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Date: Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming how libraries manage, discover, and provide access to information. Does this technology threaten the role of librarians, or can it empower them to focus on more strategic and impactful work? Join our expert panel as we explore how AI is reshaping librarianship—enhancing efficiency, improving research assistance, and enabling advanced data analysis—while also raising ethical concerns, risks of bias, and questions about job displacement.
Featured Panelists:
Panelist Bios
Ms. Iman Magdy Khamis, Northwestern University in Qatar, Qatar
Ms. Iman Magdy Khamis is a data scientist and director of the library at Northwestern Qatar. Prior to joining Northwestern Qatar, she worked at Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Iman's research interests include machine learning and artificial intelligence in libraries. She is the author of two chapters on the concepts used by data scientists to build chatbots and book recommender systems in the Handbook of Research on Advancements of Contactless Technology and Service Innovation in Library and Information Science. She is currently enrolled in EdD at Johns Hopkins University.
Ms. Iman Magdy Khamis has contributed several publications to IGI Global Scientific Publishing, including the edited book titled Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Libraries as well as two book chapters, The Use of Machine Learning in Libraries: How to Build a Book Recommender System and Building a Chatbot for Libraries, which were published in Handbook of Research on Advancements of Contactless Technology and Service Innovation in Library and Information Science.
Prof. Kevin Arms, Lake-Sumter State College, USA
Prof. Kevin Arms has over 10 years of experience in library and learning services and currently serves as the Associate Dean of Library and Learning Services at Lake-Sumter State College. He oversees a joint-use public library serving a diverse community in one of Florida's fastest-growing areas. He has a Master of Library and Information Science focused on special collections, as well as a Master of Arts in English and Creative Writing. Kevin is passionate about information literacy and digital content creation and teaches English as an adjunct professor. As the college archivist, he advocates for college archives as spaces for engagement and contribution to community history. Kevin has published articles in Public Libraries Online and has reached the quarterfinals in the BlueCat Screenplay Competition with his short screenplay “We Were Never Right.” In his free time, he enjoys theater, podcasting, and video production, and has earned awards as a playwright.
Prof. Kevin Arms has contributed to IGI Global Scientific Publishing through his edited book titled Navigating AI in Academic Libraries: Implications for Academic Research.
Dr. Kyla Tennin, University of Phoenix, USA
Dr. Kyla Tennin is a United Nations Global Ambassador for Peace (for the African Union 6th Region, African Diaspora) for women’s empowerment, economic development, financial investment, and sustainable development goals achievement. Including an industry practitioner and DM (Doctor) in Management and Organizational Leadership. She focuses on Change Management and mixed methods empirical research as a Management Consultant, for continuous improvement, business transformation, and recovery during and after internal/external crisis to nations, institutions, and individual’s lives. Her career began in December 2002 in banking and financial services at Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (North America), Wells Fargo Financial, LLC, US Bank, and SunTrust Banks, Inc. with affiliate relationships at Wells Fargo Advisors, Wells Fargo Investments, Wells Fargo Business Banking (Commercial), Wells Fargo Student Loans, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, and Wells Fargo Card Services. With roles in/as banker, underwriting, financial crime compliance (OFAC, MTR, CTR, SEC), loan administration, for example, and leadership roles in Credit Management & Analysis, Credit Risk, Risk Management, Cash Management, Front Office (in the Branch) and Back Office (in the operations center), Bank Products and Services (cross-selling), Lending, Suppliers/Vendor Management and Procurement, Operations, and Corporate Banking (like for hospitals and clinics). She has media and press appearance in Forbes, ABC, Fox News, Yahoo! Finance, U.S. News & World Reports, Financial Times, CNBC Arabia on Middle East and US Economic Outlook.
She is an on-call Grant Reviewer for organizations like the United States Department of Agriculture (e.g. responsible for awarding funding for programs up to $65M in funding) and other institutions. Inclusive, a part-time PhD Faculty of Corporate Governance at Woolf University and WDC Leadership School UK/USA, and Fellow-in-Residence and Lead Researcher at University of Phoenix College of Doctoral Studies, Center for Leadership Studies and Organizational Research (CLSOR). Also, she is a leader in various roles at investment forums, conferences, and summits where she works with Presidents of Nations, Heads of Banks, Prime Ministers, High Commissioners, and Chambers of Commerce and other business leaders to strategize and make business decisions to help businesses start-up, advance, and/or scale to improve economic development, promote social justice, and create jobs in various nations. Including at the World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF). An affiliated partner of the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI), where the vision is to promote social justice, create jobs, financial inclusion, and innovative financial instruments for innovators, startups, and SMEs, helping them to scale. Dr. Tennin is also affiliated with the International Monetary Fund, World Bank Group, and Parliamentary Network to enhance economies and various forms of businesses, and has spoken on stages with Ms. Rula Ghani, First Lady of Afghanistan, Princess Dina Mired of Jordan, Ms. Intissar El-Sisi, spouse of Egyptian President, Dr. Mariem Mint Dah, First Lady Of Mauritania, Dr. Madeeha bint Ahmed al Shibaniyah, Minister of Education (Oman), and Ms. Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the UN & Chair of the UN Sustainable Development Group.
