Video Recording: New Digital Frontiers: AI & Machine Learning in Libraries” (RLUK Digital Shift Forum Event)

The Research Libraries UK (RLUK) Digital Shift Forum event video embedded below was recorded on Wednesday, May 22, 2024.

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New Digital Frontiers: AI & Machine Learning in Libraries

New Digital Frontiers will explore the role AI and Machine learning can play in our libraries, the platforms we use, the challenges we face and the opportunities we have. This first event in this series will be an accessible and quick and gentle introduction to key concepts and applications in the library context led by Nora McGregor (British Library). It will be ideal for beginners and those new to these concepts but will also be of interest to colleagues across the sector exploring AI and Machine Learning.

Presenter

Nora McGregor
Digital Curator in the British Library’s Digital Research Team

She holds a Master’s Degree in Library and Information Science and her work centres on digital and data science skill development for cultural heritage professionals, with a particular emphasis on the innovative application of new technologies in the curation and cataloguing of heritage collections. Since its inception in 2012, she has managed the design and delivery of the Library’s ground-breaking Digital Scholarship Training Programme. This bespoke training programme provides staff with interesting and inspiring skill building opportunities, ranging from machine learning to digital storytelling and cleaning up data, helping ensure the Library’s capacity to support emerging areas of modern scholarship continues apace our computationally driven world.

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