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2026 MCMLA Annual Meeting Schedule


Preliminary Presentation, Lightning Round, and Panel Schedule

Session information is subject to change prior to the release of the final schedule and Annual

Meeting program

 
Event  Content  Speaker(s)   Time (CDT)
  Welcome Announcements and Opening Remarks MCMLA Co-Chairs 9a – 9:15a
 Keynote
and Q&A		 A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats: How Neurodivergent-Friendly Environments in Libraries Benefit Everyone Amy Harris Houk 9:15a – 10:15a
 Presentation Session 1A Building Through Change: People, Spaces, and Service in a Health Sciences Library Renovation Heidi Greenberg; Catherine Soehner 10:15a – 10:30a
 Presentation Session 1B Small Changes for Big Impact: Reinforcing Core Competencies for Nursing Students Ashley Meisenheimer 10:30a – 10:45a
 Presentation Session 1C Health Literacy Development Through Storytelling Colleen Foy 10:45a – 11a
 Presentation Session 1D Archives Without an Archivist Tina Drew;
Yumin Jiang		 11a – 11:15a
 Morning Break N/A  N/A 11:15a – 11:30a
 Presentation Session 2A Developing Reporting Standards for Advancing Educational Research Emily Vardell;
Nena Schvaneveldt;
Amy Blevins		 11:30a – 11:45a
 Presentation Session 2B Beyond the Policy: Practical Lessons in Library Emergency Management Jeff Slagell 11:45a – 12p
 Presentation Session 2C Data to Insights: Citizen Science in Health Education Dana Abbey 12p – 12:15p
 Lunch Break  N/A N/A  12:15p – 1p
 Lightning Round Session 3A The Here-For-You-Librarian Jerry Carlson 1p – 1:05p
 Lightning Round Session 3B Creating Community: Development of a Regional Evidence Synthesis Symposium Katherine Downton 1:05p – 1:10p
 Lightning Round Session 3C Analog Outreach in a Digital Age Danielle Masursky 1:10p – 1:15p
 Lightning Round Session 3D Prompt Like a Pro:
Tips for Better AI Results		 Danielle Masursky 1:15p – 1:20p
 Lightning Round Session 3E Cultivating AI Exploration Through a Peer-Led Informal Exchange Julia Peters 1:20p – 1:25p
 Lightning Round Session 3F Prescribing Better Metadata: An Inclusive Subject Headings Project Laura Riley 1:25p – 1:30p
 Lightning Round Session 3G A "Graduation Checklist" to Boost
Early Career Librarians into Mid-Career		 Annisija Hunter;
Samantha Nunn;
Laura Barkema;
Sarah Villere;
Perry Weidling		 1:30p – 1:35p
 Lightning Round Session 3H Topic and State Guides at RHIhub Sarah Dauterive 1:35p – 1:40p
 Lightning Round Session 3I Creating a Collaboration-Focused Space to Expand a Health Sciences Library's Impact Emily Glenn;
Brian Maass		 1:40p – 1:45p
 Afternoon
Break 1		 N/A  N/A 1:45p – 2p
 Presentation Session 4A Presentation Between Two Indexing Worlds: A Comparison of MEDLINE and Embase Subheadings Cindy Schmidt;
Danielle Westmark		 2p – 2:15p
 Presentation Session 4B Exploring AI Supported Clinical Reasoning
and Evidence Gathering		 Evelyn Wang 2:15p – 2:30p
 Presentation Session 4C Exploring Spaces, Places, and People: A Thematic Analysis of Three Years of MLA Conference Presentations Emily Vardell;
Michelle Rau		 2:30p – 2:45p
 Afternoon
Break 2		 N/A N/A  2:45p – 3p
 Panel Session 5A Renovation Reflections: Library-Led Health Sciences Library Renovation and Expansion Projects Emme Lopez;
Stephanie Fulton;
Michael Taylor;
Katie Prentice;
Melissa Rethlefsen;
Dan Burgard		 3p – 3:45p
 Panel Session 5B Supporting Mental Health in Health Sciences Libraries Jazmyne Peters;
Hillary Pearson;
Ian Ross Hughes		 3:45p – 4:30p
 Wrap Up Closing Remarks MCMLA Co-Chairs 4:30p – 4:40p

Poster Sessions

Posters and accompanying presenter recordings will be available to view during and following the Annual Meeting.

 
Poster Title  Presenters 
  Librarian's Literature Search's Contribution to Hospital's 5 Years Goals Catisha Benjamin; Marie St. Pierre
 Encouraging Student Wellness Through Leisure Reading
and Q&A		 Jess D. King
Graphic Medicine for Health and Well-Being Outreach Jeffrey Loo
 In U.S. We Trust?: Librarian Perspectives on Federal Government Health Information Reliability Ruby Nugent
Growing Smarter Systems: Creating Efficient Student Employee Workflows Through Collaboration Brittany Robinson
 Who Has Embase? A Preliminary Framework for Benchmarking Database Access Breck Turner
Connecting Libraries with Resources to Reduce Substance Use: The Power of Spaces, Places, and People Emily Vardell

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