Schedule for ARL-CNI Fall Forum 2019

Thursday, September 26, 2019

8:00 a.m.–9:00 a.m. Registration and Breakfast

Metropolitan Ballroom Foyer and Dupont Ballroom

9:00 a.m.–9:10 a.m. Welcome

Metropolitan Ballroom

Lorraine Haricombe, Vice Provost and Director of Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin, and ARL President 2019–2020

9:10 a.m.–10:30 a.m. The Fourth Industrial Revolution

Metropolitan Ballroom

Julia C. Blixrud Memorial Lecture

Speaker: Jaron Lanier, Computer Scientist, Musician, Artist & Author

What are research libraries doing as catalytic leaders now and what more do we need to do to contribute to our institutions, the research and learning ecosystem, and society?

The goal of the forum is to explore how and where research libraries can best lead and to develop recommendations for how this will be done strategically in four areas:

• Libraries as strategic institutions in societal flux
• Emerging opportunities for research libraries as collaborative partners in the changing research and learning ecosystem
• New forms of reality to advance research integrity and learning
• Next-generation organizations, skills, and competencies needed for research libraries

10:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m. Break

Metropolitan Ballroom Foyer

10:45 a.m.–11:45 a.m. Emerging Opportunities

Metropolitan Ballroom

Research libraries are collaborative partners in a highly dynamic, interconnected, and international research and learning ecosystem, within a society in flux. This panel will explore existing and potential opportunities for advancing the mission of research libraries locally and more broadly.

Moderator: David Leonard, President, Boston Public Library

Speakers:
Susan Haigh, Executive Director, Canadian Association of Research Libraries
Gina M. Siesing, Chief Information Officer and Constance A. Jones Director of Libraries, Bryn Mawr College
Louis Soares, Chief Learning and Innovation Officer, American Council on Education

11:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m. Lunch

District and Quad Rooms (3rd floor)

12:45 p.m.–1:30 p.m. AI and New Forms of Reality

Metropolitan Ballroom

Research libraries are trusted advisors and stewards of human knowledge and machine information. Jason Griffey and Keith Webster will explore the benefits and consequences of AI and new forms of knowledge creation.

Moderator: Carl Grant, Interim Dean of Libraries, University of Oklahoma Libraries

Speakers:
Jason Griffey, Director of Strategic Initiatives, NISO, and Affiliate Researcher, metaLAB, Harvard University [slides] Keith Webster, Dean of University Libraries and Director of Emerging and Integrative Media Initiatives, Carnegie Mellon University

1:30 p.m.–2:30 p.m. Organizational Readiness

Metropolitan Ballroom

Leaders need to prepare their organizations and the people in them for uncharted territory. It is important to understand the changes that have occurred in research and learning, what more needs to be done, and what this means for research library leaders. This panel will explore what next-generation organizations, skills, and competencies research libraries need to thrive as collaborative partners in the fourth industrial revolution.

Moderator: Robert McDonald, Dean of University Libraries, University of Colorado Boulder

Speakers:
Wendy Duff, Professor and Dean, University of Toronto Faculty of Information
Vivian Lewis, University Librarian, McMaster University
Eric Meyer, Dean of the School of Information, The University of Texas at Austin
Denise Stephens, Vice Provost and University Librarian, Washington University in St. Louis

2:30 p.m.–2:45 p.m. Break

Metropolitan Ballroom Foyer

2:45 p.m.–4:00 p.m. Small-Group Discussions

Forum attendees can choose to attend one of four sessions:

1. Catalytic Leaders, located in the Metropolitan Ballroom Galleries 1 and 2
   Facilitator: Erik Mitchell, Audrey Geisel University Librarian, University of California San Diego
   • How and where do research libraries best lead in higher education, in the broader research and learning ecosystem, in society?
2. Emerging Opportunities, located in the Metropolitan Ballroom Galleries 4 and 5
   Facilitator: Martha Whitehead, Vice President, Harvard Library and University Librarian, and Roy. E. Larsen  Librarian for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
   • What are research institutions’ roles in producing productive citizens? Research institutions are losing the hearts and minds of citizens. What role might libraries in the research setting have in K–12, pipeline, etc.?
3. Organizational Readiness, located in District 1
   Facilitator: Mary Case, University Librarian, University of Illinois at Chicago
   • What is the nature of the work that needs to be done by all levels of staff?
4. AI and New Forms of Reality, located in District 2
   Facilitator: Carl Grant, Interim Dean of Libraries, University of Oklahoma
   • What is the leadership role of research librarians as new forms of human-machine knowledge are created, and how will we steward it to advance research integrity and learning?

4:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m. Summary of Recommendations and Wrap-up

Metropolitan Ballroom

4:30 p.m. Adjourn