New blog post: One possible solution to ghost citations – The Distant Librarian https://distlib.pival.me/one-possible-solution-to-ghost-citations/

#distlib #Schoogle #hallucitations

New blog post: Mita’s observations on gatekeeping – The Distant Librarian https://distlib.pival.me/mitas-observations-on-gatekeeping/

#distlib #scholarship #AcademicPublishing

New blog post: Are you getting your news from AI? You might want to reconsider that… – The Distant Librarian https://distlib.pival.me/are-you-getting-your-news-from-ai-you-might-want-to-reconsider-that/

#distlib #AI #News #MisInformation

New blog post: Science journalists find ChatGPT is bad at summarizing scientific papers (but are they, really?) – The Distant Librarian https://distlib.pival.me/science-journalists-find-chatgpt-is-bad-at-summarizing-scientific-papers-but-are-they-really/

#distlib #llms

A new home for The Distant Librarian https://distlib.blogs.com/distlib/2025/09/a-new-home-for-the-distant-librarian.html

#distlib #Typepad #WordPress #MovingDay

New blog post: Typepad Shutdown Announcement https://distlib.blogs.com/distlib/2025/08/typepad-shutdown-announcement.html

Exporting and archiving now - will be on the hunt for a new platform to host the blog. Recommendations appreciated!

#distlib #Typepad #endings #AllGoodThings

New blog post:

New Survey Report Shows How Library Workers Use AI in Ontario https://distlib.blogs.com/distlib/2025/08/-new-survey-report-shows-how-library-workers-use-ai-in-ontario.html

#distlib #ai #libraries

New blog post: Guardrails don't fit with scholarship https://distlib.blogs.com/distlib/2025/07/guardrails-dont-fit-with-scholarship.html

#distlib #AI #bias #censorship #algorithms

New blog post: I'm no longer concerned about energy use and ChatGPT https://distlib.blogs.com/distlib/2025/05/im-no-longer-concerned-about-energy-use-and-chatgpt.html

#distlib #ai #energy #water

New blog post

Librarians and teachers amongst the heaviest users of AI - The 2025 AI Index Report https://distlib.blogs.com/distlib/2025/04/librarians-and-teachers-amongst-the-heaviest-users-of-ai-the-2025-ai-index-report.html

#distlib #ai

New blog post: Using ChatGPT to keep up on the news is like using a potato to commute to work. https://distlib.blogs.com/distlib/2025/03/using-chatgpt-to-keep-up-on-the-news-is-like-using-a-potato-to-commute-to-work.html

@Downes

#distlib #AI #SearchEngines #News

New blog post: How to increase memory available to VOSviewer on Windows https://distlib.blogs.com/distlib/2025/02/how-to-increase-memory-available-to-vosviewer-on-windows.html

#distlib #datavis

New blog post: *Don't* cite ChatGPT (or any other LLM Chatbot) https://distlib.blogs.com/distlib/2025/01/dont-cite-chatgpt-or-any-other-llm-chatbot.html

#distlib #ai #AcademicIntegrity #Scholarship

New blog post: Ethics Case Studies of Artificial Intelligence for Library and Information Professionals https://distlib.blogs.com/distlib/2024/12/ethics-case-studies-of-artificial-intelligence-for-library-and-information-professionals.html

#distlib #Ethics #AI #Libraries

New blog post: Bluesky Mapping Canadian Skeets https://distlib.blogs.com/distlib/2024/11/bluesky-mapping-canadian-skeets.html

#distlib #Bluesky

New blog post: The Sisyphean Cycle of Technology Panics https://distlib.blogs.com/distlib/2024/10/the-sisyphean-cycle-of-technology-panics.html

#distlib #AI #TikTok #MoralPanic

New blog post: Fire Weather - links https://distlib.blogs.com/distlib/2024/09/fire-weather-links.html

#distlib #wildfire #ClimateChange #books #OilAndGas #PetroleumIndustry

New blog post:

One of the best uses of GenAI I've seen yet - CanLII the Canadian Legal Information Institute https://distlib.blogs.com/distlib/2024/06/one-of-the-best-uses-of-genai-ive-seen-yet-canlii-the-canadian-legal-information-institute.html

#distlib #AI #LLM #Legalese