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Caitlin Benallack
Michigan State University
Information Literacy Librarian
East Lansing, MI
About me
I am an information literacy librarian at Michigan State University. I primarily work with first year composition courses and make instructional videos.
When I am not being a librarian, I like to sew, quilt, and take ballet classes.
Wednesday
, May 6
5:30pm
EDT
Opening Reception
Park Place Hotel and Conference Center
Thursday
, May 7
9:00am
EDT
Continental Breakfast
Grandview I
9:45am
EDT
President's Welcome
Grandview I
Mary O'Kelly
10:00am
EDT
Keynote Address
Grandview I
Steven M. Adams
11:00am
EDT
Break
11:30am
EDT
Exploring Autonomy in Academic Librarianship: Strategies from Early Career Librarians
Boardman
Michelle Rau • Janelle Lyons • Delaney Jorgensen
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 & II
Johanna Boyle • Marcia Masters
2:15pm
EDT
Connecting Library Work to the Dimensions of Belonging
Boardman
Jon Jeffryes
3:15pm
EDT
Academic Libraries as a Science Communication Hub
Grandview I
Eli Wachter (they/them) • Jodi Coalter (she/her)
Citation and Acknowledgement of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools
Grandview I
Rebecca Hill Renirie
Librarian Perspectives on the Factors Influencing Research Confidence and Competence Among Tenure-Track Academic Librarians: A Pilot Study
Grandview I
Elizabeth Heitsch
One Question, Three Perspectives: Views on AI Among LIS Students, Faculty, and Librarians
Grandview I
Vaughn Xavier Haynes
Why We March: From the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter
Grandview I
Erik Ponder
4:15pm
EDT
'Baby Bargain Basement Librarians' and 'Has Beens': Surveying Ageism in Research Libraries
Park
Jodi Coalter (she/her) • Gennifer Iverson • Evalyn Stow (she/her) • Eli Wachter (they/them)
6:30pm
EDT
Dine-Arounds
Park Place Hotel Lobby
Friday
, May 8
8:00am
EDT
Registration and Breakfast
Grandview I
9:00am
EDT
MiALA Membership Meeting
Grandview I
12:00pm
EDT
Boxed Lunch
Grandview I
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