Please join the ACRL STS Scholarly Communication Committee for a virtual presentation on June 26, 2024.
Title: “Decoding AI’s Environmental Impact: Navigating the Path to Sustainability”
Given the warming world, changing climate, rise in natural disasters, and the constant rise and fall of climate policy and action, this presentation will go over the current state of AI and the environment and consider a few of the hard but important questions as we learn more about this new booming technology’s impact on our environment and how we can keep track of the ways it is helping or harming us.
Date/Time: Wednesday, June 26, 2024 from 3pm-4pm (EST)
Speakers’ Bios:
Marissa Burkland is the Science & Data Librarian at George Mason University Libraries for the College of Science, serving the areas of Environmental Science & Policy (ESP), Atmospheric, Oceanic, & Earth Sciences (AOES), and Biology. She holds a BS in Digital Humanities (2021) from Rochester Institute of Technology as well as a Master of Library Science (2023) from Queens College, City University of New York (CUNY). She does activist work around the DC area in the fields of sustainable transit, environmental justice, and urban agriculture and has previously organized with New York Renews and other Rochester based environmental organizations.
Dr. Heidi Blackburn is the Computing Librarian at George Mason University Libraries for the Mason School of Computing for the areas of computer science, IT, game design, and statistics. Her research explores the status of women in STEM, particularly in higher education. She holds a BA in Business Administration (2006) from Truman State University as well as a Master of Library Science (2008) and a Ph.D. (2015) in Library and Information Science from Emporia State University. She is published in Science & Technology Libraries, Library Hi Tech, Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, and Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, among others.
Registration Link:
https://stonybrook.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMvdO-rpjwjGNSO8J6bP_xV_AjgMd2GD2pV
Registration is required. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the event.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Haoyong Lan (haoyonglan@cmu.edu) or Clara Tran (clara.tran@stonybrook.edu), co-chairs of the Scholarly Communication Committee.
We look forward to seeing you at the webinar!
Best regards,
2024 ACRL STS Scholarly Communication Committee
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