IN DEPTH
Rewired – changing digital landscapes
CILIP’s second Rewired conference took place in November, offering dele- gates a chance to take a deeper look at the tech and digital innovations that are increasingly providing solutions and challenges to the profession. Gary Horrocks of UKeiG gives us his take on this year’s event.
CILIP’s digital transformation Conference, Rewired, took place in London and pro- vided an inspiring opportunity for pro- fessionals from all sectors to converge on the capitol to explore digital solutions to managing data, information and knowledge and experience creativity and innovation in digital technology.
An open, trustworthy data ecosystem The keynote on data stewardship and building a National Data Library was presented by Emma Thwaites from the Open Data Institute. The ODI’s vision is “a world where data works for everyone”. Its mission is “an open, trustworthy data eco- system”. Unlocking the full value of public data assets will be a key driver for growth for the econ- omy, government, industry, research and society. She referenced World Wide Web creator Sir Tim Berners-Lee’s vision for a bright future sharing open data, driving innovation, and empowering citizens through data literacy. Emma articulated a data spectrum embracing “small, medium and big data”; personal, commercial and governmental. Many people still struggle with interpreting the social value of data and have an acute mistrust of its security and integrity. OpenSAFELY, a “transparent, open-source software platform for analysis of electronic health records data” is a great example of an initiative where “all plat- form activity is publicly logged. All code for data management and analysis is shared, under open licenses and by default, for scientific review and efficient re-use”.
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Gary Horrocks (
info.ukeig@
cilip.org.uk) UK e-information Group.
Old wine in new bottles?
AI will play a major role in the future of data management, and the library, information and knowledge sector is well placed to seize the initia- tive in this area.
Rewired showcased the launch of a major AI survey that will ascertain a clearer picture of how the information profession is adjusting to another disruptive technology. I reiterate ‘another’ because we’ve been here before. CD-ROM in the 1980’s. The World Wide Web in the 1990s. Isn’t AI just another enabling technology? The same old wine presented in a new bottle? A key mantra from the event was that “AI is a tool like any other tool” offering significant opportunities to reduce the administrative bureaucracy of day-to-day “grunt work” to focus on service enhancement. Olly Hellis , Digital Development Officer at Somerset Libraries presented on AI as a way to “revolutionise the library experience” with
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