MiALA 2026 Annual Conference has ended

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MiALA 2026 Annual Conference

Jennifer Nason

University of Michigan Library

Associate Director, Social Sciences

Ann Arbor, Michigan

lib.umich.edu/users/jnasond

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

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 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)

4:45pm EDT

Preparing the Next Generation of Researchers on Using AI in Evidence Synthesis BoardmanAndrea Kepsel • Jessica Sender

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

11:00am EDT

Reflecting Your Campus: Using Diversity Audits to Inform Collection Development FrontJosie Columbus • Natalie Hagopian

12:00pm EDT

Boxed Lunch Grandview I