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Reminder: Tuesday May 12th, 1–2pm EST, our monthly meetup returns!

Posted By Heather Sardis May 08, 2026 01:16 PM
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Hello, ACRL AI IG! One last reminder to mark your calendars to join us next Tuesday, May 12th, 1–2pm EST via Zoom for a conversation on AI and professional development with our guest, Bree Kirsch, PhD, Head of Learning and Engagement at Miami University Libraries. Bree will share resources and frameworks ...

Monthly Meetups return! May 12th: Bree Kirsch, incoming co-convenor, on AI and Professional Development!

Posted By Heather Sardis Apr 30, 2026 11:34 AM
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After a bit of a hiatus, the ACRL AI Interest Group monthly discussions are back! Join us on May 12th, 1–2pm EST via Zoom for a conversation on AI and professional development with our guest, Bree Kirsch, PhD, Head of Learning and Engagement at Miami University Libraries. Bree will share resources and ...

Interesting articles: AI as Normal Technology

Posted By Heather Sardis Nov 07, 2025 02:00 PM
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Hi ACRL AI folks! I wanted to take a moment to share a couple of interesting articles we discussed recently at my org's AI Reading Club - - both are by Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor, professors of computer science at Princeton U, who focus on demythologizing AI and highlighting both its shortcomings, ...

Signal-boosting the ACRL AI Competencies // Call for presenters and discussion leaders

Posted By Heather Sardis Oct 20, 2025 02:03 PM
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Greetings, ACRL AI Interest Group! I wanted to take a moment to signal-boost the finalized ACRL AI Competencies for Library Workers, which were formally released earlier this month: AI Competencies for Academic Library Workers - we've been fortunate to have many folks in our discussions who contributed ...

ALA Annual! Huge thanks to everyone who joined!

Posted By Heather Sardis Jun 28, 2025 06:42 AM
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Wow - - big thank you to everyone who joined the DG session at ALA annual yesterday!! We had over 200 folks, and ended up having to switch to a bigger room at the last moment! Ginny and I were so excited by all of the great discussions and insights in the room - - although we weren't able to make the ...

ALA Annual folks! Friday's AI DG Meetup Details!

Posted By Heather Sardis Jun 23, 2025 02:41 PM
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Folks headed to Philly for ALA Annual, Ginny and I are so excited to meet you there! If you'll be in town, mark your calendars for Friday at 2:30 - - details and agenda below! And, Ginny and I are going to do our best to add a virtual component to this meeting - - we'll be working out the details on ...

Our May Discussion Group Meeting Recording!

Posted By Heather Sardis May 28, 2025 10:03 AM
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Greetings, AI DG folks! Ginny and I are pleased to share the recording for our May Discussion Group meeting, for folks who weren't able to join in real time. You can find the recording files and agenda in our ALA Connect DG Library, here: ACRL Artificial Intelligence (AI) Discussion Group ...

May AI DG Meeting Recording

Posted By Heather Sardis May 28, 2025 09:41 AM
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Greetings, AI DG folks! We successfully recorded our May discussion group meeting, and make it here available for folks who couldn't attend in person. A recap of our agenda for May's meeting: Agenda for May 27th, 2025 ACRL AI Discussion Group Meetup Welcome, Introductions (Heather - 5min) ...

RE: Results: Our May DG Meetup Topic is....

Posted By Heather Sardis May 27, 2025 11:30 AM
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Hi folks! Just adding our agenda for today's meeting (including our discussion prompts)... Agenda for May 27th, 2025 ACRL AI Discussion Group Meetup Welcome, Introductions (Heather - 5min) News Roundup (Ginny - 15min) Folks invited to share news items of interest ...

Results: Our May DG Meetup Topic is....

Posted By Heather Sardis May 20, 2025 01:11 PM
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Greetings, ACRL AI DG folks! Thank you to everyone who took a moment to vote for our May DG meetup discussion topic (from among the AI-focused publications in this year's ACRL Conference Proceedings) - - we've had a chance to tally up the votes from the DG board post and votes that came in via direct ...

