Last week, we gathered in DC with our members and speakers for our 71st meeting—the Fall 2025 Membership Meeting. The opening and closing plenary recordings are now available for anyone to view. We’re immensely grateful to our speakers for sharing their candid and timely perspectives with our community.

Opening Plenary

Welcome + Shaping CNI’s Future Together Kate Zwaard, Executive Director, Coalition for Networked Information YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/8r63ZgYGuTU

A Landscape of Artificial Intelligence in Libraries, or “What Librarians Talk About When They Talk About AI" Benjamin Charles Germaine Lee, Assistant Professor, University of Washington YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/YcB07k3wn-M

Closing Plenary

2025 AUPresses Stand UP Award Presenter: Peter Berkery, Executive Director, Association of University Presses Awardee: Brett Bobley, Advisor, Schmidt Sciences YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/UA7CoME0IHs?t=139

The State of Funding for US Higher Education, Science, and Technology in a Time of Change Deborah Altenburg, Vice President for Research Policy and Advocacy, Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) YouTube link: https://youtu.be/i1Y_isvATew

All session videos will be openly available on the CNI website (https://www.cni.org/mm/fall-2025), YouTube , and Vimeo channels in the coming weeks. We will make a formal announcement once all meeting materials, including slide decks, are posted.

Sincerely,

Paige, CNI Communications Manager