This variation on the “STM Goes to Washington” series, held at the Charleston Conference for librarians, provides an update on legislative priorities of the moment, including the status of federal agencies' public access plans; research integrity and security; and the many competing and evolving bills on AI.

And given that the conference is a week after the Nov 5 presidential election -- and that the White House, House, and Senate might all change their majorities -- we'll focus the conversation on how to keep lawmakers' attention on issues of consequence to the library community.

Panel:

Darla Henderson, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB), Director, FASEB Open Science and Research Integrity

Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Professor

Miriam Quintal, Lewis-Burke Associates, Managing Principal

Moderator:

Tom Ciavarella, Head of Public Affairs and Advocacy for North America, Frontiers