Our first Library 2.024 mini-conference: "AI and Libraries: Applications, Implications, and Possibilities," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, March 21st, 2024, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. Our call for proposals is now open (see immediately below), and we are announcing today our closing keynote speaker, Dr. Maggie Melo. More information on Dr. Melow is at the bottom of the keynote bios.
We've also set a record for initial registrations with this event--over 3,300 just from the first email. We hope you will join us for this popular topic!
CONFERENCE OVERVIEW:
How has artificial intelligence impacted library services, resources, and work so far? How have libraries responded to these evolving technologies to better support their communities? It's been over a year since generative artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT and Dall-E have been introduced in public spaces and consciousness, but AI has been around long before these tools yet there are still lingering concerns, challenges, and considerations. Join us for this free virtual conference to learn how libraries and library workers are engaging with artificial intelligence tools in their libraries from research support to information literacy to technical services. The conversations held in the conference will address the practical implications of these tools in the profession.
Our special conference chair is Dr. Raymond Pun, the Academic and Research Librarian at Alder Graduate School of Education, and the Immediate Past President of the Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA) and a Past President of the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA).
We look forward to gathering online with you for this event!
REGISTRATION:
This is a free event, being held live online and also recorded.
REGISTER HERE
to attend live and/or to receive the recording links afterward.
Please also join the Library 2.0 community to be kept updated on this and future events.
Everyone is invited to participate in our Library 2.0 conference events, which are designed to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing among information professionals worldwide. Each three-hour event consists of a keynote panel, 10-15 crowd-sourced thirty-minute presentations, and a closing keynote.
Participants are encouraged to use #library2024 and #
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Proposals for 30-minute concurrent presentations are now being accepted. Proposals will be evaluated and accepted in the order received. The link to submit proposals is HERE.
We are encouraging conference session submissions that focus on:
- How artificial intelligence has specifically impacted library services, resources, and work so far;
- How libraries have responded to these evolving technologies to better support their communities;
- How libraries and library workers are engaging with artificial intelligence tools in their libraries, from research support to information literacy to technical services;
- Practical implications of these tools in the profession;
- Specific concerns, challenges, and considerations that libraries, library staff, and library leaders have faced with artificial intelligence.
