June is Pride Month!
This month, the world's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer communities come together and celebrate the freedom to be themselves. The original organizers chose this month to pay homage to the Stonewall uprising in June 1969 in New York City, which helped spark the modern gay rights movement. Check out the library's website for a small sampling of books highlighting diverse voices, stories, and experiences that celebrate the power of love, acceptance and inclusion.
You can pick up these titles--and more--in the library, borrow them on Sora, or request them in your Summer Reading Grab Bag!
Not sure how to use sora? Watch a short tutorial on the library's blog!
Return Your Books!
Right now, students owe the library $7,635.71 in missing books and fees from previous years--this doesn't take into account the cost of all the materials that won't come back to the library this year. We simply can't afford to replace all of these books, so we desperately need you to turn them in.
If you've missed the weekly emails the library has been sending you, then find all the info you need about returning books in this document.
Let AI Help Prepare You for Finals
Have you introduced yourself to ChatGPT or Bard, yet? They are natural language processing tools driven by artificial intelligence technology that allow you to have human-like conversations with the chatbot. Here are some ways you can use these new tools to study for finals!
Create flashcards. Bard will create flashcards for you from your notes (which you can type in or upload a picture of), from a textbook (give it the name and chapter), or from an internet source (provide the URL). ChatGPT can't process pictures, but you can type or cut and paste your notes!
Clarify concepts. Use a prompt like, "What are some common literary techniques used in poetry?" or "Please give me an example of mitosis," to have either ChatGPT or Bard explain something that you don't quite understand.
Practice questions or exams. Both services can create samples to help you study. Try to be specific with what you need. Instead of "Create practice questions for high school biology," try "Create practice questions about the cell cycle for high school biology."
Summarize & review. It's been nearly an entire semester since you read Frankenstein...how could you be expected to remember the names of all the characters?!? Prompt ChatGPT or Bard with, "Please list the main characters in Shelley's Frankenstein and remind me of how they are important to the story." You could also try something like, "Can you condense the steps involved in the scientific method into a concise summary?"
Studying for final exams is the perfect application of amazing new AI technology, so check it out this weekend and see how it can help you!
Free Audiobooks to Keep!
Every summer, the audiobook-review website AudioFile offers AudiobookSYNC, a summer reading program in which students can use Sora to download free audio books every week from April 27 to August 2. Each week on Thursday, a pair of books united by a single theme becomes available--but you gotta get 'em before the new ones are released the next Thursday! This week's theme is "Remaking Ourselves." For setup instructions and a preview of the rest of this season's books, visit the library's website!
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