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Thriving as a Solo Expert: 4 Counter-Intuitive Strategies You Haven’t Tried

Being an independent consultant can feel isolating, especially as technology and AI rapidly reshape our profession. Without the resources of large organizations, solo experts must develop a new form of strategic leverage. For Internet Librarian Connect 2025, I’m sharing firsthand insights on how solopreneurs build research support networks through community collaboration.

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How the Difference between AI-boosted Search and Gen AI Will Shape our Work and Creativity over the Near Term

Jack W. Plunkett, CEO, Plunkett Research, Ltd.

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August 26, 2024

What’s behind the massive licensing deals that are suddenly popping up between major publishers, such as News Corp., and the largest generative AI firms, such as OpenAI? (The News Corp. OpenAI deal is said to be worth about $250 million to News Corp. for certain content rights over five years. Similar recent deals include those with Associated Press, Conde’ Nast, LeMonde and Dotdash Meredith.)

Internet Librarian International conference

As ever, library innovation conference Internet Librarian International (ILI) 2016 – 18 & 19 October, London – is all about responding to challenge through innovation, with the emphasis on sharing, learning and evolution.

This year’s conference themes have been steered by a panel of previous delegates, with two ‘big questions’ emerging and addressed through some 60 presentations by experts from around the world: how do info pros demonstrate the importance of their role and services; and how do they compete with Google? These broad challenges are explored in depth next month, with AIIP members benefiting from a 25% discount on the full conference fee.

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