February 2025 - Ai-sig - exlibrisusers.org

Welcome Again Everyone and a Topical Discussion on AI Licensing
by Pate, Davin Feb. 18, 2025

Feb. 18, 2025

Hello Everyone, Welcome again to this new listserv. As a note, we have had around 340 people sign up in the past week for the listserv. I encourage everyone to share AI-related topics within this listserv. We have not explicitly dealt with just Ex Libris AI discussions, so please feel free to discuss any AI-related topic. I thought that I would start a discussion on AI and Licensing, and I might revisit this topic periodically as the landscape changes. What terms or terminology have you seen in AI? Have you tried to include AI language in any licensing, and has it been successful? Any state requirements on AI? Have you found data mining terms to be sufficient instead of negotiating new clauses, or will you revisit older licenses to include AI-specific terms? So far, I have not seen any vendors specifically force AI language on new licenses, but I think this may change in the future. I have succeeded in limited cases of expanding data mining clauses to include data scraping for AI training. However, this has only occurred in a few licenses where the vendor has already allowed for data mining of the resource. Take care, and have a blessed week, Davin Pate, M.L.S. Assistant Director for Scholarly Communications and Collections (972) 883-2908 |davin.pate(a)utdallas.edu<mailto:%7Cdavin.pate@utdallas.edu> http://www.utdallas.edu/library/ The University of Texas at Dallas [cid:image001.png@01DB81DF.1D95AC80]<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/af697753dcc24b9e926afe35e8e84e9d…> Book time to meet with me<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/af697753dcc24b9e926afe35e8e84e9d…>

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Hello new listserv!
by Gaida, Julie Feb. 13, 2025

Feb. 13, 2025

Hi everyone, I'm wondering how everyone is using AI in their work, or have any interesting tools they use. Here are a couple of my go-tos: Goblin.tools : this is a really helpful tool for neurodivergent folks like me, and it has a lot of features including a "magic todo" list which helps to break down large tasks into smaller subtasks NotebookLM : this tool is nice because you can upload documents and get summaries in various formats, including an AI-generated podcast(!) I'd be interested in what other tools you use in your daily work life. Thanks, Julie Julie Gaida, MLIS (she/they, adhd<https://www.forbes.com/sites/denisebrodey/2018/10/04/what-employees-with-ad…>) Electronic Resources Librarian, Acquisitions University Libraries, LIB 5020, Iowa City, IA 52242 P: (319) 467-1412 E: julie-gaida(a)uiowa.edu<mailto:julie-gaida@uiowa.edu> | lib-eresource(a)uiowa.edu<mailto:lib-eresource@uiowa.edu> lib.uiowa.edu [The University of Iowa Logo]

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Welcome Everyone
by Pate, Davin Feb. 11, 2025

Feb. 11, 2025

Hi Everyone, Welcome everyone who recently joined. As mentioned in the invitation threads, I will post about the upcoming ELUNA group organization meeting once I have a confirmed timeslot and date. In the meantime, I will send out some discussion points over the coming days/weeks. I welcome everyone to have open discussions on AI topics. For now, there are no direct projects/work that is being directed. Thanks again for your interest, Davin Pate, M.L.S. Assistant Director for Scholarly Communications and Collections (972) 883-2908 |davin.pate(a)utdallas.edu<mailto:%7Cdavin.pate@utdallas.edu> http://www.utdallas.edu/library/ The University of Texas at Dallas [cid:image001.png@01DB7C9C.58CEECA0]<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/af697753dcc24b9e926afe35e8e84e9d…> Book time to meet with me<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/af697753dcc24b9e926afe35e8e84e9d…>

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