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Summer issue of the HSLG newsletter HINT available now

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Our Summer 2023 issue of the Health Sciences Libraries Group newsletter ‘Health Information News & Thinking’ (HINT) is available now at https://hslg.ie/hint/

Issue contents:

Editorial – Jean McMahon
HSLG Continuing Professional Development website support – Mary Dunne
AI in libraries: a rapidly-developing field – Caitríona Lee
Library Internship at Tallaght University Hospital – Miriam Williams
Study Within a Review: Text mining tools to support evidence searching – Marie Carrigan
Librarians in Interesting Roles: Tom Martin, Educational Technologist – Tom Martin
Librarians of the World—Past and Present: Charlotte Serber: Librarian of Los Alamos – Caitríona Lee
EAHIL Annual Conference 2023 – Marie Carrigan
ESI Workshop ‘Designing Systematic Searches’ – Jim Healy
UXLibs Conference, Brighton 6th-8th June 2023 – Pamela Doyle
Research and Information Intersection: Can You Manage Knowledge? – Bernard Barrett
Book Review: The Lost Village by Camilla Sten – Elaine Peppard
LITE Reading (Library, Information, Technology & Evidence) – Mary Dunne
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HSLG Virtual Journal Club, Thursday 7 September 2023 – Defining artificial intelligence for librarians

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HSLG Virtual Journal Club, 7 September 2023, 11:00 – 11:45am

Hosted by Noeleen Murtagh, Food Safety Authority of Ireland.

Article: Cox, A. M., & Mazumdar, S. (2022). Defining artificial intelligence for librarians. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/09610006221142029

Noeleen’s questions for discussion:

  1. Does your organisation have an Artificial Intelligence (AI) strategy?
  2. The authors suggest 5 different types of use of AI in libraries, do you agree with these, or can you think of others?
  3. Do you see a role for your library with AI?
  4. Should librarians feel threatened by AI?
  5. Do you see an impact of AI on equality and diversity in the library profession?

To view a PDF of Noeleen’s presentation please click this link: Journal Club Presentation 07/09/2023

Below are some additional resources mentioned in the discussion:

What is artificial intelligence and how is it used? | News | European Parliament (europa.eu)

CILIP AI hub – CILIP: the library and information association