March 25-27 preconference workshops March 24 hyatt regency crystal city
arlington, va

Chad Mairn

Professor | Librarian
Innovation Lab
St. Petersburg College

Chad Mairn is a Professor, Information Services Librarian, and founder of the Innovation Lab at St. Petersburg College. While an undergraduate studying Humanities at the University of South Florida (USF), Chad was awarded a Library of Congress Fellowship helping archive personal papers and other items in the Leonard Bernstein Collection. During his Library and Information Science graduate work, also at USF, Chad became a technology liaison between the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Florida public libraries. Much of Chad's recent interests have focused on emerging technologies where he has written a couple of book chapters and numerous articles on technologies impacting society. In 2016, Chad was awarded the League of Innovation Excellence Award in Teaching and Learning for Innovation in the Use of Technology.

Computers in Libraries 2025

Tuesday March 25, 2025

8:45 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.

Welcome & Opening Keynote - From Miscellaneous to Multidimensional: AI, Knowledge Organization, & Discovery

10:30 a.m. - 11:15 p.m.

D101: Experimenting With AI: Riding With AI & Coming in Hot

3:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

D105: Google’s Claude Project/NotebookLM = Good/New Librarian?

Wednesday March 26, 2025

4:30 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.

C205: XR+ & Community Engagement

Thursday March 27, 2025

10:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

A301: XR for Expanding Libraries & Their Services

Computers in Libraries 2024

Thursday March 14, 2024

10:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

C301: VR at the Library: Immersive Job Exploration Experiences

1:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

A303: Managing in a Hybrid & AI Environment

Monday March 11, 2024

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

W12: AI & 3D Sandbox: Experiment, Learn, & Enjoy!

Tuesday March 12, 2024

11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

A102: Fake News, ChatGPT & AI: Wrangling Strategies

Computers in Libraries 2023

Monday March 27, 2023

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

W9: New Tech for Libraries: 3D Scanning for Extended Reality Applications

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

W17: Creating Stimulating Community Makerspaces & Innovation Hubs in Libraries

5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Games, Gadgets, & Makerspaces

Wednesday March 29, 2023

1:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

D203: XR in Action: Cool Initiatives

4:30 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.

D205: Library XR Experiments & Possibilities for the Future

Computers in Libraries 2022

Monday March 28, 2022

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

W8: New Tech for Libraries: 3D Scanning, Holograms & More

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

W13: Creating Stimulating Community Spaces & Innovation Hubs in Libraries

5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Games, Gadgets & Makerspaces

Tuesday March 29, 2022

2:15 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

D104: Building the iLab: Makerspace on Steroids

Wednesday March 30, 2022

1:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

E203: Smart Cities & Library Communities

Thursday March 31, 2022

10:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

B301: State of the Art Technology: XR Update

Computers in Libraries Connect 2020

Thursday April 2, 2020

10:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

E301: AR/VR—Latest & Next

Monday March 30, 2020

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

W8: Makerspaces, Innovation Labs & Studios

Computers in Libraries 2019

Monday March 25, 2019

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

W16: Getting Started in Augmented & Virtual Reality (AR & VR)

Tuesday March 26, 2019

2:15 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

D104: Digital Achievers

Thursday March 28, 2019

11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

B302: Taking the Magical Leap with Immersive Technologies in Libraries

Wednesday March 27, 2019

1:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.

Introducing 3D Scanning, Holograms & More

2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.

360° Video/Photography Basics

Computers in Libraries 2018

Monday April 16, 2018

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

W11: Getting Started in Augmented & Virtual Reality

Wednesday April 18, 2018

10:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

C201/202: From Makerspace to Solve Space: A Road Map

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