She is an OB/GYN MD track turned DM (doctor) with background in biology, biotechnology, and organic and biochemistry, with major emphasis in women and gender studies, has project management and lean six sigma certifications, a Master of Business Administration (MBA), and is a Ph.D. Fellow at the Global Peace Institute, headquartered in the United Kingdom. She contributed to the accreditation process at the University of Phoenix College of Doctoral Studies and completed additional studies (to launch and scale corporations) at Harvard, Harvard Law (e.g. contracts and negotiation), Stanford, Yale, University of Cape Town, Cornell University - The Bank of America Institute for Women’s Entrepreneurship at Cornell (certificate in Women’s Entrepreneurship – sponsored by Bank of America), and University of Glasgow to name a few. She has personally written approximately 18 books, 3 book chapters with colleagues, 3 patents, several other intellectual properties, and nearly 85 research reports, later conceptualized into products and services for global businesses. Along with additional major book deals with approximately 8 books in the pipeline with forthcoming publishing. In areas of Financial Crimes, Fraud, Banking, Artificial Intelligence, Case Studies, Sustainable Development (ESG), and forthcoming of Teaching Notes and Textbooks (see a few here). Pipeline book deals and current book deals with IGI Global Scientific Publishing, NOVA Publishers, Emerald Publishing, Springer, Springer Nature, Palgrave MacMillian, Wiley, Routledge, and Taylor & Francis Group (CRC Press). Dr. Tennin has presented research and posters in practitioner and academic conferences, workshops, and international webinars. She has professional experience in the financial services and investments, hospitality, restaurant, consumer products/beauty, and healthcare industries, with 95% of her experience spent in financial services and higher education.
Dr. Tennin has 23 years of experience in finance, financial services, and banking industries and 17 years owning her own global conglomerate corporation, which she built while homeless, to recover for self-sufficiency, to recover financially, and create jobs for people. Operating in 31 countries, with 24 locations, on 6 continents, and 2 world headquarters. She was awarded over 30 corporate awards, primarily in the financial services industry, mentored entrepreneurs for 22 years with global organizations and world-renowned corporations and Development Banks and Commercial and Retail Banks as sponsors, and currently owns a business academy, women’s entrepreneurship academy, and women’s entrepreneurship bootcamp program where entrepreneurship, resilience, finance, pricing and tax strategy, research methodology and data analysis for consultants, personal and business credit, corporate governance and risk management, digital transformation, property ownership (real estate (e.g. commercial and residential)), and other courses are taught. Development Banks like Jamaica Development Bank, Qatar Development Bank, Asian Development Bank (ADB), and European Bank for Reconstruction Development Bank for corporations and SMEs. Her areas of expertise and research interests are financial and revenue strategy, entrepreneurship (SME), cosmeceuticals, economic development, emerging markets, multinationals, corporate governance, well-being/burnout, and women’s empowerment.
Dr. Tennin has made significant contributions to IGI Global Scientific Publishing, both as an editor and author. Notable editorial works include The Impact of Women's Empowerment on SDGs in the Digital Era: Entrepreneurship Solutions, Measuring the Effectiveness of Organizational Development Strategies During Unprecedented Times, and Change Management During Unprecedented Times. She also co-edited several impactful books, including Creating a Neuro-Inclusive Workplace: Challenges and Opportunities for Leaders, Cases on AI Ethics in Business, New Business Frontiers in the Metaverse, Cases on Economic Crisis Impact on Multinational Corporations, Innovations and Challenges in Space Medicine and Healthcare, and Organizational Risks, Challenges, and Barriers in Developing Sustainability Start-Ups. Additionally, she authored chapters such as Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Resilience and Institutional Voids: Solutions for Emerging Economies to Drive Economic Growth in Institutions, Resilience, and Dynamic Capabilities of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Emerging Economies and Entrepreneurship and Organizational Resilience: Responding to and Recovering From Crisis Situations (COVID-19) in Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship and Organizational Resilience During Unprecedented Times.
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