aserl-collection-strategy Mailing List: THIS WEEK: AI + Transcription / Metadata, Dare to Weed, AL + Images: What's Really Real?

[John Burger, ASERL (jburger]

ASERL Friends:

 

Below are the upcoming webinars / online community events we have on the docket through mid-September, with more in development.  As always, these sessions are generally open at no cost to all ASERL members and generally to guests as well – you may see a few may that are listed as “ASERL only.”  Also, most are recorded and made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License via our Archive page (www.aserl.org/archive).  The complete list of upcoming events is also available on our website at https://www.aserl.org/events/list/

 

Please join us!  We welcome your ideas for future topics/speakers, too.

 

“Artificial Intelligence for Transcription and Metadata in Special Collections: Three Projects”

   July 23, 2025 at 2pm ET / 1pm Central Time

   MORE INFO / REGISTER:  https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/323526246854128473

   161 people registered as of July 20

 

“Dare to Weed: Deselecting, Deaccessioning, and Discarding in Academic Research Libraries”

   July 24, 2025 at 11am / 10am Central Time

   MORE INFO / REGISTER:  https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2813937675970601312

   304 people registered as of July 20

 

“AI-Generated Images – What’s Really Real?  Strategies for teaching critical inquiry through the history of synthetic media”

   July 24, 2025 at 2pm ET / 1pm Central Time

   MORE INFO / REGISTER:  https://www.aserl.org/event/ai-generated-images-whats-really-real-strategies-for-teaching-critical-inquiry-through-the-history-of-synthetic-media/

   134 people registered as of July 20

 

“AI-Hallucinated Citations in Libraries: A Discussion”

   Aug 5, 2025 at 2pm ET / 1pm Central Time

   REGISTER:  https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8494822886195339356

   77 people registered as of July 20

 

NEW!  From US Copyright Office / Free & Open to All

“The Plot Thickens:  Copyright Essential for Writers”

   August 6, 2025 at 1pm ET / 12pm Central Time

   MORE INFO / REGISTER:  https://copyright.gov/newsnet/2025/1072.html

 

NEW!  ASERL Resource Sharing Community Call

   August 6, 2025 at 2pm ET / 1pm Central Time

   MORE INFO / REGISTER:  https://www.aserl.org/event/aserl-resource-sharing-community-call-2/

 

From SPARC / Open to All

“Open Education Foundations”

   August 13, 2025 at 2pm ET / 1pm Central Time

   MORE INFO / REGISTER:  https://sparcopen-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_TdcxQs5GQR6ftzik3FozdQ#/registration

 

IN-PERSON EVENT – Raleigh, NC

“Library Technology Immersion Conference”

   August 20-22, 2025 – North Carolina State University, Raleigh

   MORE INFO / REGISTER:  https://www.aserl.org/event/library-technology-immersion-conference/

 

From SPARC / Open to All

“Open Education in Practice”

   August 28, 2025 at 2pm ET / 1pm Central Time

   MORE INFO / REGISTER:  https://sparcopen-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bK8lmRAwQ6OZ7_mvn27klw#/registration

 

From SPARC / Open to All

“Open Education in the Current Moment”

   Sept 10, 2025 at 2pm ET / 1pm Central Time

   MORE INFO / REGISTER:  https://sparcopen-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__NiWRVNUQqyaSAm_b2-Kig#/registration

 

NEW!  “ASERL Accessibility Water Cooler”

   Sept 17, 2025 at 2pm ET / 1pm Central Time

   MORE INFO / REGISTER:  https://ncsu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIvcO2grTMiGdMAw-W1UmUgD1SbDLDbQqdJ

 

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

 

Thank you for your continued support of ASERL programming.  Your ideas, questions, and constructive feedback are always welcome.

 

 

--jeb

 

John Burger, Executive Director

Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)

 

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