5 December 2024, 15.00-16.30 CET
(2pm-3.30pm BST)
Webinar hosted by Gold Leaf, sponsored by De Gruyter Brill
The grand finale of last year’s De Gruyter Brill webinar series for librarians addressed the emerging phenomenon of AI. Boon or world-buster? Enable or destroyer? The myths about AI persist and some are grounded in logic: AI needs careful handling. Throughout 2024, forward-thinking academic librarians have discovered and perfected creative ways of using AI both exploratively and systematically. 2024’s final webinar captures their ideas.
Register for free today to hear from Mark Hughes, Head of Library Services at Cardiff Metropolitan University (UK), Jessica Morales, Associate Dean for Collections and Open Initiatives at the University of Arkansas (USA), Andrea Alessandro Gasparini, Senior Librarian and Lecturer in Informatics at the University of Oslo (Norway), and Heli Kautonen, Chief Librarian at the University of Turku (Finland), as they explore the role of AI in transforming learning and access..
The webinar is part of a series sponsored by De Gruyter and will be moderated by Linda Bennett of Gold Leaf. Registration is free of charge.
For more details and to book your place on the seminar, click here.
Who should attend
Academic librarians; public librarians; publishers; members of librarian support groups; members of consortia and trade associations; academics and students interested in sustainability; environmentalists.
Mark Hughes has been working in Libraries, both public and academic across a range of different roles and institutions for over 20 years, and is currently in post as Head of Library Services at Cardiff Metropolitan University. He has a longstanding interest and depth of experience in the realm of digital services and technology led service development.
Mark’s professional community involvement includes the role as Chair of the Wales Higher Education Libraries Forum (WHELF) group, membership of JISC’s Library Hub Advisory Board, and membership of Sconul’s Technology & Markets Strategy Group, within which he Chairs the sub-group focussing on AI for Libraries.
Mark was part of the team who won a Times Higher Education Leadership & Management Award (THELMA) in 2015 for their work on the shared Welsh Library Management System, and in the same year, he was also recipient of the CILIP Cymru Wales ‘Welsh Librarian of the Year’ award.
Jessica Morales has over twelve years of experience in academic libraries and currently serves as the Associate Dean for Collections and Open Initiatives at the University of Arkansas. She holds an M.L.I.S. in Library and Information Science from Wayne State University and a B.A. in Art History from The University of Toledo.
Jessica has held key leadership roles at the University of Notre Dame, where she directed the Collection Strategy and Acquisitions Program. Prior to that, she served as the Collection Management Librarian at the University of Toledo and as the Acquisitions Librarian at Capital University Libraries.
Her expertise includes collection development, acquisitions, metadata services, electronic resources, and interlibrary loan management. She has also made significant contributions to the profession through her involvement in professional organizations and service roles, including leadership positions with NERL and other library consortia.
Jessica has numerous publications, including refereed journal articles, book chapters, and conference reports. She is also an active speaker and presenter.
Andrea Alessandro Gasparini finished in February 2020 his Ph.D. at the Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, Norway. Right after he had a position in the same department as a senior lecturer, and thereafter as acting group leader of the “Regenerative Technologies” research group. He has also worked for more than 20 years as a chief engineer at the University of Oslo Library. He has been working with e-readers and tablet PCs in a primary school and the University of Oslo for his master’s thesis. His Ph.D. is about the use of Design Thinking and Service Design in academic libraries. Andrea Gasparini could test his approach in Norway, Italy, the USA, and Uganda. In addition, he received in 2017 a grant to study ways of using Artificial Intelligence (AI) combined with a designer and user-centered approach in the context of an academic library.
Heli Kautonen is the Chief Librarian of the University of Turku, Finland. She earned her PhD degree at the Aalto University School of Science in usability research. Her career includes working for the National Library of Finland and the Finnish Literature Society Library. She has served in the Executive Board of LIBER, the Association of European Research Libraries since 2019.
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