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