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Thank you to Technology-Enhanced Learning and Online Strategies (TLOS) and University Libraries at Virginia Tech for providing licensed access to and support towards the Zoom Events platform for the 2024 Generative AI in Libraries (GAIL) Virtual Conference.
2025 Schedule
| Track | Zoom Room | Session Title | Presenter(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🕐 1 – 1:45 p.m. ET | |||
| Keynote | 1 | Ships and Shipwrecks: How Public Libraries will Navigate the Age of AI (Keynote) | Nick Tanzi |
| 🕑 2 – 2:45 p.m. ET | |||
| AI Implementation in Libraries | 1 | Developing Generative AI Competencies for Librarians | Yinlin Chen |
| AI Implementation in Libraries | 2 | Accidental cheating: When students' use of tools becomes unethical |
April Sheppard, Tracy Farmer |
| AI & Teaching/Info Lit | 3 | Generative AI and Information Literacy: Exploring Student Use and Perceptions |
Breanne Kirsch, McKenna Jacquemet |
| AI Tools | 4 | AI-Powered Research & Library Services: Enhancing Academic Support with Generative AI | Donte' Perry |
| AI Impact on Lib Services | 5 | Building Capacity for AI | Harley Rogers |
| 🕒 3 – 3:45 p.m. ET | |||
| AI Implementation in Libraries | 1 | Generative AI in Libraries: Use Cases in Instruction, Evidence Synthesis, Research Support, and Administration | Janice Kung |
| Ethical Considerations and Policy in AI | 2 | Broadening the Conversation: Creating Space for Critically Interrogating GenAI in Libraries (panel discussion) | Sarah Appedu, Emily Zerrenner, Andrea Baer, Violet Fox |
| AI & Teaching/Info Lit | 3 | AI-cing on the cake: LLM-focused workshops to support reflective learning and executive functioning skills, and build campus partnerships | Eloise Stevens |
| AI Tools | 4 | GraphRAG using a Small Language Model | Cristina Boggs |
| AI & Teaching/Info Lit | 5 | AI Sandbox: Cultivating AI Fluencies Through Inclusive Exploration | Kelly Woessner, Brian Mathews |
| Track | Zoom Room | Session Title | Presenter(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🕐 1 – 1:45 p.m. ET | |||
| AI Implementation in Libraries | 1 | Streamlining Metadata Creation | Wen Nie, Ng |
| Ethical Considerations and Policy in AI | 2 | Intellectual property in an AI world, or Artificial intelligence in an IP system | Jonathan Grunert |
| AI & Teaching/Info Lit | 3 | Teaching in the Age of AI with Authenticity and Vulnerability | Michael Flierl |
| AI Impact on Lib Services | 4 | Facilitating OER Authorship with AI: A Community-Driven Approach | Peter Musser, Bethany Mickel |
| 🕑 2 – 2:45 p.m. ET | |||
| AI Implementation in Libraries | 1 | Preserving and Understanding the Past through Large Language Models | Chreston Miller, Bipasha Banerjee |
| Ethical Considerations and Policy in AI | 2 | Librarian Attitudes About the Environmental Impact of Generative AI | Olivia Chin, Mandi Goodsett, Michael Flierl |
| AI & Teaching/Info Lit | 3 | Chasing Fairies: Audio/Visual Literacy in the Age of AI | Arjay Romanowski, Sarah Wood-Gagnon |
| AI & Teaching/Info Lit | 4 | Thinking Outside of the [Boodle]Box: Customizing Bots for Curriculum Mapping | Lauren Dodd, Lori Mullooly, Jennifer Chess, Erin Tolman |
| AI Impact on Lib Services | 5 | At Dawn, We Ride: Blazing Trails Through the AI Wilderness | Brigette Meskell, Nicole Baker, Logan Rath |
| 🕒 3 – 3:45 p.m. ET | |||
| AI Implementation in Libraries | 1 | Lightning Talks – 15 Minute Presentations | 3:00 – 3:15pm Lara Nicosia, Daniel Castillo, Claudi Piertzak, Arjay Romanowski – Pop-Up Approach to Collecting Student Feedback 3:15 – 3:30pm John Fink, Tim Ribaric – The World Beyond Cloud Models 3:30 – 3:45pm Annelise Sklar – Using Generative AI to Improve Your LibGuides |
| Ethical Considerations and Policy in AI | 2 | Lightning Talks – 15 Minute Presentations | 3:00 – 3:15pm Kelly Karst – Confronting the AI Digital Divide 3:15 – 3:30pm Shima Moradi – Smart Libraries, Ethical AI 3:30 – 3:45pm Karen Doster-Greenleaf – The Ethical Frontier |
| AI & Teaching/Info Lit | 3 | Lightning Talks – 15 Minute Presentations | 3:00 – 3:15pm Keren Moskal, Cassandra Gorton – Harnessing AI for Research 3:15 – 3:30pm Michelle Knecht, Tiffany Follin – Can We Chat About This? 3:30 – 3:45pm Caitlin McClurg – Librarians Leading the Way |
| AI Tools | 4 | Lightning Talks – 15 Minute Presentations | 3:00 – 3:15pm Elaine Yeung, Doug Dechow, Jana Remy – Unlocking Hidden Insights 3:15 – 3:30pm Jeremy Kenyon, Jason W. Karl – JournalMap 3:30 – 3:45pm Cindy Tian – AI-Powered Metadata |
