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SUMMARY:Best of Core Forum - Ethics\, AI\, and Cataloging: A Practical Approach (ALA Webinar)
DESCRIPTION:The Massachusetts Library System is pleased to announce that we 
 have contracted with ALA to provide our members with access to their live 
 webinars.  These webinars are free to MLS members who register through our 
 calendar.  Please do not register directly with ALA. Members who register 
 directly with ALA are responsible for paying their registration fee. 
 \n\nPlease help us keep MLS sponsored training free for all members. If you 
 are unable to attend the live webinar\, please cancel your registration. A 
 cancellation link can be found in your confirmation email\, or you may 
 contact Sarah Donnelly at sdonnelly@masslibsystem.org to cancel. 
 \n\n\nDescription\n\nArtificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to 
 streamline metadata workflows and increase the capacity of cataloging 
 operations. Interest in the promise of AI has accelerated since the release 
 of ChatGPT in 2022. Metadata practitioners have conducted many case studies 
 using AI processes\, such as machine learning (ML) and natural language 
 processing (NLP). In addition to underscoring dramatic improvements in the 
 speed and scale of metadata generation\, these experiments demonstrate AI's 
 ability to identify and correct inconsistencies in metadata and reveal 
 trends in data sets that are not obvious to researchers. However\, these 
 case studies do not systematically address ethical concerns associated with 
 the use of AI\, such as data accuracy\, algorithmic bias\, environmental 
 impacts\, and privacy concerns. This webinar will discuss ethical codes and 
 statements of principles related to cataloging and AI\, such as the 
 Cataloguing Code of Ethics and the Association of Research Libraries’ 
 “Research Libraries Guiding Principles for Artificial Intelligence\,” 
 and how they may be used to assess the benefits and risks of implementing 
 AI technologies in cataloging workflows. The speakers will guide the 
 participants through a case study to demonstrate how one might perform this 
 ethical analysis.\n\nThis webinar was previously presented in-person as a 
 session at the 2025 Core Forum. We are hosting this webinar\, with the 
 session adapted and presented live as a virtual event\, to extend its 
 reach.\n\n\n\nLearning Outcomes\n\nAt the end of the webinar\, participants 
 will be able to:\n\n\n	Articulate the benefits and risks of using AI tools 
 in metadata operations\;\n	Determine ethical actions to undertake as part 
 of the project\; and\n	Communicate effectively and support their decisions 
 regarding AI to their administration.\n\n\n\n\nWho Should 
 Attend\n\nCataloging professionals\, metadata workers\, or administrators 
 whose institutions are considering the use of AI or have already 
 implemented it in metadata workflows. \n\n\n\nPresenters\n\nAbby Dover 
 (she/they) is the Linked Data Librarian at Northwestern University. She 
 took part in the creation of the Cataloging Code of Ethics (2021) and the 
 Queer Metadata Collective’s Best Practices for Queer Metadata (2024). She 
 currently serves as a member of the PCC SCT Task Group on Linked Data 
 Training and is co-coordinator of the NACO/SACO Comics and Fiction Funnel. 
 She teaches a Library Juice course on Wikidata for Catalogers and has 
 presented at Core Forum\, ALA Core Week\, the ELUNA Annual Conference\, 
 ELUNA Learns\, and the Semantic Web in Libraries Annual 
 Conference.\n\nJessica Grzegorski (she/her) is Rare Materials Metadata 
 Librarian at Northwestern University. As an active member of the 
 Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Rare Books and 
 Manuscripts Section (RBMS)\, she has served on the Bibliographic Standards 
 Committee (BSC) and Controlled Vocabularies Editorial Group (CVEG)\, 
 completed a term as co-chief editor of Descriptive Cataloging of Rare 
 Materials (RDA Edition) (DCRMR) (2021-2023)\, and regularly presents at the 
 annual RBMS Conference. In addition to her service on RBMS\, she is a 
 faculty member of Rare Book School and is currently completing an 
 appointment as RDA Examples Editor on the RDA Steering Committee. She has 
 led rare book cataloging workshops and written and presented on topics 
 related to rare materials cataloging standards\, training\, ethical use of 
 AI\, and inclusive metadata and description practices.\n\n\n\nAccessibility 
 Information\n\nIf you have questions or requests regarding accessibility\, 
 contact ce@ala.org or at 312-280-5100.
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