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Recording & Slides -- AI Interest Group Lightning Talks - September 30 Meetup

  • 1.  Recording & Slides -- AI Interest Group Lightning Talks - September 30 Meetup

    Posted Oct 10, 2025 03:09 PM

    Hi everyone,

    Happy Friday! Hope you've had a good week and are heading out to a relaxing weekend.

    Thank you again to our wonderful AI Interest Group members: Heather Dalal, Brianna Hughes, Emily Horner, and Juliette Appold, for presenting Lightning Talks at our first Meetup for the 2025-2026 year on September 30th! 

    A recording of presentations - the Kickoff lightning talk from your conveners and the four lightning talks from AI Interest Group members is now available: ACRL AI IG - Lightning Talks - September 30, 2025

    • See the Kickoff slides from your conveners for our 3 key engagement initiatives this year, and opportunities to get involved. Would you like to lead or help organize a meetup, lead or join a subgroup, or help ensure regular posts with thought-providing discussion topics? Reach out to your conveners, or share your interests anytime in this Member Activity Interest Form
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    ACRL AI IG - Lightning Talks - September 30, 2025
    ACRL Artificial Intelligence (AI) Interest Group (IG) Meetup, September 30, 2025. This meetup was a Lightning Talks program with five talks. One shared by the AI IG conveners and four shared by AI IG members.

    Slides and materials from our Sep 30 meetup are linked from the agenda, and in the table copied below:

    Presenter Name and Email

    Lightning Talk Title 

    Link to Slides / Materials - Optional; ok to add after

    1. Ginny Pannabecker (vpannabe@vt.edu), Amanda Makula, Heather Sardis

    2025-2026 AI Interest Group Kickoff!

    2025-2026 Kickoff - ACRL AI Interest Group

    2. Heather Dalal

    hdalal@rider.edu

    From Sketch to Strategy: Teaching AI Literacy using Image tools

    From Sketch to Strategy: Teaching AI Literacy & Storytelling

    3. Brianna Hughes behughes@umbc.edu

    AI Professional Development for Librarians at the AOK Library

    ACRL AI Interest Group -- Sept 30 Lightning Talk

    4. Emily Horner

    emily.horner@marquette.edu

    "I hate generative AI, but I think you should use it for this" - a case study

    I hate generative AI but I think you should use it for this.pptx

    5. Juliette Appold
    juliette.appold@gmail.com

    AI in Music: Tools, Ethics, and Human Connection

    Link Presentation

    Link Bibliography

    ~Ginny, Amanda, Heather



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    Virginia (Ginny) Pannabecker
    Assistant Dean and Director, Research Collaboration and Engagement
    Associate Professor
    University Libraries, Virginia Tech
    She/Her/Hers,They/Them/Theirs
    vpannabe@vt.edu
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  • 2.  RE: Recording & Slides -- AI Interest Group Lightning Talks - September 30 Meetup

    Posted Oct 15, 2025 12:46 PM
    Hi All,

    I presented during this lightning talk about my upcoming workshop on AI image tools, focusing not just on the tech but also on machine learning, bias, and other issues. I I had a lot of attendance and we had a really good time,  with excellent discussion.

    I turned     the session into a e-learning module on Niche Academy, available here :  https://my.nicheacademy.com/aitutorials

    Thank you,
    Heather


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    Heather Dalal Professor-Librarian
    Instruction & Emerging Technologies Librarian
    Rider University
    She/Her/Hers
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