T is for Training 358 – I’d Rather Be USDA Prime than Choice

The latest episode of T is for Training – I’d Rather be USDA Prime than Choice is here for download (Click Here) and listening (Click Here)

Maurice, Paul, Tom, and Mark Corbett Wilson talked about imposter phenomenon, (not syndrome) the causes, how to spot it in the wild and how to help stop it.

Shameless self-promotion = Paul and are involved in a new venture with #357’s guest Anthony Chow of the San Jose State University iSchool called Information Gone Wild. Our first guest was R. David Lankes and that episode is out now on the SJSU iSchool YouTube channel. We just recorded episodes with Patty Wong, past ALA President and Cindy Hohl, Incoming ALA President coming up soon. Smash the like button and subscribe to the show!

This article from Brown University‘s Harriet W. Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning kicked us off today.

Here are the Pull quotes and observations:

There’s never enough time to know what you need to know.
I don’t give a shit about degrees.
I give a shit about the quality of thinking.
There’s a difference between internal imposter syndrome and external imposter syndrome.
Tom Haymes

A Man’s a Man for All That
Fighting in Academia is so vicious because the stakes are so small.
I look stupid all the time.
Mark Corbett Wilson

Remember, you were always that bird. or I can’t get this Sh*t to work.

Academic grades were co-opted from meat grading… So I’d Rather be USDA Prime than Choice.

Charles Sanders Peirce invented semiotics https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/peirce/

There is a burr in my saddle about imposter phenomenon.

My degree is bigger than your degree.

Imposter phenomenon comes from a dysfunctional hierarchy.

You can feel like an imposter if you are ahead of the curve and are waiting for everyone else to catch up.

Join us in two weeks for another taping at 9 eastern on May 2nd 2o24.

T is for Training 357 – Vetted Misinformation

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Maurice’s Notes – Books are linked throughout the notes.

Maurice, Paul, Tom, and Mark Corbett Wilson were joined by San Jose State University’s iSchool head Anthony Chow For those just joining us, this is an informal podcast conversation with stream of thought notes. And books. Always books.

Our jump-off point – A conversation with San Jose State University School of Information Professor/Director Anthony Chow on all things LIS, with an eye toward making connections between what students are gaining and what we need to know to support them through professional development opportunities as they enter (or advance through) our workplaces. 

Pull quotes

Empowering people to be all they can be.

Don’t be afraid of AI.

There will be an AI divide – those who know and those who don’t know how to use it.

Why is AI dangerous = inaccuracy, doesn’t deal with uncertainty vetted misinformation, AI picks up stereotypes.

Digital resources are like a buffet, some are taking and eating and some aren’t sure if the food tastes good.

It’s not about money, it’s about how you think about information and what literacy means.

Antiquated is a mindset

We judge the book by the cover so do our customers.

Discussion

K-12 libraries are about the haves and have-nots.  How do we support everyone across the socio-economic spectrum?

Here’s a link to the SJSU School of Information Advocacy Projects page, which provides an example of the innovative approach SJSU is taking to education for information professionals:https://ischool.sjsu.edu/library-advocacy-projects

There are some things to think about for the future of libraries:

AI? Yeah, AI.

Think of AI as a powerful disruptive force for libraries and society. What is the impact of AI on everything?

Don’t be afraid of AI.

There will be an AI divide – those who know and those who don’t know how to use it.

Jarvis, Jeff. The Gutenberg Parenthesis(book) Author interview on YouTube blurb: The Gutenberg Parenthesis traces the epoch of print from its fateful beginnings to our digital present – and draws out lessons for the age to come.

Mark Corbett Wilson’s AI & HE presentations on a Google Site: https://sites.google.com/wisr.edu/ai-and-he/home

I forgot who said this – “LLMs are moderately competent assistants that need constant supervision and work around the clock.”

Learning to bring things back to the iSchool.

Why is AI dangerous = inaccuracy, doesn’t deal with uncertainty vetted misinformation, AI picks up stereotypes.

AI – the Terminator endgame.

https://www.splicetoday.com/digital/asking-ai-life-s-big-questions

Leverage, work with, and cite AI

Digital Literacy

For students to experience and accomplish

There is as much time for learning for digital students

Create a digital baseline.

SJSU is a competency-based program.

Support to succeed not fail.

Digital resources are like a buffet, some are taking and eating and some aren’t sure if the food tastes good.

The Future of Libraries

Library 2035 (Book)

GPS thinking aka Yo Dummy, Rerouting. 

Agile with Data.

Human + Machine (Book)

Relevance and ROI  

the robot followed them home show title 6

Excited about perception.  Changing perception,  

We judge the book by the cover so do our customers.

We have to role model behavior and technology failure to learn what we do or don’t know.

It’s not about money, it’s about how you think about information and what literacy means.

Antiquated is a mindset

Situated Learning – https://www.cambridge.org/highereducation/books/situated-learning/6915ABD21C8E4619F750A4D4ACA616CD#overview