SLA / Arabian Gulf Chapter

Artificial Intelligence and Libraries: Choosing the Best Strategy for Your Library Workshop

SLA / Arabian Gulf Chapter > Artificial Intelligence and Libraries: Choosing the Best Strategy for Your Library Workshop
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Introduction

This interactive workshop will give you the knowledge and insights to approach using Artificial Intelligence (AI) in a manner suitable for your library context.

The workshop consists of four main sections. The first section seeks to demystify AI and to define how it can be used in library contexts. The second section offers a model for selecting among the various approaches and strategies for using AI, including a SWOT analysis. In the third section, participants will have an opportunity to present their own ideas and experiences.

The fourth section dives more deeply into specific relevant uses of AI, including:

  • managing collections.
  • promoting AI literacy.
  • carrying out everyday library work.
  • promoting data governance and stewardship.

Attendees will have opportunities to discuss how AI is relevant to their own work and to share their experiences.

Workshop Overview

  • What is AI, and why is it controversial?

  • What are the main uses of AI relevant to libraries?

  • What strategic approaches to AI are available for libraries?

  • How can we use AI in our library?

  • AI and the library collection
  • AI literacy
  • Using AI in everyday library work
  • Data governance and stewardship.

Workshop Fees:

Workshop fees (Free only for individuals who have registered for the conference and paid the conference registration fee). For those who have not registered, the workshop registration fee is 350 Qatari Riyals.

Workshop Objectives

Learning outcomes of this interactive workshop will include:

  • A sound understanding of AI and its relevance to libraries.

  • The ability to evaluate different strategic approaches to AI for libraries.

  • An in-depth understanding of some AI applications in the library context.

Notes:

For preparatory reading, participants are directed to the IFLA Artificial Intelligence Special Interest Group webpage: https://www.ifla.org/units/ai/

Speaker

Dr. Andrew Martin Cox

  • Senior Lecturer at the Information School, University of Sheffield.

  • Director of Research, University of Sheffield, 2019–21.

  • Head of the Digital Societies Research Group, University of Sheffield, 2014–21.

  • Director of Postgraduate Research, University of Sheffield, 2017–19.

  • Convenor of the IFLA Special Interest Group on Artificial Intelligence.

Target Audience

This workshop will be most useful for:

  • Library staff interested in AI as an exciting new development for the profession.

  • Library staff in management positions.

  • Researchers and Specialists in Library and Information Field.

Registration form for attending the workshop

Please click on the following link to complete the registration process...

https://www.naseej.com/2024-slaagc-pre-conference-workshop-na/