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A Foreign Exchange Student's thoughts about SILS ethics

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A Foreign Exchange Student's thoughts about SILS ethics

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Coming from an information science background, I envision SILS to be: Future Ready. Yes, I know public libraries in America are quite different than that in Singapore, but if we need to get ready to transform libraries to people who WANT to come, maybe think about the future and look at case studies overseas.

Also, you might consider becoming agile, and that's where your strengths in special topics become quite useful. For example, for Information Analytics (INLS 625) there was use of low and no code analytics platform which greatly accelerates data cleaning and eventual analysis.

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The reasons that I came to SILS, purely and simply, were the people that I met when I came here to visit during admitted students day. The warmth that I felt, the care between students and faculty, the dedication to honesty from my fellow students, faculty, and alumni, and the chance to dedicate my time to become a good community member and a good librarian were all what drew me to this program. What I’ve found since is an incredible commitment from the faculty to engage their students both inside and outside of the classroom, and a culture that makes people feel heard and safe. The community is so strong in SILS, a school full of passionate people. The dedication to community initiatives, to creating thoughtful and well-prepared librarians, archivists, and information scientists, and to understanding information and its application shines through.

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I would really encourage the emphasis on the humanistic aspects of the field/school. We come here to learn about how to help people, not optimize product lines or increase a company's profit.

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responsible use of data and information, human-centered and community-centered

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Transparency in decision making

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Technologies and data will change but ultimately it's all for people

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Creating professionals who value accountability, accessibility for all, equity, inclusion of all voices, who value communication and collaboration, who hold human-centered design and decision l-making

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Going along the ALA code of ethics, SILS focuses on intellectual freedom, information accessibility, and excellence in the library profession

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core librarianship values with an equity lens. reckoning with the past of librarianship and moving it into the future while maintaining the traditions and practices that make it available and a resource for everyone 

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core librarianship values with an equity lens. reckoning with the past of librarianship and moving it into the future while maintaining the traditions and practices that make it available and a resource for everyone 

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I think SILS should stand for providing guidance for how to meaningfully share and organize information to achieve public good.

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Community-driven

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curious about transparency:

- for incoming applicants: what are they being told?

- relevant to both SDSS students & SILS

- for SILS masters first years: what will it say on their diplomas / what can they put on their resumes about where they went to school?

- I think it could be useful to poll first years and see if that's important to them. If we can't get that guaranteed and get to the point that we need to make demands, then that's important. (I know a tiny bit about like organizing to make demands from being a part of a v active union, but I wasn't like in a leadership role or anything)

- in those notes from the Wed meeting last week, there was something about that all profs would keep having their jobs, but they would focus more on AI. what about profs who don't talk about that much as a part of their practice? (I feel like most profs have at least a week on how AI is affecting the profession, but what will it be for them? this could also coalesce into a demand)

- should we be collaborating with professors? (saw B. mentioned in ILLSA notes, I know for a fact at least one other who would collaborate with students)

-for these working groups: will faculty and/or students be stipended and/or given class credit and/or something else for working on them?

- how will this affect funding and GA / RA / TA opportunities for MSLS / MSIS students? I know that is a huge issue we have (not enough opportunities)

- school librarian program? will that get moved into school of ed (that's pretty common at other institutions from what I understand, but we should know, esp with SHH retiring) (though AI literacy is a part of what school librarians teach!!)

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I think our program is one that focuses on accessibility and equity! That's something I would like to see carried over into the new school. We don't only study information formation, patterns, and communication— we're constantly thinking about how info access affects people and how we can better serve our communities through research.