New Webinars: Ethical Concerns for AI and Community Archiving
Ethical Concerns for Generative AI
Feb. 27, 2025, 3-4 p.m. | 1 CE Hour
Generative AI has advanced rapidly in the past two years, making it challenging to keep up with the latest developments—let alone pause to critically reflect on its ethical implications. As library professionals, we are uniquely positioned to question how and why these tools are created and used. Have you considered the potential impacts of generative AI on privacy, equity, or intellectual freedom?
This webinar invites you to explore generative AI through the ethical framework of the ALA Code of Ethics. Whether you’re already experimenting with AI tools or just starting to explore their possibilities, this session will help you navigate the ethical considerations that should guide your decisions. Join us for an engaging discussion designed to equip you with a thoughtful approach to AI in libraries.
Community Archiving is an Enduring Activity
Mar. 6, 2025, 2-3 p.m. | 1 CE Hour
In this webinar, Dr. Harrison Apple (they/them) will describe how they used their background as a social-practice artist to bolster community archives preservation. You’ll learn how to make connections across multiple fields and then apply those relationships to solve problems that present themselves in your local information environment.
Drawing on oral history, documentary, archeology, and archival sciences, Apple outlines how their research turned to traditional community engagement and collection methods – quickly realizing they failed to deliver on the needs of their own community. This talk will guide you through a useful critique of some familiar methods for information professionals and strategies to meet our communities at their unique needs.
Attendees of this session will have the opportunity to:
- Learn how to connect with communities that have not traditionally wanted to participate in common archival practice
- Learn about non-custodial forms of community archiving
- Examine biases inherent in archival practice
