Main Calendar
Connecting New and Long-time SIG-AI Members Together - March 2026
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
The purpose of this event is to welcome new SLA members who are interested in SIG-AI activities. We plan to discuss collaborative activities and engagements with our respective communities.
Journaling through the Times: Writing, Vlogging, and Other Ways of Approaching the Self, Identity, and Life (U.S. West Chapter and SIG-USE)
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
The purpose of the event will be to encourage an interdisciplinary dialogue on journaling and its connection to the self, identity, and life.
Webinar: Meet the Author: "Introduction to Documentation Studies" - What is Documentation?
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
What is a document? What is documentation? Are they relevant questions in the age of AI like chat-GPT etc.? According to the author of "Introduction to Documentation Studies” professor emeritus Niels Windfeld Lund, the answer is: "yes"...
ASIS&T Workshop: Reviewer Practices for Annual Meetings
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Learn more about the ASIS&T/SLA Proposed Merger and ask questions of ASIS&T and SLA leaders.
SIG-III International Cafe Meet: A conversation with a cup of tea! Can conversations change the world?
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
This is about conversations. How they can make a difference. Taking real-world examples, going back to the Grand Café in Oxford, the presentation will touch on the importance of meaningful conversations. A couple of examples from Sri Lanka will touch ...
ASIS&T Workshop: Reviewer Practices for Annual Meetings
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Learn more about the ASIS&T/SLA Proposed Merger and ask questions of ASIS&T and SLA leaders.
Dublin Core Academy: Linked Data and AI: Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
This course provides a systematic introduction to the technical principles and application scenarios of RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation). Through hands-on demonstrations and guided practical sessions...
Webinar: ImageSnippets: Experiences with a Linked Data Image Annotation System (SIG-CMR)
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
In metadata schemas, descriptive information about images is often either condensed into keywords and subject classifications or stored in description fields that, despite being conceptually rich and contextually relevant, are typically formatted only...
Webinar: Passing it On: Preparing for Promotion in the Academy
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Academics experience many changes over the course of a long career. For mid-career professionals working towards their next career milestone, maintaining momentum, avoiding burnout, and adjusting to changing workloads can be challenging...
Welcome Wednesday - April 2026
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Learn more about ASIS&T and your membership benefits by attending a New Member Welcome Wednesday.
Webinar: Generating Smart Data for Diverse Cultural Heritage Resources in the New Era of AI -- Exploring the Opportunities and Challenges
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Smart data means the trusted, contextualized, relevant, cognitive, predictive, and consumable data at any scale, revealing the most important V(value) of big data. In the new era of AI, smart data may be efficiently processed using AI technology while...
2026 IDEA Institute - Virtual Certificate Course on AI
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a disruptive but transformative technology that can bring value to libraries by enabling increased library use, optimizing collection analysis, and enhancing the user experience. Library and information ...
Webinar: AI and ML Approaches for Improving Biomedicine and Healthcare (SIG-HLTH)
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Major advances in AI are linked inseparably to biomedicine and healthcare. The use cases in the earliest AI experimental research initiatives investigated automated diagnosis of infections. In the current times...
Webinar: Meet the Author: Behind the Startup: How Venture Capital Shapes Work, Innovation, and Inequality
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
In recent years, dreams about our technological future have soured as digital platforms have undermined privacy, eroded labor rights, and weakened democratic discourse. In light of the negative consequences of innovation, some blame harmful algorithms ...