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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Subject: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">NOTSL Fall Virtual meeting: Registration Open</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Posted on behalf of the Northern Ohio Technical Services Librarians Board; please pardon any duplication.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="elementtoproof"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Date:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> November 22, 2024</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Time</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">: 9am-4pm</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Location:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Virtual (Zoom)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Join us for the Northern Ohio Technical Services Librarians (NOTSL) Fall General Meeting:
<b>Byte-Sized Libraries: AI in Cataloging, Acquisitions, and Beyond</b>. This event will explore the impact of artificial intelligence in key areas of library technical services. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Terry Reese, Head of Digital Initiatives and Digital Integrations at The Ohio State University Libraries, will be the Keynote speaker. This session will discuss how tools using Generative AI are impacting
the development and management of bibliographic data.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Nat Gustafson-Sundell, Collections Librarian, & Evan Rusch, Reference Librarian, from Minnesota State University, Mankato will present “An overview of Generative AI experiments at Minnesota State University,
Mankato (so far).” This session will cover several experiments and initiatives focused on Generative Artificial Intelligence. We provided several examples at the Generative AI in Libraries (GAIL) conference. We will present a revised and expanded overview
of our experiments at the Northern Ohio Technical Services Librarians (NOTSL) Fall General Meeting. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Jeannette Mazur, Electronic Services Content Analyst, will present “AI and cataloging: The good, the bad and the Ugly.” Key topics include AI Basics, creating MARC records with AI, and future AI improvements
to the OPAC. The potential pitfalls are also examined, such as the costs of AI OPACs, the expertise required for implementation, and the ongoing need to manage hallucinations and biases.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Several librarians from New York University, will present “Knowledge Access AI Study Group: A Space for Learning about AI and Assessing Its Impact on Metadata.” This session includes three brief demos,
showcasing the lightning talks from the AI Study Group, which was established to demystify AI and understand its impact on the metadata operations through reading, testing. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="elementtoproof"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The full program is available on NOTSL’s
<a href="https://notsl.org/byte-sized-libraries-ai-in-cataloging-acquisitions-and-beyond/" target="_blank" title="Original URL: https://notsl.org/byte-sized-libraries-ai-in-cataloging-acquisitions-and-beyond/. Click or tap if you trust this link.">
website</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="elementtoproof"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Register for the event through EventBrite:
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0066CC"><a href="https://notsl-byte-sized-libraries.eventbrite.com/"><span style="color:#0066CC">https://notsl-byte-sized-libraries.eventbrite.com</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";color:#C00000">Leslie Kimble<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif;color:black">Technical Services Manager<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif;color:black">Warren-Trumbull County Public Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif;color:black">Warren, Ohio 44483-4692<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif;color:black">330-395-6568<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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