Friday, January 05, 2024

New articles: Inclusive pedagogy; ACRL & SIFT; High cost of open offices; AI and creativity

The latest issue of open access College and Research Libraries News (vol 84 issue 11) includes:
- Engaging with Indigenous practices: Inclusive pedagogy by Kim L. Ranger
- Six frames, four moves, one habit: Finding ACRL’s Framework within SIFT by Allison I. Faix, Amy F. Fyn
- Neither open nor equitable: The high cost of open offices by Meredith Farkas (not about Information Literacy but well worth reading!)
- The fall of creativity: A librarian’s role in the world of AI by Shoshana Frank
Go to https://crln.acrl.org/index.php/crlnews/issue/view/1649/showToc
Image by Sheila Webber using Midjourney AI using the prompt
open-plan office, crowded, threatening, --ar 16:9.You will note that apparently open plan offices are occupied almost entirely by men. When I added "women workers" to the prompt it came up with rows of women in 1950s outfits doing 1950s type things with stacks of paper and/or angry women shouting and throwing things. Hmmm

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