SLA 2024 Annual Conference & Expo

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SLA 2024 Annual Conference & Expo

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9:30am EDT

Sci-Tech Awards & Business Meeting CBLS - Room 10 Transportation Community Business Meeting CBLS - Room 252

11:00am EDT

Engineering Community Awards & Business Meeting CBLS - Room 152 GLBTIC Community Business Meeting CBLS - Room 252

12:00pm EDT

Registration + Attendees Service Desk Open CBLS - Upper Atrium

1:30pm EDT

Industry Session | OCLC update: Celebrating Special Libraries CBLS - Room 10Brad Cole

2:15pm EDT

Industry Session | Has Publish-or-Perish Polluted the Scientific Record? - A Fireside Chat with Retraction Watch and IFIS Publishing CBLS - Room 10Rhianna Gamble • Ivan Oransky

3:00pm EDT

Industry Session | Gain Expert Insights and a Competitive Edge with Aftermarket Research | S&P Global Market Intelligence CBLS - Room 10

4:00pm EDT

Open SLA Board Meeting CBLS - Room 100

4:30pm EDT

MLC Business Meeting CBLS - Room 252 SLA Asia Community Silver Jubilee Celebration CBLS - Room 152

6:00pm EDT

International Welcome Reception + 115th Year Celebration Avedisian - Atrium and Garden

7:00am EDT

Continental Breakfast Buffets at CBLS Atriums Registration + Attendees Service Desk Open CBLS - Upper Atrium

8:00am EDT

Exhibit + Networking CBLS - Atriums

9:15am EDT

SLA 2024: Welcome CBLS - Room 100

9:45am EDT

Keynote Address | Uncharted Together: Navigating AI's New Frontiers in Libraries CBLS - Room 100Brian Pichman | Keynote Speaker

11:00am EDT

CS 1 hr. | Cyber-attacks and Information content: What’s your Game Plan? CBLS - Room 100Helen Josephine • Seema Rampersad • Emily Singley CS 1 hr. | Exploring the Adoption and Usage of Data Science in the Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs) and Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) in India CBLS - Room 10Nabi Hasan • P.K. Jain CS 1 hr. | Maximizing Your Skills in Effective Communication in Presentation & Elevator Speeches CBLS - Room 152Crystal Greene • Joyce L'Heurex • Priscilla Young CS 1 hr. | What Library and Information Science Students Learn Today CBLS - Room 252Amanda Crego-Emley • Laura Dowell • Julie Maekask

12:00pm EDT

Lunch with SLA Sandwich Buffets at CBLS Atriums

12:30pm EDT

Lunch + Learn and Desserts with Clarivate CBLS - Room 10Clarivate

1:30pm EDT

CS 1 hr. | American Community Survey (ACS) and the Economic Census: Gathering and Interpreting Powerful Data that is Already at Your Fingertips CBLS - Room 152Jennifer Boettcher • Vicki Mack • Maria Valdisera CS 1 hr. | Artificial Intelligence and Military Libraries [presented by: MLC] CBLS - Room 10Greta Braungard • Edward Corrado • Lauren Dodd • Kimberly Reels • Stephanie Rollins CS 1 hr. | Content Licensing Roundtable CBLS - Room 100Kim Beets • Jayme Crowder • Jen Evert CS 1 hr. | Recommendations for a Seamless Transition to a New Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) CBLS - Room 252Cara Marcus

2:45pm EDT

Poster 1.1 - “Are you real?” Implementing a Chatbot Without Sacrificing the User Experience CBLS - Exhibitor/Poster HallKara Rawlins Poster 1.2 - A Semantic Layer Approach to Enterprise Knowledge Management and Information Findability CBLS - Exhibitor/Poster HallHeather Hedden • Jane Mosczynski Poster 1.3 - An Easy Introduction to Koha, the Best and Most Wonderful ILS Ever! CBLS - Exhibitor/Poster HallFred King Poster 1.4 - AI and Automation in Library Operations: A Case Study CBLS - Exhibitor/Poster HallNabi Hasan Poster 1.5 - Comprehensive Database Reevaluation: Starting from Scratch - Impossible Task or Unique Opportunity? CBLS - Exhibitor/Poster HallNathan Rosen Poster 1.6 - An Investigation of the Influence of the Zotero Reference Manager Software on Library Patrons CBLS - Exhibitor/Poster HallP.K. Jain • Kutty Kumar Poster 1.7 - Geology in Your Kitchen CBLS - Exhibitor/Poster HallEmily Wild Poster 1.8 - Data Quality Evaluation: Awareness + Competencies for Librarians CBLS - Exhibitor/Poster HallJennifer Boettcher Exhibits + Posters Group 1 + Coffee Break CBLS - Atriums

