2024 CALA Midwest Chapter Annual Conference

Theme: Adapting to the Digital Wave: Librarians’ Strategies for Navigating Technological Change

Date and Time: 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm CDT, May 24, 2024, Online

Facilitator: Xiao Zeng, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Program Schedule

Welcome/Opening Remarks by CALA Midwest Chapter President

  • Shuyi Liu, Health Sciences Librarian, California State University, Fresno

Panel Discussion: Insight on Riding the Digital Wave

Moderator: Jen-chien (Jen) Yu, Director of Library Assessment, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Panelists:

  • Mila Gasco-Hernandez, Research Director, Center for Technology in Government; Associate Professor, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy, State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany, Albany, USA
  • Yan He, Dean of the Library, Indiana University Kokomo, Indiana, USA
  • Feng-Ru Sheu, Associate Professor & Instructional Design Librarian, Kent State University

Presentations (10-12 minutes)

  • P1: Empowering Scholarly Communication: Advancing Academic Libraries through Institutional Repositories
    by Xiao Zeng, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • P2: Fan Cataloging Practices: From Fan Fiction Database to Library Catalog
    by Meli Taylor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • P3: Uncovering the loss of contextual information in data sharing: An analysis of missing metadata in research data repository
    by Tianji Jiang, Department of Information Studies, UCLA
  • P4: Public Libraries in Bridging the Digital Divide
    By Guangchun Zheng & Kate Williams, School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Lightning Talks (3-5 videos + Q&A)

  • L1: Welcoming Colleagues in an Inclusive Hybrid Environment
    By Angel Tang, Science & Engineering Librarian, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • L2: Librarians in Virtual Reality: An Immersive Empathy Project
    by Xinhui Hu, School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • L3: Providing Research Support Services through Collaborations with Other University Units
    By Yuening Zhang, STEM Librarian, Kent State University
  • L4: The Dawn of AI in Libraries: Exploring the Impact of ChatGPT and Gemini on Reference Service
    by Feng-Ru Sheu, Instructional Design Librarian, Kent State University