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Marianne Swierenga
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI
Kalamazoo, Michigan
https://wmich.edu/library/directory/swierenga
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Metadata for library collections with a special interest in archives and special collections. Wikidata/Wikipedia editor.
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
11:30am
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
1:20pm
EDT
When Cost-Per-Use Isn’t Enough: Solving the Small Department Dilemma
Courtyard I & II
Johanna Boyle • Marcia Masters
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
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)
4:30pm
EDT
Promoting AI Literacy (Without Promoting AI)
Boardman
Jen Fiero
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
The Patchwork Quilt of Reparative Description: Short History and Modern Projects
Courtyard I & II
Rebecca R. Daly, MLIS
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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