3:30pm EDT

CS 1 hr. | Eclipsing Topics for Astronomy and Other Science Librarians [presented by: PAM] CBLS - Room 152Jenny Mueller-Alexander • Donna Thompson CS 1 hr. | Empower your Standards Journey: Top Tips and Insights for Delivering Success and Driving Innovation CBLS - Room 252Kelly Bunting • Kim Beets • David Serrano CS 1 hr. | Engaging Generative AI to Enhance Your CI Practice CBLS - Room 100Austin Fleisher • Liz Frickelton CS 1 hr. | Taxonomy Roundtable Discussion: The Role of Collaboration in Taxonomy Development and Maintenance CBLS - Room 10Heather Hedden • Yonah Levenson • John Magee • Donna Popky

5:00pm EDT

Dinner with SLA (All Attendees are Invited!) URI Dining Hall

7:00am EDT

Continental Breakfast Buffets at CBLS Atriums Registration + Attendees Service Desk Open CBLS - Upper Atrium

8:00am EDT

Exhibit + Networking CBLS - Atriums

9:00am EDT

CS 1 hr. | Hot Topics in Science-Technology and Engineering [presented by: the Sci-Tech and Engineering Communities] CBLS - Room 152Helen Josephine • Jay Bhatt • Zachary Painter CS 1 hr. | News Aggregation and Monitoring - Current State of the Market, Evolving Trends & What will be the Future CBLS - Room 10Eric Gross • Sumathi Pundit • Nathan Rosen • Thomas Smith CS 1 hr. | The Physics Roundtable: Collaboration & Research Between Faculty & Librarians [presented by: PAM] CBLS - Room 252Sandy Avila • NuRee Lee CS 1 hr. | Use Cases for Generative AI in Answering Research Questions CBLS - Room 100Abigail Ross

10:15am EDT

CS 30 min. | Enhancing Specialized Library and Information Services through DEIB Initiatives CBLS - Room 10Kim Beets • Roya Bahrami • Ari Gofman Fishman CS 30 min. | Financial Databases for Competitive Intelligence CBLS - Room 152Michele Costello CS 30 min. | Search, Discovery, AI, ML, LLMs, and GPTs: Are you sure you know how they work? CBLS - Room 100Heather Kotula CS 30 min. | Teaching Students Conducting Competitive Intelligence Research CBLS - Room 252Dajiang Nie

11:00am EDT

CS 1 hr. | International Perspectives on Evidence-based Collection Development in Libraries CBLS - Room 100Seema Rampersad • Jay Bhatt • Nabi Hasan CS 1 hr. | Learning the Art of Library Collaboration: Case Studies from the Field CBLS - Room 152Rebecca Bryant • Amanda Rinehart CS 1 hr. | Sci Tech 101: Introduction to Research Data Management CBLS - Room 252Mary Frances Lembo CS 1 hr. | The Many Faces of Competitive Intelligence: A Round Table Discussion CBLS - Room 10Casey Kelly • Karen Mitchell • Karen Pierce

12:00pm EDT

Lunch with SLA Sandwich Buffets at CBLS Atriums

1:30pm EDT

General Session | Leveraging Your Worth as an Info Pro - A Panel Discussion CBLS - Room 100Lorene Kennard • Geraldine Clement-Stone • Leslie Reynolds • Julie Snyder

