AI: teaching, learning and libraries (1-2 pm, Wed 1 Nov)

AI: teaching, learning and libraries (1-2 pm, Wed 1 Nov)

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Event information

As access to AI tools becomes a part of everyday life the areas of teaching and learning have been central to a raft of concerns and potentials. How might students or teachers use these tools? What are the ethical implications or concerns? How can AI aid in effective and efficient education? What role might it have in academic integrity, in creating adaptable learning, or in relation to student work, assessment or feedback? What are the emerging strategies or tools being used?

 And what is the library role in supporting teachers and students in these areas?

Join us for this webinar which looks at current initiatives and approaches to AI in support of teaching and learning across School, Vocational and Academic libraries in Australia.

Note – this is an ALIA event, not a HLA event

Presenters

Dr Kay Oddone – Course Director and Lecturer in Teacher Librarianship CSU

Kay has over twenty-five years’ experience in the fields of education and librarianship. Having taught at all levels from Prep to Post-Grad, she worked in higher education since 2015, holding several different roles including lecturer and learning designer. Her research interests include personal learning networks, networked and connected learning, critical and digital literacies and critical digital and open pedagogies. Her professional portfolio- which includes materials examining AI alongside Kay’s other professional interests – can be found here: https://www.linkinglearning.com.au/

Jacque Quinn – Senior Library Adviser (QUT)

Jacque is a highly experienced and accomplished professional in the field of Library Science and Information Management.

Her role as a QUT representative on CAUL Digital Dexterity Champions showcases her commitment to staying at the forefront of digital trends. (written by ChatGPT, based on my CV)

Emma Nelms – Liaison Librarian for QUT Business School and AI champion

Emma is an experienced liaison librarian with a proven track record in facilitating information literacy and learning. Over the years, she has coordinated workshops, orientation programs, and built strong relationships with academic units. As an AI and Digital Dexterity Champion, Emma has promoted knowledge sharing and engagement with emerging technologies, such as ChatGPT, to enhance library services. (written by ChatGPT, based on my CV)

Nadia Koren – Academic Integrity Lead state-wide (HE & VET), TAFE NSW

Nadia leverages her teaching and leadership experience in tertiary education to shift the fear-driven perception of academic integrity towards a more student-centred, positive approach. She is keen to encourage educators to embrace Generative AI, tools once viewed as threats to academic integrity but can be harnessed to minimise breaches. As an educator, her primary focus was to create an inviting learning environment that would draw the students to attend classes. She achieved this by making sure students felt cared for, respected, understood, and connected with their peers. Additionally, she loved to take the challenge to teach complex concepts in simple and practical ways.

Matthew Jones – Librarian, TAFE NSW

As well as being a librarian Matthew has also been a part-time Teacher in Information Technology, Business Studies, and Career Pathways Aboriginal Languages, Employability Skills, and of course Library and Information Services. He has delivered courses in a range of facilities including students in correctional facilities, at remote townships, online and via videoconference. He has also been an Adjunct Professor at CSU for the Advanced Graduate Management Certificate 2010-2012. 

Often described as an early adopter of technology, Matthew would describe himself as being curious of technology and interested in seeing how it can be used and adapted to libraries, education and entertainment. 

Matthew has seen great change in the technologies used to deliver library services and education in VET. When he started at the beginning of the century CDs, text based Dynix, satellite TV, and VHS, were still all mainstream library technologies. Now it is MS Teams, streaming video, eResources, ChatGPT, BARD and Virtual Reality!

Jo Clark – Manager Library Services (South and Sydney), TAFE NSW

 Access to information and customer service are two key passions and are intertwined in Jo’s current role of Manager Library Services – South, Sydney and Customer Service.

 Having spent a considerable amount of time in regional locations, Jo is very aware of the information divide that exists between those with access to multiple libraries and educational institutions and those with limited access. The internet has allowed this divide to be narrowed somewhat, but with the wave of content comes the need to be able to decipher and determine what is current, accurate and relevant.

 Jo believes this is where libraries and customer service come into play. Finding ways to reach VET students and help them to navigate to the resources they need is a fundamental role VET libraries play. In her role AI tools now provide another challenge, not only in the way we search for information, but also to issues of integrity and ethics.

When

Wednesday 1 November 2023   1-2pm  AEDT                       

Cost / Register

$0.00 – HLA members

$30.00 non-members (another reason to consider HLA Membership …)

What to expect once you have Registered

The Zoom link will be emailed the day before the webinar.

The webinar will be recorded and made available to all who registered.

CoP – Artificial Intelligence in Health Library & Information Services

CoP – Artificial Intelligence in Health Library & Information Services

Invitation
ALIA Health Libraries Australia (HLA) would like to invite you to participate in our new Community of Practice (CoP) on Artificial Intelligence in Health Library & Information Services.

