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This is a friendly reminder to register for the next two Solutions Showcases, held by the AI Discussions Working Group. Join us for a double-header on October 29th and 30th at 10am Eastern for back-to-back solution showcases! All details are below. Registration is FREE, so don’t miss out. Cheers, Arran, *on behalf of the AI Discussions Working Group* --- On Friday, September 26, 2025 at 10:23:17 AM UTC-3 Arran Griffith wrote: > *AI Discussions Working Group Presents – The Solutions Showcase Session 2 > & 3* > > *Anubis, F5 Bot Defense & Captcha Project* > > *Dates: * > > - Wednesday, October 29, 2025 @ 10:00am Eastern > - Thursday, October 30, 2025 @ 10:00am Eastern > > *Registration:* > > - Wednesday*:* > https://lyrasis.zoom.us/meeting/register/UgpcagwuRyq3ZttNsCMkVw > - Thursday: > https://lyrasis.zoom.us/meeting/register/cyWtRLRhQL-EV7ow41okYA > > *Cost:* FREE > > Colleagues, > > We are excited to announce the next *two* sessions in the *AI Solutions > Showcase Series*. On *Wednesday, October 29th* and *Thursday, October > 30th* we will host back-to-back sessions featuring Anubis, F5 Bot Defense > and Captcha Project*.* The Solutions Showcase Series is a virtual event > series 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: * > > Anubis - Featuring a talk by Xe Laso > > *Date*: Wednesday, October 29th, 2025 > > *Time*: 10:00 - 11:00am Eastern > > *Location*: Zoom - > https://lyrasis.zoom.us/meeting/register/UgpcagwuRyq3ZttNsCMkVw > > > > F5 Bot Defense & Captcha Project > > *Date*: Thursday, October 30th, 2025 > > *Time*: 10:00 - 11:00am Eastern > > *Location*: Zoom - > https://lyrasis.zoom.us/meeting/register/cyWtRLRhQL-EV7ow41okYA > > > > *Please note - you must register for each session separately. > > > > - Each session will feature a live demo and time for Q&A. > - Demos will span a diverse range of technical approaches, including > open and non-open source solutions. > > > > Wednesday’s session will feature a talk and demo by Xe Laso, creator and > maintainer of Anubis. And Thursday’s session will feature demos by Stanford > University Libraries and LeHigh University. > > > > Anubis - Xe Laso, creator of Anubis, will showcase the javascript-powered > software that is being used to help deter impacts of web-scraping from bots. > > > > Stanford University Libraries - Presenter Julian Morley will share details > on their implementation of F5 Bot Defense, which is a component of F5’s > BigIP line of hardware load balancers. > > > > LeHigh University - Presenter Joe Corall will showcase Captcha Protect, > which is an open source Traefik middleware that adds anti-bot challenges to > safeguard systems from abuse and spam. > > > > To read more about the presenters, and find more details about the > Solutions Series 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: > > - *Solutions* – to discuss and share mitigation strategies > - *Metrics* – to better understand the direct user impacts as a means > for education and advocacy > - *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 [email protected] to book a presentation slot. > > > > Cheers, > Arran Griffith, on behalf of *The AI Discussions Group* > > --- > > *Arran Griffith* > > Program Manager, Fedora Program > > Lyrasis > > > > [image: A picture containing logo Description automatically generated] > > > -- All messages to this mailing list should adhere to the Code of Conduct: https://www.lyrasis.org/about/Pages/Code-of-Conduct.aspx --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DSpace Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/dspace-community/4bf5b591-b41e-4fdf-826e-18e20dd80b82n%40googlegroups.com.