2:30pm EDT

Poster 2.1 - Driving Strategy and Innovation: Evolution and Impact of a Competitive Intelligence Group CBLS - Exhibitor/Poster HallKaren Mitchell Poster 2.2 - Tip of the Iceberg: Pythonic Insights from a Large XML Bibliometric Collection CBLS - Exhibitor/Poster HallSarah Siddiqui Poster 2.3 - Hospital Workplace Violence Prevention Programs: How medical Librarians Can Contribute CBLS - Exhibitor/Poster HallFred King Poster 2.4 - Using Key Intelligence Questions to Unlock Better Business Reference Interviews CBLS - Exhibitor/Poster HallAllison Smith Poster 2.5 - The IR Venn Diagram: Diversity in Technology, Content, Users, and Roles in Specialized institutional Repositories CBLS - Exhibitor/Poster HallRamune Kubilius • Julia Lovett Poster 2.6 - The Relentless Consolidation of Science Libraries at ARL Institutions CBLS - Exhibitor/Poster HallChris Doty Poster 2.7 - Finding Water Data and Information for Communities Along the Atlantic Coast CBLS - Exhibitor/Poster HallEmily Wild Poster 2.8 - Using Web Scraper to Create a Customized Database CBLS - Exhibitor/Poster HallLouisa Verma Exhibits + Posters Group 2 + Coffee Break Sponsored by AlphaSense CBLS - Atriums

3:15pm EDT

CS 30 min. | Data Mining Conference Proceedings for Competitive Intelligence Insights CBLS - Room 252Casey Kelly CS 30 min. | Identifying Opportunities in the U.S. Military and Competitive Intelligence to Leverage GenAI Technology CBLS - Room 152Austin Fleisher • Christian Carter • JeQa Powe • Christian Yun CS 30 min. | Powering the AI Engine: Navigating Copyright & Technology CBLS - Room 100Beth Johnson CS 30 min. | Scholarly & Almetric Indicators; Smart Citations CBLS - Room 10Josh Nicholson • Mark Domke

4:00pm EDT

CS 1 hr. | AI Challenges and Opportunities for the Information Professional CBLS - Room 100Michele Costello CS 1 hr. | Fostering Innovation through Collaboration: Asian Special Libraries Unite [presented by: SLA Asia] CBLS - Room 10P.K. Jain • Debal Kar • Labibah Zain CS 1 hr. | Mathematics Roundtable [presented by: PAM] CBLS - Room 252Zachary Painter • Jennifer Hart CS 1 hr. | Who Owns and Cares about the Data? A Method for Identifying and Gathering Information for Research Investigations CBLS - Room 152Ann Cullen

5:30pm EDT

Dinner with SLA (All Attendees are Invited!) Memorial Union - Ram's Den

7:00pm EDT

SLA Dance Party (Don't Miss It - All are Invited!) Memorial Union - Ballroom

7:00am EDT

Continental Breakfast Buffets at CBLS Atriums Registration + Attendees Service Desk Open CBLS - Upper Atrium

8:00am EDT

Exhibits + Networking CBLS - Atriums

9:00am EDT

CS 1 hr. | It's OK to Have Meetings. It Really Is. CBLS - Room 10Lorene Kennard CS 1 hr. | Leveraging User Data to Increase & Improve Engagement [Session Sponsored by Liblynx] CBLS - Room 252Jill Strand CS 1 hr. | Standards Roundtable: A Discussion on the Non-Standard World of Standards [presented by: the Engineering Community] CBLS - Room 100Kelly Bunting • Wei Zakharov CS 1 hr. | What are they learning? How are they learning it? Information literacy preparation for the workforce and as professional development [presented by: the SLA Data Community] CBLS - Room 152Amanda Izenstark

10:00am EDT

Exhibits + Coffee Break CBLS - Atriums

10:30am EDT

CS 1 hr. | Building Taxonomies from the Bottom Up and Top Down: Technologies and Collaboration CBLS - Room 10Heather Hedden CS 1 hr. | Do You Still Need Your Integrated Library System CBLS - Room 152Alex Grigg Dean CS 1 hr. | GenAI in the Field: Reality vs Hype [Sponsored by Thomson Reuters] CBLS - Room 100Julie Maekask • Jen Evert • Jill Strand CS 1 hr. | PAM Industry Partners Roundtable: AI and Research Integrity [presented by: PAM] CBLS - Room 252Kivmars Bowling • Chris Doty • Steven Smith • Jon Speilburg

11:45am EDT

Closing Keynote | Charting Our Course: Information Professionals as AI Navigators CBLS - Room 100Brian Pichman | Keynote Speaker

12:45pm EDT

Closing Keynote Sponsor | Open Sourcing AI and RAGs CBLS - Room 100Jessica Zairo

1:00pm EDT

SLA 2024: Closing Remarks CBLS - Room 100

1:15pm EDT

Box Lunches To Go - See you again in 2025! Box Lunches To Go at CBLS Atriums