Last week, we gathered in DC with our members and speakers for our 71st meeting—the Fall 2025 Membership Meeting. The opening and closing plenary recordings are now available for anyone to view. We’re immensely grateful to our speakers for sharing their candid and timely perspectives with our community.
Opening Plenary
Welcome + Shaping CNI’s Future Together
Kate Zwaard, Executive Director, Coalition for Networked Information
YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/8r63ZgYGuTU
A Landscape of Artificial Intelligence in Libraries, or “What Librarians Talk About When They Talk About AI”
Benjamin Charles Germaine Lee, Assistant Professor, University of Washington
YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/YcB07k3wn-M
Closing Plenary
2025 AUPresses Stand UP Award
Presenter: Peter Berkery, Executive Director, Association of University Presses
Awardee: Brett Bobley, Advisor, Schmidt Sciences
YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/UA7CoME0IHs?t=139
The State of Funding for US Higher Education, Science, and Technology in a Time of Change
Deborah Altenburg, Vice President for Research Policy and Advocacy, Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU)
YouTube link: https://youtu.be/i1Y_isvATew
All session videos will be openly available on the CNI website (https://www.cni.org/mm/fall-2025), YouTube, and Vimeo channels in the coming weeks. We will make a formal announcement once all meeting materials, including slide decks, are posted.
Sincerely,
Paige, CNI Communications Manager
