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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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Sunday, April 12
 

5:00pm MDT

New Attendee Welcome
Sunday April 12, 2026 5:00pm - 6:00pm MDT
Solitude Room (Level 3)
A relaxed gathering to celebrate new members and first-time attendees. Members of the CNI staff and Steering Committee will be on hand—come for a drink, a bite, and a chat.
Sunday April 12, 2026 5:00pm - 6:00pm MDT
Solitude Room (Level 3)
  Reception
 
Monday, April 13
 

10:30am MDT

Registration Opens
Monday April 13, 2026 10:30am - 5:30pm MDT
Regency Foyer

Monday April 13, 2026 10:30am - 5:30pm MDT
Regency Foyer

11:15am MDT

Orientation
Monday April 13, 2026 11:15am - 12:00pm MDT
Regency A
Get acquainted with CNI and the membership meeting! This optional session will provide a quick rundown of CNI and meeting logistics, introductions all around, and time for your questions. Open to all attendees, so you'll be in good company.
Speakers
avatar for Diane Goldenberg-Hart

Diane Goldenberg-Hart

Assistant Executive Director, Coalition for Networked Information
Hi there! I'm the assistant director for the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), cni.org, a joint program of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and EDUCAUSE that promotes the use of information technology to advance scholarship, research, and education. CNI's areas of interest include scholarly communication, the research enterprise, research support serv... Read More →
Monday April 13, 2026 11:15am - 12:00pm MDT
Regency A
  Orientation

12:00pm MDT

Refreshment Break
Monday April 13, 2026 12:00pm - 12:45pm MDT
Regency Foyer

Monday April 13, 2026 12:00pm - 12:45pm MDT
Regency Foyer
  Break

12:45pm MDT

Opening Plenary: Libraries Leading Campus AI: Claiming Our Seat at the Table
Monday April 13, 2026 12:45pm - 2:00pm MDT
Regency A
Artificial intelligence (AI) has already transformed how people search, read, write, learn, and share information—the very terrain libraries have stewarded for generations. Yet many of the decisions shaping AI policy and adoption on campuses are being made without librarians in the room. In this framing plenary, Rebekah Cummings argues that library values and expertise make librarians essential...
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Speakers
avatar for Rebekah Cummings

Rebekah Cummings

Director of Digital Matters and Head of Open Scholarship and Data Services, University of Utah
Rebekah Cummings holds dual roles at the University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library as Director of Digital Matters and Head of Open Scholarship and Data Services. In 2025, she served as Co-Director of the Summer Institute for Higher Education Faculty, Humanities Perspectives ... Read More →
avatar for Jessica Davila

Jessica Davila

Associate Dean of Digital Strategies & Innovation, University of Oklahoma
Jessica Davila is the Associate Dean for Digital Strategies and Innovation at the University of Oklahoma (OU) Libraries, where she leads the Libraries’ digital, technology, and open infrastructure strategy. She directs initiatives that expand access to learning technologies, lower financial barriers... Read More →
avatar for Michael Meth

Michael Meth

Dean, San Jose State University
Michael Meth is a dynamic and accomplished library leader. He currently serves as the Dean of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library at San José State University.

Under his leadership, the SJSU King Library has made significant strides in strategic initiatives such as AI, Digita... Read More →
avatar for Doralyn Rossmann

Doralyn Rossmann

Dean of the Library, Montana State University
Doralyn Rossman is Professor and Dean of the Library at Montana State University (MSU). She holds a BA and an MSLS from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an MPA from MSU. She was co-principal investigator of the IMLS-funded Viewfinder project, a toolkit for values-driven AI in libra... Read More →
avatar for Mary Beth Weber

Mary Beth Weber

Libraries Coordinator for Training and Mentorship Librarian, Collections & Digital Strategies, Rutgers University
Mary Beth Weber is the inaugural Coordinator for Training and Mentorship for Rutgers University Libraries. In this capacity, she serves as an advisor to the Faculty Mentoring Program, collaborates with colleagues to identify, develop, and implement a continuous program of enrichment activities to... Read More →
Monday April 13, 2026 12:45pm - 2:00pm MDT
Regency A
  Plenary

