Welcome to the first blog post of Faculty Focus!
The CCM Library is excited to announce in this first Faculty Focus blog post that there is a new faculty resource; an Artificial Intelligence (AI) libguide for faculty and adjuncts! This guide will provide curated information from reliable sources focused on using AI in higher education.
Take a look at the guide, https://ccm.libguides.com/ArtificialIntelligence, to find information on the multiple types of AI, the AI tools being used by students, AI tools available for faculty, and resources on AI promt engineering. The guide contains resources to facilitate discussions on the ethics of using AI and examples of other higher education institutions' policies on providing students guidance for the ethical use of AI on a course-by-course basis.
Also, look for CTL sessions beginning in October about the use of AI in higher education which will touch on many of the resources listed in the AI libguide.
Don't forget the Library can help you during the Fall semester!
A librarian can:
- recommend and acquire relevant reading materials for your courses.
- conduct an information literacy session specifically for your students.
- provide brief one-on-one information literacy/research instruction for your students.
Feel free to contact Heather Craven, Dean of the LRC, at hcraven@ccm.edu, or Reference librarian, Suzanne Kosempel, at skosempel@ccm.edu, if you have any questions!
You may be aware that some US federal government data has been removed or redacted following the Presidential Executive Orders that went into effect on January 31, 2025. This includes data on crime, sexual orientation, gender, education, climate and global development. Some data has been archived but data collection has ceased altogether in certain fields.
Some examples of missing data are under the Department of Labor, specifically the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which will no longer provide data on 350 indexes that are listed at https://www.bls.gov/ppi/notices/2025/bls-to-discontinue-selected-ppis.htm.
Also, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has removed 203 datasets according to the The New England Journal Of Medicine 3/26/25 article “Disappearing Data at the U.S. Federal Government” by Freilich, Price and Kesselheim.
If you are utilizing government data in your assignments, use Data.gov to search if specific datasets are still available or are relocated. If the data is missing, the CCM Library Government Resources Guide provides specific instructions on how to find archived data and there are links for state government resources that may be still collecting data. Feel free to contact the CCM librarians to locate alternative data resources!