LOEX 2025

LOEX 2025

3:15pm PDT

First-time Attendee Orientation @ Pasadena Masonic Temple Pasadena Masonic Temple

4:00pm PDT

Meet & Greet @ Pasadena Masonic Temple Pasadena Masonic Temple

5:30pm PDT

Dine-arounds (Thursday evening) at Pasadena restaurants TBA

10:15am PDT

Coffee, Crafting, and Collaboration: Empowering Outreach Through Your Interests Room 211Kaylee Harrington • Electra Gupton Navigating the Integration of AI Literacy in Library Instruction Room 106Stephanie Ward Purpose before Passion: Bridging Teaching Experiences with Librarian Identities Room 207Donna Harp Ziegenfuss Crafting Connections: Stewardship, Leadership, and the Student Learning Lifecycle Room 212/214Lara Miller Rivera • Leslie Sult Risk, Experiment, Learn: Lessons Learned from Using Lab-Style Methods for Legal Research Instruction Room 208B. Austin Waters The Lost Art of Skilled Belief: Rebalancing Our Approach to Information Literacy Room 107Kate Wimer

11:20am PDT

Stitching the Library into the Cultural Fabric of the University Room 212/214Lauren Movlai • Elliott Rose Yonkers IB Day: A Decades-Old Cross-Institution Information Literacy Program Room 208Rachel Leff Who's Afraid of Little Old AI? Using an AI Literacy Framework to Create an Instruction Session Room 107Sandy Hervieux • Amanda Wheatley Threads of Care: Leading with Intention to Foster Wellbeing in Teaching and Learning Departments Room 207Hailley Fargo • Rosan Mitola Shaping the future of information literacy instruction through connections to students' everyday lives Room 106Darren Ilett Unboxing Information Literacy: A Gamified Constructivist Approach to First-Year Experience Library Sessions Room 211Devon Cozad

12:50pm PDT

LOEX 2025 Roundtables - Five Topics, for drop-in discussion Room 107

1:15pm PDT

LOEX 2025 Grad Student Poster Sessions (early afternoon) Room 101

1:45pm PDT

Finding the Fun in Citation: Lessons Learned from Three Years of "Citation Month" Programming Room 212/214Vanessa Lawrence Race the Librarian: Crafting Interactive Activities for Library Instruction Room 107Toni Pilcher • Karin Patrick Measure Twice: Focused, Granular, and Authentic Primary Source Instruction & Assessment Room 208Robin M. Katz Ready, Set, Primo!: Re-envisioning Existing Library Instruction Lesson Plans Room 207Amber Pierdinock-Weed • Benjamin Shaw Enhancing First-Year Students' Research Skills through Scaffolded Library Resources: A Focus on Teaching and Reflection Room 106Dusty Ross Information Literacy Instruction Trifecta: Universal Design for Learning, Culturally Responsive Teaching, and Andragogy in Action Room 211William Ortiz

2:50pm PDT

Knitting Together Expertise: A Cross-Institutional AI Literacy Initiative Room 212/214Sandy Hervieux Development of an Openly Licensed Curriculum for Mid-Career Librarian Professional Development Room 207Logan Rath • Kimberly Davies Hoffman • Justina Elmore Patterns of Trust: Unraveling How Students Evaluate Online Sources Room 106Amy Jankowski • Lori Townsend • Alyssa Russo Weaving a Shared Vision: Crafting and Aligning Teaching Goals across Library Departments Room 211Mark Lenker • Rosan Mitola • Chelsea Heinbach Digging for Diamonds: Crafting and Polishing Research Skills through Embedded Librarianship in the Occupational Therapy Doctorate Program Room 208Megan York • Kay Strahan • MC Beaulieu One Size Does Not Fit All: Designing Library Instruction for Scalability Room 107Caitlin Plovnick, MSLIS • Juliana Magro • Gregory Laynor

3:40pm PDT

LOEX 2025 Grad Student Poster Sessions (late afternoon) Room 101

4:10pm PDT

Beyond the Reading Room: Scaling Archival Instruction Through Cross-Departmental Collaboration and Digital Pedagogy Room 207Allinston Saulsberry • Caelin Ross Libraries as Allies: Student-Led Advocacy for Textbook Affordability Room 208Frances Lezcano • Sarah Hart • Jodecy Guerra We Have to Do What Now?! Sustainable Innovation in Library Instruction Programs Room 107Rob Detmering • Tessa Withorn Rising Together: Leading from the Middle to Advance Subject Librarianship Room 212/214Calantha Tillotson • Janet Burka • Anita Kuiken Improve Your Library Performance with Improv Room 211Joshua Wallace • Esther Garcia The Future is Engaged! Gentle and Inclusive Approaches to Class Engagement Room 106Katie Harding • Katie Merriman

