This Google themed post was inspired by a tweet. A librarian and client had an email exchange and the librarian tweeted the following:
How can I achieve better search results using the full power of Google?
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Think before you automate: What should I do before implementing new technology?
In a previous post, Vable’s Head of Client Success, Emily Baldwin explained how to create and nurture successful client/vendor relationships. When I attended ILTA’s “Think before you automate” webinar, it reminded me of everything that Emily said about communicating with vendors, so I felt it would be useful to revisit her ideas, as well
CILIP's Research Report: Should librarians embrace AI and learn how to code?
He had wondered, as had most people at one time or another, precisely why an android bounced helplessly about when confronted by an empathy-measuring test. Empathy, evidently, existed only within the human community, whereas intelligence to some degree could be found throughout every phylum and order including the arachnida.
5 amazing AI and Machine Learning projects in the GLAM sector
Finding library and information themed webinars and conferences that do not over-hype artificial intelligence (AI) can be a challenge. This is why I was pleasantly surprised by the ILI Bitesized Conference – small is indeed beautiful! The session that most resonated with me was the one on machine learning by Bohyun Kim. She outlined
When did you last pay attention to your attention span?
I’ve been seeing an increased number of articles about attention spans in my health and wellbeing current awareness alerts every morning. This got me thinking about information consumption in general, for instance, I’ve noticed that tech and information conferences are condensing sessions to create shorter events. In the meantime, popular short form social media apps
Staying focused: library inductions and other training sessions
After a long spring and an uncertain summer, September is the perfect time to stop, refocus and reset our New Year’s Resolutions. Once we as library and information people have done this for ourselves and our own professional development, we can harness the power of positivity and be ready to assist new work
Looking for an #infopro conference in 2021?
Time for a conference update – library and information conferences are returning to various cities, or being presented as a hybrid of online/physical. Dates are all over the place but there remains an overwhelming choice of conference. Choice in every why, when, what, how, who – anything is now possible!
What is the difference between current awareness and horizon scanning?
“An informed perspective is more important than ever in order to anticipate what comes next and succeed in emerging futures”. HBR, October 16, 2015
"What is Legal Innovation?" A review of a recent paper
Occasionally someone publishes an academic paper which is of immediate interest and this one by Haim Sandberg caught my eye. “What is Legal Innovation?” was flagged by my morning current awareness bulletin and I opened and read it straight away. The abstract states,
What have you been reading on the Vable blog in 2021?
Six months, six popular blog posts: we are halfway through 2021 and I wanted to see what people were reading on the Vable current awareness strategy blog. This year has seen us all settling into a new information reality so it has been my intention to write practical pieces which embrace this outlook.
