Innovation Gathering 2025

Provisional Programme

Tuesday 18 March, 10:00 – 16:00, The Studio, Birmingham (booking in advance is essential)

 

10:00 Arrival, Refreshments, Networking

 

10.30 Welcome, Ed Jewell, President of Libraries Connected

 

10.45 Responsible innovation with AI and machine learning in libraries:

examples from the British Library - Dr. Mia Ridge, Digital Curator at The British Library

 

11.15 Practical Shared Learning Session 1

  • Library Speed Talks
  • Group discussions

 

12.45 Lunch 

 

13.45 Practical Shared Learning Session 2

  • Library Speed Talks
  • Group discussions

 

15.15 Books Unbanned - Emma Karin Eriksson, Manager of Youth Civic

Engagement and Creative Expression, Brooklyn Public Library

 

15.45 Close, Helen Drakard, Membership Engagement Manager, Libraries

Connected

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Guest Speakers

Dr Mia Ridge is the British Library’s Digital Curator for Western Heritage Collections. Part of the Digital Research team, she provides advice and training on computational research, AI / machine learning and crowdsourcing. A Co-Investigator on Living with Machines (2018-23), she co-curated the Living with Machines exhibition with Leeds Museums and Galleries (2022-23).

 

Emma Karin Eriksson, Manager of Youth Civic Engagement and Creative Expression, Brooklyn Public Library [more information to follow]

Library Speed Talks

  1. Makerspaces - Vale of Glamorgan Libraries
  2. Meet, Eat, Art – Cambridgeshire Libraries
  3. Ollerton: Then and Now – Inspire: Culture, Learning and Libraries
  4. Open Access – Sutton Libraries
  5. Poetry Bus Project – Camden Libraries
  6. Pop-up Libraires – Newcastle Libraries
  7. Retro Gaming – Cambridgeshire Libraries
  8. Space to Create – Gloucestershire Libraries
  9. Tuned In – Merton Libraries
  10.  TBC