| AI & Teaching/Info Lit | 5 | Lightning Talks – 15 Minute Presentations | 3:00 – 3:15pm Amy James – Collaborating for AI Literacy 3:15 – 3:30pm David McHugh – Lessons Learned from a Semester of Teaching GenAI 3:30 – 3:45pm Thomas Blennerhassett – There Is a Wrong Way To Do This |
| Track | Zoom Room | Session Title | Presenter(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🕐 1 – 1:45 p.m. ET | |||
| AI Implementation in Libraries | 1 | Human in Loop: How Much AI Oversight | Jenny Bodenhamer |
| Ethical Considerations and Policy in AI | 2 | From Skepticism to Synergy: Guiding Faculty and Students in AI Adoption | Mathew Miles |
| AI & Teaching/Info Lit | 3 | AI Literacy Initiatives at Bryant University | Allison Papini, Abby Dolan |
| AI Tools | 4 | Evaluating Primo Research Assistant | Darren Hall, Allie Jordan |
| AI Impact on Lib Services | 5 | AI's Impacts on Intellectual Freedom and Free Speech in Public Library Collections and Services | Rachel Kubie |
| 🕑 2 – 2:45 p.m. ET | |||
| AI Implementation in Libraries | 1 | Computational Thinking with a Little Help: Using GenAI to Assist in Coding for Technical Services | Kevin Burke |
| Ethical Considerations and Policy in AI | 2 | Detecting Deception: Equipping Faculty to Identify AI-Generated Citation Fabrication | Stephanie Johnson, Meghan Salsbury |
| AI & Teaching/Info Lit | 2 | Prompt Engineering Guides to Empower CTE Faculty and Students | Mindy Tomlin, Mindi Bailey |
| AI Tools | 4 | Breaking Through Brick Walls: Using Free AI Tools to Overcome Common Genealogical Research Obstacles | Kathrine C. Aydelott |
| AI Impact on Lib Services | 5 | Collaborative Efforts for AI Capacity Building in Canadian Academic Libraries | Amy Greenberg, Janice Y. Kung, Mindy Thuna |
| 🕒 3 – 3:45 p.m. ET | |||
| AI Implementation in Libraries | 1 | AI-driven Solutions for Digital Library Collections | Bipasha Banerjee, Jennifer Goyne |
| Ethical Considerations and Policy in AI | 2 | Debating the Unbelievable: Information Literacy, AI, and the Art of Civil Discourse (Workshop) | Haley Lott |
| AI & Teaching/Info Lit | 3 | AI Literacy in Action: Revolutionizing Library Instruction | Melissa S. Del Castillo, Christopher Jimenez |
| AI Tools | 4 | Evaluation of AI-Enhanced Productive Tools for the Graduate Student's Literature Review Workflow | Carmen Orth-Alfie, Paul Thomas, Samantha Demmerle |
| AI Impact on Lib Services | 5 | Libraries: The Human Intelligence Behind Artificial Intelligence | Bernadette Taylor |
| Track | Zoom Room | Session Title | Presenter(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🕐 1 – 1:45 p.m. ET | |||
| AI Implementation in Libraries | 1 | Library AI Infrastructure Residency: Integrating AI, Project Management, and Digital Infrastructure for Sustainable Innovation | Dom Jebbia, Kenneth L. Rose, Brian Mathews |
| AI Impact on Lib Services | 2 | ACRL AI Competencies for Library Workers | Keven Jeffery, Jason Coleman |
| AI & Teaching/Info Lit | 3 | Building Critical Components in AI Literacy Workshops with Data Feminism | Erin Burns, Jenni Jacobs, Josh Salmans, Shelby Hebert |
| AI & Teaching/Info Lit | 4 | Navigating AI in Special Education | Benita Ghara, Amanda Bezet |
| AI & Teaching/Info Lit | 5 | Information Literacy in a Generative AI World: Questions, Ideas, and New Approaches | Sarah Morris |
| 🕑 2 – 2:45 p.m. ET | |||
| AI & Teaching/Info Lit | 1 | AI use for improved learning: Graduate student perspectives | Richelle Witherspoon |
| AI & Teaching/Info Lit | 2 | Lightning Talks – 15 Minute Presentations | 2:00 – 2:15pm Beth Caruso, Christin Lampkowski – Creative AI Instruction in a Sea of Familiar Territory 2:15 – 2:30pm Dan Kipnis, Erin O'Neill – Workshops on Engineering AI Prompts 2:30 – 2:45pm Kerry Wu – Rethinking the SWOT Analysis Assignment in the AI Era |
| AI & Teaching/Info Lit | 3 | Leveraging Generative AI to Support Neurodivergent and Overburdened Librarians: A Path Toward Inclusivity and Efficiency | Ruthann Mowry |
| AI & Teaching/Info Lit | 4 | AI Fridays: A Low Barrier Event for AI Awareness and Education | Aaron Nichols, Gary Atwood, Stacy Knight |
| AI & Teaching/Info Lit | 5 | Designing and Developing AI Workshops for Students and Faculty | Dr. Tim Daniels, Terese Scheiderich |
| 🕒 3 – 3:45 p.m. ET | |||
| Keynote | 1 | Brief Closing Remarks & Keynote | Michael Flierl |