Best of Core Forum: Ethics, AI, and Cataloging: A Practical Approach

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Best of Core Forum: Ethics, AI, and Cataloging: A Practical Approach

Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2026

All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 11 am Pacific, noon
Mountain, 1 pm Central, and 2 pm Eastern time.



Description:

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.

Learning outcomes:

By the end of the webinar, attendees will be able to:

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   articulate the benefits and risks of using AI tools in metadata
   operations.
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   determine ethical actions to undertake as part of the project.
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   communicate effectively and support their decisions regarding AI to
   their administration.


Who should attend?

Cataloging professionals, metadata workers, or administrators whose
institutions are considering the use of AI or have already implemented it
in metadata workflows.

Presenter:

Abby 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.

Jessica 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.

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Registration fees for webinar:  Core Member $57.85; ALA member: $80.10;
Student member $44.50; Non-member $89.00

For additional information and access to registration links, please go to
the following website:

https://elearning.ala.org/local/catalog/view/product.php?productid=1667

Core webinars are recorded and registrants receive a link to the recording
shortly following the live event.

For questions about registration, contact ALA Registration by calling
1-800-545-2433 and press 5 or email registration_at_ala.org.

For all other questions or comments related to Core webinars, please
contact Core CE staff at corece_at_ala.org.

*Posted on behalf of the Core Continuing Education Committee.*

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