The 2023 LAS-NLB Professional Sharing Session is taking place on 26 May 2023, Friday. If you have not yet registered, and would still like to attend the session, please feel free to use the registration link to do so!
Date: Fri, 26 May 2023
Time: 2–5 pm
Venue: Woodlands Regional Library Auditorium, Woodlands Civics Centre, 900 South Woodlands Dr, Singapore 730900
(Refreshments provided)
Main theme: Artificial Intelligence and Libraries: Building Future-Ready Information Spaces
As the world examines and explores the impact of the latest developments of Artificial Intelligence, from GPT-4 to Ethics and Copyright of AI Art, Libraries are also looking to see how new technology can be leveraged to improve the impact of Libraries on their communities.
Feel free to listen, learn, and participate in the discussion (On-Site).
The programme on the day is:
| TIME | AGENDA ITEM | PRESENTER |
| 2.00 – 2.10 PM | Opening Address | Soh Lin Li LAS President |
| 2.10 – 2.25 PM | Writer-Librarian Viewpoint : AI’s Foreseeable Impact on Literature | Benedict Yeo SMU |
| 2.30 – 2.45 PM | Responsible Practices for Responsible Libraries: the role of libraries in a world of generative AI | Samantha Seah SMU Libraries |
| 3.05 – 3.15 PM | Q&A session | |
| 3.20 – 3.55 PM | Tea Break | |
| 4.05 – 4.20 PM | AI and Systematic Search Services : Moon-shot or Crash-landing? | Yasmin Ally NTU |
| 4.20 – 4.35 PM | Leveraging Generative AI in Libraries – A practical exploration in subject indexing | Robin Dresel and Ashwin Nair |
| 4.35 – 4.50 PM | Q&A session | |
| 4.50 – 5.00 PM | Closing Address | Rindra Ramli, Chairperson, Training & Development Committee, LAS |
We look forward to seeing you there!