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MiALA 2026 Annual Conference

Andrea Kepsel

Michigan State University Libraries

Health Sciences Librarian

East Lansing, MI

5:30pm EDT

Opening Reception Park Place Hotel and Conference Center

8:30am EDT

Registration Grandview I

9:00am EDT

Continental Breakfast Grandview I

9:45am EDT

President's Welcome Grandview IMary O'Kelly

10:00am EDT

Keynote Address Grandview ISteven M. Adams

11:00am EDT

11:30am EDT

Navigating Rough Terrains: Empowering Liaisons in Collection Decisions Courtyard I & IITiler Jewell • Alex Hauser

12:15pm EDT

Birds of a Feather Lunch Grandview I

1:20pm EDT

When Cost-Per-Use Isn’t Enough: Solving the Small Department Dilemma Courtyard I & IIJohanna Boyle • Marcia Masters

2:15pm EDT

MiALA Interest Groups: Making Colleague Connections to Illuminate Our Way ParkJennifer L. Dean • Elizabeth Kenney • Christina Radisauskas • Mary O'Kelly • Beth Wallis • Rochelle Zimmerman

3:15pm EDT

Academic Libraries as a Science Communication Hub Grandview IEli Wachter (they/them) • Jodi Coalter (she/her) Academic, Public, or a Secret Third Thing? Where Library Users Are Really Going to Access Scholarly Work. Grandview IAmber Dierking Citation and Acknowledgement of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools Grandview IRebecca Hill Renirie Did ChatGPT Write This Job Description? The Changing Landscape of Academic Library Job Descriptions Grandview ISara Klink • Melissa Bauer Different Platforms Report Researcher Output in Different Ways Grandview IAmy Seipke • Jeneen Jadallah One Question, Three Perspectives: Views on AI Among LIS Students, Faculty, and Librarians Grandview IVaughn Xavier Haynes Sponsor Tables Grandview I

4:15pm EDT

AI-Supported Curation of Zero-Cost Materials for a New Course BoardmanLuMarie Guth • Bradford Dennis

4:30pm EDT

Promoting AI Literacy (Without Promoting AI) BoardmanJen Fiero

6:30pm EDT

Dine-Arounds Park Place Hotel Lobby

8:00am EDT

Registration and Breakfast Grandview I

9:00am EDT

MiALA Membership Meeting Grandview I

10:00am EDT

Formalizing Systematic Review and Evidence Synthesis Support: Boundary Setting as Self-Care BoardmanElizabeth Heitsch • Rebecca Hill Renirie • Tamara Sawyer

10:15am EDT

Analysis of Bibliometric Data Reporting Possibilities of Various Research Reporting Systems BoardmanJeneen Jadallah • Amy Seipke

10:30am EDT

Navigating Tension Between Academic Freedom and Standardization in a LibGuides Streamlining Project BoardmanJennifer J. Rundels • Elizabeth Heitsch

11:00am EDT

A Critical Analysis of AI Fatigue in Libraries BoardmanJesus Espinoza • Naomi Binnie • Sheila Garcia Mazari • Kelleen Maluski

12:00pm EDT

Boxed Lunch Grandview I