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