AI toolkits from supply to demand
Monday 23rd March 13:00 - 15:30 (online via Zoom)
Book now to secure your place today. This event is free but boooking is required.
The speakers talks will be recorded and made available at a future date.
The plenary will not be recorded so everyone can feel comfortable to ask questions and speak in a closed environment.
Programme Schedule
- 13:00 - 13.30 Welcome and sherif AGM
- 13:30 - 14.00 Mark Hughes (Cardiff Metropolitan University) "AI Adoption Governance."
- 14.00 - 14:30 James Barnett (University of Birmingham) "Developing Approaches to Support Researchers when using AI."
- 14:30 – 15.00 Jenny McGarvey (University of Exeter) "Developing an AI toolkit for students."
- 15:00 - 15:30 All our speakers in a Q&A Plenary Session
- 15.30 Finish
About Our Speakers
Mark Hughes
Mark has been in role as Head of Libraries at Cardiff Metropolitan University since 2016, and prior to that worked in senior roles in both HE and Public Libraries. Mark served a term as Chair of the WHELF consortium,
and he currently co-chair of SCONUL’s Technology & Markets Strategy Group, within which he also Chairs the AI sub group. He is also an elected member of SCONUL Executive Board, and a member of UCISA's AI Working Group.
Mark has a longstanding interest in digital and technology driven service development, with a particular focus on AI currently, and is very passionate about library collaborative and partnership working.
James Barnett
James Barnett is a Research Skills Advisor within Libraries and Learning Resources at the University of Birmingham. He supports the university’s research community (PGR to Professor) with a variety of skills development
opportunities on topics such as literature searching, reference management, research metrics, Open Research and, more recently, AI literacy.
Jenny McGarvey
Jenny is Digital Skills Lead for Students at the University of Exeter. She supports students in the rapidly changing area of digital literacy which includes all aspects of AI.
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