Contact Us
If you have questions about the GAIL conference, please email us at GenAIinLibraries@gmail.com.
Thank You
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.
Conference Organizers
Our chief organizer is Breanne Kirsch, Library Director, Illinois College, breanne.kirsch@yahoo.com. We give special recognition and thanks to her for bringing us all together!
- Stacy Alesi, stalesi@lynn.edu
- Melinda Alexáné Babits, babits.melinda@lib.unideb.hu
- Shannon Alueta, salueta@hawaii.edu
- Angie Balius, angelabalius@northshorecollege.edu
- Renée Barney, renee.barney@wartburg.edu
- Bobi Bilz, bbilz07@gmail.com
- Amy Bryant, Library Director, Earlham College, bryanam@earlham.edu
- Alicia Cappello, Engineering & Science Librarian, Queen’s University Library (Canada) - alicia.cappello@queensu.ca
- Amanda Caputo, caputoa@sah.on.ca
- Jason Coleman, Academic Services Librarian, Kansas State University, coleman@ksu.edu
- Jennifer DeVito, Director of Access & User Services, Stony Brook University, jennifer.a.devito@stonybrook.edu
- Dawnlyn Diehl, ddiehl@ccac.edu
- Rosemary Farrell, Instructor & Reference Librarian, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy rosemary.farrell@sph.cuny.edu
- Atticus Garrison, Reference and Instruction Librarian, Garrisona@bhc.edu
- Mandi Goodsett, a.goodsett@csuohio.edu
- Cirrus Gundlach, cirrus.gundlach@gmail.com
- Adam Haigh, Technology Librarian, Lower Merion Library System, ahaigh@lmls.org
- Karin Heffernan, Campus Faculty Librarian, Southern New Hampshire University, k.heffernan@snhu.edu
- Marcia Klinger Henry. Allied Health Sciences Librarian, California State University, Northridge, mhenry@csun.edu
- Michelle Hwang, michellejiyon.hwang@thp.ca
- Melissa Johnson, majohnson@smu.edu
- Felicia Kalker, Instruction Librarian, Grossmont College (San Diego, CA) felicia.kalker@gcccd.edu
- Justin Kani, justinkani@weber.edu
- Sherry Mahnken, mahnkens@mst.edu
- Sandra McCarthy, mccarthy@wccnet.edu
- Jaimee McRoberts, Learning Commons Director, Prince George’s Community College, mcrobejn@pgcc.edu
- David Mercer, d.m.mercer.mobile@gmail.com
- Gerald Natal, Health and Human Services Librarian, The University of Toledo, gerald.natal@utoledo.edu
- Elizabeth Nebeker, Instruction Librarian, Lone Star College CyFair, elizabeth.d.nebeker@lonestar.edu
- Erin Owens, Professor / Associate Director of Library Public Services and Scholarly Communications Librarian, eowens@shsu.edu
- Virginia (Ginny) Pannabecker, Assistant Dean and Director, Research Collaboration and Engagement, University Libraries, Virginia Tech, vpannabe@vt.edu
- Selwyn Rodulfo, Liaison Librarian, The University of the West Indies, Global Campus, selwyn.rodulfo@open.uwi.edu
- Leslie Ross, Instruction Coordinator, New Mexico State University (Las Cruces, NM) rossl@nmsu.edu
- Julie Schiavo, jschia@lsuhsc.edu
- Meredith Sweet Silberstein, Reference Librarian/Public Services, meredithsweet@mac.com (library affiliation subject to change soon)
- Charlene Snelling, csnellin@csu.edu
- Karla Stewart, Access Services Librarian, Baton Rouge Community College, karladeann1013@gmail.com
- Anna Yang, ayang3@scu.edu
Our chief organizer is Breanne Kirsch, Library Director, Illinois College, breanne.kirsch@yahoo.com. We give special recognition and thanks to her for bringing us all together!
Conference Planning Committee
- Jules Bailey, Health Sciences Librarian, Florida State University Libraries, jules.bailey@fsu.edu
- Jason Coleman, Academic Services Librarian, Kansas State University
- Jess D'Atri, Reference & Instruction Librarian, Babson College, jdatri@babson.edu
- Jennifer A. DeVito, Director of Access & User Services, Stony Brook University Libraries, jennifer.a.devito@stonybrook.edu
- Rosemary Farrell, Instructor & Reference Librarian, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy
- Janice Grover, Academic Excellence Librarian, University of Wyoming, janicegr@uwyo.edu
- Karin Heffernan, Campus Faculty Librarian, Southern New Hampshire University, k.heffernan@snhu@edu
- Marcia Henry, Allied Health Sciences Librarian, California State University, Northridge, mhenry@csun.edu
- Kierra Holst, Business Librarian, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, holst@uwm.edu
- Gerald Natal, Health and Human Services Librarian, The University of Toledo, gerald.natal@utoledo.edu
- Cassandra Norin, Director of Library Services, Seward County Community College, cassandra.norin@sccc.edu
- Jaimee McRoberts, Learning Commons Director, Prince George’s Community College
- Erin Owens, Professor / Associate Director of Library Public Services and Scholarly Communications Librarian, eowens@shsu.edu
- Virginia (Ginny) Pannabecker, Assistant Dean and Director, Research Collaboration and Engagement, University Libraries, Virginia Tech, vpannabe@vt.edu
- Leslie Ross, Instruction Coordinator, New Mexico State University, rossl@nmsu.edu
- Selwyn Rodulfo, Liaison Librarian, The University of the West Indies, Global Campus, selwyn.rodulfo@open.uwi.edu
- Kris Stacy-Bates, Research Services Librarian, Iowa State University, kksb@iastate.edu, Thanks go to Kris Stacy-Bates for our robot mascot. Adobe Firefly was used to create the GAIL Robot with some editing in Photoshop.
- Karla Stewart, Access Services Librarian, Baton Rouge Community College
- Meredith Sweet Silberstein, Librarian, Petaluma Regional Library, Sonoma County, CA, msilberstein@sonomalibrary.org
- Lynda Tolly, Grace M. Hunt Memorial English Reading Room Librarian, UCLA Department of English, tolly@english.ucla.edu
- Stephanie Ward, Teaching & Learning Librarian, University of Northern Colorado, stephanie.ward@unco.edu