2:00pm MDT

Refreshment Break
Monday April 13, 2026 2:00pm - 2:30pm MDT
Regency Foyer

Monday April 13, 2026 2:00pm - 2:30pm MDT
Regency Foyer
  Break

2:30pm MDT

1.1 Challenges in Accessibility
Monday April 13, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm MDT
Regency A
Access and discovery are at the heart of what academic libraries do.  With the Americans with Disabilities Act Title II’s requirement that public entities’ web and mobile content needs to meet Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA standards, libraries and institutions are challenged by the volume of digital content that needs to be remediated and understanding...
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Speakers
avatar for Laurie Alexander

Laurie Alexander

Associate University Librarian for Learning, Teaching, and (interim) Research, University of Michigan
Laurie Alexander is the Associate University Librarian for Learning and Teaching at the University of Michigan.
avatar for Justin Schell

Justin Schell

Director, Digital Scholarship and Creative Spaces, University of Michigan
Justin Schell is the Director of the Shapiro Design Lab, a peer learning and project design community at the University of Michigan Library. Passionate about all things community and citizen science, he has helped organize Data Rescue events across the country. He is also the founder... Read More →
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Tracy Medley

Head of Discovery & Web Development, University of Utah
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Mario Arango

Colorado State University, Associate General Counsel
Monday April 13, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm MDT
Regency A
  Project Briefing

2:30pm MDT

1.2 Scaling Openness: Institutional Models and Pathways for Open Publishing
Monday April 13, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm MDT
Regency C
Open at Scale: Exploring the Value and Impact of the BTAA's Open Publishing Agreement ModelMaurice York and Jeffrey Spies (Big Ten Academic Alliance) From 2021 to 2024, the libraries of the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) paved the way for a dramatic increase in open access publishing by Big Ten authors—from 38% to more than 86% open in library-negotiated agreements. This was accomplished...
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Speakers
avatar for Maurice York

Maurice York

Vice President for Library Programs, Big Ten Academic Alliance
As the Director of Library Initiatives for the Big Ten Academic Alliance, Maurice is responsible for coordinating collective action at scale amongst the research libraries of the BTAA toward their commitment to realizing an interdependent, networked future. The central initiative... Read More →
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Jeffrey Spies

Big Ten Academic Alliance, Data and Analytics
avatar for Lidia Uziel

Lidia Uziel

Associate University Librarian, Research Resources and Scholarly Communication, University of California, Santa Barbara
Lidia Uziel is Associate University Librarian for Research Resources and Scholarly Communication at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she holds the overall strategy, management, and planning responsibilities for the UCSB Library’s general and special collections... Read More →
avatar for Miranda Bennett

Miranda Bennett

Director of Shared Collections, California Digital Library, University of California
Monday April 13, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm MDT
Regency C
  Project Briefing

2:30pm MDT

1.3 AI in Virtual Reference: Opportunities, Limits, and Lessons from 34+K Interactions
Monday April 13, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm MDT
Regency D
Academic libraries are under increasing pressure to deliver fast, high‑quality virtual reference services amid rising demand, staffing constraints, and expectations for always‑available support. Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is frequently marketed as a scalable solution, often without sufficient evidence about where automation might genuinely help or where it may introduce new...
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Speakers
avatar for Rebecca Croxton

Rebecca Croxton

Strategic Assessment Librarian, Colorado State University
avatar for Jennifer Church-Duran

Jennifer Church-Duran

Assessment & Analytics Librarian, University of Arizona University
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Margaret Brown-Sica

Colorado State University, Associate Dean for Research & Engagement
OER, International Issues regarding OER, books, anything.
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Don Zimmerman

Professor, Emeritus, Journalism & Media Communication, Colorado State University
Monday April 13, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm MDT
Regency D
  Project Briefing

