Generative Artificial Intelligence, Reference, & Instruction Discussion Group (GAIR&I)

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This is a discussion group to explore the implications of Generative AI programs like ChatGPT on reference, instruction, and other user services.

Practical Sharing: Discussing Generative AI with Stakeholders (hosted by the ACRL EBSS Communication Studies Committee)

  • 1.  Practical Sharing: Discussing Generative AI with Stakeholders (hosted by the ACRL EBSS Communication Studies Committee)

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    Please join us December 11 at 11a PT/2p ET for Practical Sharing on how to discuss generative AI with stakeholders across campus.

    Ella Gibson, Ruth Monnier and Matthew Noe continue their conversation about discussing generative AI with campus partners building on their two–part series for College & Research Libraries News. Those articles discussed AI concerns and commodification and AI resistance and ethical usage.

    Hosted by the EBSS Communication Studies Committee, the Practical Sharing webinar series is open to all. Each forty-five minute session will present immediately useful and timely resources, tools and ideas for librarians in Communication Studies and beyond!

    Practical Sharing: Discussing Generative AI with Stakeholders

    When: December 11, 2025 11:00 AM Pacific Time/2:00 PM Eastern Time  (US and Canada)

    Register in advance:

    https://occidental.zoom.us/meeting/register/aofIECudQbC4xVT4GLfLAg

    After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

    Please note this session will not be recorded and the speakers request AI meeting agents not be used during the presentation.

    Speakers:

    Ella Gibson is the Online Learning and Instruction Librarian and an Associate Teaching Professor at the University of Colorado - Colorado Springs. She has a degree in history from the University of Central Florida, in library science from University of Kentucky, and is currently working on a degree in learning design and technology from the University of Colorado - Denver. Her research interests primarily center on the intersections of librarianship and teaching.

    Ruth Monnier is the Head of Research and Instructional Services at Mount Saint Joseph University in Cincinnati, Ohio. She holds degrees in education and history from the University of Dayton and in library and information science from Kent State University. Ruth has published and presented on the topics of: programming, Open Educational Resources (OER), and realities of being an academic librarian.

    Matthew Noe is currently the Lead Collection & Knowledge Management Librarian at Harvard Medical School, an instructor for both the University of Kentucky and Library Juice Academy, and a Trustee for the Worcester Public Library. He is a former President for the American Library Association's Graphic Novels and Comics Round Table and the Treasurer for the Graphic Medicine International Collective.

    If you have any questions or are interested in presenting news-we-can-use in a future session, please reach out to Kristin Peace, Communications Studies Committee chair.



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    Ellen Hampton Filgo
    Director of the Liaison Program
    Baylor University Libraries
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