Tuesday, January 17, 2023

Webinars: AI search engines; Librarian's guide to TikTok; Google search

AI search engines – a Power Hour with Phil Bradley is on 27 January 2023. Cost £35
"AI has exploded in the last month and it will have a huge impact on the way in which information professionals work. In this Power Hour you will learn about the latest developments in AI and how it's being used with search engines to improve the accuracy and relevance of search results. You will also learn about the key challenges and ethical concerns surrounding the use of AI with search, and how this can be addressed. This course will get you up to speed on AI and ensure you can stay ahead of the curve."
More info and registration https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ai-search-engines-a-power-hour-with-phil-bradley-tickets-501850286717 

A librarian’s guide to TikTok – a Power Hour with Phil Bradley on 16 February 2023. Cost £35
"TikTok is swiftly supplanting Facebook as the social media network to use. This Power Hour will address many of the questions you may have regarding it. By the end of the session, you will have learned: • What is TikTok? • Who uses it (demographics, usage and growth statistics) • How it is used • How authors, publishers and libraries are using TikTok Please note; this is not a 'how to create TikTok content" but an overview of the platform"
More info and registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/librarians-guide-to-tiktok-a-power-hour-with-phil-bradley-tickets-501875602437 

Google search – a Power Hour with Phil Bradley 21 February 2023. Cost £35.
"Are you getting as much out of Google as you possibly can? Google offers many different search options which are not automatically obvious, and if you don't know what and where are they, you are condemned to a life of poor search results and hours of wasted time!"
More info and registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/librarians-guide-to-tiktok-a-power-hour-with-phil-bradley-tickets-50187560243

Illustrated by images from Midjourney, from the prompt ai bot search engine searching information powerful librarian time - you will notice that there was no mention of "book" in the prompt, but - the librarian/library stereotype is alive and well and perpetuated by AI

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