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MiALA 2026 Annual Conference

Janelle Lyons

Wayne State University

Librarian for English Language and Literature and Student Success

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5:30pm EDT

Opening Reception Park Place Hotel and Conference Center

12:15pm EDT

Birds of a Feather Lunch Grandview I

1:20pm EDT

MeL Map: 20 Years of Connections Between Wayne State and Michigan Libraries ParkVaughn Xavier Haynes • Theresa Hovey

2:15pm EDT

Connecting Library Work to the Dimensions of Belonging BoardmanJon Jeffryes

3:15pm EDT

Academic, Public, or a Secret Third Thing? Where Library Users Are Really Going to Access Scholarly Work. Grandview IAmber Dierking Did ChatGPT Write This Job Description? The Changing Landscape of Academic Library Job Descriptions Grandview ISara Klink • Melissa Bauer Leveraging Early Librarian Status for Optimal Strategic Career Advancement Grandview ILaCharmine Jefferson, M.B.A, M.L.I.S One Question, Three Perspectives: Views on AI Among LIS Students, Faculty, and Librarians Grandview IVaughn Xavier Haynes Why We March: From the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter Grandview IErik Ponder

4:15pm EDT

Reimagining Reference: Training Undergraduates as Peer Research Consultants FrontMalyn Berger (they/them) • Micaela Carignano (she/her) • Carrie Leatherman (she/her)

8:00am EDT

Registration and Breakfast Grandview I

9:00am EDT

MiALA Membership Meeting Grandview I

10:00am EDT

Library of Things: Powered by Enthusiasm, Not Dollars FrontLauren Vogt • David Scott

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