#infolit — Public Fediverse posts
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Now shipping! Presenting a systematic philosophical framework for thinking critically about knowledge, information, and one’s own quest for what matters in life, this book serves as a fun and irreverent guide for sound-decision making in action. https://alastore.ala.org/thnkcrit
#ALA #AmericanLibraryAssociation #LIS #MLIS #libraries #librarianship #InformationScience #infolit #informationliteracy #punk #criticalthinking #library
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[Veille] Aux Etats-Unis, des bibliothécaires désemparés face aux demandes de livres inventés par l’IA, Le Monde, 24/01/2026 https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2026/01/24/aux-etats-unis-des-bibliothecaires-desempares-face-aux-demandes-de-livres-inventes-par-l-ia_6663922_3246.html
#GenAI #IA #informationliteracy #infolit #computerliteracy #AIliteracy #chatbots #libraries #BUfr #bibliothèques -
The Case of the Vanishing #Hit Count: Rethinking Query Craftsmanship in a Post-Boolean World— Reflections from Day 2 of my FSCI 2025 workshop on AI‑powered search
👉 Understanding the Shift from Exact #Boolean Hits to the "Top-k" Results of #SemanticSearch and the Evaluated Hits of #DeepSearch.
By Aaron Tay
https://open.substack.com/pub/aarontay/p/the-case-of-the-vanishing-hit-count
#SearchEvolution #AcademicSearchChallenges #Discovery #InformationDiscovery #InformationLiteracy #infolit #TopK #SearchStrategy #booleanoperations #HitCount
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I get the concern with AI - or 'essay bots' as they call them here... but the response is like burying heads in the sand. AI tools like this will be part of these children's world. They need to be taught how to use AI - appropriately, ethically, safely & responsibly. Also, understanding how accuracy isn't guaranteed. Those 'old-school' information literacy skills and the ability to spot #FakeNews have never been more important.
#AI #Education #ChatGPT #School #GCSE #SchoolAI #Teachers #ArtificialIntelligence #InformationLiteracy #InfoLit