Name: Lightning Round
Start: 2026-04-13T17:30:00-0600
End: 2026-04-13T18:15:00-0600

Welcome to CNI’s Spring 2026 Membership Meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, April 13–14; attendance is limited to member representatives, speakers, and invited guests.

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Lightning Round

Monday April 13, 2026 5:30pm - 6:15pm MDT

Regency A

Building Infrastructure by Investing in People: Seven Years with CollectionBuilder
Evan Williamson, University of Idaho

Introduction to Project VECTOR, Creating Open Engineering Visualizations
Macarena Lange, Colorado State University

Deploying an AI Sandbox: A Libraries-Led Service Pilot for Scalable Research Infrastructure
Varun Sayapaneni, University of Oklahoma

Facilitating Use of Unencumbered Publications as Data for AI
Nicholas Taylor, Los Alamos National Laboratory

JOLT: A Tool for University of California Authors to Find Journals with Open Access Fee Support
Jade Yonehiro, California Digital Library

Persistent Identifiers for Facilities and Instruments: Supporting FAIR Data Collections
Matthew Mayernik, National Science Foundation National Center for Atmospheric Research

Operationalizing Quantum Computing Through the Academic Library
Seth Porter, University of Colorado Colorado Springs

Speakers

Evan Williamson

Head, Digital Scholarship and Open Strategies | Co-Director, Center for Digital Inquiry & Learning (CDIL), University of Idaho

Macarena Lange

Project Manager for Digital Visualizations, Colorado State University

Varun Sayapaneni

Research Informatics Specialist, University of Oklahoma

Nicholas Taylor

Deputy Group Leader for Technology Strategy and Services, Los Alamos National Laboratory Research Library

Nicholas Taylor is the Deputy Group Leader for Technology Strategy and Services at the Los Alamos National Laboratory Research Library. In this role, he oversees IT research and development efforts focused on digital repository services, applied information science, and system operations... Read More →

Jade Yonehiro

Open Access Data Analyst, California Digital Library

Matthew Mayernik

Deputy Library Director, National Science Foundation National Center for Atmospheric Research

Matt is a Project Scientist and Research Data Services Specialist in the NCAR/UCAR Library. His work is focused on research and service development related to research data curation. His research interests include metadata practices and standards, data curation education, data citation... Read More →

Seth Porter

Chief Innovation Officer & Dean of the Kraemer Family Library, University of Colorado Colorado Springs

Monday April 13, 2026 5:30pm - 6:15pm MDT
Regency A

Plenary

CNI Spring 2026 Membership Meeting