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Bohyun Kim

@bohyunkim.bsky.social

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Works at a library; Dean of Libraries & Professor; Pronounced bo+h+yun (as in 'yearn' w/o ‘r’; not as in d'une'). bohyunkim.net/blog

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Bohyun Kim @bohyunkim.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Come to our session this morning if you are at #cnifall25! “4.1 Artificial Intelligence-Related Efforts at Three Libraries: How They Have Fared & Where They Are Headed”

4.1 Artificial Intelligence-Related
Efforts at Three Libraries: How They Have Fared & Where They Are
Headed

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Bohyun Kim @bohyunkim.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Loved hearing about this AI literacy project to support information professionals (as well as the public)! misbehavingmachines.net #FF2025

Questions you Questions you imagine Al could answer. Mundane/ prosaic questions. Completely fanciful/ absurd questions Questions you imagine Al could never answer

Evaluation. Confidence dimension. Personal and Supportive. Using LLMs to answer a question for myself, Knowing what to use LLMs for, Knowing how to evaluate answers from LLMS; Helping a client to use LLMs to answer a question, Advising a client on what to use LLMs for, Advising a client on how to evaluate answers from LLMs

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Bohyun Kim @bohyunkim.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

“What is the next biggest scientific discovery that can be made from a library collection (as a dataset)?” #FF2025

Two graphs for “Science of Science: Climate Change and Poetry”

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Bohyun Kim @bohyunkim.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

I would say no technology is inherently for austerity (or abundance). Today’s leaning into austerity is driven by the (universalized) desire for “more” rather than “less” imho. Humans don’t have a good track record on “just enough” in anything, but it would be exciting to see that change. #FF2025

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Bohyun Kim @bohyunkim.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Come by to discuss AI in the context of library user needs and goals - today 1pm at PCC 115A! “The Future of Library Services: Innovating with AI, UX, and the Service Design” - RUSA President’s Program cdmcd.co/zEXmAq #alaac25

RUSA President’s Program “The Future of Library Services: Innovating with AI, User Experience and the Service Design”,
Sunday, June 29, 2025 1-2 pm - Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 115 A (https://cdmcd.co/zEXmAq)

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Bohyun Kim @bohyunkim.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Attending “AILA President's Program: Truth, Identity, and Responsibility: Libraries and the Issue of Pretendians” at #alaac25. A great program (slides at docs.google.com/presentation...)

Citizenship & Blood Quantum
Native Americans are not a 'race' of people, but citizens of sovereign nations - much like being American, Canadian, or Mexican.
• Each Native nation defines its own criteria for citizenship, often utilizing blood quantum.
• Important note: Native Identity is reciprocal.
You can claim a community, but a community also needs to claim you back.

The Harm of Pretendians
• Patterns of Deception in order to gain wealth and fame (authors, professors, influencers)
• Real Community Examples
• An Artist/Community Curator
• A Library Program
• Well known authors
• The Trail of Metadata

What can and should we be doing?
• Educate yourself
• Attend training, consult resources
• Inventory and evaluate your collection
• Have concrete policies within your collection development that reflect the importance of authentic Indigenous Identity and Experience
• Make a plan or a procedure to follow when books/authors are questioned
• Ask for community references when inviting
Native speakers to your library

Resources from Dr. Debbie Reese
Debbie Reese: Native or Not?
https://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/p/native-or-not-resource-list.html
List specific to Bruchac/Vermont groups:
https://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2023/09/is-joseph-brucha
C-trulv-abenaki.html
From Debbie: "And I ought to do a page with a list of people who wrote children's books and claimed to be Native but I don't have one yet. There's lots of stand-alone pages, like this one I did in 2007 on Forrest Carter who wrote The Education of Little Tree. The comments are good because many are from librarians trying to figure out where to put that book."
https://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2007/11/where-is-your-copy-of-education-of.html

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Bohyun Kim @bohyunkim.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Woohoo!!! Core 5-Year Anniversary! Come to the Core Gala event if you can; the tickets are still available. : ) 🎉 #alaac25

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Bohyun Kim @bohyunkim.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Listening to Heather Joseph’s @hjoseph.bsky.social opening plenary at #OpenRepos2025 and it’s so good!

Some things in our ecosystem will break from the current pressures.

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Bohyun Kim @bohyunkim.bsky.social · 27/06/2024

Interested in AI/Gen AI? I am presenting at 2 sessions in #alaac24. CALA President's Program: A Panel Discussion on Artificial Intelligence's Impact on Libraries | Sunday 1-2pm; SDCC 26 A B Generative Artificial Intelligence, Libraries, and The People They Serve | Monday, 1-2pm SDCC 28 D E

CALA President's Program & Posters 2024: A Panel Discussion on Artificial Intelligence's Impact on Libraries
Sunday, June 30
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: San Diego Convention Center, Room 26 A B

Generative Artificial Intelligence, Libraries, and The People They Serve: A Guided Discussion
Monday, July 1
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: San Diego Convention Center, Room 28 D E

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Bohyun Kim @bohyunkim.bsky.social · 10/02/2024

Happy lunar new year of the blue dragon!! 🎉

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Bohyun Kim @bohyunkim.bsky.social · 22/08/2023

LOL from one of very many sessions about AI (and heroic librarianship) today at the IFLA WLIC 2023. 😆

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Bohyun Kim @bohyunkim.bsky.social · 08/08/2023

Just making it obvious that I work at a library in my first post! Not exactly in these beautiful spaces but in relative proximity with less books and a lot more machines. XD

University of Michigan Hatcher Library Reading Room

University of Michigan Shapiro Library Clark Commons

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