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Symposia: Bringing Together AI, STEM, and Government Information

  • 1.  Symposia: Bringing Together AI, STEM, and Government Information

    Posted Jun 10, 2025 12:20 PM

    Dear Colleagues (and apologies for the cross-posting),

    The Science and Technology Government Information Committee of ACRL (the Association of College & Research Libraries) proudly presents our symposia on June 24, 20-25, 2-4pm EDT:

    Bringing Together AI, STEM, and Government Information.

    Register here

    Keynote Speaker

    Dr. Leo Lo, ACRL president, Dean of the College of University Libraries & Learning Sciences at the University of New Mexico, and Board liaison on the ACRL AI Competencies for Library Workers Task Force, will begin the session with a 30-minute keynote presentation, Whose Content Is It Anyway? Copyright, Ethics, and AI

    Invited Guest Speaker

    We are pleased to have Nalini Mummalaneri, Senior Legal Advisor, United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), as our guest speaker.  Ms. Mummalneri will address the topic of AI at the USPTO.  

    Lightning Talks

    Helen Power, Engineering & Science Librarian, University of Saskatchewan
    ApprAIse: Integrating GenAI into Engineering Capstone Courses
     

    Christy Caldwell and Wynn Tranfield, both STEM Librarians at the University of California, Santa Cruz
    AI Research Tools Under Review: A Systematic Approach to Evaluating Relevance

    Christian Headley, Head of Customer Success, Keenious

    Charting AI Views Among Tomorrow's Librarians: the findings from a comparative study of Norwegian library and information science (LIS) students

     Kind regards,

    Jen, STS Gov Info co-chair



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    Jennifer Simms
    Associate Librarian, Sciences
    Indiana University
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