Call for Nominations for WHSLA Board 2024-2025

 Hello Members,

 We are now accepting nominations for the upcoming Wisconsin Health Sciences Library Association Board openings for 2024. All members are eligible for board positions. If you have not recently been a part of the WHSLA Board, please consider serving.

 Positions on the ballot:

•  President-Elect 2024-President 2025 The president-elect shall function in the absence of the president, assist the president as needed, and succeed to the presidency after one year. If the office of president is vacated, the president-elect shall assume all the duties and responsibilities of the president. The president shall call meetings, prepare agenda, preside at meetings, appoint or approve committee members, and represent the association in all official capacities. The president shall serve as an ex-officio member of all committees.

• Secretary 2024-2025 The secretary shall record the minutes of all meetings, submit copies of the minutes to the executive board, and be responsible for meeting notices and correspondence. The secretary shall serve for two years. The term for secretary begins in even numbered years.

 Terms can be counted towards AHIP credentialing when tallying your Professional Accomplishment Points. For a multi-year term, you may claim points after each full year of service.

 Please reach out if you have any questions or if you would like to be listed as a candidate for one of the open roles on the ballot.

 The Election will take place by Online Ballot on December 1^st, 2023.

 Thank you,

 Liz Witkowski

WHSLA President 2024

Practical AI for Instructors and Students: Prompting AI

Practical AI for Instructors and Students Part 3: Prompting AI (about 12 minutes)

Wharton Interactive Crash Course: Practical AI for Instructors and Students

In this video, Wharton Interactive's Faculty Director Ethan Mollick and Director of Pedagogy Lilach Mollick discuss how to effectively prompt AI like Midjourney, ChatGPT, Microsoft’s Bing, as well as how to take the lead, weaving your own expertise into the interaction. 

This video is Part 3 of a five-part course in which Wharton Interactive provides an overview of AI large language models for educators and students. They take a practical approach and explore how the models work, and how to work effectively with each model, weaving in your own expertise. They also show how to use AI to make teaching easier and more effective, with example prompts and guidelines, as well as how students can use AI to improve their learning.

 

MM: This is the part of AI that is so interesting to me: How to get it to do what you want it to do?

1. Tell it who it is -- Give it some context.
2. Give clear instructions about what you want.
3. Give it examples and steps
4. Interact with it - Push back
5. Practice until you get good at it!

AI Roundup: Prompt Engineering 101 by The Advisory Board

Prompt engineering — the practice of improving your prompts to AI models such as ChatGPT — may sound complicated, but it's easier than you think. Here are five tips to get you started from Advisory Board's Thomas Seay.

1) Give examples of your desired output.

2) Ask the AI to adopt the role of a specific expert.

3) Explain how the AI's reply will be used.

4) Ask the AI to think step-by-step.

5) Ask for multiple responses.

Read the story for more details on each of the 5 points above.

WHSLA 2023 Registration & Web Conference Schedule

 

Hello WHSLA Members,

Our fall 2023 conference schedule for September 29th, 2023 is now available and registration for the event is open! 

This event is FREE for, and only open to, WHSLA members and current Library Information Students. If you're not a member, you can join or renew for just $20. 

Highlights include:

• Keynote Speaker Dr. Bob McGrath on Thriving – In the Midst of Change
• Resources presentation from BadgerLink
• NNLM update
• and a brand new MLA CE Webinar: Strategic Course Design for Librarians- Unpacking the Power of ADDIE with NNLM Training and Development Specialist Abby Dowd, M.Ed.

In addition to those exciting presentations we'll also have a more casual fireside chat on AI in Medicine with Dr. Brian Patterson. This will build off our spring WHSLA wisdom chat discussing the pitfalls and benefits of ChatGPT. 

>>>  If you have any questions or topics for Dr. Patterson, please submit them to me, Liz Witkowski, via email witkowskilm@gmail.com. 

We look forward to your attendance and are excited to share this day of professional development with you!

Best,

The Fall 2023 Conference Planning Committee

Liz Witkowski, WHSLA President

Michele Matucheski

Barb Ruggeri 

NNLM Virtual Disaster Preparedness Forum: Sept 12-28, 2023

 

Disaster Planning & Preparation Forum

Join NNLM and partners for a three week slate of online events that will bring awareness, learning and discussion regarding preparedness and response to unforeseen, traumatic events. This free virtual forum on disaster planning and preparedness will feature expert speakers presenting on data tools and resources, disaster planning communication, and institutional preparedness with a focus on greater inclusiveness and community resilience. 

Your Local Epidemiologist Katelyn Jetelina on The Ezra Klein Show

Katelyn Jetelina, aka Your Local Epidemiologist, was one of the trusted voices that emerged during the pandemic. She was able to translate the public health science into something the rest of us could understand.

Although some may want to just leave the pandemic behind, the session is a useful review of the last 3.5 years.  As Jetelina says, it's more about listening to the questions and contemplating your own answers.  This is how we begin to heal from the collective trauma of the pandemic and prepare for the future.

Ezra Klein Show KATELYN JETELINA AUG 31 This week I was honored to be on the Ezra Klein Show hosted by the New York Times. We took a serious dive into the past 3.5 years: pandemic revisionism, masks, school closings, the politicization of public health, Sweden’s response, trade-offs in policy, and the tragedy of 1.2 million deaths. Basically, all the easy topics (just kidding). I finally got the guts to listen. It was the most challenging interview I’ve ever participated in. The questions were so heavy, complex, and complicated. I tried to be raw, honest, transparent, and fair. It was (and still is) a bit scary. I’m sharing not so you listen to my answers. (I actually don’t think there is one answer to these questions.) Instead, I hope you listen to the questions and contemplate your answers. I’ve found it helpful in processing this life-altering event and a start to heal from collective trauma. Self-reflection, open conversations, and listening—the only way to learn and be better prepared for the future. The recording, transcript, attributions, and my book recommendations (in typical Ezra Klein fashion) can all be found HERE. It’s 65 minutes, so grab your coffee and get comfortable. Me in the recording studio for this show a few weeks ago Love, YLE “Your Local Epidemiologist (YLE)” is written by Dr. Katelyn Jetelina, MPH Ph.D.—an epidemiologist, wife, and mom of two little girls. During the day, she is a senior scientific consultant to several organizations. At night she writes this newsletter. Her main goal is to “translate” the ever-evolving public health world so that people will be well-equipped to make evidence-based decisions.

From The Scholarly Kitchen: Was ChatGPT Set up to Fail? Choosing the Right Tools and the Right Prompts is Essential for LLM Discovery

 

 

Aug 30, 2023  by  Dustin Smith Guest Post – Was ChatGPT Set Up to Fail? Choosing the Right Tools and the Right Prompts is Essential for LLM Discovery Was a recent Scholarly Kitchen piece analyzing the capabilities of ChatGPT a fair test? What happens if you run a similar test with an improved prompt on LLMs that are internet connected and up to date? READ MORE