#mlis things

[ofthehummingbirds]

officially a master of library and information science !! and I couldn’t have done it without my deep love of knowing too much about useless things and also fanfiction

[ofthehummingbirds]

On libraries, AI, and modern dependence on technology

I just started my last year of my MLIS (master of library and information science), and one thing that stuck out to me was the AI of it all. This website has had conversations about AI before, specifically in academia, most of which I agree with, but I also wanted to toss in this because…yikes.

So, in first semester, we covered a lot of basics. The history of librarianship and reference, helping and serving our community, etc. etc. however, I also took a class surrounding information technology for educators (see: using technology like Google classroom and captioning and green screens for educational purposes), and holy SHIT was the AI rampant. Even beyond this, which was using mostly educational AI to see HOW to use it to help our students, my other classes were just as AI filled. We talked at length about the possibility of AI taking our jobs, how we can combat it, and any tricks to use AI to our advantage.

Second semester and onward (this present day), I got a job working in the library of a nearby medical school. I love my job, but the one thing that stuck with me the most thus far is how lenient they are with AI usage. Our library system (Alma, it's often used in academic libraries) has an AI research assistant, which--shocker--doesn't fucking work. I took an entire class in my second semester about information management, and we spent a three hour class time talking about how AI doesn't work. This semester, I'm taking a reading comprehension for youths course, and the professor regularly says we can look in Chat GPT for answers. In a reading comprehension course. With a program that does not provide basic accurate comprehension.

Libraries are not going to be overtaken by AI, but we will be hindered by it. Every time a AI search companion accidentally imagines a document, or an article, or a resource, libraries will be the ones to take the fall. AI is killing how we do research, and how we provide reference work, and even how we comprehend things. Yes, libraries are more than just books and reference, but that is still a large part of what we do. A lot of the people I interact with don't want to do the searching for texts or materials, they just want to let AI search for them. The longer we continue feeding AI and giving it every query we can think of, the more we're bound to be a population without basic research or comprehension skills.

[ofthehummingbirds]

truly counting down the days until I finish grad school and I can have a life again. 36 hours of employment sounds SOOOOO sexy to me. I can’t wait to try and make friends (maybe.) and have hobbies.

less than 50 days to go (AHHH??)!!

[ofthehummingbirds]

if you rewrite your life, may I still play a part?

kat

she/her, bisexual

20s

loud and proud masshole

librarian

oxford comma and em-dash enthusiast, classic literature elitism believer

frequent migraine haver

“#kats comments” for personal thoughts/rambles!

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indie pop enthusiast

lover of all kitschy and camp media, especially if it's a bit spooky and super gay

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Kat/Melodicchaos Fic Masterlist

everything was getting kind of clunky, so here is a dedicated masterlist! i will update this regularly, but not much has changed to it right now.

my main ao3 acc is melodicchaos , and all my fics are under #melodicchaos fics! i occasionally post snippets of fics and also constantly promote them! check under the tags related to it (i usually tag #fic: [first few words of the title]) for promos, rambles, and snippets!

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feel free to stick around and hang out while i talk about whatever’s rattling around in my brain, and join in if you’d like <3 dms and asks are always open if you’d like to join in the fun!

[ofthehummingbirds]

so often I’m like. thanks for the milestone and accomplishment i wish i never did this and i will be talking about it in therapy.

and then I realize it’s not worth my energy and I need to calm down. maybe this is life without ssris