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<span style="font-size: 20pt;"><b><a style="margin: 0px;" data-linkindex="0" data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://ischool.wisc.edu/continuing-education/upgrade/" class="x_x_OWAAutoLink" id="OWA63917a6e-b4bf-caa8-6739-fe6260973293" href="https://ischool.wisc.edu/continuing-education/upgrade/">Upgrade:
Enhancing Library Technology Services with Technology 2025 Conference</a></b></span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><b> </b></span></div>
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October 6-7, 2025</div>
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Hybrid Conference</div>
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<b>Registration deadline - September 29, 2025</b></div>
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Join us for the inaugural Upgrade: Enhancing Library Services with Technology Conference as we explore the intersection of libraries and technology. Hear from leading experts, share best practices, and network with peers. This conference will include topics
such as artificial intelligence applications in libraries, best practices for digital collections, and approaches to library instruction and patron engagement. </div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Can't make it in-person? We will also have a hybrid track to accommodate virtual attendees. Virtual attendees will have access to both keynote presentations along with
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additional hybrid sessions</a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. Registration for both in-person and virtual attendees closes on September 29, 2025!</span></div>
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The conference will kick off with keynote <span style="font-weight: 700;">Dr. Brandy McNeil</span>, President of the Public Library Association and a nationally recognized leader in digital equity and public library innovation. As Deputy Director of Branch
Programs and Services at The New York Public Library, she has transformed access to technology, knowledge, and opportunity across the system’s 89 branches. </div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The conference will close out with </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 700;">Dr. Alex Hanna</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, Director of Research at the
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AI Research Institute (DAIR)</a></u></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. A sociologist by training, her work centers on the data used in new computational technologies, and the ways in which these data exacerbate racial, gender, and class inequality.
She will share insights from her new book co-authored with Dr. Emily M. Bender, </span>
<span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><u><a style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); margin: 0px;" data-linkindex="2" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://twitter.com/alexhanna/status/1758145788432236575" class="x_x_OWAAutoLink" id="OWAff1cbdd0-44b3-0e97-4d0a-68bdb54582e4" href="https://twitter.com/alexhanna/status/1758145788432236575">The
AI Con</a></u></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. </span></div>
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In addition to our wonderful keynotes the conference will offer a diverse array of sessions including: </div>
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<div role="presentation">Connecting Generations – VR in Libraries for Seniors and Students with Special Needs</div>
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<div role="presentation">And more! </div>
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