Why a CoP?
The purpose of this community of practice is to bring together health library and information practitioners involved in the service development, implementation, navigation, training, responsible and ethical use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in the health library and information sector (HLIS) within Australia/NZ.  The community will provide a platform for sharing knowledge, concerns, best practices, and resources related to artificial intelligence policies, standards, programs, and tools used by health libraries.

Our Objective
We feel this CoP is a great way to stay up-to-date on the latest trends and advances in AI and connect with other health LIS professionals who share your interests.

 

Please review the Terms of Reference

To join

Simply register your interest to the email address below.

Register you interest – Michele.Gaca@ALIA.org.au

We look forward to getting together before the end of 2023 so we can start discussing, learning, and sharing our experiences with generative AI in our current practices.

Note – other Communities of Practice are available. See below in the footer

Improving the speed of designing & writing a systematic review (15 Aug 2023)

Improving the speed of designing & writing a systematic review (15 Aug 2023)

Automation Tool Workshop: Improving the speed of designing and writing a systematic review

Presenter: Justin Clark

Research Enhancement Manager Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare

Bond University

Systematic reviews (SR) are a great way to answer research questions, but they can take a long time and are a lot of work. Fortunately, recent innovations such as the development of automation tools can help. Automation tools have shown they can increase the speed of conducting SRs, without impacting their quality. 

This workshop will provide live demonstrations of the SRA tools used when designing and writing a systematic review. Participants will gain practical experience using automation tools to design and write the protocol, methods, and results.

Where: Zoom –  link will be sent prior to the workshop.

When:

15 August, 10:30am – 12:30pm AEST

https://www.alia.org.au/EventDetail?EventKey=HLA0823

Cost: $60 ALIA members $120 non-members. (One more reason – along with 12 others – to consider HLA Membership)

Please note this session will be recorded and sent to attendees following the event.

Bio:

Justin Clark is the Research Enhancement Manager at the Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare (IEBH). He is also the Cochrane Information Specialist for the Acute Respiratory Infections Group, a member of the Cochrane Information Specialists Executive and the Co-Lead of the search group of the Living Evidence Network. He is one of the inventors of the Two-Week Systematic Review (2weekSR) method, a founding member of the International Collaboration for the Automation of Systematic Reviews (ICASR) and leads the Automation Team at the IEBH. His work focuses on improving evidence synthesis methods to reduce the resources needed to conduct reviews of the evidence, such as by developing tools and methods for the automation of evidence synthesis. For more information about Justin’s research please visit his Research Profile.

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Seven tools for when your library clients are roaming wild 🐘 on the Internet (06 Sep 2023)

Seven tools for when your library clients are roaming wild 🐘 on the Internet (06 Sep 2023)

Topic 📚

Clients access a lot of content away from the Library website. Hear how several different tools can be used to connect clients on the general internet with library subscribed content.

Tools Talked To 🔨

Bibliograph: Hannah Armitage (Uni Melb. VIC)
Lean Library: Hannah Shelley (ACU)
Libkey Nomad: Reeti Brar (University of Notre Dame, WA)
Endnote Click: Caroline Ondracek (Royal Children’s Hospital, VIC)
PubMed OTool: Hannah-Lee Obst (South West Healthcare, VIC)
Google Scholar: Jane Van Balen (Macquarie University, NSW)
Bookmarklets: Cheryl Hamill, (South Metropolitan Health Service, WA)

When ⏲

Wednesday, 6 September 2023   1-2 pm AEST                                                

Where 🌏

Online webinar Zoom – a link will be sent the day prior.

This event will be recorded and sent to attendees following the event.

Cost 💲

ALIA Members – FREE

Non-Members – $15 (another reason – in addition to 12 others – to consider HLA membership)

Register ✍

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Filters for study designs: making the most of the ISSG Search Filter Resource (13 Sep)

Filters for study designs: making the most of the ISSG Search Filter Resource (13 Sep)

Presenter: Julie Glanville

Search filters are sets of search terms designed to find studies of a specific design. They are an essential tool in searching for evidence. Filters may be sensitive/broad and are useful in identifying studies for evidence syntheses such as systematic reviews and in guideline development. The ISSG Search Filter Resource (ISSG SFR) has been developed to improve awareness of methodological search filters and to provide information on how to critically appraise filters. The site continues to introduce developments and new features. This webinar will review the purpose of search filters and show how the ISSG Search Filter Resource can support you in identifying, choosing and critiquing search filters.

Where: Online webinar Zoom (link sent the day prior)

When: 13 September 2023 3.30pm AEST

Duration: 1 hour

Cost: ALIA members – FREE; Non-ALIA – $30 (another reason to consider HLA Membership …)

Register: Finding research filters for study designs (alia.org.au)

Bio: Independent Consultant in Information Retrieval

Co-editor of the ISSG Search Filter Resource
Co-manager of the SuRe Info resource
Formerly – Associate Editor, Research Synthesis Methods
Formerly – Co-convenor Cochrane Information Retrieval Methods Group