2018 School Spending Survey Report
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Botswanan author and Wallace Stegner fellow Moeng’s rich debut features nine short stories set in the author’s hometown of Serowe and the capital city of Gaborone, where narrator Warona Setshwaelo was born. Most of the stories center on women and girls in various stages of life, though the longest story, “Early Life and Education,” follows a boy from his childhood through his coming-of-age. This story provides context to better understand how some men in the rest of the collection behave. Female friendships, familial relationships, and custom vs. modernity play prominently in each story. Several entries highlight people looking back on their younger selves with wisdom and experience. Although narrator Setshwaelo is new to audiobook narration, her outstanding performance brings out Moeng’s lyrical prose and the vibrancy and depth of her characters. This collection is best experienced in audio, as Setshwaelo’s knowledge of Setswana allows for an immersive and authentic experience of the language.
VERDICT An essential addition to any collection where short stories from around the world are in demand. For lovers of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Lisa Cupolo, and Mai Nardone.
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I am baffled by the apparent belief that any of these "tasks" are of sufficient merit to overcome the massive environmental, legal, ethical, educational and quality drawbacks of LLM "AI". Anyone who thinks that students would draw benefit from having a machine spit out a mediocre and potentially error-raddled summary or outline instead of creating their own; or that a workplace would be improved by context-free workflow; or thinks that they would save time or effort by letting an algorithm concoct their "low-stakes" presentation or artwork which will need extensive double-checking and correcting for hallucinations, is probably already cool with the idea that they are stealing words and images created by real live humans without compensation, and melting the planet we all have to share to do it.
But sure, let's have a flagship association for librarians promote and cheerlead this destructive and pointless technology. We're so desperate to appear hip and trendy that we're happy to give up the expertise and judgment that makes our profession valuable.
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while I do think your concerns are valid, I believe there is also potential for AI to enhance library services when implemented thoughtfully and ethically. The key is to strike a balance, leveraging AI's strengths while maintaining the core values and expertise that define the library profession.
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KATHRYN KNIERIEM
I am baffled by the apparent belief that any of these "tasks" are of sufficient merit to overcome the massive environmental, legal, ethical, educational and quality drawbacks of LLM "AI". Anyone who thinks that students would draw benefit from having a machine spit out a mediocre and potentially error-raddled summary or outline instead of creating their own; or that a workplace would be improved by context-free workflow; or thinks that they would save time or effort by letting an algorithm concoct their "low-stakes" presentation or artwork which will need extensive double-checking and correcting for hallucinations, is probably already cool with the idea that they are stealing words and images created by real live humans without compensation, and melting the planet we all have to share to do it.
But sure, let's have a flagship association for librarians promote and cheerlead this destructive and pointless technology. We're so desperate to appear hip and trendy that we're happy to give up the expertise and judgment that makes our profession valuable.
Posted : 2024-07-02 19:55:47
Jocelyne Caldera
while I do think your concerns are valid, I believe there is also potential for AI to enhance library services when implemented thoughtfully and ethically. The key is to strike a balance, leveraging AI's strengths while maintaining the core values and expertise that define the library profession.
Posted : 2024-08-01 13:35:13
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