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MiALA 2026 Annual Conference

Michael Bradford (he/him)

Wayne State University

Library System Cataloging Librarian

Detroit, Mich.

https://library.wayne.edu/

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5:30pm EDT

Opening Reception Park Place Hotel and Conference Center

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

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

Reparative Work in Academic Special Collections and Archives: An Ethnographic Case Study FrontJesse Johnston • Nazelie Doghramadjian

3:15pm EDT

Sponsor Tables Grandview I

4:15pm EDT

'Baby Bargain Basement Librarians' and 'Has Beens': Surveying Ageism in Research Libraries ParkJodi Coalter (she/her) • Gennifer Iverson • Evalyn Stow (she/her) • Eli Wachter (they/them)

5:00pm EDT

Interest Group Leaders Meet-up (Invitation Only) Minerva's Restaurant (Park Place Hotel)

6:30pm EDT

Dine-Arounds Park Place Hotel Lobby

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 & IIRebecca R. Daly, MLIS

11:00am EDT

Digital Archaeology: Using Artificial Intelligence to Extract and Understand Cultural Heritage Materials Courtyard I & IIPaul Gallagher

12:00pm EDT

Boxed Lunch Grandview I