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
Continue Reading 5 amazing AI and Machine Learning projects in the GLAM sector
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
Continue Reading When did you last pay attention to your attention span?
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
Continue Reading Staying focused: library inductions and other training sessions
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
Continue Reading Looking for an #infopro conference in 2021?
“An informed perspective is more important than ever in order to anticipate what comes next and succeed in emerging futures”. HBR, October 16, 2015
Continue Reading What is the difference between current awareness and horizon scanning?
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.
Continue Reading "What is Legal Innovation?" A review of a recent paper
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
Continue Reading What have you been reading on the Vable blog in 2021?
This post is an examination of the difference between content aggregation and content curation, and why they make a difference to a firm’s information flow – indeed, to explore why curation is crucial to both legal and information professionals. I
Continue Reading What's the difference between content aggregation and content curation?
When was the last time that a library and information conference inspired your intellectual curiosity? Why is it so important to think about information ubiquity? What apps should we be looking for? What should we be doing to support our
Continue Reading In a world of information ubiquity, knowledge is the most valuable asset
A session from the recent LIDA conference outlined how the power of the crowd contributed to the success of a local history documentation project. The possibilities for this type of public collaboration are endless, and people are happy to
Continue Reading What is the difference between crowdsourcing and nichesourcing?
