Call for Proposals: AI x Humans in Libraries

Call for Proposals: Digital Odyssey 2026

The Digital Odyssey Planning Team is busy at work pulling together our 2026 program, which will focus on AI in libraries. This program will not be a wholesale celebration of AI, nor a complete condemnation of it; the goal for this year's event will be to explore AI from multiple lenses, from the practical to the ethical, from the impacts on teaching, learning, and instruction to the current and future state of AI policies and governance in library spaces, impacting library professionals as well as library users.

The Digital Odyssey Planning Team welcomes proposals for 10-15 minute lightning talks, and we are keeping this call broad - if you have a story to tell, data to share, wisdom to impart, this is your moment.

Some (human-generated!) prompts to spark your imagination:

Is your library using AI in a unique way, or has your library developed policy or statements that look at AI in a unique way?
Has your library found AI use cases that really work (and/or ones that really don't)?
How is your library exploring capabilities of AI while keeping privacy front and centre?
Is your library managing paid subscriptions to AI products for users and/or staff?
Where are your growing pains as AI has entered the workplace, and what are your wins?

Accepted presenters will receive free registration to Digital Odyssey in acknowledgement of their contribution to the program.

Submissions will be accepted until 11:59PM ET on Wednesday, April 15th.

Digital Odyssey will take place virtually on Monday, June 8th, 2026 ET.