3:30pm MDT

Passing Break
Monday April 13, 2026 3:30pm - 3:45pm MDT
Regency Foyer

Monday April 13, 2026 3:30pm - 3:45pm MDT
Regency Foyer
  Break

3:45pm MDT

2.1 Transcription OLLMpics: Testing Large Language Models for Transcription and Translation
Monday April 13, 2026 3:45pm - 4:15pm MDT
Regency A
In January 2026, the University of Virginia Library conducted the first of many proposed hands-on exercises to test four major large language models' (Anthropic's Claude, OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Microsoft CoPilot) suitability for the transcription and translation of handwritten documents from the University of Virginia Library's special collections. Thirty-two staff members from...
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Speakers
avatar for Stan Gunn

Stan Gunn

Associate Dean for Information Technology, University of Virginia
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Erich Purpur

University of Virginia, Science and Engineering Research Librarian
Monday April 13, 2026 3:45pm - 4:15pm MDT
Regency A
  Project Briefing

3:45pm MDT

2.2 From Infrastructure to Impact: The Allmaps-IIIF Partnership
Monday April 13, 2026 3:45pm - 4:15pm MDT
Regency C
Thousands of institutions have adopted the International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) to provide access to digitized collections, yet the content served through these APIs, including hundreds of thousands of maps, remains largely undiscoverable by location and difficult to use across institutional boundaries. Allmaps is an open source ecosystem that enables anyone to curate,...
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Speakers
avatar for Jonathan Manton

Jonathan Manton

Director, Digital Special Collections and Access, Yale University
Jonathan Manton is Director of Digital Special Collections and Access at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. In this role, he leads a unit responsible for providing strategic direction, services and infrastructure to support access to digitized and born-digital... Read More →
avatar for Martin Kalfatovic

Martin Kalfatovic

International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) Consortium, Managing Director
Monday April 13, 2026 3:45pm - 4:15pm MDT
Regency C
  Project Briefing

3:45pm MDT

2.3 A Methodical Approach to Evaluating AI-Generated Metadata: Outcomes of a First-Year Charter
Monday April 13, 2026 3:45pm - 4:15pm MDT
Regency D
The University of Texas Libraries (UTL) entered into a charter program with ITHAKA in the fall of 2025 with the objective of testing Seeklight, JSTOR's artificial intelligence (AI)-based metadata generation tool. The goal for the first year of the charter was to test the quality of Seeklight's metadata output and its compatibility with multilingual and complex records. UTL evaluated the quality...
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Speakers
avatar for Jeremy Thompson

Jeremy Thompson

Digital Processing Archivist, University of Texas at Austin Libraries
avatar for Mirko Hanke

Mirko Hanke

Head of Preservation and Digital Stewardship, University of Texas Libraries
Monday April 13, 2026 3:45pm - 4:15pm MDT
Regency D
  Project Briefing

4:15pm MDT

Refreshment Break
Monday April 13, 2026 4:15pm - 4:45pm MDT
Regency Foyer

Monday April 13, 2026 4:15pm - 4:45pm MDT
Regency Foyer
  Break

4:45pm MDT

3.1 Memory without Origin: The UVA Archival AI Protocol
Monday April 13, 2026 4:45pm - 5:15pm MDT
Regency A
As artificial intelligence (AI) companies increasingly seek access to archival collections for model training, archival organizations face high-stakes decisions with limited precedent and no shared standard. The University of Virginia (UVA) Library has developed the UVA Archival AI Protocol (UVA AAIP), a practical framework grounded in a core rule: irreversible AI models do not get access to...
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Speakers
avatar for Leo Lo

Leo Lo

Dean, University of Virginia
avatar for Brenda Gunn

Brenda Gunn

University of Virginia, Associate University Librarian for Special Collections and Preservation
Monday April 13, 2026 4:45pm - 5:15pm MDT
Regency A
  Project Briefing

