Events - September 21 2023

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Alison Macrina, director of Library Freedom Project, will present on artificial intelligence and related technologies, and what librarians need to know about this rapidly emerging environment. She’ll share a definitional overview of things like AI, machine learning, neural networks, and chatbots, as well as current and potential applications of these technologies – especially how they might apply to the library world. Alison will also discuss the serious ethical, privacy, and existential concerns that numerous scientists, academics, and other thinkers have expressed about the AI environment, and what efforts exist to reject unsafe uses of these technologies.

Alison is an activist librarian and the founder and director of Library Freedom Project (LFP). Alison started LFP in 2015 to organize and build community with other librarians who are dedicated to library values of privacy,  intellectual freedom, social responsibility, and the public good.

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO OCT. 19TH

Trustees have enormous influence in creating libraries that are relevant and responsive to community needs. From policymaking and fiduciary responsibility to strategic planning and advocacy work, the board needs a strong sense of the core values of librarianship and a commitment to ethical governance to support patrons’ rights to access to information and resources while creating a viable, vital and visible library that their community is proud of.

Learning Objectives
Attendees will develop a working knowledge of the Core Values of Librarianship and how those values translate to the work of the board, particularly in the area of policy making. This webinar will also review board ethics and use case studies to illustrate “values and ethics in action.”