2025 Reference and information services seminar online

20 May 2025

10.30am - 12.30pm

Book here for the reference seminar featuring Dr Heather Ford.

Draft program

10.30am Welcome to seminar and Acknowledgement of Country

10.35am Dr Heather Ford, UTS and is currently conducting research funded by the Australian Research Council and the Wikimedia Foundation on Wikipedia bias, question and answering technologies, digital literacy and the impact of generative AI on our information environment. Dr Ford will be presenting about AI in libraries and the Machines Misbehaving Project.

11.30 City of Sydney Online Branch Luke McMaster

Lightning Talks

11.40

• Bat Night or Demystifying aged care Theresa Lock (Blue Mountains)
• Hobbies expo Monique Hayes (Goulburn- Mulwaree)
• AI for seniors Emma Ciechen (Queanbeyan)
• Human Rights Leadership forum Diane Thai (Fairfield)

12.20 Pilot study research project Ellen Forsyth

12.30 Conclusion

12.30 close and evaluation