Artificial Intelligence
Get fresh ideas on how to use AI with some recent additions to our collection.
Generative AI for leaders playbook
Learn how to craft strategy, build AI teams, and drive innovation responsibly with this practical leadership playbook for the Generative AI era. Generative AI has shifted from a technical breakthrough to a leadership imperative. This essential guide helps executives, directors, and tech leads navigate the transformation, bridging AI’s technical realities with enterprise applications and providing the frameworks and vocabulary needed to make informed decisions.
The Copilot compass
In a world where AI is rapidly becoming embedded in everyday tools, this book helps you cut through the noise to understand Microsoft's growing Copilot ecosystem and confidently choose the right tool for the right task. By the end of the book, you won't just know the difference between a bot, a workflow, and an agent; you'll know exactly when each is the right choice and how to apply them with confidence.
AI agents in practice
As AI agents evolve to take on complex tasks and operate autonomously, you need to learn how to build these next-generation systems. Author Valentina Alto brings practical, industry-grounded expertise in AI Agents in Practice to help you go beyond simple chatbots and create AI agents that plan, reason, collaborate, and solve real-world problems using large language models (LLMs) and the latest open-source frameworks.
Artificial humanities
Highlighting the impact of human-like AI design, from gendered virtual assistants to romanticized social robots, the book shows how these technologies intersect with longstanding humanistic questions about the concepts of creativity and language as well as the relations between humans and machines.
Managing AI hallucinations
AI systems that sound confident can still be wrong. Learn how to reduce hallucinations using system instructions, constraints, and few-shot prompting, and ground responses in trusted sources using RAG, vector databases, and NotebookLM. Cross-model comparison, source checks, and self-consistency prompting give you repeatable ways to evaluate claims.
Integrating business and AI
Integrating Business and AI is a comprehensive guide that bridges the gap between technical AI knowledge and practical business applications. It offers strategies for developing, marketing, and leveraging AI solutions across industries.
More than words
More Than Words argues that generative AI tools like ChatGPT not only can kill the student essay but should, since these assignments don’t challenge students to do the real work of writing. To Warner, writing is thinking―discovering your ideas while trying to capture them on a page―and feeling―grappling with what it fundamentally means to be human.
The future is now
This textbook serves as a user-friendly guide to the "black box" of AI. It breaks down complex technical concepts-from machine learning and neural networks to large language models-making them accessible to students across all disciplines. By establishing a strong foundation in how AI actually works, the book empowers readers to move from passive consumers of technology to informed, active participants in the AI age.
Agentic AI for Dummies
Agentic systems don't just respond to commands. They set goals, make decisions, and take initiative without direct human interaction. Get insight into the technologies driving Agentic AI, a road map for shifting from legacy systems to Agentic systems, and a tour of real-world use cases for Agentic AI. This book arms you with an understanding to make better decisions about how and when to use Agentic AI technologies.
AI for small businesses
An essential guide for small business owners and entrepreneurs looking to use artificial intelligence to automate tasks, improve customer service, make better decisions, grow their businesses faster, and stay ahead of the AI curve.
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Updates
🧑🎨 Travelling Art Exhibit: Looking Glass
The TREX program exists to provide curated collections of artworks to small venues and communities across the province.
From November 12 – December 9, you’re invited to stop by and view Looking Glass, a collection of 17 artworks from the Alberta Foundation of the Arts permanent collection. The collection contains visualizations of reflection by 12 artists, through different media and expression.
“Viewers are invited to ponder reflection as a tool for introspection and a method of situating oneself within reality or altered presentations of reality.”– Curatorial Statement by Sierra Zukowski, Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre.
🗞️ Newspapers at the Library: Digital Access
Did you know you have access to over 400 Canadian newspapers for free, through Canadian NewsStream?
This database offers access to full text articles, columns, editorial and features from a range of publications spanning across rural and urban Canada. Most titles are updated daily so you can keep up with what’s happening, and some have electronic backfiles to the 1970’s, for your research needs.
📚 Interlibrary Loan Requests
We’ve recently changed the way interlibrary loans are requested!
If you would like to request an item, please read our FAQ: How do I request a book or article from another library through Interlibrary Loan (ILL)? Requests are free for students, staff and faculty. The item must be needed for academic purposes and not be available in the SAIT library collection.
🧔♂️ Men's Health Resources
November is a great time to think about what you or your friends can do to lead a healthier life.
➡️ Access digital issues of Men’s Health Magazine for free through the library’s subscription or borrow a print copy from our magazine section on the main floor of the library. Articles cover fitness, relationships, nutrition, careers, grooming, travel and health issues.
➡️ Check out one of our books on how to keep yourself healthy:
➡️ View our men’s health display in the basement of the library for tips on physical and mental health.
➡️ Find simple changes that lead to better health at Canadian Men's Health Foundation | Strong for Life
➡️ Listen to the Don't Change Much podcast series.
➡️ If you’re feeling under stress, make use of SAIT’s free Student Development and Counselling services.
Most importantly, look after yourself!
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