Finally, I would like to thank my hosts for their hospitality and generous gifts. I received flowers, sweets, mugs and a wonderful trophy, which is my Data Oscar.
Post script: Ask Redama
I finish with asking you,dear reader, to consider this scenario that I dreamt up at one lunch time following the inspiring talk on AI in libraries, and over a rather wonderful vegetarian thali, polished off with sweet fragrant Masala tea.
“Meet Redama, she is our new chatbot for the research data management team. You can ask Redama anything, and she will be available 24/7 to provide an instant response as best she can. And, most america rcs data conveniently, the night before your research application is due in to the ESRC! Go on, ask her about consent forms, data formats, and encrypting data – her breadth of expertise is excellent.
Using neural network and other AI techniques, she has been built on top of multiple rich sources of guidance:
our large knowledge base, gathered across the years from the receipt of, and resolution of, queries from users – researchers, students, data professionals and so on
a detailed FAQ on RDM.
One final thing: try not to be sarcastic, as AI does not deal will with sarcasm and yours response may be nonsense!”
Dream ends, but I am planning to pursue a small project to explore this area, through a local professor and masters student and I’ll report back when we are further down the road of exploration. The librarians in India have inspired me, and I hope I inspired them.