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Jessica Miles, Founder, The Informed Frontier
The recent NISO Plus conference in Baltimore offered many opportunities to identify common problems facing the information community. One challenge that came up in discussion several times is that posed by the plethora of AI tools now available to publishers and libraries. All promise to increase efficiencies, maybe even to transform workflows, but with so many tools on the market, how does one determine which are the best for one's organization?
Fortuitously, NISO's upcoming training series, "Assessing and Adopting AI Tools," will help participants answer this question. The eight-week course is designed to build AI literacy and familiarize attendees with how AI is currently used in scholarly communications, giving attendees the confidence required to evaluate new tools and make informed decisions.
Running on Thursdays (11:00 am–12:30 pm) from March 26–May 14, the course will cover the following topics:
- Approaches for Evaluating AI Tools
- AI for Open Scholarship
- Digital Collections and Infrastructure
- Search and Discovery
- Teaching and Research
- Copyright and Institutions
- Emerging Agents in Research and Scholarship
- DIY AI: Building Tools, Shaping Strategies
The course facilitator, Jessica Miles, is founder of the consultancy The Informed Frontier, which advises STM organizations on AI’s impact on knowledge discovery and dissemination. A scientist and longtime publishing and strategy leader, she has worked with executives and boards on strategic planning and transformation, and previously led strategy and investments in AI-powered research and discovery tools at Holtzbrinck. She currently serves on the Advisory Board of Johns Hopkins University Press.
Register for the training series by Friday, March 13 for early-bird rates. Discounts are available for students, NISO members, and groups.