{"692840":{"#nid":"692840","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Library Faculty Updates: Fall 2026","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp lang=\u0022EN-US\u0022\u003EThe Georgia Tech Library has been awarded $195,245 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to conduct a forum focused on academic library accessibility after the Title II implementation deadline. The forum will examine the topic through two complementary lenses: Internal Operations and Implementation, including workflows, governance, and responsible artificial intelligence-assisted remediation; and External Ecosystems and Accountability, including campus partnerships, vendor relations, and user-facing impacts. Georgia Tech will host the forum at the Library in May 2027.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp lang=\u0022EN-US\u0022\u003EProject outcomes will include a 75-page \u003Cem\u003ESustaining Compliance Playbook\u003C\/em\u003E; an openly accessible collection in the Georgia Tech Digital Repository featuring recordings of presentations from the forum\u0027s first day; and a moderated community of practice listserv designed to support adoption and shared learning beyond the convening. Partner organizations will help identify experts, promote the forum, contribute editorial guidance to the playbook, and support the community of practice. Participating organizations include the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries, Clemson University, Emory University, Florida State University, Georgia State University, North Carolina State University, the University of California, Berkeley, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and Vanderbilt University.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp lang=\u0022EN-US\u0022\u003EThe Library\u0027s grant team includes John Mack Freeman, principal investigator; August Engelsman, Matt Frizzell, Cliff Landis, Catherine Manci, Gabe Nagel, Cheryl Parker, Tiffany Roberts, and Leslie Sharp.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp lang=\u0022EN-US\u0022\u003E--\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp lang=\u0022EN-US\u0022\u003ENow available in the Georgia Tech Digital Repository: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/1853\/81982\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe Georgia Tech Library as an Innovation Hub: Fostering AI Literacy Through Interdisciplinary Conversation and Collaboration\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E by Digital Learning and Instruction Librarian Justin Ellis. The publication appears in the \u003Cem\u003EGeorgia Tech Academic AI Playbook\u003C\/em\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp lang=\u0022EN-US\u0022\u003ECongratulations to John Mack Freeman, director of the Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons and the Office of Undergraduate Education and Student Success, on the recent publication of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0099133326001485\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EDiscretion at the Desk: Street-Level Bureaucracy and Moral Agency in Frontline Academic Library Workers\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E in the \u003Cem\u003EJournal of Academic Librarianship\u003C\/em\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp lang=\u0022EN-US\u0022\u003ECongratulations to Georgia Tech Library Systems Technologist Thomas Waters on the publication of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.infotoday.com\/cilmag\/sep26\/Waters--CompTIA-Certification-An-Introduction-for-Librarians.shtml\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ECompTIA Certification: An Introduction for Librarians\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E in the latest issue of \u003Cem\u003EComputers in Libraries\u003C\/em\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003EThe Georgia Tech Library received a major federal grant to advance academic library accessibility and celebrates several faculty and staff publication achievements.\u003C\/div\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Georgia Tech Library received a major federal grant to advance academic library accessibility and celebrates several faculty and staff publication achievements."}],"uid":"36862","created_gmt":"2026-09-25 19:05:09","changed_gmt":"2026-09-25 19:13:32","author":"Gayle Schechter","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-09-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-09-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"681260":{"id":"681260","type":"image","title":"faculty-updates-fall-26.png","body":null,"created":"1790363135","gmt_created":"2026-09-25 19:05:35","changed":"1790363135","gmt_changed":"2026-09-25 19:05:35","alt":"Graphic with Price Gilbert Library in the background; foreground contains IMLS logo and headshots of library faculty","file":{"fid":"265629","name":"faculty-updates-fall-26.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/09\/25\/faculty-updates-fall-26.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/09\/25\/faculty-updates-fall-26.png","mime":"image\/png","size":668811,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/09\/25\/faculty-updates-fall-26.png?itok=tgRthxnZ"}}},"media_ids":["681260"],"groups":[{"id":"47240","name":"Georgia Tech Library"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"184024","name":"faculty publications"},{"id":"1422","name":"grants"},{"id":"1290","name":"federal funding"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39511","name":"Public Service, Leadership, and Policy"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}