The Info Pro Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Hosts Rob Green, Editor in Chief for CILIP's Information Professional magazine, and Jess Pembroke, Director of Information Rights Law at Naomi Korn Associates look at some of the questions facing organisations as they look to take advantage of AI tools in the workplace. What should you be thinking about and what steps do you need to take to ensure a robust policy that protects users, data and reputation.

Jess and Rob are joined by Dr Andrew Cox, an internationally respected expert in the use of AI within the Information Professions. Dr Cox is Senior Lecturer at University of Sheffield's School of Information, Journalism and Communications. In this episode he shares insights from his latest research into AI use by library, knowledge management and information professionals, carried out on behalf of CILIP - The Library and Information Association.

Resources from this episode:

Data Protection Impact Assessment for AI⁠, published by Naomi Korn Associates

AI and the UK Library Profession: Survey Report 2025 by Dr Andrew Cox, published by CILIP.

AI and Data Protection Risk Toolkit, published by The Information Commissioner's Office.

Guidance on AI and Data Protection, published by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)

Responsible AI Practical Toolkit, published by Arts Council England.

Further reading:

The CILIP AI Portal

Upcoming training:

Artificial Intelligence and Data Protection Law Webinar (13 November 2025)

Brought to you by CILIP - The Library and Information Association, with thanks to Naomi Korn Associates - Data Protection, Copyright and Freedom of Information specialists. Expert advice and customised support every step of the way.

Join The Info Pro Podcast hosts Rob Green and Rob Mackinlay as they look at the threats posed to Intellectual Freedom and explore the work of information professionals in protecting our right to access information.

The two Rob's are joined by Dr David McMenemy, the inaugural Chair of CILIP's Intellectual Freedom Committee. David is Senior Lecturer in Information Studies at the University of Glasgow and has worked extensively on themes around Intellectual Freedom and the laws, ethics and values associated with it.

David's Reveal project is a landmark toolkit for information professionals working in all sectors, which focuses advocacy for the profession and services. Grounded in the profession's ethical principles this work touches on Intellectual Freedom and access to information.

CILIP's Intellectual Freedom page includes a number of resources to help you understand how your work can protect people's rights.

CILIP's practical guide Managing safe and inclusive public library services is a free resource designed for public libraries, but with advice that can be applied in many library different library settings.

Richard Ovenden, Bodley's Librarian and founding partner of The Libraries Alliance joins host Rob Green on The Info Pro Podcast.

In this episode we discuss the new alliance, its inception and aims as a powerful, joined-up force for advocacy and influence. Richard looks at a changing library landscape shaped by technology and a shift to digital. What does that mean for a future-ready library and librarian, and how do we embrace the skills needed to thrive.

https://www.cilip.org.uk

https://librariesalliance.org.uk

https://tinyurl.com/Ovenden-BurningtheBooks

https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/home

Where does AI fit in the complex copyright picture? Is it a disruptive influence that will change the very nature of how we understand copyright, or is it just a tool that will have little impact on a legal framework that has been around for hundreds of years.

Governments are looking at how to react and where the balance lies, and in this episode of The Info Pro Podcast hosts Rob Green and Naomi Korn welcome Andrew Burgess, AI Strategist and found of Greenhouse AI, to look at how copyright and AI can function together.

Join Naomi and Andrew on 4 June for CILIP/Naomi Korn Associates Copyright Conference 2026.

Find out more about Andrew's work at Greenhouse AI.

Find out more about Naomi Korn Associates.

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In the second part of The Info Pro Podcast's interview with Bodley's Librarian Richard Ovenden, we talk to him about libraries (obviously), inspiration and the future.

Join us for a fascinating chat with one of the biggest names in libraries.

https://www.cilip.org.uk

https://librariesalliance.org.uk

https://tinyurl.com/Ovenden-BurningtheBooks

https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/home

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