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Evaluate & Empower: An NC LIVE Workshop for Open Tech and Digital Tools
Join us in Asheville for a dynamic, hands-on workshop designed to bridge the gap between ethical technology evaluation and practical resource mastery.
Registrants will choose one track when completing the registration form. As always, registration is free and includes breakfast and lunch.
Throughout the workshop, you’ll explore practical strategies to navigate the rapidly shifting landscape of educational technology. Whether you are building a framework for ethical AI adoption or deep-diving into NC LIVE resources, this is your chance to collaborate with peers across the state, exchange ideas, and return to your institution energized and empowered to lead.
Registration will close on Monday, April 13th.
Choose Your Workshop Track
This workshop features two distinct tracks running simultaneously throughout the day. To ensure a focused and hands-on experience, participants will choose one track to attend when completing the registration form. Please note that you can only attend one track, so take a moment to consider which focus best aligns with your role, interests, and institutional goals.
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Track 1: Evaluating EdTech Through an Open Lens: A Framework for AI & Beyond?
This workshop track introduces a practical framework for assessing the opportunities and challenges of emerging educational technologies using Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a case study. At the core of this framework are open values, such as open pedagogy and open education, that will allow attendees to evaluate new technologies with ethical considerations, like student agency, privacy, and accessibility. Participants will hear directly from our Spring 2026 virtual cohort, composed of educators and librarians from across the state, who will share their own strategies and plans to critically engage with edtech that they crafted as part of an interdisciplinary community of practice. Attendees will leave with a starting point for establishing their own framework to assess how emerging technologies can best serve their specific institutions and communities they serve. -
Track 2: NC LIVE Resources in Focus
Focused on the "how-to" of using NC LIVE resources. This track provides deep-dive training on specific databases, updated interfaces, and practical ways to integrate NC LIVE resources into your campus curriculum or community programming. Led by vendor trainers and the NC LIVE Instruction Librarian, this track prioritizes hands-on practice so you can master the tools your community needs most.To ensure this track meets your immediate needs, the afternoon sessions will be determined by the specific resources and topics requested by registrants in the registration form. Whether it's advanced searching, specific database training, or AI-integrated tools, the curriculum is in your hands.
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From Strategy to Action: Building a Comprehensive GenAI Program in an Academic Library
Over the past two years, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library has developed and implemented a roadmap for supporting generative AI needs on campus. These internal planning efforts positioned the Library to partner with campus-wide AI and IT leadership to design and deploy GenAI spaces, services, and tools. In this webinar, we will share our experience establishing a GenAI portfolio across three themes: staff readiness, internal research, and public-facing services. We will discuss the development of multiple individual projects, including launching the Library AI Studio, developing a GenAI instruction program, establishing a GenAI fellowship for undergraduates, incorporating GenAI into library workflows, and creating PromptLab—a sandbox environment where all UNC affiliates can safely explore and compare multiple large language models. Our project-based strategy included both top-down directives from library leadership and bottom-up initiatives such as staff-led pilots. Attendees will leave with concrete examples of ways to respond quickly and strategically to campus needs emerging from this transformative technology.
Michelle’s bio:
Michelle Rodell is the Associate University Librarian for Health Sciences and Director of the Health Sciences Library (HSL) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Library. In this role, she leads librarians who engage and partner with UNC schools of dentistry, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and public health as well as multiple clinical departments within UNC Medical Center. Since 2024, she has co-led the University Library’s generative AI (GenAI) strategy, emphasizing staff readiness, campus engagement, and responsible access to emerging AI tools. Central to this work is the Library AI Studio, launched in Fall 2025 as a central space for collaborative exploration and learning, along with PromptLab, a virtual platform designed to broaden access to GenAI tools for all UNC affiliates. She contributes nationally through the Medical Library Association’s AI Task Force, including examining the ethical and environmental implications of GenAI. Michelle holds an MLS from North Carolina Central University.
Tim’s Bio:
Tim Shearer is the Associate University Librarian for Digital Strategies and IT at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Library. In this role he leads the Library Information Technology division and has responsibility for commodity computing, infrastructure, user experience, software development, repository development, discovery, digitization, and information security. Tim is interested in how technology can play a transformative role in supporting discovery, delivery, use, and preservation of information. He holds an MSLS from UNC Chapel Hill’s School of Information and Library ScienceFrom Access to Action: Driving ROI with the New NC LIVE E-Resources Marketing Guide
It’s a classic library challenge: we provide high quality, digital resources, but the community doesn’t always know they exist. When resources sit idle, the Return on Investment (ROI) stays hidden. How do we move patrons from the "Access" phase to the "Action" phase?
Join us for a 45-minute session focused on the brand-new NC LIVE E-Resources Marketing Guide. This isn’t just a tour of templates - it’s a roadmap for driving measurable engagement. We will explore how to use the guide to transform your e-resource collection from a "hidden gem" into a high-traffic community hub.Register Here >>
Presenters: Callie Hester, Library Assistant from Jackson County Public Library and Graduate Student in the UNCG MLIS program, created the guide with support from Sophie Hollis, Community Engagement Librarian, and Devon Waugh, Instruction Librarian. She currently manages social media and marketing efforts for her library.
Learning Objectives:- Identify and apply best practices for marketing e-resources and teaching patrons how to use them.
- Integrate e-resources into library programming to move them from the computer screen into active community engagement.
- Develop a streamlined outreach strategy by utilizing the "mini-marketing plan" template and support materials found in the guide’s appendix.
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