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As generative AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and CoPilot become more common in academic settings, health librarians play an essential role in shaping how these technologies are used in teaching, research, and learning. This interactive session introduces the capabilities and limitations of generative AI in the context of health education.
We’ll explore practical applications for instructional support, research guidance, and digital literacy development, alongside emerging challenges such as data privacy, citation integrity, and bias in health-related content. Participants will engage in hands-on exploration and discussion to consider how librarianship can adapt to, and help shape, the thoughtful use of AI in health-focused educational environments.
Facilitator Bio
Lucas Wright is a Senior Educational Consultant at the University of British Columbia’s Centre for Teaching, Learning, and Technology. He has over 15 years of experience supporting faculty, staff, and librarians in educational innovation, with a particular focus on emerging technologies. Lucas has led more than 40 workshops on generative AI in higher education and co-developed UBC’s Generative AI Student Readiness Assessment. His current work explores the ethical use of AI, digital literacy, and the evolving role of educators and librarians in a rapidly changing technological landscape.
In collaboration with the Consumer Health Special Interest Group (CHSIG) of the Canadian Health Libraries Association (CHLA), the HLABC Executive team is excited to invite you to our Spring CE Event:
When: Wednesday April 10, 2024, 11am-12pm PST / 2-3pm EST
Where: Zoom (link emailed to hlabc listserv)
Jessie is a Cree-Metis Librarian who has published and presented in various areas of Indigenous Health, including collections work, reference, and information literacy. She has graciously agreed to present a Zoom webinar on this topic for our HLABC & CHSIG members.
This workshop will dive into systemic issues, and offer guidance for librarians doing collections work. I know this will be of great interest to members and we are so grateful to have Jessie take some time out of her schedule to join us.
Workshop Content:
The workshop will essentially address two main components of this work:
The System Component:
A discussion of the healthcare structure Indigenous patients currently have to navigate to access information and care
The Practical Component:
How we as librarians navigate our own collections, the gaps we need to address, and how to incorporate this into our own work.
If you have questions or comments, please send them to prubjot.gill@ubc.ca or hlabcexec@gmail.com, or to pamela.harrison@cw.bc.ca.
The HLABC Executive Team would like to invite you to HLABC’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) that will take place virtually on Thursday, May 25th from 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Please register for your attendance to the AGM and/or the Continuing Education (CE) event by Friday, May 12th 2023. Please note a reminder email will follow.
