Schedule
conference schedule
For more details, please refer to the conference program.
DAY 1: Thursday, June 6
11:00am-12:30pm EDT
Conference Opening & Keynote Panel
12:30-12:45pm EDT
Break
12:45-1:50pm EDT
Session 1
Inspiring Collective Action through Interdisciplinary and Cross-departmental Collaboration (Jane Jun, Christian Isbister, Donna Langille)
Essential Climate Justice Responsibilities in the Library Sector: From Research to Implementation with the BCLA Climate Action Statement (Helen L. Brown)
Are you familiar with parasitism?: Outrage and negotiation of library resources (Joey da Costa)
1:50-2:00pm EDT
Break
2:00-2:50pm EDT
Session 2
Who gets a culture and who gets a cringe? Expert and amateur prejudices surrounding neurodivergent cultures and what to do about them (Ben Mitchell)
How to Queer the Catalogue: Applying Homosaurus Terms at Mount Royal University Library (Adam Cohen, Jules de Guzman)
2:50-3:05pm EDT
Break
3:05-4:05pm EDT
Session 3
Global open research commons: a model for improved interoperability and collaboration (CJ Woodford)
Empowering Open: Building and Sustaining an OER Library Repository (Abbey Colucci)
OERs: Turning Adversity Into Opportunity (Jennifer Dekker, Ann Hemingway)
4:05-4:15pm EDT
Break
4:15-5:15 EDT
Session 4
COMMITTEE & COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE MEETINGS
“Ment” to be researchers: Reflections on the CAPAL Research & Scholarship Mentorship Program (moderator: Courtney Lundrigan; presenters names TBD)
Around the Watercooler (facilitators: Christine Moffatt & Helen Power)
Day 2: Friday June, 7
11:00-11:15am EDT
Logistics
11:15am-12:30pm EDT
Session 5
Respect the robot: Generative AI, plagiarism, collusion, and AI-gerism (a philosophical proposal) (Bartlomiej Lenart)
AI and Art Librarianship (Sarah Wood-Gagnon, Arjay Romanowski)
Insist on Sources: Wikipedia, LLMs, and the Limits of Information Literacy Instruction (Joel Blechinger)
12:30-12:45pm EDT
Break
12:45-2:00pm EDT
Session 6
Why us and why now? Roles for academic librarians in climate action (Tara Mawhinney, Amanda Wheatley)
The wicked problem of climate change and the challenge of engagement: Exploring educational approaches and potential implications for information literacy (Andrea Baer)
Together with hope: academic libraries as partners in action for environmental sustainability (Nicole Doro)
2:00-2:15pm EDT
Break
2:15-3:15pm EDT
Session 7
COMMITTEE & COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE MEETINGS
Displays, Outreach and Engagement CoP (Moderator: Anna Flak)
3:15-3:30pm EDT
Break
3:30-4:30pm EDT
Session 8
Coming Together to Build Confidence: A Path to Sustainability for Subject Librarians (April Colosimo, Kaelan Caspary, Madeline Gerbig, Ian D Gordon)