Information Skills – AIIP Connections Blog

AI Isn’t Coming for Information Professionals … But Only If We Engage as Partners

By Michael Ridley

Editors Note: This is part of our series from speakers and attendees of our AIIP 2026 Symposium. Michael will be presenting this topic Friday, April 9 at 7:00 pm ET. Register here.

Once again, it’s an honour to be speaking at the AIIP symposium whose members I consider my peers.

Of course, I’ll be talking about AI. Isn’t everyone? Are you bored of it all yet?

Last year, we talked about the importance of explainability: the imperative of AI to explain why and how it made decisions and recommendations. Still important IMHO. But things move on, and quickly, in AI.

Real Information Artificial Intelligence Series: AI & Multimedia – for Good and Evil

Can You Believe What You See?

By Arthur Weiss

An apology: in my last post, I promised to look at dangers in AI for research and summarizing topics. That’s still on my list. In this post, I’m going to address another danger and explore what AI promises for multimedia.

Becoming a Grant Writer – an Ongoing Journey!

Becoming a Grant Writer – an Ongoing Journey!

By Roger Magnus

As a nonprofit prospect researcher helping nonprofits find new foundation funders, I realized in the fall of 2024 that I needed to add grant writing as a service to my business. For a while, I had seen nonprofit postings requiring consultants with both grant research and writing experience, and felt I was missing opportunities without the writing piece. From speaking with other grant writing consultants, I learned that grant writers often are asked to write an updated grant application periodically to the same funder – an element of sustainability that my grant research projects lacked.

How Small Steps Made a Big Impact

By Janel Kinlaw

Running a business as a solopreneur means wearing many hats and constantly juggling tasks, deadlines, and client needs. After eight years as a solopreneur, I’ve learned that it’s not always the big, dramatic changes that make the biggest difference—it’s the small, thoughtful changes to everyday processes that add up over time.

Why Human Creativity Outshines AI Writing

By Arthur Weiss

Editor’s note: This is part of a series covering what’s new and, more importantly, how infopreneurs can maximize the benefits of AI tools. This one is part of using AI in general.

In my last post, I looked at some typical uses for AI. In this post, I look at some of the dangers in depending on AI for writing / authorship. Despite what some like to think, the human brain is still a better tool even if AI tools are catching up.

Doing Research with Government Documents

By Jennifer Williams

Because the U.S. Federal Government conducts and funds so much research and publishes a wealth of information, there are government documents on an astonishing array of subjects.

Real Information – Artificial Intelligence: Using AI in General

By Arthur Weiss

Editor’s note: This is part of a series covering what’s new and, more importantly, how infopreneurs can maximize the benefits of AI tools.

Over the last two years, AI has seemed to be taking over the world. Just looking at the most well-known generative AI product gives an idea. ChatGPT claims nearly 200 million visits per day with around 800 million weekly active users – roughly 10% of the world’s population. These numbers have doubled since February 2025, and ChatGPT now claims an 81% share of global traffic among AI chat tools. (See https://www.demandsage.com/chatgpt-statistics/ for more statistics.)

Real Information – Artificial Intelligence: Prompting AI, Part 2

By Arthur Weiss

Editor’s note: This is part of a series covering what’s new and, more importantly, how infopreneurs can maximize the benefits of AI tools.

In the last post, I gave a guide to the basic principles of prompting – knowing your objective and recognizing how prompts can bias responses. This time, we explore best practices and a practical framework for effective prompting.