Name: AI Perspectives; or, A Luddite And A Tech Bro Walk Into A Bar
Start: 2026-09-09T15:00:00-0600
End: 2026-09-09T16:00:00-0600

AI Perspectives; or, A Luddite And A Tech Bro Walk Into A Bar

Wednesday September 9, 2026 3:00pm - 4:00pm MDT

Dewey Decimator Breakout Room 6

AI use in libraries is pretty polarizing. What better way to consider an issue more fully than to hear from someone who loves it and someone who hates it?

Andy Hamilton, Head of Public Services (Luddite) and Shanachie Carroll, Regional Branch Manager (Tech Bro, but nice), both with the Mesa County Libraries in western Colorado, will discuss how and why they use (or don't use) AI tools in their workflow.

They'll ask and discuss thought-provoking and challenging questions about the pros, cons, successes, failures, pitfalls, and ethical quandaries they've experienced around AI usage. This session will be interactive, with participants asking and answering questions and sharing their own feelings and experiences as well.

After this session, participants will have a more balanced understanding of where AI may be appropriate or may not be appropriate, concerns to address in writing policies around AI, and in thoughtfully exploring the nuanced territory around the use of AI in libraries.

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Andy Hamilton

I currently train and assess customer service for 20 employees at the Mesa County Libraries. Elizabeth (speaker 2) and I present training to all new staff in the C.A.R.E.S. framework of customer service., Mesa County Libraries

Shanachie Carroll

Mesa County Public Libraries

Wednesday September 9, 2026 3:00pm - 4:00pm MDT
Dewey Decimator Breakout Room 6

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