How Does ChatGPT Answer Fair Use Questions
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In celebration of Fair Use Week 2023, the University Libraries share selected strengths and weaknesses of ChatGPT's ability to generate human-like responses to questions about fair use. Copyright and scholarly communications librarian Treasa Bane poses questions about fair use analysis and limitations and evaluates the usefulness of the artificial intelligence chatbot's responses.
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Left in the Midwest Author Talk
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Thu., March 30 | 4-6:00 pm | Zoom
Join us for a virtual book talk about the newly published book Left in the Midwest: St. Louis Progressive Activism in the 1960s and 1970s. Hear from contributing authors Clarence Lang, Luke Ritter, Nina Gilden Seavey, and Thomas Spencer.
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Updates to the ILLiad System
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The Washington University Libraries are carrying out changes to the Interlibrary Loan system to enhance its performance and safeguard patron privacy. On April 7, the University Libraries will remove ILL requests that are over five years old. Learn more about how to consult your historical ILL data after April 7.
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Spring 2023 Off the Shelf
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The spring 2023 issue of Off the Shelf includes highlights from the film and media collections on the digitization of Eyes on the Prize II and the new Rosa Parks documentary; hands-on learning experiences with Special Collections; a look at the Mike Lützeler Contemporary German Literature Collection; an overview of the new COVID-19 web archive; and more.
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Two Events with Aaron Coleman
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Mon., April 3 | 5:30-7 pm
Olin Library, Special Collections Classroom
Aaron Coleman (MFA ’15, PhD ’21), whose papers and other materials are now part of the Modern Literature Collection, will read his poetry and translations. Professor Ignacio Infante will introduce Coleman and moderate a brief Q&A. Coleman is featured in the current exhibition Wherein I Am: Highlights from the Aaron Coleman Papers.
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Aaron Coleman in Conversation with Mary Jo Bang
Tues., April 4 | 6-7:30 pm
Olin Library, Rm. 142
Join us for an event featuring Aaron Coleman in Conversation with Mary Jo Bang. English professor and poet Mary Jo Bang's papers are also part of the Modern Literature Collection. The event will include a light buffet dinner.
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April 6 | 4:30-6 pm
Olin Library, Rm. 142 & Zoom
Join us for a discussion with professor of musicology and author of Astaire by Numbers Todd Decker, who uses the lens of race, gender, and sexuality to re-assess Fred Astaire as an icon of popular American culture.
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Two Events with Tere Dávila
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Tere Dávila in Discussion with Zorimar Rivera Montes
Mon., April 10 | 5:30-7 pm
Olin Library, Rm. 142
Join the University Libraries for a discussion between Puerto Rican author Tere Dávila and Zorimar Rivera Montes, assistant professor in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures. Dávila and Rivera Montes will talk about Dávila’s literary fiction and its relationship to Puerto Rican culture and contemporary global issues. Dávila is the recipient of two Puerto Rican National Prizes: for her novel, Nenísimas, and the short story collection Aquí están las instrucciones, both published in 2018.
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Tere Dávila Reading
Tues., April 11 | 5:30-7:00 pm
Olin Library, Ginkgo Reading Room
Join us for an evening of fiction in translation with Dávila and translator Rebecca Hanssens-Reed. Hanssens-Reed’s translation of Dávila’s “Mercedes’s Special Talent” won a 2022 O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction. Hanssens-Reed is a literary translator and PhD student in the track for international writers.
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REMINDER
New Request for Review Process
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A new policy has recently gone into effect that outlines four criteria that will be considered for routine deaccessioning of materials. To ensure that faculty have an opportunity to review materials that have been selected for removal from the collections, the libraries will post a list of these items on the new Review for Retention page each month. The list will remain available for a full calendar month, during which time faculty can ask questions or request that individual items be retained.
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