Schedule

This is a high-level tentative schedule provided for planning purposes.

All times are in Central Time Zone. 

May 13 Pre-Conference

10:00AM  Check-in & Welcome Brunch (Coffee, tea, snacks)
11:00 AM  

Workshop 1: Strategies to build data literacy and help students find data

Presenters: Lorelei Rutledge, University of Utah & Madison Golden, University of Utah

12:00 PMLunch - Sponsored by Bloomberg!
1:15 PM

Workshop 2: Unlocking the Archive: Using Primary Sources to Strengthen Business Research

Presenters: Annette Bochenek, Purdue University

2:15 PMBreak 
2:30 PM

Workshop 3: Maximizing Microlearning - Strategies, Outcomes and Lessons Learned

Presenters: Robbi De Peri, Vanderbilt University & Kara Van Abel, University of Alabama at Birmingham

 3:30 PM Break
3:45 PM

Workshop 4: A Chatbot to Call My Own: How to Customize GenAI Tools

Presenter: Jennifer Freer, Rochester Institute of Technology

4:45 PM Lightning Talk (Preview!): Sustainability Amid Sanctions: Adapting Business Librarian Services to Provide Equitable Services to Incarcerated students.

Presenter: Ryan Yoakum, Belmont University
5:00 PM Welcome Reception (location tbd) - Sponsored by Richard K. Miller 


May 14 Conference

8:00 AM       

 Check-in & Welcome Breakfast

8:30 AMWelcome Remarks
8:45 AM

Keynote: Making It Official: Why Libraries Should Formalize Cost-Sharing Agreements with MOUs

Keynote Speakers: Benjamin Hall, University Southern California & Elizabeth Price, James Madison University

9:30 AMBREAK
9:45 AMLightning Talks (10 min. each)

  • LT1: Beyond Budgets: Fostering Connection through Mentorship Panels (Presenter: Nora McKenzie, Emory University)
  • LT2: Finding Your Niche: Creating lasting interest groups that benefit the profession. The BusLibBusTer Case Study (Presenter: Zac Grisham, Kansas State University)
  • LT3:  Who Cares About Marketing Research?: Creating Effective One-Shot Instruction Sessions (Presenter: Samantha Steeter, University of Texas at Arlington)
  • LT4: Teaching SWOT to STEM: Meeting the Business Information Needs of Science and Engineering Students (Presenters: Joshua Borycz, Vanderbilt University, Nadia Merritt, Vanderbilt University & Nichole Stephens, Vanderbilt University)
  • LT5: Preventing Decision Fatigue as an Early-Career Business Librarian (Presenter: Erica Freed, Miami University)
  • LT6: From Planning to Practice: What We Learned Implementing a Liaison Team Model (Presenters: Min Tong, University of Central Florida, Michael Furlong, University of Central Florida, & Judy Kuhns, University of Central Florida)

11:10 AMVendor Updates (Part 1)
11:45 AMLunch
1:00 PM Vendor Updates (Part 2)
3:30 PM

Lightning Talks (10 min. each) 

  • LT7: Confronting Citation Hallucinations: Safeguarding Scholarship in the Age of AI (Presenter: Stephanie Johnson, National University in Alabama)
  • LT8: Sifting through ones and zeros: Finding data with Generative AI tools (Presenter: Todd Quinn, University of New Mexico)
  • LT9: Dataweb.ai: How an AI-based research tool can help business librarians boost outreach activities and scale their services (Presenters: HD McKay, Vanderbilt University & Michael Groenendyk, Concordia University)
4:15 PMBREAK
4:30 PM Feedforward and Wrap 
5:00 PM
 Closing Reception - Sponsored by PrivCo