4:45pm MDT

3.2 Scaling Reparative Metadata Assessment with MaRMAT
Monday April 13, 2026 4:45pm - 5:15pm MDT
Regency C
The injustices embedded in the collecting and descriptive practices of libraries, museums, and archives are now widely recognized and have prompted many cultural institutions to pursue inclusive and reparative initiatives, such as harmful language statements and content warnings. Remediating outdated and offensive language in metadata is, however, a far more daunting task, especially at scale....
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Speakers
avatar for Kaylee Alexander

Kaylee Alexander

Research Data Librarian, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
avatar for Rachel Wittmann

Rachel Wittmann

J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah, Interim Head of Digital Library Services; Metadata Strategies Librarian
Digital Collections | Metadata | Reparative Metadata
Monday April 13, 2026 4:45pm - 5:15pm MDT
Regency C
  Project Briefing

4:45pm MDT

3.3 From Search to Strategy: What Student AI Use Means for the Future of Academic Libraries
Monday April 13, 2026 4:45pm - 5:15pm MDT
Regency D
As generative artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes how students conduct research, academic libraries face a critical opportunity to redefine their value proposition. This session presents findings from two years of research with over 1,000 undergraduate and graduate students across disciplines, revealing that while AI chatbots have become essential cognitive partners for brainstorming and...
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Speakers
avatar for Amy Deschenes

Amy Deschenes

Interim Director of UX & Discovery, Harvard University
avatar for Meg McMahon

Meg McMahon

Harvard University, User Experience Researcher
Meg McMahon (they/them) is the User Experience Researcher at Harvard Library. In their work, they provide consultation to support library staff in gathering, processing, analyzing, managing, and reporting data on library resources and services.

They've led a cross-institution UX study on DSpace and contributed to the OA Journals Toolkit's Accessibility Remediation Resources. They've contributed to Weave: Journal of Library User Experience and Evidence-Based Library and Information Practice and have a forthcoming article... Read More →
Monday April 13, 2026 4:45pm - 5:15pm MDT
Regency D
  Project Briefing

5:15pm MDT

Passing Break
Monday April 13, 2026 5:15pm - 5:30pm MDT
Regency Foyer

Monday April 13, 2026 5:15pm - 5:30pm MDT
Regency Foyer
  Break

5:30pm MDT

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 IdahoIntroduction to Project VECTOR, Creating Open Engineering VisualizationsMacarena Lange, Colorado State UniversityDeploying an AI Sandbox: A Libraries-Led Service Pilot for Scalable Research Infrastructure  Varun Sayapaneni, University of OklahomaFacilitating Use of...
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Speakers
avatar for Evan Williamson

Evan Williamson

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

Macarena Lange

Project Manager for Digital Visualizations, Colorado State University
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Varun Sayapaneni

Research Informatics Specialist, University of Oklahoma
avatar for Nicholas Taylor

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 →
avatar for Jade Yonehiro

Jade Yonehiro

Open Access Data Analyst, California Digital Library
avatar for Matthew Mayernik

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 →
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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

6:15pm MDT

Reception
Monday April 13, 2026 6:15pm - 7:30pm MDT
Regency B

Monday April 13, 2026 6:15pm - 7:30pm MDT
Regency B
  Reception
 
Tuesday, April 14
 

7:45am MDT

Breakfast (including discussion tables)
Tuesday April 14, 2026 7:45am - 9:00am MDT
Regency B
Join optional table discussions at breakfast. There is no signup; participation is first come.Academic Library Management Community of Practice, Melissa Skinnell (Brown University)Formed at Brown to support managers/supervisors in their roles, or more generally about how we can better support/grow management skills in academic libraries. The interest in this came out of the Conference on...
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Moderators
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Bridget Almas

