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VOLUME 36, NUMBER 3
JUNE 2024 TM
“Linking Publishers, Vendors and Librarians”
ISSN: 1043-2094
AI in Libraries Guest Edited by Vessela Ensberg
(Associate Director, Data Architecture, UC Davis Library)
and Peter Brantley
(Director, Online Strategy, UC Davis Library)
Begins on Page 12
WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN THIS ISSUE: ... but this is wondrous strange (Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 5, line 171)... 12 An Interview with Gary Price.... 15 Generative AI for Scholarly Information Access.................... 19 Libraries, AI and Training Collections.................................. 22 Some Next Generation Legal Issues for Training Generative Technologies.............................. 25 Visualising Collection Records with the Use of Generative AI.... 28 Embracing Serendipitous Innovation in Libraries............. 32
REGULAR COLUMNS
If Rumors Were Horses
H
appy summer! The first day of summer is here! June in SC is hot, hot, hot, and the beaches are crowded, crowded, crowded. The Charleston area (Folly Beach, Isle of Palms, Sullivans Island, and Kiawah Island!) has been a popular vacation destination for years but it’s getting more and more congested. Here’s a fun guide to enjoying your summer in the Lowcountry from the Charleston City Paper. Where do you like to go to visit the beach? Or are you more of a mountain getaway type person? Either way, hope you get a chance to enjoy your favorite places this summer. We have a lot of Rumors so let’s get cracking!
Bet You Missed It....................... 10 Reader’s Roundup..................... 35 Booklover.................................... 39 Legally Speaking....................... 40 Questions and Answers............ 43 Seeing the Whole Board.......... 45 And They Were There............... 47 Wandering the Web.................. 50 Libraries, Leadership, and Synergies.................................... 52 Optimizing Library Services.... 56 The Digital Toolbox.................. 58 Biz of Digital............................... 60 Back Talk..................................... 70
INTERVIEWS Peter Potter................................ 64
Conferences and Events Did you attend the SSP 2024 Annual Meeting? It was held May 29-31 in the seaport district of Boston. Leah Hinds, our Executive Director, and Don Hawkins, our Conference Blogger, were both there and report strong attendance and high energy and engagement with a strong program. Leah presented alongside Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe (University of Illinois continued on page 8
PROFILES ENCOURAGED People, Library and Company Profiles........................................ 66 Plus more...................... See inside