Natalie Meyers, professor of the practice in the Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society at the University of Notre Dame, will be the first ARL/CNI researcher in residence, effective February 3, 2025. Focusing on the strategic implications of artificial intelligence (AI) for research libraries, she will serve in this role on a half-time basis for one year. Natalie said, “The opportunity to work with ARL members on AI challenges and priorities marks a really exciting time in librarianship.”
In this new role, Natalie will further the Association’s research, advocacy, and tracking of machine learning (ML), deep learning, AI, and generative AI. Reporting to the ARL senior director for Scholarship, Policy, and Engagement Strategy and working closely with CNI leadership, she will play a key role in the ongoing collaboration between CNI and ARL around AI/ML technologies and applications.
Natalie is co-chair of the Artificial Intelligence/Data Visitation Working Group of the Research Data Alliance (RDA) and co-author of the group’s AI Bill of Rights Recommendation. She has published and spoken extensively on various aspects of computational research and AI, including the recent “Ten Simple Rules for Good Model-Sharing Practices” in PLOS Computational Biology. She is co-organizing a workshop on “Building Scholarship to Enable the Future of Computational Democracy Research” for fall 2025 with lead investigator Thomas Mustillo, associate professor of global affairs from Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs.
“We’re so excited to have Natalie on board,” said Andrew K. Pace, ARL executive director. “AI’s hype has created a great deal of uncertainty and chaos in the research enterprise, and we’re confident in Natalie’s ability to discern programmatic, policy, and advocacy priorities in this rapidly evolving environment.”
“Natalie is going to be a great contributor in advancing our work in these critical emerging areas and I’m delighted to have her working with us on them,” Clifford Lynch, CNI executive director, added.
Natalie holds an MLIS from the University of California, Berkeley; an MA in English from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee; and a BA in philosophy and English from DePauw University.
About the Association of Research Libraries
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit organization of research libraries in Canada and the US whose vision is to create a trusted, equitable, and inclusive research and learning ecosystem and prepare library leaders to advance this work in strategic partnership with member libraries and other organizations worldwide. ARL’s mission is to empower and advocate for research libraries and archives to shape, influence, and implement institutional, national, and international policy. ARL develops the next generation of leaders and enables strategic cooperation among partner institutions to benefit scholarship and society. ARL is on the web at ARL.org.
About the Coalition for Networked Information
The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) is a joint initiative of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and EDUCAUSE that promotes the use of information technology to advance scholarship and education. Over 200 organizations representing higher education, publishing, information technology, scholarly and professional organizations, foundations, and libraries and library organizations, make up CNI’s members. Learn more at www.cni.org.