Director of Operations, Community Supported Technologies, Lyrasis

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Peter Berkey

Executive Director, Association of University Presses

avatar for Kaya van Beynen

Kaya van Beynen

Associate Dean, Research & Instruction, University of South Florida

avatar for Mimi Calter

Mimi Calter

Vice Provost & University Librarian, Washington University in St. Louis

avatar for Jake Carlson

Jake Carlson

Associate University Librarian for Research, Collections and Outreach, University at Buffalo

avatar for Hilary Craiglow

Hilary Craiglow

Practice Lead, Library Consulting, Attain Partners

avatar for Sarah Dorpinghaus

Sarah Dorpinghaus

Director of Digital Strategies and Technology, University of Kentucky

avatar for Jimmy Ghaphery

Jimmy Ghaphery

Associate Dean Scholarly Communications and Publishing, Virginia Commonwealth University

avatar for Dale Hendrickson

Dale Hendrickson

Sr. Director, Library Information Technology, Yale University

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Darlene Kelly

Executive Board Member, SCELC

avatar for Amanda Koziura

Amanda Koziura

Head, Scholarly Communication & Data Services, University of Nevada, Las Vegas


avatar for Rosalyn Metz

Rosalyn Metz

Chief Technology Officer, Libraries and Museum, Emory University

avatar for Angie Ohler

Angie Ohler

Associate University Librarian for Collections and Content Strategy, University of Minnesota

avatar for Ken Peterson

Ken Peterson

Executive Director, Harvard Business School - Baker Library
In his role, Ken collaborates with colleagues across the Harvard Business School, Harvard University, and beyond, supporting the needs of faculty, students, alumni, and researchers. A focus for his collaborations is embracing new research methods and reducing the barriers between... Read More →
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Tim Shearer

Associate University Librarian for Digital Strategies and IT, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

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Melissa Skinnell

Director, Library Digital Technologies, Brown University

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Nick Steinwachs

President, Notch8

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Shawna Taylor

Project Director, Johns Hopkins University
Tuesday April 14, 2026 7:45am - 9:00am MDT
Regency B
  Meal

9:00am MDT

4.1 Forging a Path for Successful Shared Stewardship
Tuesday April 14, 2026 9:00am - 9:45am MDT
Regency A
There is always tension between an ideal and the reality on the ground. The ideal of a community and an organization working in partnership to ensure the sustainability of open source software was the impetus for the Lyrasis Organizational Home for Community Supported Technologies. Through the Organizational Home, Lyrasis serves as a fiscal agent and sponsor for open technologies for digital...
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Speakers
avatar for Scott Hanrath

Scott Hanrath

Associate Dean, Research Engagement, University of Kansas
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Brian Lowe

Software Developer, VIVO and Ontocale, LLC.
avatar for Scott Prater

Scott Prater

Chair, Fedora, Digital Library Architect, University of Wisconsin - Madison
avatar for Bridget Almas

Bridget Almas

Director of Operations, Community Supported Technologies, Lyrasis

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Maggie Hughes

Manager of Special Collections Processing & Cataloging, Getty Research Institute
Tuesday April 14, 2026 9:00am - 9:45am MDT
Regency A
  Project Briefing

9:00am MDT

4.2 Navigating AI Disclosure Shifts: From Compliance to Fitness for Purpose
Tuesday April 14, 2026 9:00am - 9:45am MDT
Regency C
Emerging international frameworks for disclosing artificial intelligence (AI) use are impacting how scholarship, libraries, universities, and publishers approach transparency. This session introduces the AI Transparency Declaration, the AI Disclosure (AID) Framework, and the broader landscape of Enacting AI disclosure in scholarly publishing through brief project presentations and an interactive...
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Speakers
avatar for Natalie Meyers

Natalie Meyers

AI Researcher in Residence, CNI/ARL
Focused on advancing policy & maturing practice in AI Governance, Model Sharing, and Data Stewardship.
avatar for Sergio Santamarina

