Welcome to LJAN Resources, our monthly academic content roundup. We’ll be curating standout InfoDocket posts and nonfiction LJ book reviews once every month for quick access to news and reviews you can use. |
From Infodocket: Leslie Burger Appointed Interim Executive Director of the American Library Association (ALA) The American Library Association Executive Board has selected Leslie Burger as ALA’s interim executive director. Her first day was November 15, 2023. Burger brings years of experience as a leader in our field, from her service as president of the American Library Association from July 2006 to July 2007, where she had a depth of involvement in ALA operations, to her position as executive director of the Princeton Public Library, NJ, where she helped plan, design, and secure funding for a new 55,000 square foot library that opened in 2004. |
New From Lorcan Dempsey: “Generative AI and Libraries: 7 Contexts” It is now a year since the momentous appearance of ChatGPT. So much has happened in that time. Whether one measures by new product and feature announcements, business churn (investment, startups), or policy, safety and ethical debate, usage is increasingly integrated into daily applications. Much of this has become routine, some of it is tedious, and much still has the ability to surprise. Capacities continue to expand. |
Journal Article: “ChatGPT is a Remarkable Tool—For Experts” This paper investigates the capabilities of ChatGPT as an automated assistant in diverse domains, including scientific writing, mathematics, education, programming, and healthcare. We explore the potential of ChatGPT to enhance productivity, streamline problem-solving processes, and improve writing style. Furthermore, we highlight the potential risks associated with excessive reliance on ChatGPT in these fields. |
Sam Helmick and Ray Pun Seek American Library Association Presidency For 2025-26 Term The American Library Association (ALA) Nominating Committee has selected two nominees to run for ALA president in the upcoming election. The candidates running for the 2025-26 term are Sam Helmick, Community & Access Services Coordinator at Iowa City Public Library, and Raymond Pun, Academic and Research Librarian at the Alder Graduate School of Education in California. |
FINE ARTS PREMIUM Postindustrial DIY: Recovering American Rust Belt Icons By Daniel Campo A readable, accessible, comprehensive account of the stories of defunct factories, grain silos, and train stations that focuses on their possibility and promise as postindustrial sites. Fashioned by Sargent: Painting Fashion ed. by Erica E. Hirshler & others With gorgeous images and accessible text, this exhibition catalogue is highly recommended for audiences interested in fine art in relation to fashion. PREMIUM Hidden in Plain Sight: Concealing Enslavement in American Visual Culture By Rachel Stephens This is a difficult topic, but timely given current debates around public representations that celebrate the Confederacy. Though many of the book’s images depict violence and abuse, Stephens brings to light essential research that will be of interest to scholars of American history and art. |
LITERATURE PREMIUM How To Draw a Novel By Martín Solares Most reminiscent of William Carlos Williams’s In the American Grain or Charles Olson’s Call Me Ishmael, Solares’s book feels fresh and vital, unencumbered by rectitude or solemnity, proposing and digressing with abandon, because, as he reminds readers, in the end, the digressions are the point. PREMIUM Fallen Angel: The Life of Edgar Allan Poe By Robert Morgan This biography will renew an interest in Poe’s life and writings and is an excellent addition to the vast collection of Poe scholarship. |
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