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About the Event
We hope to encourage discussion among representatives of academia, government, and the library community concerning AI’s impact on teaching, research, and library services, especially relating to STEM.
The event is free and open to the public.
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Leo Lo, ACRL president, Dean of the College of University Libraries & Learning Sciences at the University of New Mexico, and Board liaison on the ACRL AI Competencies for Library Workers Task Force, will begin the session with a 30-minute keynote presentation.
Invited Guest Speaker
We are pleased to have Nalini Mummalaneri, Senior Legal Advisor, United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), as our guest speaker. Ms. Mummalneri will address the topic of AI at the USPTO.
Lightning talks will complete the afternoon.
2 pm Eastern Time (UTC/GMT-4)
Quick Hello given by Jennifer Simms, STS Government Information Committee Co-Chair
Introduction to the Symposium given by Samuel Putnam, STS Council Chair, and Director of the Dibner Library, New York University
Introduction to Dr. Leo Lo, ACRL president and Dean and Professor of College of University Libraries, University of New Mexico, given by STS Government Information Committee Event Co-Chair Anna Xiong
2:05-2:30 pm: Title: Whose Content Is It Anyway? Copyright, Ethics, and AI
2:30-2:35 pm: Q&A
STS Government Information Committee Facilitator: Jill Spreitzer
2:35-2:40 pm: Introduction to U.S. Patent and Trademark Organization Senior Legal Advisor Nalini Mummalaneni, given by STS Government Information Committee Event Co-Chair Anna Xiong
2:40-3:00 pm: AI at the USPTO
3:00-3:05 pm: Q&A
STS Government Information Committee Facilitator: Dan Broadbent
3:05-3:15 pm: Break
3:15-4:00 pm: Three short talks (10 minutes each; each directly followed by five minutes of conversation)
[30" Transition/Introduction to the first speaker given by Anna Xiong]
3:15-3:25 pm: Short Talk Speaker 1: Helen Power, Engineering & Science Librarian, University of Saskatchewan
ApprAIse: Integrating GenAI into Engineering Capstone Courses
3:25-3:30 pm: Q&A
STS Government Information Committee Facilitator: Jennifer Simms
3:30-3:40 pm: Short Talk Speaker 2: Christy Caldwell and Wynn Tranfield, both STEM Librarians at the University of California, Santa Cruz
AI Research Tools Under Review: A Systematic Approach to Evaluating Relevance
3:40-3:45 pm: Q&A
STS Government Information Committee Facilitator: Dan Broadbent
3:45-3:55 pm: Short Talk Speaker 3: Christian Headley, Head of Customer Success, Keenious
Charting AI Views Among Tomorrow’s Librarians: the findings from a comparative study of Norwegian library and information science (LIS) students
3:55-4:00 pm: Q&A
STS Government Information Committee Facilitator: Stephanie Bennett
(Acknowledgment: The event flyer was designed with assistance from Rice University undergraduate students Joshua X. Cheng and Kahliya Clayton.)
