ALISS showcase: AI and our profession – works in progress 2026- 9th July
How are information specialists responding to and engaging with AI. What is our role and what can we do. This ALISS showcase presented some explorations of opportunities, challenges and thoughts for the future from a range of different sectors
Norma Menabney, Subject Librarian Queen’s University Belfast. AI at Work: What it is, how to use It, and what it means for us
Will provide insight into her own personal experiences and tips as a subject librarian for using AI to improve workflows at QUB and how to keep up to date with new developments.
Fred Milton, Liaison Librarian. Teesside University International Business School Would have gotten away with it, if it hadn’t been for you meddling librarians: Unmasking AI ghost and phantom references.
The introduction of ChatGPT3.5, its successors such as Scholar GPTs and other generative AI systems such as Copilot, has thrown up a new problem for study skills librarians, academics and students. Namely, the production of confabulated, ‘ghost’ or ‘hallucinated’ citations in response to literature searching prompts. This paper discussed the results of using ChatGPT and Co-Pilot to retrieve sets of journal articles for a literature review utilising an exemplar assignment title used for teaching literature retrieval skills. The findings of this analysis will help us inform information literacy sessions, in particular the need for constant watchfulness and critical analysis of all AI resources and alerts us to the usefulness and capabilities of AI for academic work.
Diana Perks, Research Librarian in the House of Commons Library. Two ways the House of Commons Library has approached the ever-changing information landscape
The House of Commons Library and POST launched the good information toolkit in 2024, a collection of resources helping MPs and MPs’ staff get the facts, avoid disinformation, and find the accurate and reliable sources they need. The toolkit includes training courses, occasional talks, and disinformation research, designed to help them find and use good information.
In 2026, the House of Commons Library set up an internal AI prompt library to help staff share useful AI prompts. These are two ways the House of Commons Library has approached the ever-changing information landscape in order to provide excellent services to MPs and MPs’ staff. This talk will provide insight into these services
Stacy Scott, Head of Accessibility, Taylor & Francis Publishing
Gave a short insight into where AI may be used by publishers in the future to improve accessibility
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