CNI Fall 2025 Membership Meeting
December 11-12, 2025
Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill Hotel, Washington, DC
During breakfast on Friday, December 12 (7:45-9:00 a.m.), attendees may join optional table discussions on pre-determined topics. The breakfast discussion tables give attendees an opportunity to engage with each other on issues for which there is strong community interest and/or to learn more about initiatives we believe to be of value. There will still be ample space in the breakfast area for those who prefer unstructured dining and social opportunities.
Designated tables will be marked by table signs and located throughout the breakfast area. There is no signup; participation is first come, first served.
Topics & Facilitators:
- AI Bot Scraping Impacts, Kate Dohe (University of Maryland) and Timothy Shearer (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
- Bibframe and Where it Stands, Rob Sanderson (Yale University), Tom Cramer (Stanford University), and Simeon Warner (Cornell University): Yale is currently evaluating the adoption of Bibframe, and the moderators will share their current findings alongside the experiences of participants. This may also include discussion of the Blue Core cooperative cataloging system, which steers institutions away from licensing and copy cataloging.
- Collaborative Technology Projects, Boaz Nadav-Manes (Lehigh University) and Evviva Weinraub (University at Buffalo): How do we cultivate momentum in support of multi-partner technology focused projects? In a time when funding and resources are even more limited, are there ways by which the library community can better support transformative projects which may impact our overall independence and sustainability?
- Federal Accessibility Requirements, Stan Gunn (University of Virginia) & Lauren Geiger (Mississippi State University): A discussion about complying with federal accessibility requirements of university collections.
- Federal Public Access Policies, Carly Robinson and Nick Shockey (SPARC): A discussion of the new federal public access policies, including how they are impacting institutions and how to comply with the new publications sharing requirements.
- (CANCELED) The Future of Online Learning, Glenda Morgan (Phil Hill & Associates & Morgan EdTech Strategies)
- Integrating AI into Metadata Workflows, Kate James (OCLC)
- IT Consolidation, Joshua Gomez (UCLA): A discussion of the recent trend of consolidating IT on university campuses and the impact it has on libraries.
- Leadership Hiring Trends, Karim Boughida (Stony Brook University) and Robert McDonald (University of Texas): A conversation on evolving expectations for higher education leaders—particularly how technology expertise is increasingly expected of deans, vice presidents, and other senior roles, while some more traditional leadership profiles are also still desired. Participants may discuss emerging trends in leadership hiring; what’s working well in current searches; and how to intrepret job descriptions to uncover institutional priorities, leadership culture, and the expectations behind posted qualifications.
- Managing Government Documents, Merrilee Proffitt (Democracy’s Library, Internet Archive) & Emily Gore (University of Georgia): A discussion on what is needed to collaborate and think about opportunities for managing government documents among the CNI community and beyond.
- Moving Forward in Today’s Environment, Brad Warren (Augusta University): If we assume that higher education is permanently transformed by the changes that occurred this year, how do we position ourselves to be successful and moving forward in a new environment? This conversation will provide a space to discuss solutions and think toward the future.
- Reimagining National Digital Aggregation, John Bracken (Digital Public Library of America) and Joe Lucia (Temple University): Over the past decade, large-scale digital aggregation initiatives—such as DPLA’s national metadata platform—demonstrated that cross-institution discovery at scale is both possible and valuable. But changes in the political, economic, and social landscape are prompting the field to reconsider how aggregation can contribute to a more informed and engaged public. This discussion invites participants to reflect on what a national cross-institution aggregation model should look like.
- Research Integrity, Robert Hilliker (Springer Nature) & Mira Waller (University of Virginia): A conversation about librarians’ role in supporting research integrity, including questions about policies, responsible product adoption, and balancing generative AI and research integrity.
- Supporting Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Denise Hersey (University of Massachusetts Amherst): A discussion about universities’ efforts toward promoting and supporting innovation and entrepreneurship on campus; specifically, academic libraries and IT departments involvement (e.g. developing new spaces and services, including the housing of Innovation Hubs).
Other topics and/or facilitators may be added.
