Digital/A.I. Scholarship in RDM

<p dir="ltr">This is an edited recording of a webinar, together with slides, for a presentation on <i>Digital/A.I. Scholarship</i><i> in RDM</i> given on Thursday, September 4^th 2025, as part of the Digital Scholarship Series for researchers at UCT. It also contains two artefacts generated through a Notebook LM analysis of the presentation material and several other sources related to the topic.</p><p dir="ltr">AI is changing the way we work with data in research—but how much can we rely on it, and how do we use it responsibly? In this session, we explore practical ways AI tools can support your research data workflows, from automation to analysis. We’ll also look at how to verify AI outputs and stay on the right side of ethics. After this session, your digital scholarship boundaries may be safely extended! (please note this blurb was written with the assistance of CoPilot AI)</p><p dir="ltr">The Digital Scholar Series is run out of Digital Library Services at UCT Libraries. It aims to showcase some of the digital practices and tools available to enhance research skills, with an ongoing focus on managing research data efficiently. Topics covered deal with the management of digital materials for research (what some of us call ‘data’) and touch on digital topics throughout the research lifecycle.</p><p dir="ltr"><br></p>