Arqus Libraries of the future hybrid seminar series at the University of Graz !

The welcome session will be given by Pamela Stückler (Director of the University Library Graz) and Cathal McCauley (University Librarian at Maynooth University)

Presenter: Miriam Autenrieth (Center for Digital Teaching and Learning, University of Graz).
Target audience: students, (academic) staff, general public.
Description:

• What are uniGPT and studiGPT, and why are they of relevance?
• Demo/presentation of User Interface (UI)
• Short introduction to prompting/prompt engineering

Presenter: Barbora Orlicka (Center for Digital Teaching and Learning, University of Graz).
Target audience: students, (academic) staff, general public.
Description: presentation of the services, training offerings, and other support related to the development of AI-Literacy among students and staff at the University of Graz.

List includes: self-study course for Students “KI-Einsatz im Studium”, training offerings at the ZDLL, AI Website, Developing course policy regarding AI use, etc.

Presenter: Helmut Klug (University Library Graz).
Target audience: researchers (all career stages), research support personnel.
Key questions:

• Where can GenAI substantially enhance RDM, and where does it merely automate existing workflows?
• What competencies do data stewards and researchers need to develop to use GenAI tools effectively and responsibly in RDM contexts?

Presenter: Hugh Murphy (Maynooth University Library)
Target audience: fellow librarians and research supporting staff
Key questions:

• How can a library address AI in the absence of comprehensive university guidance?
• How do we balance ethics, environmental concerns, and opportunities?

Presenter: Stuart Hunt (Durham University Library)
Target audience: all library staff
Key questions:

• The presentation will give an introduction to a joint UK/US project on AI in research libraries.
• How institutional-level collaboration is required to enable research libraries to effectively support AI.

Presenter:  Chelo Martín Vega (University of Granada)
Target audience: students, (academic) staff, public
Key questions:

• What is the AI Library Working Group of the University of Granada?
• What will be the role of the AI Library Working Group in the development and application of AI at the University of Granada?

Presenter: Lisa Schilhan (University Library Graz).
Target audience: librarians or research support staff involved in publication consulting or institutional publishing.
Key questions:

• What should authors know about the effects of AI on scholarly publishing?
• What should editorial board members of scholarly journals be aware of?

Presenter: Sandra Boric (University Library Graz).
Target audience: staff who are evaluating tools to be potentially licensed; universities that don’t have Scopus AI and/or WoS RA licensed.
Key questions:

• When and why do we analyze potential to-be-licensed tools?
• What do we look at when analyzing to-be-licensed tools?

Presenter: Pia Fiedler (University Library Graz).

Target audience: librarians dealing with historical materials (manuscripts, rare books, newspapers, letters, archival material).

Key questions:

• What is Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR)?
• How do different Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR) tools work?

Presenters:

• Karin Lackner (University Library Graz).
• Astrid Höller (University Library Graz).

Target audience: staff who evaluate AI tools for literature research; teaching librarians who plan to include AI tools in their literature research workshops.
Key questions:

• What should we look for when choosing AI tools to introduce in literature research workshops?
• How can we train staff and students in the responsible use of AI tools for literature research?

The closing session will be given by Pamela Stückler (Director of the University Library Graz) and Cathal McCauley (University Librarian at Maynooth University)

Only for the in-person participants at the University of Graz.

Only for the in-person participants at the University of Graz.

The Welcoming session will be given by Pamela Stückler (Director of the University Library Graz) and Cathal McCauley (University Librarian at Maynooth University)

Best practices and presentation of milestones and work packages by:

• Sandra Boric (University Library at the University of Graz): working group “Artificial Intelligence”.
• Michael Raunig (Center for Digital Teaching and Learning, University of Graz):  working group “Teaching and Studying with AI”.

Discussion round: This discussion round will aim to exchange ideas and thoughts on AI-related knowledge acquisition and networking for library management and information management.

Brief introduction to the topic by:

• Michael Raunig (Center for Digital Teaching and Learning, University of Graz).
• Barbora Orlicka (Center for Digital Teaching and Learning, University of Graz).

Discussion round: This discussion round will aim to exchange ideas and thoughts on potential issues with AI-driven teaching and learning for library management and information management.

The closing session will be given by Pamela Stückler (Director of the University Library Graz) and Cathal McCauley (University Librarian at Maynooth University).

Sessions to exchange ideas and thoughts on further steps and collaboration opportunities.