Best of Core Forum: Accuracy Matters: Evaluating the Value of AI Tools

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Best of Core Forum: Accuracy Matters: Evaluating the Value of AI Tools

Date: Wednesday, September 16, 2026

All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 11 am Pacific, noon
Mountain, 1 pm Central, and 2 pm Eastern time.



Description:

The presenters will share their findings, identifying strengths and
limitations of AI-generated summaries for ETDs from a variety of academic
disciplines, and offer recommendations and a rubric that information
professionals can use to assess the utility of LLM tools for summary and
abstract creation.

Learning outcomes:

At the end of the webinar, participants will:

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   learn prompt writing techniques for generative AI tools.
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   learn strengths and weaknesses of AI-assisted summaries for information
   resources.
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   learn how to use a rubric to assess AI-generated content.


Who should attend?

The talk is geared to catalogers and metadata librarians.

Presenters:

Emily Baldoni (she/her) is a Metadata Librarian and Assistant Professor at
Illinois State University, where she manages metadata for digital
collections. Her work and research interests include cataloging and
metadata education, rare materials cataloging, digital humanities, linked
data, and identity management.

Angela Yon (she/her) is the Cataloging & Metadata Librarian and Associate
Professor at Illinois State University. Her work and research interests
include resource description and discovery, linked data, critical
cataloging, and topics in the digital humanities and digital scholarship.


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Registration fees for webinar:  Core Member $57.85; ALA member: $80.10;
Student member $44.50; Non-member $89.00

For additional information and access to registration links, please go to
the following website:

https://elearning.ala.org/local/catalog/view/product.php?productid=1674

Core webinars are recorded and registrants receive a link to the recording
shortly following the live event.

For questions about registration, contact ALA Registration by calling
1-800-545-2433 and press 5 or email registration_at_ala.org.

For all other questions or comments related to Core webinars, please
contact Core CE staff at corece_at_ala.org.

*Posted on behalf of the Core Continuing Education Committee.*

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