Check out Choice’s Upcoming Library Technology Webinars

Kick off webinar season with exciting presentations on AI, eBooks, security, and more!

Posted on September 30, 2026 in Webinars

“Pumpkin spice latte season”? “Cozy season”? “Spooky season”?

Nah—it’s webinar season.

We have a strong lineup of webinars planned to kick off our fall webinar series, and we wanted to highlight the ones that might be of particular interest to LibTech Insights readers. We cover AI, of course, as well as other important tech topics, such as eBooks, cybersecurity, and student mental health.

Our webinars are free to attend. If you can’t make it, register anyway, and you’ll get a YouTube link to the recording.

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📚 The Quiet Giant: Activating eBooks for Student Success and Research

Learn how academic libraries can demonstrate the value of ebook collections for faculty and staff.

In this webinar, Julie Murphy of Illinois State University and Christine Andressen of the Medical University of South Carolina will explore the distinct value of ebooks and how libraries can activate them throughout the university experience. Together, they will discuss changing attitudes toward ebooks and the role that their convenient access plays in furthering student success. They will also share practical activation strategies, such as how to connect assigned readings to available ebooks at the library and how to bring ebook collections into clearer view for faculty and staff. [Sponsored by Elsevier]

📆 Tuesday, October 06 at 2:00pm ET (live)

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🔒 Ask the CISO: Navigating Security, Access, and Collaboration in Academic Libraries – an SNSI Security Summit

Gain practical solutions to today’s cybersecurity challenges from Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) and IT leaders.

This year’s SNSI Security Summit is a focused roundtable event designed to empower academic librarians. Curious how AI-enabled attacks are complicating the cybersecurity landscape? Wondering how best to get IT leaders’ support in resolving your concerns? Looking for advice on what your library can do to better protect patron privacy? Whatever your cybersecurity question is, join us in October to get answers from a panel of experienced Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) and IT leaders. Come away with valuable insights and practical solutions to the challenges you face. [Sponsored by Scholarly Networks Security Initiative (SNSI)]

📆 Tuesday, October 13 at 11:00am ET (live)

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Now live: How AI Is Creating Library Workflow Efficiencies

The final installment of Choice and Clarivate’s free, three-part micro-course, “AI Essentials for Academic Libraries: Beyond the Basics,” is now live! In this module, written by and for librarians, we explore practical examples of how AI tools can streamline workflows, identify tasks that AI can automate, and discuss ethical guardrails. Register now to access the course.

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🔗 Undercounted Impact: Where Collection Development, Scholarly Communications and Real-World Research Impact Meet

Learn practical starting points for extending the library’s role from providing access to research to tracking its real-world impact.

Academic research is cited far more often in policy documents, technical reports, and other real-world literature — produced by governments, NGOs, and industry — than most citation analyses capture. As a result, traditional citation reports undercount the reach of institutional research into policy and practice. At the same time, real-world literature feeds back into the scholarly record more than most realize, as references in journal articles reveal — yet much of this valuable content is not yet systematically collected and preserved.

In this session, three specialists in research impact, library practice, and real-world literature will look at what this citation traffic reveals, why conventional bibliometric tools miss it, and why it creates a shared opportunity for collection development, bibliometrics, and research offices. They will explore how collecting real-world literature can help researchers find evidence and perspectives they might otherwise miss, enrich their research, and increase its potential impact — while also helping research offices and institutional leadership see where their institution’s published research is being used in policy and practice.

Designed for librarians who don’t yet think of themselves as “impact” specialists as well as those already working in bibliometrics and research assessment, the session offers practical starting points for extending the library’s role from providing access to research to tracking what happens to it afterwards. [Sponsored by Coherent Digital]

📆 Thursday, October 15 at 3:00pm ET (live)

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📖 Student Success Beyond the Page: Promoting Wellbeing and Critical Thinking with Libby

Learn how to curate digital collections through Libby that support student success and personal growth.

Explore how leisure reading can positively impact college students’ mental wellbeing, academic success, and critical thinking skills. Attendees will learn how access to ebooks, audiobooks, and other digital formats through Libby helps students reduce stress, expand perspectives, and build lifelong reading habits. The session will also highlight practical strategies for making reading more accessible and engaging for today’s learners, while showcasing how academic libraries can curate collections that support both personal growth and student success. [Sponsored by OverDrive]

📆 Tuesday, October 20 at 2:00pm ET (live)

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🗞️ News literacy meets AI literacy: Reconnecting students to sources in an age of generated answers

How can librarians help students navigate AI-generated information while strengthening source, news and information literacy?

Generative AI is changing how students discover, evaluate and engage with information. As generated answers increasingly replace direct interaction with original sources, academic librarians and faculty face new challenges and opportunities.

In this session, experts in information literacy and news literacy will explore how AI is reshaping student engagement with news and information and discuss frameworks and strategies for guiding students toward effective and responsible use. The session will also include a brief Clarivate perspective on connecting students with trusted news sources through ProQuest Newspapers. Participants will gain practical insights for supporting source evaluation, critical thinking, responsible AI use and news literacy in teaching, learning and research. [Sponsored by Clarivate]

📆 Thursday, October 29 at 11:00am ET (live)

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📑 Developing critical thinking skills with primary sources in the age of AI

How is AI changing the way students and researchers find and assess information?

As the ways we discover and engage with information evolve, the ability to think critically and evaluate sources is becoming increasingly important.

Join Sarah Morris, Library Director, Educator and Curriculum Designer, Oglethorpe University, and Hannah Phillips, Associate Director for Editorial Production, AM, as they examine how AI is influencing research. They’ll explore approaches to AI literacy and how technology can enhance discovery and engagement with primary source material.

The session will also consider how libraries and educators can support effective and critical use of AI when engaging with information and source material. [Sponsored by AM]

📆 Thursday, November 05 at 11:00am ET (live)

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