AI Discussions Group: Next Solutions Showcase on Friday, Nov. 21st
Scott Prater
We are back with our next monthly Solutions Showcase. Join us Friday, November 21st, 2025 @ 9:00am Eastern for the next Showcase. This Series is a regular virtual event, bringing together individuals and institutions from across the GLAM sector to demo practical solutions they've implemented to mitigate the negative impacts of AI bot harvesting on their systems, including repositories, websites, catalogues, and more.
Details:
Date: Friday, November 21, 2025
Time: 9:00am Eastern
Location: Zoom - https://lyrasis.zoom.us/meeting/register/2H7biEMBRru9YL11ZvfrXw
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Each session will feature a live demo and time for Q&A.
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Demos will span a diverse range of technical approaches, including open and non-open source solutions.
The session will feature demos by representatives from Emory University Library and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Emory University Library - Presenter Beth Crompton will share details of the AWS WAF set up they are using to control bot traffic at their institution.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Presenter(s) Jeff Campbell and Jason Casden will discuss the Cloudflare Turnstile deployment they are using and how they have tuned it for their system.
To read more about the presenters, and see information about previous Solutions Showcases, check out our wiki space: https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/cmtygp/Solutions+Showcase
The Solutions Showcase Series is organized by the AI Discussions Group, a collaborative initiative that emerged from shared concerns about the impact of AI-driven web harvesting on academic institutions. While our initial focus was on academic repositories, we’ve since expanded our scope to include all corners of the GLAM sector.
The group is currently working through three focused sub-groups:
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Solutions – to discuss and share mitigation strategies
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Metrics – to better understand the direct user impacts as a means for education and advocacy
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White Paper – to articulate the challenges and advocate for sector-wide awareness
Read more about some of our initial discussions here: https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/cmtygp/Aggressive+AI+Harvesting+of+Digital+Resources
Have a solution to share?
We’re actively looking for additional presenters! If your institution has addressed AI bot scraping in a creative or effective way, we’d love to feature your work.
Please reach out to Arran Griffith at
arran.g...@lyrasis.org to
book a presentation slot.
Scott Prater, on behalf of The AI Discussions Group
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Scott Prater
Digital Library Architect
UW Digital Collections Center
University of Wisconsin - Madison