In another whirlwind year for advances in artificial intelligence, librarians took bold steps to find innovative applications for AI tools. The final webinar of 2024, the Year of the Dragon, was a brilliant exchange of strategy for mastering AI in libraries. Unusually, the most recent webinar featured three sessions and four speakers before concluding withContinueContinue reading “Taming the Dragon: librarians, creativity and AI”
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Guardians of Scholarship: how librarians protect and promote copyright in the complex and fast-changing world of Artificial Intelligence
Academic librarians are not only law-abiding but also extremely well-informed. Academics have long relied on librarians’ support as they navigate the choppy waters of open access and copyright; and the recent addition of Artificial Intelligence to the scholarly publishing landscape has made the librarian’s contribution yet more invaluable. Publishers are also deeply indebted to librariansContinueContinue reading ” Guardians of Scholarship: how librarians protect and promote copyright in the complex and fast-changing world of Artificial Intelligence”
Taming the dragon: librarians, creativity and AI
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 carefulContinueContinue reading “Taming the dragon: librarians, creativity and AI”
Open Access: poised for a great future!
We conclude this series to celebrate Open Access week with an interview with Colleen Campbell, who leads external engagement in the OA transition at the Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL). As coordinator of the OA2020 Initiative, she focuses on capacity-building activities to empower librarians and other stakeholders with strategic insights and essential skills as theyContinueContinue reading ” Open Access: poised for a great future!”
Open Access: the Asian perspective
Views from Malaysia and China At its outset, the Open Access movement focused especially on Europe, where it was pushed forward significantly by the twin drivers of national mandates and funder stipulations. Australia and New Zealand were also quick to embrace OA. It reached the rest of the world in a slower and more measuredContinueContinue reading “Open Access: the Asian perspective”
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