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2026 IDEA Institute - Virtual Certificate Course on AI
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a disruptive but transformative technology that can bring value to libraries by enabling increased library use, optimizing collection analysis, and enhancing the user experience. Library and information ...
DCMI26
DCMI 2025, the twenty-third International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications, will bring together experts, researchers, and practitioners to explore the theme "Meta(data) at the Core: Bridging Human Knowledge and AI Innovation". This ...
Webinar: “This Survey is Anonymous” : LIS Survey Demographics and Reidentification Risk
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Survey research conducted by student and faculty at iSchools as well as by practicing librarians frequently collects enough demographic information to risk easy re-identification of individual participants, especially those with unique job titles...
SIG-III Doctoral Seminar Series-2026: The Research Leader: From Curiosity to Contribution
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
The Doctoral Seminar Series is designed to provide mentorship and guidance to doctoral students in the field of Library and Information Science. This online program brings together distinguished senior scholars who will share their experiences, insights...
SIG-EduLearn Expert Talk: Information Literacy and generative AI Literacy: relationships and pedagogy for the future
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Conducting research with results from commercial search engines and other web-based information retrieval systems is challenging due to the “black-box” nature of these systems and limited data access. The Result Assessment Tool (RAT) addresses this by...
Webinar: Beyond Compliance: Data Integrity and Quality Management Systems as Knowledge Governance
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Quality management systems (QMS) and data integrity programs have long been treated as compliance obligations and necessary infrastructure and rarely examined as strategic knowledge assets. This presentation challenges that framing...
** Canceled ** Webinar: Building Evidence-Based Research Skills: Becoming a Research-Driven Professional (SIG-III & South Asia Chapter)
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Research is an essential skill for both students and working professionals in today's knowledge-driven world. This webinar will introduce participants to the fundamentals of evidence-based practice and the research process, including finding...
Webinar: Makerspace Fails
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Public library makerspaces – spaces with shared tools for social making – do not always work out as libraries plan or users hope, especially for marginalized or underserved community groups. Yet there is little understanding about which factors...
IMLS Program Officer Face-to-face: Information Session of IMLS FY27 NOFO (US West Chapter)
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
The IMLS FY27 Notice of Funding Opportunity will be available in August. The U.S. West Chapter invited one of the IMLS program officers to present an information session webinar to the ASIS&T community and/or broader audience.
Webinar: Passing it On: What Does the Dean Do All Day?
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
As part of the "Passing it On" series, Emily Knox will discuss her experiences moving through academia with a special focus on combining research, teaching, and service effectively.
Webinar: AI-Driven Metadata Workflows, Professional Competencies, and the Future of Metadata Governance (South Asia Chapter & DCMI Education Committee)
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
The rapid development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming the practices of metadata creation and management. Drawing from two survey studies of perceived impact of AI on metadata practices...
Meet the Author: Perspectives on Paradata Research and Practice of Documenting Process Knowledge
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Conducting research with results from commercial search engines and other web-based information retrieval systems is challenging due to the “black-box” nature of these systems and limited data access. The Result Assessment Tool (RAT) addresses this by...
Webinar: Classification as Outreach
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Drawing on Tina Gross and Violet Fox’s 2019 “Authority work as outreach,” this talk will explore how inviting community into classification work can strengthen our relationships as well as our systems...
Patents for Non-Lawyers: Gleaning Pseudo-Proprietary Information from Publicly Available Resources (SIG-BIZ
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Doctoral Seminar Series is designed to provide mentorship and guidance to doctoral students in the field of Library and Information Science. This online program brings together distinguished senior scholars who will share their experiences, insights...
Webinar: From Manuscript to Publication – Writing, Reviewing, and Ethical AI Use
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
This webinar will provide information about the usability of AI. How to maintain the originality of a manuscript? The session will cover key steps in writing a scholarly publication, including the literature review, methodology, questionnaire preparation,