CNI Spring 2025 Membership Meeting

CNI Spring 2025 Membership Meeting

Welcome to CNI’s Spring 2025 Membership Meeting in Milwaukee, WI, April 7–8; attendance is limited to member representatives, speakers, and invited guests.

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ROOM CHANGE: All sessions originally scheduled in Executive AB have been moved to the Lakeshore Ballroom (first floor)
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Natalie Meyers

Association of Research Libraries

AI Researcher in Residence

https://arl.org/people/natalie-meyers/

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About me

Natalie Meyers, ARL/CNI researcher in residence will serve in this role on a half-time basis for one year through Feb '26. In this new role, Natalie’s aim is to further the Association’s research, advocacy, and tracking of machine learning (ML), deep learning, AI, and generative AI. Her special interest is in AI Ethics and Governance.

She’d like to meet with you! Please reach out:

Natalie K. Meyers, MA, MLIS
ARL/CNI AI Researcher in Residence
Association of Research Libraries
nmeyers@arl.org

Book at Meeting with Natalie using this link:
https://calendar.app.google/fnViGjbmfjDrXBVc7

1:00pm CDT

Opening Plenary: CNI Leadership Update and Paul Evan Peters Award & Memorial Lecture (Lessons from LOCKSS) Regency CD

2:45pm CDT

1.2 Artificial Intelligence Literacy: Building Competency, Confidence, and Collaboration Lakeshore BallroomOren Beit-Arie • Leo Lo • Niamh McGuigan

3:45pm CDT

2.3 Cultivating Collaborative Library Scholars: A Multi-Institutional Professional Development Initiative Executive CDYinlin Chen • Jamie Wittenberg

4:45pm CDT

3.3 HBS Knowledge: Building a Foundation for Artificial Intelligence-Driven Discovery Executive CDDavid Nunez • Erin Wise

5:30pm CDT

Open Forum on Current National Trends: Discussing Key Issues in Today’s Environment Regency CDKarim Boughida • Karen Estlund

7:45am CDT

Breakfast (including discussion tables) Regency ABKarim Boughida • Bill Branan • Hilary Craiglow • Tom Cramer • Jessica Davila • Bryan Gee • Rochelle Lundy • Karen Estlund • Tim McGeary • Natalie Meyers • Jacob Nadal • Devin Savage • Michael Shensky • Cory Tressler • Anu Vedantham • Simeon Warner

9:00am CDT

4.3 The Collaborative Metadata Enrichment Taskforce (COMET): Uniting Stakeholders for Collaborative Metadata Enrichment Executive CDJohn Chodacki

9:45am CDT

5.1 Continuing the Conversation: Leveraging Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools and Semantic Search for Digital Collections Regency CDJames Lee • David Schober

10:45am CDT

6.2 Smarter Data Management: Artificial Intelligence-Driven Insights and Institutional Integration in the Machine-Actionable DMPs (MAP) Project Lakeshore BallroomCynthia Hudson Vitale • Katherine Koziar • Maria Praetzellis • Jamie Wittenberg 6.3 MetaArchive Across Its Life Cycle: Change and Resilience in the Digital Preservation Ecosystem Executive CDSnowden Becker • Jackson Huang • Alex Kinnaman • Jessica Meyerson • Zach Vowell

1:00pm CDT

7.2 Artificial Intelligence for Transcription and Metadata in Special Collections: Three Projects Executive CDHope Dunbar • Rachel Senese Myers • Doug Boyd

2:15pm CDT

Closing Plenary: A Conversation on Cybersecurity, Essential Cyberinfrastructure for Research and Education, and Resilience Regency CDClifford Lynch • Brewster Kahle • Cheryl Washington • Elisabeth Long • Keith Webster