The Private Librarians and Information Professionals SIS of AALL invites you to attend the 2023 PLLIP Summit on Saturday, July 15, in Boston. Librarians from all library types are welcome to join us for Navigating the Here and Now.More than three years after a minuscule organism triggered massive upheaval in our lives, we’ve
Dallas Association of Law Librarians
DALL-E-2 is an image generator Chatbot
Another Chatbot from openai.com is an image generator named DALL-E-2, which is no relationship to Dallnet.org.Online registration is free, and offers inspirational examples.Attached are three examples, limited by your imagination, but created from your text. I encourage you to try this out. If you assemble these machine drawings into a book, can you
Let the races begin with AI Chatbots – This is just the beginning
Almost everyone has heard about OpenAI, the artificial intelligence company, and its premier tool ChatGPT. The Dallas Association of Law Librarians will host a virtual program on February 23rd at noon Central Time. Arthur Weiss of AWARE will be the guest speaker. He will discuss the potential benefits and applications of ChatGPT for librarians…
Kevin Miles (DALL Past-President) Has a New Column in Spectrum
Congratulations to Kevin Miles on his new AALL Spectrum column: Practical Competitive Intelligence! Kevin begins his column by “Breaking Down the Basics.”https://www.aallnet.org/spectrum_article/practical-competitive-intelligence-breaking-down-the-basics/ (You may need to log in to access.)
AALL Joint Social
DALL Resolution Endorses Enactment of UELMA in Texas
Once again, DALL’s executive board formally adopted a resolution to support adoption of UELMA in Texas!What is UELMA?The Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act (“UELMA”) seeks to ensure that online official state legal material — namely constitutions, session laws, codified laws, and regulations are unaltered, preserved, and permanently available to the public. UELMA offers an outcomes-based…
SJSU School of Information offers a free Blockchain MOOC
As you know, a MOOC is a Massive Open Online Course. San Jose State University School of Information will be hosting a six-week MOOC, Blockchain and Decentralization for the Information Industry, March 11–April 21, 2019. Registration is free and requires a few hours a week of lecture.No prior knowledge of Blockchain is required.Learn the following from…
Texas Internet Service in Disaster Areas
Representative R.D. “Bobby” Guerra introduced H.B. 1426 on February 6, 2019 to amend Texas Government Code 418.194 to prevent reducing mobile Internet service in a disaster area.Learn more about Representative Guerra and his current bills.Track H.B. 1426.A BILL TO BE ENTITLEDAN ACTrelating to mobile Internet service access in an area subject to a…
Monitoring Texas Legislature Bills Regarding Day Light Savings Time
If you are tired of Daylight Savings Time, you are in good company.Texas State Senator Jose Menendez pre-filed SB 190 and Texas State Representative Lyle Larson pre-filed HB 49 in the 2019 Legislature (86th Leg.) to formally exempt Texas from the Uniform Time Act of 1966. 80 Stat 107. The UTA of 1966. Text of…
DALL President Jenny Wondracek in ABA Journal
Check out the ABA article featuring DALL President Jennifer Wondracek!!! Professor Wondracek is bringing The Matrix to law school!The MatrixHow are law schools using virtual reality tools in classrooms?http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/virtual_reality_augments_law_school_curricula/