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Bohyun Kim
@bohyunkim.bsky.social
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Works at a library; AUL for IT; formerly CTO/Professor & LITA President (now @ALA_Core); Technology & Power column; Pronounced bo+h+yun (as in 'yearn' w/o r; not as in d'une'). bohyunkim.net/blog
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Come by to discuss AI in the context of library user needs and goals - today 1pm at PCC 115A! “The Future of Library Services: Innovating with AI, UX, and the Service Design” - RUSA President’s Program
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RUSA President’s Program “The Future of Library Services: Innovating with AI, User Experience and the Service Design”, Sunday, June 29, 2025 1-2 pm - Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 115 A (https://cdmcd.co/zEXmAq)
June 29, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Attending “AILA President's Program: Truth, Identity, and Responsibility: Libraries and the Issue of Pretendians” at #alaac25. A great program (slides at docs.google.com/presentation...)
Citizenship & Blood Quantum Native Americans are not a 'race' of people, but citizens of sovereign nations - much like being American, Canadian, or Mexican. • Each Native nation defines its own criteria for citizenship, often utilizing blood quantum. • Important note: Native Identity is reciprocal. You can claim a community, but a community also needs to claim you back. The Harm of Pretendians • Patterns of Deception in order to gain wealth and fame (authors, professors, influencers) • Real Community Examples • An Artist/Community Curator • A Library Program • Well known authors • The Trail of Metadata What can and should we be doing? • Educate yourself • Attend training, consult resources • Inventory and evaluate your collection • Have concrete policies within your collection development that reflect the importance of authentic Indigenous Identity and Experience • Make a plan or a procedure to follow when books/authors are questioned • Ask for community references when inviting Native speakers to your library Resources from Dr. Debbie Reese Debbie Reese: Native or Not? https://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/p/native-or-not-resource-list.html List specific to Bruchac/Vermont groups: https://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2023/09/is-joseph-brucha C-trulv-abenaki.html From Debbie: "And I ought to do a page with a list of people who wrote children's books and claimed to be Native but I don't have one yet. There's lots of stand-alone pages, like this one I did in 2007 on Forrest Carter who wrote The Education of Little Tree. The comments are good because many are from librarians trying to figure out where to put that book." https://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2007/11/where-is-your-copy-of-education-of.html
June 28, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Woohoo!!! Core 5-Year Anniversary! Come to the Core Gala event if you can; the tickets are still available. : ) 🎉 #alaac25
Core 5th year anniversary
June 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Listening to Heather Joseph’s @hjoseph.bsky.social opening plenary at #OpenRepos2025 and it’s so good!
Some things in our ecosystem will break from the current pressures.
June 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Interested in AI/Gen AI? I am presenting at 2 sessions in #alaac24.

CALA President's Program: A Panel Discussion on Artificial Intelligence's Impact on Libraries | Sunday 1-2pm; SDCC 26 A B

Generative Artificial Intelligence, Libraries, and The People They Serve | Monday, 1-2pm
SDCC 28 D E
CALA President's Program & Posters 2024: A Panel Discussion on Artificial Intelligence's Impact on Libraries Sunday, June 30 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Room: San Diego Convention Center, Room 26 A B Generative Artificial Intelligence, Libraries, and The People They Serve: A Guided Discussion Monday, July 1 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Room: San Diego Convention Center, Room 28 D E
June 27, 2024 at 11:17 AM
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Happy lunar new year of the blue dragon!! 🎉
February 10, 2024 at 4:13 PM
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LOL from one of very many sessions about AI (and heroic librarianship) today at the IFLA WLIC 2023. 😆
August 22, 2023 at 11:52 AM
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Just making it obvious that I work at a library in my first post! Not exactly in these beautiful spaces but in relative proximity with less books and a lot more machines. XD
University of Michigan Hatcher Library Reading Room University of Michigan Shapiro Library Clark Commons
August 8, 2023 at 2:46 AM