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Johanna Boyle
Grand Valley State University
Collections Management Librarian
About me
I joined GVSU in February 2025, coming from a background in public libraries. I'm an Returned Peace Corps Volunteer in Morocco (2013-2015, youth development) and I like gardening, my dog, and playing French horn (not very well).
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
Navigating Rough Terrains: Empowering Liaisons in Collection Decisions
Courtyard I & II
Tiler Jewell • Alex Hauser
12:15pm
EDT
Birds of a Feather Lunch
Grandview I
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)
Academic, Public, or a Secret Third Thing? Where Library Users Are Really Going to Access Scholarly Work.
Grandview I
Amber Dierking
AI as Wayfinder or Deceiver? Google Lens and Human Catalogers in Describing Detroit's Murals
Grandview I
Joan E. Beaudoin, PhD, MLIS, MA • Sarah Offerman
Building Community on Knowledge Commons: Strategies for Spreading the Word about an Open Access Platform
Grandview I
Larissa Baca
Citation and Acknowledgement of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools
Grandview I
Rebecca Hill Renirie
Did ChatGPT Write This Job Description? The Changing Landscape of Academic Library Job Descriptions
Grandview I
Sara Klink • Melissa Bauer
Different Platforms Report Researcher Output in Different Ways
Grandview I
Amy Seipke • Jeneen Jadallah
Leveraging Early Librarian Status for Optimal Strategic Career Advancement
Grandview I
LaCharmine Jefferson, M.B.A, M.L.I.S
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
Participatory Design for MLIS Coursework in Computing
Grandview I
Evan Gomish
Why We March: From the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter
Grandview I
Erik Ponder
Sponsor Tables
Grandview I
4:15pm
EDT
AI-Supported Curation of Zero-Cost Materials for a New Course
Boardman
LuMarie Guth • Bradford Dennis
4:30pm
EDT
Promoting AI Literacy (Without Promoting AI)
Boardman
Jen Fiero
4:45pm
EDT
Preparing the Next Generation of Researchers on Using AI in Evidence Synthesis
Boardman
Andrea Kepsel • Jessica Sender
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
10:00am
EDT
Formalizing Systematic Review and Evidence Synthesis Support: Boundary Setting as Self-Care
Boardman
Elizabeth Heitsch • Rebecca Hill Renirie • Tamara Sawyer
10:15am
EDT
Analysis of Bibliometric Data Reporting Possibilities of Various Research Reporting Systems
Boardman
Jeneen Jadallah • Amy Seipke
10:30am
EDT
Navigating Tension Between Academic Freedom and Standardization in a LibGuides Streamlining Project
Boardman
Jennifer J. Rundels • Elizabeth Heitsch
11:00am
EDT
A Critical Analysis of AI Fatigue in Libraries
Boardman
Jesus Espinoza • Naomi Binnie • Sheila Garcia Mazari • Kelleen Maluski
12:00pm
EDT
Boxed Lunch
Grandview I
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