Workshop 7
May 5, 2026
Link to join the meeting:
Workshop #7 Recording:
Workshop replaced by personal consultation, please look at Workshop 6 to sign up.
No required attendance at Workshop 7
Thank you!!!
Disregard items below. For archival purposes only.
Use this template to create your teams annotated bibliography/diverse collection: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15hwroEtfvhsqgVV7o3DCiYMywdgNLTft5H0P0nSdLaw/edit?usp=sharing (document outline indicates topic sections for each group)
Activity 1: Culminating Activity (1 hour)
Using all the information you've learned in class, create the following:
In small groups, curate a digital collection (no physical resources) that can be integrated into your OPAC and easily accessed based on the topic provided from your nominations in Workshop 6. Your users are a culturally diverse group of patrons. Use the following diversity definition when thinking about your patrons and creating a digital collection for them: Diversity is the range of human differences, including but not limited to race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, socioeconomic status, physical ability or attributes, religious or ethical values system, national origin, and political beliefs.
Diversity means inclusion. Be sure to include both the majority and the minority.
Focus on the diversity of your patrons (empathy)
No part of the library's physical collection can be used
Your digital collection should have at least 20 items. Create an annotated bibliography of your 20 or more items.
Select/sign up for your topic/team and find directions: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SKDdHXcd-VBdAi5PaY6Nf6-hfV5vrVz3_EcIAQlQ8fQ/edit#gid=555295175 (only 5 people per topic allowed).
Explain/describe as best you can about how you will incorporate your digital collection into the library's OPAC and provide clear instructions on how to access the collection, and ensure that the catalog records are integrated into the existing catalog.
How will you alert your diverse patrons that the digital collection is available?
At the top make two labels: Then. Now.
Looking back over the last decade, what has happened to you and the machine / human relationship including various technologies and AI?
Example: I had to use my own spacial intelligence to get anywhere; Now, I have my phone for getting anywhere
During the last two minutes, list the areas of your life that have been most affected: Physical, mental, spiritual, community, etc.
Finally: where would machine assists be the most helpful to you?
Watch the following video about AI in our lives in education.
Ted Talk with Sal Khan: https://www.ted.com/talks/sal_khan_the_amazing_ai_super_tutor_for_students_and_teachers/c?user_email_address=aeee08f8393293b3637ea16b4f8c3dca
Short discussion
Thinking about Collection Management, what operations in current libraries could by simplified or taken over by artificial intelligence?
Be sure to think about your proposed collection maps as you develop this list.
We'll have a conversation in the main room, if you'd rather not talk you could throw your ideas in the jamboard slide 1: https://jamboard.google.com/d/1rtyz46jIgzcO5-b_ESZoL6gXHpZUlWS-M1aAPwiSiJc/edit?usp=sharing
Considering our efforts to chunk the collection into emphasis collections designed to serve the needs of specific patron characteristics, suppose we developed ai personal library tutoring on our phones / preferred device. What wold we need to know about each patron? How would we acquire that information? What kinds of tutoring would be available? What would you want on your own phone? How could patrons tutor the algorithm to deliver what we both want and need?
feel free to put your thoughts on the jamboard slide 2: https://jamboard.google.com/d/1rtyz46jIgzcO5-b_ESZoL6gXHpZUlWS-M1aAPwiSiJc/viewer?f=1
How do we start to change along with the fast paced technology changes?
So what? What's Next
Last day of the semester is December 6th - All assignments are due including:
Presentations
Blog
Additional Reading
For participating in this class you will get credit for Presentation 6 on Canvas. You don't have to turn this in.
URL: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17aYif1ozw5cqVoKRvqOh30Uv7aNvNJUjoZz7ajkUSfg/edit?usp=sharing
You are a library director
You have a major grant to design a 21st century library with its physical and virtual collection and connection to the community
Before the grantor will issue the check, he wants to determine whether you are on the cutting edge...not a slightly dressed up version of the traditional.
The grantor is very interested in your conception of your vision for the collection, connection, and community involvement; not a one-way information delivery system.
The grantor is also interested in a plan for a post-pandemic design.
Submit your quickwrite to Canvas under the Reflection assignment tab.
Uploading individual projects that are documents or pdfs to the VLG website:
Instructions for uploading individual projects to the shared drive for long-term access
The shared drive "Virtual Library Guide INFO266" will be shared with your SJSU account or Google account registered with Dr. L at the beginning of the semester.
Open the folder with your topic. Ignore the one called "2020" (it contains work from last semester's students).
Some of the folders have subtopics - school libraries, for example.
Upload your project by clicking "New: File upload"
Your file will automatically be shared with only the other users of the shared drive, so you will need to change permissions to share it with the world. Otherwise, when visitors want to view your work, you'll receive a request for access by email.
Copy the new link to your artifact and use it for your Canvas submission, and update the URL for your individual contribution to the website. Jessica can do this for you if you encounter difficulties.
Uploading your individual projects that have a url:
First, make a copy of your site.
Keep the original for your 289 final class. Make it private, so that no one else can edit.
Now, make the copy open to the world for anyone with the link. Go to the infinity symbol at the top of the site and get the public url. Upload this url to the VLG site.
To upload to Canvas the Theory, individual, group project (Major Collections), curated:
On a Word doc or Google Doc provide the citation, the description, and the url if appropriate followed by a screen shot of your item on the website as evidence of the contribution
Add your name to the About Us page in the proper sub-list.
Advertising our Site:
Please confirm group/individuals by putting only 1 entry for group with all your names in the first column.
Add your URLS to our shared spreadsheet with access open to anyone with the link https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-Qch3_B_NuRAqv5kQIBhy6gGj7lTwt6HMvb84s2pJ6Q/edit#gid=174651918
Small randomized groups