11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Board of Directors Meeting (Salada | 6th Floor)                                                                                                  

8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

Committee Meetings Breakfast (Bohea | 6th Floor)

9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Committee Meetings:

• Learning Network Committee (Bigelow | 6th Floor)
• Scholars & Scholarship Committee (Celestial | 6th Floor)

10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

BREAK

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Committee Meetings:

• Advocacy & Public Policy + Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committees: 
  Joint Discussion—Championing Free Expression and Inclusion: Continuing the Practice (Salada | 6th Floor)
   
• Member Engagement & Outreach Committee (Bigelow | 6th Floor)

12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

NETWORKING LUNCH (Bohea | 6th Floor)

12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

New/Interim ARL Member Representatives Lunch (Celestial | 6th Floor)
Hosted by the Member Engagement and Outreach Committee [Invitation Only]

OPENING SESSION

Research (Grand Master Ballroom)

1:30 p.m. 

ARL President's Welcome 

1:45 p.m. 

Program Planning Task Force Chair's Welcome

1:50 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.

Stronger Together—Collective Work Internationally
Jane Angel ■■ Susan Haigh ■■ Andrew K. Pace ■■ Martine Pronk ■■ David Prosser  

Join the leaders of the five IARLA organizations for a lively conversation about what is easy and what is
difficult about collaboration, and how they identify and provide value to members.  The Executive Directors
of this international association of research library organizations discuss strengths, inherent challenges,
and opportunities in partnership, and how in moments of crisis they have identified strength in working together. 

2:40 p.m.– 3:25 p.m.

Digital Commonwealth: The Power of Collaborative Efforts
Jessica Chapel ■■ David Leonard ■■ Garrett Dash Nelson

How can collaborative efforts expand collections’ impact and access? Digital Commonwealth, a statewide
initiative led by Boston Public Library, has offered free digital services to hundreds of diverse repositories
since 2011 to increase collection visibility and build cross-institutional usability. Learn from BPL and its
partners about how breaking down barriers between institutions can create new possibilities for discovery,
engagement, research, and learning. This session will also explore the challenges and opportunities of open
access, AI, and building sustainable digital infrastructure.  

3:25 p.m.– 3:45 p.m.

BREAK

3:45 p.m.– 4:30 p.m.

Cooperative Approaches to Advance Digital Literacy and Information Access
Martin Kalfatovic ■■ Mega Subramaniam

Martin Kalfatovic of the Smithsonian’s Biodiversity Heritage Library and Mega Subramaniam of the
Marylanders Online project in the INFO College at the University of Maryland will share experiences and
outcomes in working to build programs of public engagement through strategic coalition building. They will
share insights into the partnership models that have fostered scientific and digital literacy by working through
the organization expertise and extant infrastructure at partnering institutions to support public access to
knowledge. Exploring the big picture missions of information access and knowledge-sharing in higher education
and cultural heritage institutions, the speakers will invite audience dialogue around effective practices and
inherent challenges to building programs through collaborative models. 

6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

EVENING AT BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY—Networking Reception

8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

Breakfast (Bohea | 6th Floor)

MORNING SESSION

Leadership (Grand Master Ballroom)                                                                                                                               

9:30 a.m. 

Morning Welcome

9:35 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.

Scenario Planning for AI/ML Driven Futures of Research Libraries 
Dianne Babski ■■ Christy Long ■■ Devin Savage ■■ Catherine Steeves 

The ARL/CNI Task Force on Scenario Planning for AI and Machine Learning Futures has just
released their preliminary report in April CNI (check status then). The report outlines several scenarios
on possible futures for the research enterprise when shaped by evolving developments in AI and machine
learning. Through this panel session several members of the task force will share some of the group's findings,
as well as their personal working experience on the task force to increase our understanding of possible
strategic outcomes, implementation application, developments and policy choices. They will provide reflection
of possible AI-influenced scenarios for the research enterprise and spark discussion amongst members of how
those scenarios might play out in their contexts. The panel discussion will be followed by members' table
discussions to engage with and reflect on the scenarios, resulting in an in-the-moment poll to assess the
membership's response to this preliminary report. The goal of this session is to improve our discursive agency
as a community in thinking about and pursuing a future with both uncertainty and promise that embraces
and influences advances in generative AI and machine learning.  

This session includes a panel discussion, table discussion and audience polling

10:50 a.m. – 11:10 a.m.

BREAK

11:10 a.m.– 11:55 a.m.

Generative AI—A Force for Positive Disruption
Ravi Pendse

Generative AI, if leveraged with thoughtfulness, will transform the world for better. Educators
will play a key role in ensuring that we are paying attention to both opportunities and challenges
this technology brings. Our speaker will lead us in an interactive conversation about the
transformative power of generative AI. Attendees will gain insights into how the University of Michigan
has integrated GenAI tools within its community, with a steadfast focus on equity, accessibility, and privacy.
We will highlight and take a critical look at issues of bias, ethics, and hallucinations as they relate to informed
evaluation and use of generative AI.

12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

NETWORKING LUNCH (Bohea | 6th Floor)

1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

Workplace Challenges: Advancing Inclusiveness in Today's Climate
Kia Caldwell ■■ Nicole Hodges Persley ■■ Maria McCaulay

This panel session will examine the challenges of building a culture of inclusiveness and advancing
diversity initiatives in the US today. Panelists will provide perspectives from both academic and public libraries.

2:50 p.m.– 3:35 p.m.

PayDay Mayday—Part I: Panel Session
Kevin Borden ■■ Mimi Calter ■■ Lindsay Cronk ■■ Carol Smith

Pay equity is a perennial concern for ARL members. This panel will look at the data collected in the ARL Salary
Survey, its history and background, and provide case study insights into uses of that data to impact salary and
equity for library staff across the organization.

5:00 p.m.– 6:15 p.m.

ARLIES Film Festival—Harvard Film Archive 

6:15 p.m.– 8:30 p.m.

EVENING AT HARVARD HOUGHTON LIBRARY—Networking Reception