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Best of Core Forum: Ethics, AI, and Cataloging: A Practical Approach
Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2026
All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 11 am Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 pm Central, and 2 pm Eastern time.
Description:
This webinar will discuss ethical codes and statements of principles related to cataloging and AI, such as the Cataloguing Code of Ethics and the Association of Research Libraries’ “Research Libraries Guiding Principles for Artificial Intelligence,” and how they may be used to assess the benefits and risks of implementing AI technologies in cataloging workflows. The speakers will guide the participants through a case study to demonstrate how one might perform this ethical analysis.
Learning outcomes:
By the end of the webinar, attendees will be able to:
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articulate the benefits and risks of using AI tools in metadata operations.
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determine ethical actions to undertake as part of the project.
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communicate effectively and support their decisions regarding AI to their administration.
Who should attend?
Cataloging professionals, metadata workers, or administrators whose institutions are considering the use of AI or have already implemented it in metadata workflows.
Presenter:
Abby Dover (she/they) is the Linked Data Librarian at Northwestern University. She took part in the creation of the Cataloging Code of Ethics (2021) and the Queer Metadata Collective’s Best Practices for Queer Metadata (2024). She currently serves as a member of the PCC SCT Task Group on Linked Data Training and is co-coordinator of the NACO/SACO Comics and Fiction Funnel. She teaches a Library Juice course on Wikidata for Catalogers and has presented at Core Forum, ALA Core Week, the ELUNA Annual Conference, ELUNA Learns, and the Semantic Web in Libraries Annual Conference.
Jessica Grzegorski (she/her) is Rare Materials Metadata Librarian at Northwestern University. As an active member of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS), she has served on the Bibliographic Standards Committee (BSC) and Controlled Vocabularies Editorial Group (CVEG), completed a term as co-chief editor of Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (RDA Edition) (DCRMR) (2021-2023), and regularly presents at the annual RBMS Conference. In addition to her service on RBMS, she is a faculty member of Rare Book School and is currently completing an appointment as RDA Examples Editor on the RDA Steering Committee. She has led rare book cataloging workshops and written and presented on topics related to rare materials cataloging standards, training, ethical use of AI, and inclusive metadata and description practices.
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Registration fees for webinar: Core Member $57.85; ALA member: $80.10; Student member $44.50; Non-member $89.00
For additional information and access to registration links, please go to the following website:
https://elearning.ala.org/local/catalog/view/product.php?productid=1667
Core webinars are recorded and registrants receive a link to the recording shortly following the live event.
For questions about registration, contact ALA Registration by calling 1-800-545-2433 and press 5 or email registration@ala.org.
For all other questions or comments related to Core webinars, please contact Core CE staff at corece@ala.org.
*Posted on behalf of the Core Continuing Education Committee.*
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Jen Montavon-Green
Head of Electronic Resources
University of Kentucky
She/Her/Hers
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