Abigail Goben / is on Nostr

Data, OA, Libraries, Knitting, Cats, OA-Tenure. I named Executive Function Theft. The opinions of the Hedgehog Librarian, Professor. Chicago-based

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2024-08-05 14:12:30

Also it has been 10+ years and we are still trying to do RDM via workshops.
Which tells you how much academic programs value it when they haven't integrated it into the curriculum meaningfully.

2024-08-05 13:41:24

FAIR is for computers, not people. I wish we'd stop obsessively using the acronym.

2024-08-03 02:22:19

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NO CAPES

2024-08-01 00:25:11

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Also they misspelled my last name.

2024-08-01 00:13:29

I wonder if universities know how shoddy the materials candidates receive from recruiting agencies are.
Because the email I just got was underwhelming at the very best.

2024-07-31 18:19:41

This is a reminder to academic library employers that not posting a salary range means that *very* qualified candidates aren't even considering the role you posted. And the new trend of "let's post the absolute minimum we might hire any role at" isn't helping.
It's 2024, your HR needs to get over themselves and post the realistic range.

2024-07-29 17:07:30

Somewhere in the last week someone cited a stat of "if you don't use something within x weeks of learning about it; you've essentially entirely lost the training" and yes, broad generalizations and all that but anyone have a good reading about that? I have an essay rant brewing in my head again.

2024-07-26 15:53:52

1) FTC -- hashing isn't anonymous: https://www.ftc.gov/policy/advocacy-research/tech-at-ftc/2024/07/no-hashing-still-doesnt-make-your-data-anonymous
2) Who wants to tell the NIMH/ NDA repository who mandates we create these hashes
https://nda.nih.gov/nda/using-the-nda-guid#howdoesitwork

2024-07-25 19:00:10

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And that's why I'm often so frustrated with these jazz hands breathless "AI IN EDUCATION" initiatives. These are researchers who are steeped in methodology and theory and -- supposedly -- in rigor.
The nonsense getting pushed to us doesn't stand up to a heavy sneeze, let alone what I would expect these senior colleagues to demand of their tools and their students.
It's so jarring. (3/3)

2024-07-25 18:57:25

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continuing....
"Oh and I'm going to violate human subject protection, informed consent, and any kind of sensitive data process as I share all this information externally with vendors who will resell it" They probably would look a bit askance at my research. But if I call it "Operationalizing Student Success Through AI" ...for some reason they sprint to sign off." (2/)

2024-07-25 18:56:46

I was thinking about this again yesterday with deep frustration so let me see if I can frame it out:
If I were to go to a senior researcher who has moved into a leadership position and say "So the spreadsheet I have is missing 3/4ths of the values, has misinformation in 2 columns but we're not sure which, and I'm putting it together with four other spreadsheets from outdated systems that also are missing a ton of values and none of the column definitions line up. (1/)

2024-07-24 14:50:20

Full Professor Hedgehog Librarian
As I blogged last summer, I submitted my dossier for promotion to full professor. I'm pleased to announce that the Board of Trustees voted recently and my name was on the final list! As of Now and Going Forward, my academic title is fully Professor.(1) This has been a lot of work over the past 7 years and very little of it was work I did alone.
http://hedgehoglibrarian.com/2024/07/24/full-professor-hedgehog-librarian/

2024-07-23 17:35:28

We're hiring at UIC
Assistant/Associate Professor & Manuscript Archivist. https://uic.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/11365?c=uic
I am not on the search or in the department, though I chaired the search for this the last time we hired this role. Happy to answer questions.
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2024-04-19 17:48:44

I am confident that this fall there will be a push to move to AI bots attending classes as an accessibility aide rather than providing students who need one a human notetaker -- "so much cheaper/more efficient."
I'm concerned about the compulsive nature of this. How do we balance very real accessibility needs & the inadequacies of our current solutions with other students' & faculty rights to not have every single utterance documented permanently, cloud stored, & used as an AI training bank?