ACRL Artificial Intelligence (AI) Interest Group

Hi everyone,

Heather Sardis, Amanda Makula, and I, your Conveners for our AI Interest Group are excited to Kickoff this year's programming and meetups with a September 30th Lightning Talk meetup!

Many of you have shared your interest in presenting at a future group meet up and we had a great time learning about new tools or uses for AI tools at last year's April Lightning Talks meetup.

We would love for you to sign up for a 5 minute Lighting Talk for our September 30 meet up!

It's easy to do -- just head over to the Lighting Talk Sign Up in our Sep 30 Meet Up Agenda Document. Add your: Name and Email address, Lightning Talk Title, and optional - a link to slides or materials if you like -- you can also choose to add a link or materials later on or after your talk. 

Amanda and I will use the first lightning talk slot to kickoff the group for this year and share some things to look forward to.

We're looking for up to 5 more Lightning Talk presenters. 

What to talk about? 

-- An example of how you're using AI in your work

-- A ethical issue related to AI and your thoughts, resources to explore

-- An example of a favorite AI tool you're using and its benefits / things to consider when using it

-- An example of how your institution is adapting to changes as AI becomes more prevalent

-- An article or book you read recently and why you think it's important to conversations about AI in college and research libraries

-- .... anything you are inspired to share related to AI in Academic Libraries...

-- Questions? Want to brainstorm a topic? Let us know! Happy to chat.

Can't wait to learn from and with you all!

~Ginny, Amanda, and Heather 

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Virginia (Ginny) Pannabecker
Assistant Dean and Director, Research Collaboration and Engagement
University Libraries, Virginia Tech
She/Her/Hers,They/Them/Theirs
vpannabe@vt.edu
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Hi everyone,

Looking forward to our first 2025-2026 Artificial Intelligence Interest Group Meet up -- Lightning Talks -- September 30th at 3:00 PM EDT.

So far we have 4 talks in our sign-up as of when I last checked and room for 2 more talks -- add yours in! :-D 

• Sign up in our Sep 30 Meet Up Agenda Document. Add your: Name and Email address, Lightning Talk Title, and optional - a link to slides or materials if you like -- you can also choose to add a link or materials later on or after your talk. 

Agenda & Lightning Talks to-date:

• [Presenters please arrive ~10 minutes prior to the start of the meeting to check in and set up as needed.]

• [3 min] Welcome! 

  • Today’s focus: Lightning talks from our members

  • How we’ll moderate the lightning talks for today’s meet up

    • Each Lighting talk speaker has 5 minutes to present + 2 minutes for Q&A

    • At 6 minutes: the facilitator will raise their hand to signal 1 min left

    • At 6 min 30 sec: the facilitator will unmute and given a “30 seconds left” verbal notice

    • At 7 min: the facilitator will unmute, thank the speaker and move to the next speaker

• [42 min] Lighting Talks

• [10 min] Additional Time for Questions for Lightning Talk presenters / General Discussion

• [2 min] Wrap Up

See you in about a week!

~Ginny, Amanda, Heather

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Virginia (Ginny) Pannabecker
Assistant Dean and Director, Research Collaboration and Engagement
University Libraries, Virginia Tech
She/Her/Hers,They/Them/Theirs
vpannabe@vt.edu
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Hi everyone,

So excited for our first 2025-2026 Artificial Intelligence Interest Group Meet up:

Tomorrow, September 30th at 3:00 PM EDT!

This meeting will be our Kickoff AI IG Meet-up for the 2025-2026 year and will feature a brief intro to the Interest Group with some initial plans for year, plus four Lightning Talks on AI in Academic Libraries! 

See the Event page on our AI Interest Group ALA Connect Events to download a calendar event file for the event.

Agenda & Lightning Talks:

Zoom link: https://virginiatech.zoom.us/j/88126714116

• [Presenters please arrive ~10 minutes prior to the start of the meeting to check in and set up as needed.]

• [3 min] Welcome! 

  • Today's focus: Lightning talks from our members

  • How we'll moderate the lightning talks for today's meet up

    • Each Lighting talk speaker has 5 minutes to present + 2 minutes for Q&A

    • At 6 minutes: the facilitator will raise their hand to signal 1 min left

    • At 6 min 30 sec: the facilitator will unmute and given a "30 seconds left" verbal notice

    • At 7 min: the facilitator will unmute, thank the speaker and move to the next speaker

• [42 min] Lighting Talks

(We have 1 more open slot for a Lightning Talk if you'd like to share tomorrow - just reach out and let me know or add your name, email, and title to the table in the Agenda.) 

See you tomorrow!

~Ginny, Amanda, Heather

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Virginia Pannabecker
Assistant Dean and Director, Research Collaboration and Engagement
University Libraries, Virginia Tech
She/Her/Hers,They/Them/Theirs
vpannabe@vt.edu
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Original Message:
Sent: Sep 22, 2025 12:15 PM
From: Virginia Pannabecker
Subject: Sign up for a 5 min Lightning Talk! For our AI Interest Group Meet up on Sep 30, 3pm ET

Hi everyone,

Looking forward to our first 2025-2026 Artificial Intelligence Interest Group Meet up -- Lightning Talks -- September 30th at 3:00 PM EDT.

So far we have 4 talks in our sign-up as of when I last checked and room for 2 more talks -- add yours in! :-D 

• Sign up in our Sep 30 Meet Up Agenda Document. Add your: Name and Email address, Lightning Talk Title, and optional - a link to slides or materials if you like -- you can also choose to add a link or materials later on or after your talk. 

Agenda & Lightning Talks to-date:

• [Presenters please arrive ~10 minutes prior to the start of the meeting to check in and set up as needed.]

• [3 min] Welcome! 

  • Today's focus: Lightning talks from our members

  • How we'll moderate the lightning talks for today's meet up

    • Each Lighting talk speaker has 5 minutes to present + 2 minutes for Q&A

    • At 6 minutes: the facilitator will raise their hand to signal 1 min left

    • At 6 min 30 sec: the facilitator will unmute and given a "30 seconds left" verbal notice

    • At 7 min: the facilitator will unmute, thank the speaker and move to the next speaker

• [42 min] Lighting Talks

Presenter Name	Lightning Talk Title
1. Ginny Pannabecker, Amanda Makula, Heather Sardis	2025-2026 AI Interest Group Kickoff!
2. Heather Dalal	From Sketch to Strategy: AutoDraw, Napkin, Ideogram, and more for Visual Communication
3. Brianna Hughes	AI Summer Institute at the AOK Library
4. Emily Horner	"I hate generative AI, but I think you should use it for this" - a case study

• [10 min] Additional Time for Questions for Lightning Talk presenters / General Discussion

• [2 min] Wrap Up

See you in about a week!

~Ginny, Amanda, Heather

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Virginia (Ginny) Pannabecker
Assistant Dean and Director, Research Collaboration and Engagement
University Libraries, Virginia Tech
She/Her/Hers,They/Them/Theirs
vpannabe@vt.edu
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