Sergio Santamarina

National University José Clemente Paz (UNPAZ), Librarian and Department lead for Digital Information Management and Open Access
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8289-409X


avatar for Kari D. Weaver

Kari D. Weaver

Program Manager, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning and Learning, Teaching, and Instructional Design Librarian, Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) and University of Waterloo
AI Disclosure, AI enabled workflows in academic libraries, Graduate students, Teaching and learning.
Tuesday April 14, 2026 9:00am - 9:45am MDT
Regency C
  Project Briefing

9:00am MDT

4.3 Downloading Millions of Files from Internet Archive: Two Approaches
Tuesday April 14, 2026 9:00am - 9:45am MDT
Regency D
Washington University (WashU) Libraries and the University of Kentucky Libraries have recently completed downloading millions of previously uploaded digitized files from the Internet Archive. This process was part of larger migration projects at both institutions: WashU's Newman Numismatic Portal's 76,000 assets are migrating to AM Quartex, and the University of Kentucky Libraries Kentucky Digital...
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Speakers
avatar for Eric C Weig

Eric C Weig

Web Development Librarian, University of Kentucky
I am an academic librarian. I design, build, and manage digital libraries through open source software use and production. I currently manage five digital libraries: SPOKEdb Oral History Database, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, Daily Racing Form Online Archive, Kentucky... Read More →
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Mitch Sumner

Head of Digital Preservation, Processing, and Reformatting, Washington University
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Len Augsburger

Washington University, Newman Numismatic Portal Project Coordinator

avatar for Karen Knox

Karen Knox

Head of Library Technology Services, Washington University
This is a brief bio.
Tuesday April 14, 2026 9:00am - 9:45am MDT
Regency D
  Project Briefing

9:45am MDT

Passing Break
Tuesday April 14, 2026 9:45am - 10:00am MDT
Regency Foyer

Tuesday April 14, 2026 9:45am - 10:00am MDT
Regency Foyer
  Break

10:00am MDT

5.1 Tipping the Scales—Balancing Information Security and User Needs to Rebuild Specialist Digital Resources
Tuesday April 14, 2026 10:00am - 10:30am MDT
Regency A
In response to an increased and very real threat of cyberattack (as the United Kingdom recovers from the impact of the attack at the British Library), the Bodleian Libraries took the difficult decision to switch off 20 at-risk 'Specialist Digital Resources' in December 2024. The vocal comments from users demonstrated significant communities that were originally hidden. What looked on the surface...
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Speakers
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Amy Warner May

Associate Director, Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Tuesday April 14, 2026 10:00am - 10:30am MDT
Regency A
  Project Briefing

10:00am MDT

5.2 Leveraging the ARL/CNI AI Scenarios: Reflections from Two Universities
Tuesday April 14, 2026 10:00am - 10:30am MDT
Regency C
The ARL/CNI AI Scenarios: AI-Influenced Futures was designed to guide readers through envisioning possible futures, ten years out, in which artificial intelligence (AI) has reshaped the landscape of research, higher education, and research libraries. In 2025, teams at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) libraries and the University of Delaware (UD) Library, Museums and Press deployed the scenarios to...
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Speakers
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Maisha Carey

Deputy University Librarian, University of Delaware
avatar for Annie Johnson

Annie Johnson

Associate University Librarian for Research, Teaching, and Technology, University of Delaware
avatar for Ashley Sands

Ashley Sands

Digital Scholarship and Data Services Manager, Johns Hopkins University
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Shawna Taylor

Project Director, Johns Hopkins University
Tuesday April 14, 2026 10:00am - 10:30am MDT
Regency C
  Project Briefing

10:00am MDT

5.3 Sustaining Cultural Heritage Networks: A "Wicked Problem" and A Better Future
Tuesday April 14, 2026 10:00am - 10:30am MDT
Regency D
Over the last thirty years, libraries, archives, and museums (LAMs) have built large-scale networks to make cultural heritage collections more widely searchable and available, including the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) and its hubs, (e.g., The Historically Black Colleges and Universities Digital Collection and Mountain West Digital Library), as well as aggregators of cultural heritage...
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Speakers
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Jodi Allison-Bunnell

