March 2025 - Ai-sig - exlibrisusers.org

Topic Discussion (Ex Libris/ProQuest/Clarivate AI Products)
by Pate, Davin April 3, 2025

April 3, 2025

Hi Everyone, I wanted to begin our initial Topic Discussion series with the following: What Clarivate/ProQuest/Ex Libris AI Products/Tools are you or your university currently investigating? What have you liked about the products and have you seen any Initial problems or concerns regarding the products? If you have seen a significant concern, what case have you submitted, if any, and the case number associated with the issue. I hope to track the information on a spreadsheet and provide it to the related working groups/steering. We have a number of Ex Libris developers on this list so it will also assist with pointing out issues as well as sharing what people are finding helpful. Thanks again for your contributions, 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@01DBA259.2A8C2BE0]<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/af697753dcc24b9e926afe35e8e84e9d…> Book time to meet with me<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/af697753dcc24b9e926afe35e8e84e9d…>

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SAIL, Poe, and a Long Lecture on How LLMs Actually Work
by Dejah T Rubel March 28, 2025

March 28, 2025

Hi everyone, I just wanted to share some resources that are helping me understand AI in a larger context. George Siemans writes an awesome newsletter<https://buttondown.com/SAIL/archive/sail-ai-products-america-still-winning-…> on Sensemaking, AI, and Learning (SAIL) you can subscribe to without having to create an account, etc. That's where I found this very long video<https://youtu.be/7xTGNNLPyMI?si=Tp_GDH4R3BFmxUOv> from Andrej Karpathy on how LLMs actually work. It's an excellent overview that doesn't involve any coding or math with nice visuals that explain complicated concepts. If you want to play around with various LLM models, create your own bots, etc. I recommend Poe.com. Yes, some of the cutting edge models are subscription-only, and the free version has a limited number of tokens per day, but it's a great site for non-technical people to explore what AI can do. And if you do need to work on something longer, you can continue a chat the next day, which is what I've been doing. [cid:image004.jpg@01DB9FD2.26B694D0]Dejah Rubel Metadata and Electronic Resources Management Librarian Ferris Library for Information, Technology and Education 231-591-3544

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AI Topics to discuss (Ex Libris)
by Pate, Davin March 28, 2025

March 28, 2025

Hi Everyone, I hope this message finds everyone well. I wanted to start a discussion on Ex Libris AI and break this up into a few parts over the next few weeks, with us covering several topics before ELUNA. I thought about what topics we might want to discuss and what might be relayed to the different working groups/steering. Week One (March 31-April 6): Ex Libris/ProQuest/Clarivate AI Products - General Discussion. What have you liked about the AI platforms and initial Problems/Concerns that might be sent to the working groups? Week Two (April 7-April 13th: Ex Libris/ProQuest/Clarivate AI Products - Feature Development. Are there AI features you have seen from other products that you might like to see incorporated into one of the products Week Three (April 14th -April 21st): Ex Libris/ProQuest/Clarivate AI Products - Bugs/Issues. What ongoing bugs/issues have you encountered, and in what product? Week Four (April 22nd - April 29th): AI Focus of Clarivate and Clarivate-owned companies: Discuss the direction of Clarivates AI initiatives and the attention given to those initiatives, concerns, feedback, etc. May Weekly Focus (TBD) Some thoughts could be weekly discussions on specific products and interest in new AI initiatives from Clarivate (like Specto, Collecto/Rialto, or something entirely different ). Let me know what you think of the topical discussions if you have ideas for topics. Thanks again for joining the listserv. Davin Pate, M.L.S. Assistant Director for Scholarly Communications and Collections Interim Chair Artificial Intelligence Special Interest Group(ELUNA) (972) 883-2908 |davin.pate(a)utdallas.edu<mailto:|davin.pate@utdallas.edu> http://www.utdallas.edu/library/ The University of Texas at Dallas [cid:image001.png@01DB9FC2.F0965F20]<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/af697753dcc24b9e926afe35e8e84e9d…> Book time to meet with me<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/af697753dcc24b9e926afe35e8e84e9d…>

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Welcome all new members of the Listserv
by Pate, Davin March 14, 2025

March 14, 2025

Hi Everyone, Thanks again to all the new members. As a note, we will be conducting an election for the chair of the SIG at ELUNA this year. The meeting will be held on June 18th, from 2:00 P.M. to 2:45 P.M., and is currently scheduled for the International 3 meeting room. Please let me know if you have any questions. I encourage anyone who is interested in the Special Interest Group or being the chair to attend the session. Thank you, Davin Pate, M.L.S. Assistant Director for Scholarly Communications and Collections Interim Chair Artificial Intelligence Special Interest Group(ELUNA) (972) 883-2908 |davin.pate(a)utdallas.edu<mailto:|davin.pate@utdallas.edu> http://www.utdallas.edu/library/ The University of Texas at Dallas [cid:image001.png@01DB94BF.6C926740]<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/af697753dcc24b9e926afe35e8e84e9d…> Book time to meet with me<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/af697753dcc24b9e926afe35e8e84e9d…>

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