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MiALA 2026 Annual Conference

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Joel Scheuher

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

1:20pm EDT

From One-Shots to Syllabi: Charting the Possibilities of Credit-Bearing Information Literacy Instruction BoardmanSamantha Minnis • Cayla Dwyer • Mary Ruge • Gayle Schaub • Hazel McClure 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, Public, or a Secret Third Thing? Where Library Users Are Really Going to Access Scholarly Work. Grandview IAmber Dierking AI as Wayfinder or Deceiver? Google Lens and Human Catalogers in Describing Detroit's Murals Grandview IJoan E. Beaudoin, PhD, MLIS, MA • Sarah Offerman 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 Librarian Perspectives on the Factors Influencing Research Confidence and Competence Among Tenure-Track Academic Librarians: A Pilot Study Grandview IElizabeth Heitsch 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 Ask Us: Creating an Auto-Triaging Contact Form Courtyard I & IIEmilia Marcyk • Sruthin Gaddam • Cameron Johnson 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

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

More than Crafting: How F.U.N. Committee Fostered Resilience and Collaboration ParkLee Parker • Ariel Wiborn Digital Archaeology: Using Artificial Intelligence to Extract and Understand Cultural Heritage Materials Courtyard I & IIPaul Gallagher

12:00pm EDT

Boxed Lunch Grandview I