Karen Gutzman
kglibrarian.bsky.social
Karen Gutzman
@kglibrarian.bsky.social
Librarian. Interested in research impact, python, data viz, theology and everything else. @kglibrarian@glammr.us. Views are my own.
Please keep writing (and sharing) these emails if only because after reading, we will all learn about things we didn't catch happening during these chaotic months.
September 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Then this:

"Led by the Department of Commerce (DOC) through the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), revise the NIST AI Risk Management Framework to eliminate references to misinformation, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and climate change."

www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
WHITE HOUSE UNVEILS AMERICA'S AI ACTION PLAN
WASHINGTON, DC – The White House today released “Winning the AI Race: America’s AI Action Plan”, in accordance with President Trump’s January executive
www.whitehouse.gov
July 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
This article is about a library catalog (in beta) that returned zero results for searches on “Gaza war” or “Tulsa Race Massacre.” b/c it uses a 3rd party AI search assist (possibly Azure OpenAI) with safety/moderation filters that silently rewrote or blocked the queries behind the scenes.
July 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I failed. I was walking home from the Chicago campus at 9 PM, blissfully unaware of the weather, only to be met by an absolute deluge. Completely soaked. Zero foresight. I had an umbrella but it was little use. I will not do well in this new system.
July 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM