The Arqus Libraries of the future hybrid seminar series comes to Graz!

The Arqus Community of Practice ‘Libraries of the future’ invites staff members of the Arqus universities to their hybrid meeting ‘Impact of AI on Arqus Member Libraries’, organised by the University of Graz on 6 and 7 November 2025.

Over two days, professionals from Arqus member libraries, research offices, and academic departments will come together to discuss the current challenges associated with expanding knowledge and the latest AI-related developments across the Arqus Alliance university libraries. 

With contributions from speakers from the University of Graz and other Arqus member institutions, the meeting will address key topics in the field, including: 

• Internal opportunities and risks of AI use.
• Library user-centred AI usage.
• Competence building for library staff (prompting, analyses, etc.).

The meeting will include an online part on 6 November and an in-person meeting on 7, where participants will have the opportunity to join a dinner in the evening. 

This event is only open to members of the nine Arqus Alliance Universities (Universities of Granada, Graz, Leipzig, Lyon 1, Maynooth, Minho, Padua, Vilnius, and Wrocław), and it is primarily aimed at library staff, however, any Arqus staff member interested in Artificial Intelligence is welcome to attend.