We invite you to explore the eleven videos in the winter 2026 edition of CNI’s Pre-Recorded Project Briefing Series, designed to bring you succinct, timely year-round updates on work relevant to the CNI community. Our thanks to the presenters for sharing their work; please contact them directly with any questions or follow-ups.
- Archivault: Processing Digital Collections at Scale with Generative Artificial Intelligence: Daniel Genkins (Vanderbilt University)
- Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Music Cataloging Project: Hannah Moutran (University of Texas at Austin)
- Automated Handwritten Text Recognition of Manuscript Document Collections: Chulin Meng and Joe Corall (Lehigh University)
- Building Academic Research Library Artificial Intelligence Capacity: A Strategic Multi-Unit Integration Model: Raymond Uzwyshyn (University of California, Riverside)
- Findings from a Workshop on Sustaining Open Source Software in the Research Enterprise: Chelsea McCracken (Ithaka S+R)
- Implementing AI in Research Administration at Emerging Research Institutions: Preliminary Findings from Two NSF-Funded Workshops: Ruby MacDougall (Ithaka S+R), Doug Dechow (Chapman University), Stefanie Brachfeld (Montclair State University)
- Launching the OAEBUDT within the Scholarly Communications Trusted Dataspace | A 2025 Year in Review: Christina Drummond (University of North Texas)
- Metadata Matters: Modernizing the Vanderbilt Television News Archive Database: Jim Duran and Vaibhav Ravinutala (Vanderbilt University)
- Quantum Computing-as-a-Library Service (QCAALS): Preparing Academic Libraries for the Next Computing Revolution: Seth Porter (University of Colorado Colorado Springs)
- US RAiD (Research Activity Identifier) Pilot Update: Sheila Rabun (Lyrasis)
- Vertical Interoperability: Building Research Commons that Work Across the Full Research Lifecycle: Maria Praetzellis (California Digital Library, University of California Office of the President), Rory Macneil and Rob Day (Research Space)
You can see all of the editions and learn more about the program on the CNI website.