Proposal to convert ACRL AI Discussion Group to an AI Interest Group

Posted By Heather Sardis May 19, 2025 08:57 AM
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Greetings, ACRL AI Discussion Group folks! Ginny and I will be posting the results of our May DG meetup poll later today, but first, we have an exciting proposal that we'd like to share with you, along with Amanda Makula of the University of San Diego: we'd like to propose that our ACRL AI Discussion ...

RE: Vote for our May Discussion Group topic!!

Posted By Heather Sardis May 19, 2025 08:46 AM
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Thank you everyone - we really appreciate you taking the time to vote! Ginny and I will post the results later today, and then we can start planning for our May discussion group meetup! Warmly, Heather ------------------------------ Heather Sardis Associate Director for Technology and ...

RE: Vote for our May Discussion Group topic!!

Posted By Heather Sardis May 15, 2025 10:03 AM
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Wonderful, folks - keep the votes coming!! Ginny and I will tally them up at the end of the day on Friday to determine which article we'll discuss at our May session! ------------------------------ Heather Sardis Associate Director for Technology and Strategic Planning Massachusetts Institute ...

Vote for our May Discussion Group topic!!

Posted By Heather Sardis May 12, 2025 01:42 PM
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Greetings, AI DG folks! Ginny and I are working hard to plan our May discussion group meetup, and we need your input! We'd like to focus this month's session on two topics: first, a news roundup, in which we'll ask you to share any articles, podcasts, or other sources of interest with the group. What ...

This Thursday! ACRL ANSS: Social and Ethical Implications of AI

Posted By Heather Sardis Apr 29, 2025 01:09 PM
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Hi, ACRL AI discussion folks! I think Triveni has posted the upcoming ACRL ANSS conference previously on our board so please consider this to be a signal boost - - tomorrow, Thursday, April 30th, at 4pm eastern, the ACRL Anthropology and Sociology Section (ANSS) will be hosting their online conference, ...

Survey: Mid-year Check-in, your feedback is requested!

Posted By Heather Sardis Apr 02, 2025 02:16 PM
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Greetings, ACRL AI Discussion Group members! Now that we're about halfway through our year as co-conveners, Ginny and I wanted to take some time to hear from all of you on how the group is going, whether the content is meeting your needs, whether there is anything we can change or improve about ...

Reminder: March Group Meetup today at 3pm EST!

Posted By Heather Sardis Mar 31, 2025 07:25 AM
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Greetings, ACRL AI Discussion Group! Our March Meetup is today at 3pm EST, and Ginny and I would love to hold a midyear check-in, now that we have been convening for about 5 months. Time: 3pm-4pm EST Location: Online at https://mit.zoom.us/j/98237846652?from=addon We'll invite your feedback ...

Today at 10am EST: Dr. Alexia Hudson-Ward on Social Intelligence in the Age of AI

Posted By Heather Sardis Jan 24, 2025 06:58 AM
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Greetings, ACRL AI Discussion Group folks! Just taking a moment to re-post the info and links for our January group meetup, happening today at 10am EST - Ginny and I hope you can join us for an hour with special guest Dr. Alexia Hudson-Ward, sharing insights from her forthcoming book on social intelligence ...

RE: Roll Call! Read here if you'd like to receive calendar invites for our monthly group meetups!

Posted By Heather Sardis Jan 21, 2025 03:13 PM
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Done! ------------------------------ Heather Sardis Associate Director for Technology and Strategic Planning Massachusetts Institute of Technology ------------------------------

Roll Call! Read here if you'd like to receive calendar invites for our monthly group meetups!

Posted By Heather Sardis Jan 17, 2025 01:11 PM
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Greetings, ACRL AI Discussion Group members, and welcome to all of the new folks who have joined in the last few weeks! Ginny and I are so glad you're here! In addition to our discussion space here on ALA Connect, Ginny and I also host a monthly group meetup on Zoom, where we invite special guests, dig ...