Session 147: "How Libraries Can Help Build a Resilience Agenda

A major new report, “Building a Human Resilience Infrastructure for the AI Age" plus a decompress after the election!
About this Event

Libraries in Response
A major new report!

Special Guests: Lee Rainie & Alan Inouye

Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85861988110?pwd=MUY2eFZwK3pibkg3YmpORFpUTFpYdz09

November 13, 2026 Noon, ET

After a tumultuous summer and chaotic election cycle, Lee Rainie, director of Elon University’s Imagining the Digital Future Center, and Alan Inouye, longtime former head of the American Library Association’s advocacy and public policy work, will discuss the implications for libraries of the major new report, “Building a Human Resilience Infrastructure for the AI Age.”

They believe that librarians' expertise and community embeddedness will make them key actors in helping people retain autonomy and dignity as AI systems become evermore embedded in everyday life.

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Sponsors / Supporters:

Library of Michigan

Delaware Libraries

New Jersey State Library

Texas State Library and Commission

Washington State Library