RLUK’s Digital Shift Forum brings together colleagues from across the information, research, cultural and heritage communities, and third and commercial sectors, to discuss the future of the digital shift in collections, services, and audiences.
The series aims to promote cross-sector discussion and debate, to enable knowledge exchange, and inspire collaborative endeavour across sectors and communities, for the benefit of RLUK members and the wider research and information management communities.
The Digital Shift Forum is open to all, and you do not need to belong to an RLUK member institution to attend or participate.
AI, Research, and the Research Library
Wednesday 26 November, 14:00 – 15:30 (GMT, UK), 15:00 – 16:30 (CET), 16:00 – 17:30 (EET/SAST), 06:00 – 07:30 (PST), 09:00 – 10:30 (EST), 22:00 – 23:30 (AWST/CST)
The AI and New Digital Frontiers theme for the RLUK Digital Shift Forum will explore how research libraries can lead and support the use of AI.
The second session in this theme will focus on the impact and adoption of AI in research libraries and how it is rapidly reshaping how research is conducted, communicated, and supported. Research libraries are at the forefront of exploring how AI can be responsibly used to explore and engage with our collections and services both to enhance discovery but also to demonstrate our role as partners and leaders in the wider research ecosystem.
This Digital Shift Forum will examine the opportunities and challenges of AI, Research, and the Research Library in two key areas:
- AI and Collections how research libraries could use AI and AI tools to explore, engage and connect their unique collections in new ways, supporting research and enabling innovation.
- AI and Research Support how libraries could use AI in tools and platforms which underpin institutional research activities, from research information management and metrics to enabling open, transparent, and responsible approaches to research culture and evaluation.
Through case studies from Cambridge and Manchester this session will consider the opportunities, challenges, ethical implications, and the evolving role of the research library in an AI-enabled research environment.