<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<style type="text/css" style="display:none;"> P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;} </style>
</head>
<body dir="ltr">
<div class="elementToProof" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
The ai4Libraries planning committee is pleased to announce that <span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);">
<b><u><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.ai4libraries.org/__;!!OToaGQ!rzYBeKH_cSxn3vZ0STho0JP2Z9HF3GeRR6Yy5OYpC6OiN8CZKyVqstgzF6TEEBI_dDr992_mPzuDMdVHWRXnOHORTrrpSMU$" target="_blank" id="OWAed9c83fe-c0a6-9f6e-b588-9cb4cb40cd17" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.ai4libraries.org/__;!!OToaGQ!rzYBeKH_cSxn3vZ0STho0JP2Z9HF3GeRR6Yy5OYpC6OiN8CZKyVqstgzF6TEEBI_dDr992_mPzuDMdVHWRXnOHORTrrpSMU$" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-linkindex="0" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;">2024
registration is open</a></u></b></span> for the second free conference, scheduled to take place virtually on:</div>
<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
</div>
<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<b>October 22, 2024 - 12:00pm - 4:00pm (Eastern)</b></div>
<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<b>October 23, 2024 - 12:00pm - 4:00pm (Eastern)</b></div>
<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<b><br>
</b></div>
<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);">
<b><u><a href="https://www.ai4libraries.org/schedule-1" target="_blank" id="OWA5795e8f5-e49d-8e17-b28a-ad0a919e4eaf" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="https://www.ai4libraries.org/schedule-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-linkindex="1" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;">2024
Schedule</a></u></b></div>
<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
</div>
<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
Join us online at the conference to hear <b>about a </b><span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><b><u><a href="https://www.ai4libraries.org/schedule-1" target="_blank" id="OWA49ab48d5-1144-bc70-4bf0-01556d2f3441" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="https://www.ai4libraries.org/schedule-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-linkindex="2" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;">wide
variety of Library AI projects</a></u></b></span><b> and keynotes</b> from three prominent library leaders who are at the forefront of shaping the future of AI in libraries.</div>
<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
</div>
<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
Dr. Leo Lo is the Dean of the College of University Libraries & Learning Sciences at the University of New Mexico. His work focuses on developing AI competencies and training programs for library and higher education professionals. As the current President
of the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL), Dr. Lo has established a national task force to develop a set of AI competencies.</div>
<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
</div>
<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
Russell Michalak, MLIS, is the Library Director at Goldey-Beacom College with over 20 years of experience in various library settings and 15 years in library administration. He writes the PosIT column in the Journal of Library Administration, focusing on information
technologies in libraries.</div>
<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
</div>
<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
Michael J. Paulus, Jr., is the University Librarian at Creighton University. Dr. Paulus is the author of Artificial Intelligence and the Apocalyptic Imagination: Artificial Agency and Human Hope (2023) and co-editor of AI, Faith, and the Future: An Interdisciplinary
Approach (2022). His current book project, Hope in the Library: Shaping Our Future with Artificial Intelligence, argues for the importance of libraries in an age of artificial agency.</div>
<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
</div>
<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
Conference Planning Committee,</div>
<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
Abigail Wickes</div>
<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
Anu Moorthy</div>
<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
Heather Jeffcoat</div>
<div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<br>
</div>
</body>
</html>