Research talk: librarians, researchers, and collections in the age of AI - Huw Jones

16/10/2023 52 min
Research talk: librarians, researchers, and collections in the age of AI - Huw Jones

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Episode Synopsis

In the penultimate episode of our "Is AI for me?" miniseries, guest host Peter Findlay is joined by Huw Jones to discuss the age of artificial intelligence. We've almost reached the end of our miniseries, "Is AI for me? Perspectives from the humanities", with the fifth instalment as Huw Jones, head of the digital library unit and digital humanities coordinator at the University of Cambridge, joins us to discuss librarians, researchers and collections in the age of artificial intelligence. Huw's role has evolved beyond the library, being both the creator and the facilitator of digital content creation. In this episode, Huw and Peter discuss the different ways to provide digital collections, and they explore how AI might impact collection research and what it might mean for librarians to be confronted by an entire collection generated by AI. Together, they consider how digital methods allow librarians to learn new things about their collections and the value of seeing what is revealed through processes and techniques for engaging with collections.

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