over time, extensive knowledge has been accumulated about these books. However, the intensity of research on these collections can vary. My library’s rare book project presented here is based on the…[Read more]

The current rise of large language models (LLM) like ChatGPT and Bard and image-generating apps like Stable Diffusion, DALL-E 2, and Midjourney have led to a surge in hype and media coverage. This presentation was an attempt to cut through the hype and clarify the ways in which our unit might make use of the new generative AI tools available while…[Read more]

In preparing to work with some colleagues on how to start with Mastodon I created a short document with some helpful tips. In addition to posting to my blog I wanted to share this with others who might be trying to figure out where to start with the fediverse.