Schedule
Oct 1, 2025
12:00 pm
AI and Copyright
Dave Hansen, Executive Director of Authors Alliance
1:00 pm
Library IT vs. the AI bots
Tim Shearer, Jason Casden, Jeffrey Campbell
An unprecedented attack tests the ingenuity of the University Libraries’ IT department and reveals a dark side of artificial intelligence.
2:00 pm
AI, Libraries, and Leadership: Navigating Impartiality and Ethics
Dr. Erik Bean
Artificial intelligence is transforming how knowledge is created and consumed, raising urgent questions about bias, ethics, and trust. Drawing on his research into the Seven Sources of Impartiality and UNESCO’s global AI ethics framework, Dr. Erik Bean will explore how libraries can lead in fostering transparency, cultural inclusivity, and ethical resilience. Attendees will gain practical tools for diagnosing bias and sustaining libraries as trusted anchors in the AI age.
Oct 2, 2025
12:00 pm
Building AI Capacity (Not Just Literacy) in Libraries: From Vision to Practice
Karim Boughida
AI is rapidly reshaping the information landscape. For libraries, building true AI capacity goes beyond literacy. It involves hiring, reallocating resources, developing skills, and forming partnerships to apply AI responsibly and effectively. This talk will highlight strategies, ethical considerations, and examples to help libraries move from vision to practice in building sustainable AI capacity.
1:00 pm
The Bridge Back to the Future: Archives, A.I. and the Humans in the Loop
Dr. Andrew White
A presentation on how Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute combined archival content, A.I., and humans to tell the lesser-known construction story of the Brooklyn Bridge.
2:00 pm
It’s not magic!✨From stars and sparkles to critical AI literacy
Laurie Bridges
Libraries are uniquely positioned to help learners move through the myth and mystique of Generative AI (GenAI) toward a critical understanding of how GenAI creates, shapes, and shares information that impacts, in both significant and subtle ways, individuals and society. This presentation draws on libraries’ longstanding commitment to teaching information literacy as articulated in the Association of College and Research Libraries Framework for Information Literacy. Building on this foundation, we will explore how academic libraries are adapting to an AI-infused information landscape to support learners in transitioning from passive to informed users.