• A New Special Issue of Against the Grain Focuses on AI and Libraries

    A  special issue of Against the Grain (Vol. 36, No. 3; June 2024) focusing on AI and libraries is now available online.
    The special issue was guest edited by Vesella Ensberg (Associate Director, Data Architecture, UC Davis Library) and Peter Brantley and (Director, Online Strategy, UC Davis Library).Here’s What You’ll Find:
    …but this is wondrous strange (Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 5, line 171)… 12
    An Interview with Gary Price… 15
    Generative Al for Scholarly Inform
  • New Research Tool: IMF Releases AI Preparedness Index (AIPI) Data Dashboard

    From the International Monetary Fund (IMF):
    Our research has already shown how AI is poised to reshape the global economy. It could endanger 33 percent of jobs in advanced economies, 24 percent in emerging economies, and 18 percent in low-income countries. But, on the brighter side, it also brings enormous potential to enhance the productivity of existing jobs for which AI can be a complementary tool and to create new jobs and even new industries.Most emerging market economies and low-

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