SHOUT! For Libraries

This episode brings back the familiar voice of S4Ls alum Joel Blechinger. We sat down to discuss his investigations into the information literacy habits of conspiracy theorists in the QAnon movement.

Join us for a look behind the scenes of CJSR’s music library. Chad Brunet, CJSR Program Director and Acting Station Manager, takes SHOUT correspondent Brett Sheehan through a trove of musical treasures in the basement of the University of Alberta Students’ Union Building Join us, field trip style, to learn how music is collected and selected for your favourite campus radio station.

Production Credits

Andy Zhang, Brett Sheehan, Jintia Ross-Van Mierlo, Joelle Reiniger, Michael Kobewka,

Music Credits

Sister to Sister by Mallory Chipman

Wish Upon a Storm by Jom Comyn

Theme Song

Beanbag Fight by Scanglobe

It’s a special time on the Library School calendar. Every year, at about this time, future librarians gather at the Forum for Information Professionals—FIP for short—to share research on everything from censorship to cataloguing. 

The theme for this year’s conference was “All Inclusive, Library Style: Access and Acceptance in 2024.” 

On today’s episode of SHOUT for Libraries, Shout correspondent and FIP co-chair, Michael Kobewka, will sit down with FIP presenters to dig into issues of access and inclusion in libraries and archives. 

This guest episode discusses the impact that artificial intelligence has on our youngest digital citizens. Join us as we delve into children’s reactions to AI devices, the benefits and risks, and the role libraries can play as digital literacy educators.

Created by:
Mikaela LeBlanc
Gift Nwokoloh
Joelle Reiniger
Amanda Robinson

References:
American Library Association. (February 4, 2019). “Artificial Intelligence.” https://www.ala.org/tools/future/trends/artificialintelligence.

Andries, V., & Robertson, J. (2023). “Alexa doesn’t have that many feelings”: Children’s understanding of AI through interactions with smart speakers in their homes. Available as ArXiv preprint: https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.05597

CFLA-FCAB. (n.d.). CFLA Statement: AI and Copyright and its application in Cultural Heritage Institutions. http://cfla-fcab.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/CFLA-FCAB_Statement_on_AI__Authorship-1.docx.pdf

CFLA-FCAB & CARL-ABRC. (2022). Brief to the Government of Canada: Consultation on a Modern Framework for Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things. http://cfla-fcab.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/CFLA-CARL-Brief-Artificial-Intelligence-and-the-Internet-of-Things.pdf

International Federation of Library Associations. (2020). IFLA Statement on Artificial Intelligence. https://repository.ifla.org/bitstream/123456789/1646/1/ifla_statement_on_libraries_and_artificial_intelligence-full-text.pdf.

Kewalramani, S., Kidman, G., & Palaiologou, I. (2021). Using Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Interfaced Robotic Toys in Early Childhood Settings: A Case for Children’s Inquiry Literacy. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 29(5), 652–668. https://doi-org.login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/10.1080/1350293X.2021.1968458

Komando, K. (2023, July 6). “AI GPT-powered smart toys are coming for the holidays. How to keep your kids safe.” USA Today. https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/komando/2023/07/06/ai-toys-kids-parents/70374598007/.

Nelson, J. (2023, August 5).” How Does AI Affect Kids? Psychologists Weigh In.” Emerge. https://decrypt.co/151434/ai-effects-on-kids-children.

Szklarski, C. (2023, August 24). Parents take crash course on advancing tech as AI, chatbots enter classroom.(News)(artificial intelligence). Globe & Mail (Toronto, Canada), A6. https://login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edscpi&AN=edscpi.A761982198&site=eds-live&scope=site

Smith, J., & de Villiers-Botha, T. (2023). Hey, Google, leave those kids alone: Against hypernudging children in the age of big data. AI & SOCIETY: Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Communication, 38(4), 1639–1649. https://doi-org.login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/10.1007/s00146-021-01314-w

Yadav, S., & Chakraborty, P. (2022). Using Google voice search to support informal learning in four to ten year old children. Education and Information Technologies: The Official Journal of the IFIP Technical Committee on Education, 27(3), 4347–4363. https://doi-org.login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/10.1007/s10639-021-10789-5

Yang, W. (2022). Artificial Intelligence education for young children: Why, what, and how in curriculum design and implementation. Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence, 3(100061-). https://doi-org.login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/10.1016/j.caeai.2022.100061

Yuchen, X. (2023). Application of immersive artificial intelligence based on machine vision in education management of children with autism. International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management, 1–10. https://doi-org.login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/10.1007

This episode of Shout for Libraries was produced by Joelle Reiniger, Jintia Ross-Van Mierlo, Lothian Taylor with guest producers Mikaela LeBlanc, Gift Nwokoloh and Amanda Robinson.

Music Credits: 

Beanbag Fight by ScanGlobe

Navigating information ethics is at the heart of what librarians do and it isn’t for the faint of heart. 

And with the integration of artificial intelligence into the mainstream, things only start to get even more tangly. 

The easier AI makes our lives, the more challenging it is to empower communities to engage with machine intelligence safely and ethically. 

You’ll hear the voices of Gift Nwokoloh and Amanda Robinson, as they tackle tough questions about how young children engage with AI through play. 

Librarians navigate the complex world of information ethics and digital citizenship has more than its share of ethical landmines. 

Luckily, there’s a course for that. In LIS 530: Technology Information and Society delves into contemporary debates in the area of digital sociology. 

Today’s guest episode is a podcast produced for LIS 530. It’s a deep dive into share-enting culture, and the issues of privacy and consent.

The voices you’ll hear are Monica Maddaford and one of our Shout team members, Lothian Taylor.

In this episode, we revisit classic spooky stories from around Edmonton. 

This is a rerun of Episode One, Season One. Ryan and Jesse take a look at the role libraries can play in healing with Indigenous communities in Canada.

What happens when librarians go wild? Well, you’ll know from this episode. We bring you spicy reviews of Madonna’s aptly titled book, Sex, and other controversial titles from the stacks in the Bruce Peel Special Collection. Anne Elefante, a member of the Future Librarians for Intellectual Freedom shared banned library books with us, and you’d be surprised by what is banned. Finally, we have SLIS’ own Dr. Danielle Allard talking about her work on a sex workers database.

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Music credits:

1. intro: freesound.org/people/B_Sean/sounds/421888/

Listen to the unique items our campus libraries hold. Hear about our map collections, rare books, and new technology such as robots you can take home and program! Listen to a review of Susan Orlean’s The Library Book and hear about librarians favourite items in our collections.

Library Treasures originally aired January 18, 2019.