Head of Archives and Special Collections, Senior Archivist, Assistant Professor, Montana State University
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Diana Marsh

College of Information Studies, University of Maryland at College Park, Assistant Professor of Archives and Digital Curation
Tuesday April 14, 2026 10:00am - 10:30am MDT
Regency D
  Project Briefing

10:30am MDT

Refreshment Break
Tuesday April 14, 2026 10:30am - 11:00am MDT
Regency Foyer

Tuesday April 14, 2026 10:30am - 11:00am MDT
Regency Foyer
  Break

11:00am MDT

6.1 Cybersecurity: Audits, Proactive Actions, and Relationships
Tuesday April 14, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm MDT
Regency A
Higher education institutions and libraries are working to respond to ever-increasing cybersecurity threats and requirements. This panel will share experiences from a variety of libraries about responses to cybersecurity audits or incidents and their impact on operations. They will also discuss collaborations and proactive actions meant to help prepare for and mitigate future threats to our...
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Speakers
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Suzi White

Director of Library Technology Services, Colorado State University
avatar for Emily McElroy

Emily McElroy

Taylor & Francis, Vice President, Academic Relations
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Judith Conklin

Chief Information Office, Library of Congress
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Lynne Grigsby

Division Head, Library IT, University of California, Berkeley
Tuesday April 14, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm MDT
Regency A
  Project Briefing

11:00am MDT

6.2 Institutional Strategies for Building Comprehensive AI Programs in Academic Libraries
Tuesday April 14, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm MDT
Regency C
From Strategy to Action: Building a Comprehensive GenAI Program in an Academic Library Jason Casden, Amanda Henley, and Rolando Rodriguez (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)Over the past two years, the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill Library has developed and implemented a roadmap for supporting generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) needs on campus. These...
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Speakers
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Jason Casden

Head, Software Development, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University
avatar for Amanda Henley

Amanda Henley

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Head, Digital Research Services
I am interested in academic library services, technology, and spaces that support scholars using digital methods in teaching and research.
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Rolando Rodriguez

Humanities Data Librarian, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University
avatar for Jacqueline Whyte Appleby

Jacqueline Whyte Appleby

Associate Director, Scholars Portal, University of Toronto
ebooks and book metadata, licensing, & preservation, AI for metadata creation.
avatar for Jess Whyte

Jess Whyte

Librarian; Coordinator, ITS Library Services, University of Toronto
Jess Whyte is a librarian at the University of Toronto and Coordinator for ITS Library Services.
Tuesday April 14, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm MDT
Regency C
  Project Briefing

11:00am MDT

6.3 Sustaining the Public Record: Collaborative Stewardship of Government Information and Research Data
Tuesday April 14, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm MDT
Regency D
Collaborative Stewardship of Government Information Across Legacy and Born-Digital Formats Merrilee Proffitt (Democracy's Library US, Internet Archive)This presentation will overview how the Internet Archive, Internet Archive Canada, and the Institute of Governmental Studies Library at the University of California (UC) Berkeley have collaborated to preserve and provide open access to...
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Speakers
avatar for Merrilee Proffitt

Merrilee Proffitt

Director, Democracy's Library US, Internet Archive
avatar for Kristi Holmes

Kristi Holmes

Professor/Director, Northwestern University
avatar for Trevor Owens

Trevor Owens

Chief Research Officer, American Institute of Physics
Dr. Trevor Owens is a social scientist, historian, and archivist working to deepen the positive impact of mission driven organizations on society through humanities and social science research.

