Browsing by Author "IFLA Information Technology Standing Committee"

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    Annual Report 2022-2023: IT Section
    (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), 2023-09-19) IFLA Information Technology Standing Committee
    We held two successful AI Satellite meetings, the most recent one happening as a joint mid-term meeting in Singapore in March. Another regional AI symposium happened in South Africa in September. This work followed up on the first AI Satellite in Ireland in conjunction with WLIC 2022 and reached out to additional regions to engage more librarians on this important subject. The Communication Team led the TILT newsletter (Trends and Issues in Library Technology) with two issues published per year. The last two years they have produced thematic issues related to topics on Big Data, Agile methods, and AI. The Communication Team leads an active Facebook presence as well as a Twitter account. During conferences they coordinate live tweeting and have shown an increase in engagement with the membership. The AI symposium was held at North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa on 5 - 7 September 2023, IT Section member, Chipa Maimela reported at WLIC that the planning team was wellorganized and had lots of interest and local participation. A pre-conference site visit had been completed, and the venue was excellent. The topic of AI has shown how robust regional interest is in conferences and we can develop this as a model. We have continued collaboration with the Subject Analysis and Access Section who share an interest in AI and automating methods of working with data. This year we expanded to include partnering with the Cataloguing Section on two joint programs. We continue to work with the Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning Section on projects such as bringing Library Carpentry and other IT skills to the IFLA membership. The AI SIG has also begun to build partnerships with others interested in this popular topic, with joint sessions with several Sections focused on AI governance, ethics, and freedom of information.
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    Minutes of Meeting: Information Technology Section, 20 August 2021
    (2021-08) IFLA Information Technology Standing Committee; Lampert, Cory
    Second Business Meeting of IT Standing Committee in August 2021. Review of WLIC2021 event and sessions. Discussion about an AI special interest group.
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    Minutes of meeting: IT Section, 25 July 2022
    (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), 2022-08) IFLA Information Technology Standing Committee; Lampert, Cory
    Update on standing committee members, on sponsored SIGs. Preview of IT related session within WLIC 2022. Reports on activities. Preparation of 2022-2023 action plan items and 2023 events.
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    Newsletter: Information Technology Section, January 2024
    (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), 2023-12-18) IFLA Information Technology Standing Committee; Uzwyshyn, Ray; Lampert, Cory; De Brasdefer, Maria; Lesneski, Traci; Somaratna, Sajeewanie D.; Cellucci, Vincent; Bodanzky, Alice; Boots, Jeroen
    IFLA Internet Manifesto 2024, Call for Review - Special Issue on Technology-Enhanced Learning Spaces (Introduction: Enhanced Library Technology Spaces; Academic Libraries for GenZ: Information & Learning Centre at the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka; Developing Technologically Enhanced Learning Spaces for New Millennia Academic Libraries; XR Cone: Turning Non-standard Collections Into a Hall of Inspirations) - 2023 IFLA South Africa AI Satellite Review
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    Trends and Issues in Library Technology, June 2022
    (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), 2022-06-01) IFLA Information Technology Standing Committee; Uzwyshyn, Ray; Balnaves, Edmund; Boffy, François-Xavier; Chakarova, Juja; Kleinveldt, Lynn; Sánchez Nogales, Elena; Pastrana García, Alicia; Cerdán Medina, José Carlos; Lorca González, Marcelo; Malliari, Afrodite; Nitsos, Ilias; Zapounidou, Sofia; Doropoulos, Stavros; Cox, Andrew; International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
    For this issue, we have a wide spectrum of great articles on AI topics for libraries. Juja Chakarova, of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, gives a historical overview of AI in the context of libraries. Lynn Kleinveldt, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa, overviews new AI learning environments and libraries. Elena Sánchez Nogales, Alicia Pastrana García, José Carlos Cerdán Medina, of the National Library of Spain, present a project regarding Digital Transformation, Data Reuse and AI at the National Library of Spain. Marcelo Lorca González, from the Library at the National Congress of Chile, details a project on the conversion of MARC to BIBFRAME and implications towards semantic web-linking. From Greece’s International Hellenic and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and Datascouting, Afrodite Malliari, Ilias Nitsos, Sofia Zapounidou, Stavros Doropoulos overview an AI-based Open Audio-Visual Archives (OAVA) project for enhanced search and retrieval. And from the University of Sheffield, UK, Andrew Cox forwards a compelling set of ethics scenarios regarding artificial intelligence and the importance of examining ethical implications of AI for information professionals.