Posts by John Lolis

Artificial, yes. Intelligent? hmmm…

Artificial, yes. Intelligent? hmmm…

An overview of Artificial Intelligence (AI) from a high level and critical perspective. Using Image Creation powered by Bing/DALL-E 3, the featured image to the left was generated with AI ∙ November 1, 2023 at 2:51 PM. I found my first encounter with an AI chatbot, ChatGPT, rather interesting. Below are my two questions and ChatGPT's responses from that encounter. You might be interested to know that my second question was paraphrased from the 1942 movie, The Man who Came to Dinner. User Should artificial intelligence act as the ultimate arbiter in identifying something as misinformation? ChatGPT Artificial intelligence (AI)
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November 1, 2023 2:42 pm | by | No Comments
Categories: Featured, Homepage, Technology, and Uncategorized.

Discover Aspen Discovery!

Discover Aspen Discovery!

We are pleased to inform you that our new all-inclusive catalog is now available. Previously, if you wished to search for titles in all formats (that is, books, ebooks, and movies), you would have had to conduct a search not only in our catalog, but also in Libby, hoopla, and others. Now with Aspen Discovery, one search is all it takes, and you'll see search results from all our content providers presented at once. In addition to “one stop shopping” when it comes to title searches, Aspen Discovery also provides enriched content. Overall, it was designed to provide a much
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June 1, 2023 10:00 am | by | 2 Comments
Categories: Director's Corner, Evergreen, Featured, Homepage, and Library News.
Tags: Aspen Discovery, catalog, Library Catalog, and library resources.

Board Meeting Documents for January 8th, 2020

Board Meeting Documents for January 8th, 2020

Approved Library Board Meeting Minutes – 01-08-20 Combined-Agenda-01-08-20 01 08 20 Library Board Agenda Agenda Item #1 – 12 11 19 Regular Library Board Minutes Agenda Item #2 – Budget Report – December 2019 Agenda Item #3 – Claim List 9 Agenda Item #3 – Claim List 10 Agenda Item #3 – Claim List 11 Agenda Item #4 – Assistant Directors Report December 2019 Agenda Item #4 – Adult Services Report – December 2019 Agenda Item #4 – Collection Management Report – December 2019 Agenda Item #4 – Community Outreach Report – December 2019 Agenda Item #4 – Youth Services
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January 3, 2020 2:48 pm | by | No Comments
Categories: Trustee Documents.

Board Meeting Documents for September 12th, 2018

Board Meeting Documents for September 12th, 2018

Approved Library Board Meeting Minutes – 09-12-18 9-12-18-Combined-Agenda-Documents 09-12-18 Library Board Agenda Agenda Item #1 – 07-11-18 Regular Library Board Minutes Agenda Item #2 – Budget Report – August 2018 Agenda Item #3 – Claim List 1 Agenda Item #3 – Claim List 2 Agenda Item #3 – Claim List 24 Agenda Item #4 – Report of Administration – July-August 2018 Agenda Item #4 – Assistant Directors Report – July-August 2018 Agenda Item #4 – Adult Services Report – July-August 2018 Agenda Item #4 – Community Outreach Report – July-August 2018 Agenda Item #4 – Youth Services Report – July-August
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September 7, 2018 11:23 am | by | No Comments
Categories: Trustee Documents.

Board Meeting Documents for July 11th, 2018

Board Meeting Documents for July 11th, 2018

Approved Library Board Meeting Minutes 07-11-18 07-11-18-Combined-Agenda-Documents 07 11 18 Library Board Agenda Approved Library Board Meeting Minutes – 06 13 18 Agenda Item #2 – Budget Report – June 2018 Agenda Item #3 – Claim List 23 Agenda Item #4 – Assistant Directors Report – June 2018 Agenda Item #4 – Adult Services Report – June 2018 Agenda Item #4 – Youth Services Report – June 2018 Agenda Item #4 – Community Outreach – June 2018 Agenda Item #4 – Media Report – June 2018 Agenda Item #4 – Collections Management Report – June 2018 Agenda Item #4 –
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July 6, 2018 10:54 am | by | No Comments
Categories: Trustee Documents.

Your Personal Data & Its Keepers: Facebook

Your Personal Data & Its Keepers: Facebook

“Travel and tell no one, live a true story and tell no one, live happily and tell no one, people ruin beautiful things.” – Khalil Gibran With the dawn of the Internet, we were so gosh darn excited and having so much fun at all we could see, hear, learn and do online that we failed to notice that we were on a slippery slope where we increasingly sacrificed our security and privacy for convenience. While some of us started to become aware of the dangers in doing so, many simply had the attitude that they have nothing to hide,
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May 3, 2018 4:00 pm | by | No Comments
Categories: Evergreen and Technology.

Resources to Help You Understand Health and Safety Risks Associated with the Use of VR

Resources to Help You Understand Health and Safety Risks Associated with the Use of VR

Unfortunately, there are risks associated with the use of VR (Virtual Reality) and AR (Augmented Reality) headsets. Some of the risks are fairly obvious: bumping into objects, tripping over wires, etc. Other risks are not so obvious and may either be latent in their effects (for example, vision impairment) or may trigger dizziness, nausea or even a seizure. The fact is, the technology is so new that health and safety research needs to catch up with it. Because of the risks associated with the use of VR, the Library requires that a liability release form is signed prior to trying
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September 6, 2017 5:11 pm | by | No Comments
Categories: Kids, Technology, and Teens.

Board Meeting Documents for May 10th, 2017

Board Meeting Documents for May 10th, 2017

Approved Library Board Meeting Minutes – 05 10 17 5-10-17 Combined Agenda Documents 05-10-17 Library Board Agenda Agenda Item #1 – 05-10-17 Regular Library Board Minutes Agenda Item #2 – Budget Report – April 2017 Agenda Item #3 – Claim List 17 Agenda Item #3 – Claim List 18 Agenda Item #4 – Adult Services Report – April 2017 Agenda Item #4 – Assistant Directors Report – April 2017 Agenda Item #4 – Collection Management Report – April 2017 Agenda Item #4 – Community Outreach Report – April 2017 Agenda Item #4 – Library Systems Report – April 2017 Agenda
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May 5, 2017 1:44 pm | by | No Comments
Categories: Trustee Documents.