Owens serves as the first Chief Research Officer of the American Institute of Physics. In this role, he is charged with implementing and leading AIP’s new operational unit, AIP Research. This new research-driven center of excellence is designed to execute a research strategy and agenda focused on the interplay of the physical sciences, relevant public policy, and... Read More →
Tuesday April 14, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm MDT
Regency D
  Project Briefing

12:00pm MDT

Lunch
Tuesday April 14, 2026 12:00pm - 1:00pm MDT
Regency B

Tuesday April 14, 2026 12:00pm - 1:00pm MDT
Regency B
  Meal

1:00pm MDT

7.1 Rethinking Institutional Repositories: Leveraging IIIF to Unlock Archival Productivity
Tuesday April 14, 2026 1:00pm - 1:30pm MDT
Regency A
Institutional Repositories (IRs) were envisioned in academic libraries as comprehensive platforms capable of supporting open access publishing, research outputs, and digitized special collections within a single system. In practice, however, most IRs and related digital asset management software (DAMS) were not designed around archival principles or data structures, often resulting in duplicative...
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Gregory Wiedeman

University Archivist, University at Albany, SUNY
Tuesday April 14, 2026 1:00pm - 1:30pm MDT
Regency A
  Project Briefing

1:00pm MDT

7.2 From Accessibility to Extraction: AI Applications and Evaluation Frameworks for Collections
Tuesday April 14, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm MDT
Regency C
Scoring AI for Accessibility: A Rubric-Based FrameworkSarah Cogley and Stacy Snyder (University at Buffalo, SUNY) This briefing explores a comprehensive evaluation of generative AI tools for creating alternative text and long descriptions for digital collections at the University at Buffalo Libraries. Prompted by the need to address extensive accessibility remediation as required by the Americans...
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Sarah Cogley

Digital Collections and Repositories Librarian, State University of New York at Buffalo
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Stacy Snyder

State University of New York at Buffalo, Digital Collections Projects and Compliance Librarian; Accessibility Coordinator
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Paul Gallagher

Associate Dean for Resources and Digital Strategy, Western Michigan University
Tuesday April 14, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm MDT
Regency C
  Project Briefing

1:00pm MDT

7.3 From Scan to Discovery: Responsible AI and Open Source Strategies for Document and AV Access
Tuesday April 14, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm MDT
Regency D
Expanding Access to Historic Scanned Documents Using R's Tesseract PackageAdelynn Shirts and David Advent (Utah State University)Utah State University's Institutional Repository, DigitalCommons@USU, hosts over 100,000 PDF documents, many of which were originally printed pre-1975 and then later scanned. As such, they lack embedded text layers, rendering them inaccessible to screen readers without...
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Adelynn Shirts

Open Science and Publishing Graduate Assistant, Utah State University
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David Advent

Utah State University, Scholarly Communication Librarian
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Brian McBride

Associate Director of Digital Infrastructure Development, University of Utah
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Harish Maringanti

Associate Dean for Research, University of Utah
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Bohan Zhu

Web Software Developer, University of Utah
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Sara Brumfield

Partner, FromThePage
Tuesday April 14, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm MDT
Regency D
  Project Briefing

2:00pm MDT

Passing Break
Tuesday April 14, 2026 2:00pm - 2:15pm MDT
Regency Foyer

Tuesday April 14, 2026 2:00pm - 2:15pm MDT
Regency Foyer
  Break

2:15pm MDT

Closing Plenary: Harnessing the Data Renaissance for Scientific Discovery
Tuesday April 14, 2026 2:15pm - 3:30pm MDT
Regency A
The current data renaissance, accelerated by advances in artificial intelligence, is reshaping the landscape of research, scholarship, and innovation. Yet unlocking this potential requires more than scale alone. It calls for a transdisciplinary approach that brings together diverse data and computational infrastructure along with multidisciplinary expertise across institutions.Despite the rapid...
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Manish Parashar

Executive Director, Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute; Inaugural Chief AI Officer; Presidential Professor, University of Utah
Manish Parashar is the inaugural Chief AI Officer at the University of Utah. He is also Executive Director of the Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute, and Presidential Professor in the Kalhert School of Computing. He leads the University’s One-U Responsible AI Init... Read More →
Tuesday April 14, 2026 2:15pm - 3:30pm MDT
Regency A
  Plenary
 

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