2025 Conference Schedule

March 12 - AI Pre-Conference

10:30
Check-in (coffee and snacks?)

11:00
AI in Business and Business Education Relevance (scan & application)

12 Noon
Lunch Session: MIntel & Company X: Approaches to AI in Business Information Products

1:00
AI Assistants for Use in Literature Reviews for Business (hands-on)
(BYO laptop)

2:30
Break

2:45
AI for Business Library Instruction

3:30
Discussion: Policies & Guard Rails for Future Practice

4:30
Conclude & Depart for Welcome Reception


March 13 - Conference Day

7:30          Breakfast/Registration

8:00          Welcome                        

8:15-9:00  

Evidence Synthesis in Management (Keynote)

Ryan Splenda, Business & Economics Librarian         Carnegie Mellon University      rsplenda@andrew.cmu.edu

As the liaison librarian to the Tepper School of Business and CMU University Advancement, my main responsibilities include providing research, teaching and information support to the faculty, staff and students of these campus units. My research interests include the evaluation and usage of private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) data sources and expanding the evidence synthesis methodology within the fields of business librarianship and business and management at-large. In my spare time, I enjoy spending time with my wife of six years and our two cats, watching college football, attending rock concerts and discussing horror movies.         

9:00-9:15  

Break                              

9:15-940  

Redefining Roles and Fostering Collaboration in “Transformational Times” (Session 1)

Anna Clymer, Business and Entrepreneurship Librarian        University of Arkansas   clymer@uark.edu

9:45-10:10 

Partnering with Career Services as International Students Strategize Their Career Research Amid Political Uncertainty. (Session 2)

Malisa Anderson-Strait, Business Librarian   Emory University    malisa.anderson@emory.edu

10:10-10:25 

Break                             

10:25-10:35

One Badge at a Time: Leveraging Digital Badges to Promote Information Literacy (Lightning Round 1)        

Kara Van Abel, Associate Professor   University of Alabama at Birmingham    kvanabel@uab.edu

10:35-10:45

No Budget? No Problem. A New Business Librarian Gets Creative and Leans into Past Experiences (Lightning Round 2)

Matt Lutt, Teaching & Learning Librarian   University of Missouri - Kansas City    mlnbt@umkc.edu

10:50-11:15  

Navigating Library Reorganization: Two Perspectives on Adapting and Thriving (Session 3)                      

Min Tong, Business Librarian    University of Central Florida       Min.Tong@ucf.edu

Michael Furlong, UCF Connect Librarian   University of Central Florida, Daytona State College    Michael.Furlong@ucf.edu

11:20-11:45  

Using Core Competencies to Navigate Departmental Mergers (Session 4)

Jennifer Boettcher, Business Reference Librarian    boettcher@georgetown.edu

11:45-12:45 

Lunch                           

12:45-12:55

Intercultural Interviewing as Information Literacy Instruction Model (Lightning Round 3)

Sarah Steiner, Head of Research & Instruction Services    Western Carolina University   sksteiner@wcu.edu

12:55-1:05  

Did It Stick? Using Quizzes to Evaluate One-Shot Library Sessions (Lightning Round 4)

Kristy Cunningham, Business, Research Services, and Accessibility Librarian    Austin Peay State University

1:10-1:35     

Integrating Gen AI into the Literature Review Process: Insights from an MBA Course and an Upper-Level Honors College Course (Session 5)

Ophelia Chapman, Business Librarian   University of North Carolina Wilmington

Dr. Dorcas Dennis, Assistant Professor, Philosophy and Religion     University of North Carolina Wilmington   dennisd@uncw.edu

1:35-1:50    

Break                           

1:50-2:00   

The Business Librarian Index: Navigating shifting priorities in the academic landscape (Session 6)                   

Nancy Lovas, Entrepreneurship & Business Librarian    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   nancy64@email.unc.edu

Edward Junhao Lim, Business & Entrepreneurship Librarian     University of Connecticut (UConn)    edward.lim@uconn.edu

2:05-3:50  

Vendor Roundup (Break out) 

3:50-4:05  

Break                            

4:05-4:30 

Feedback & Wrap-up