6:00pm PDT

Dine-arounds (Friday evening) at Pasadena restaurants TBA

8:50am PDT

Our Classrooms, Our Curriculum, Our Expertise: Crafting a Future through Credit Teaching Room 207Angie Cox • Amandajean F. Nolte Your Voices: Sharing and Elevating the Voices of Underrepresented Students Room 212/214Michele A. L. Villagran • Paola Mondragon What's in it for me: Revisiting the labor on peer observations of librarian teaching Room 211Catherine Bowers Building Better One-Shots: Practical Approaches with Small Teaching Room 107Emily Bush • Ramona Romero • Rachel Lane Walden But Where Does the Learning Happen? Exploring Tabletop Games to Teach Information Literacy Room 106Carl O. DiNardo Fostering Multiple Literacies, Critical Thinking, and Student Belonging Through Place-Based, Primary Source Research in Academic Archives Room 208Dorian Onifer

9:55am PDT

What's in a Syllabus? Analyzing Subject Department Syllabi to Identify Opportunities for 'E-textbook' Provision, Research Instruction, and GenAI Instruction Room 212/214Edward Remus • Jacqueline Zook • Christopher Straughn Research Wizards: An Open Access Card Game for Source Evaluation Room 211Lauren deLaubell STEM Students and AI Literacy Skills Room 208Abigail Cahill Killing Your Darlings: A Ruthless Inventory of a 'Successful' Instruction Program Room 107Ian McDermott • Silvia Lin Hanick Eluding the Panel: Remixing Library Instruction Through the Graphic Medium Room 207Joshua Altshuler Sex, Drugs, and Guns: Original applications for teaching information literacy courses and one shots, using Black feminisms and radical frames Room 106Shannon Simpson

11:15am PDT

Uniting a Patchwork of Perspectives: Using Faculty Focus Groups to Collaborate on Inclusive Information Literacy Instructional Resources Room 211Emma Quinn Curriculum Toolkit for Combatting the Spread of Mis- and Disinformation Room 107Katy Dichter • Shaun Glaze • Adrianna Martinez • Allison Fader • Kelle Rose From Concept to Classroom: A Case Study in Tutorial Development and Assessment Room 212/214Kim Larsen • Bekah Olson Crafting our Instructional Mosaic: Early Career Librarians on How Onboarding, Mentorship, and Community Shapes Their Growth Room 207Joel Liesenberg • Abby Johnson • Talia Paz Creating a Necklace from a Pile of Beads: Crafting Impactful Library Instruction with Interpretive Communication Room 208Elizabeth C. Bittner Enhancing Learning in One-Shot Library Sessions: Applying Cognitive Load Theory Room 106Katie Hoskins

1:55pm PDT

Advancing Social Justice Through Online Instruction and Media Room 207Rae Johnson • Mariann Lactaoen AI Literacy in Action: Exploring the Role of LLM's in Research Instruction Room 106Alison Gurganus From Passive to Active: Leveraging Interactive Technology Tools to Increase Student Engagement Room 211Melissa Herzberg • Gabrielle Passick KeyWordPlay: The Role of Playfulness in Information Literacy Room 107Jay Edwards Searching for TikTok: Integrating TikTok into a One-Shot Library Session Room 212/214Tim Berge Teaching the Teachers: A Scalable, Collaborative Approach to Embedding Information Literacy in Course Curricula Room 208Michelle Brasseur

3:00pm PDT

Accessing our Voices: Building Inclusive Classrooms for Diverse Learners Room 107Christie Zablocki Supporting Trial Databases: Collaborating with Faculty and Integrating Library Instruction to Drive Student Engagement Room 207Megan Graewingholt • Keri Prelitz Assessing the Quality of the Primo AI Research Assistant for Use in Library Instruction and Research Consultations Room 106Crystal Goldman • Dominique Turnbow Citation Needed: Weaving Together Citation and Information Sharing with WikiEdu Room 211Linnea Minich Enhancing Subject-Based Instruction with Critical Information Literacy: Collaborative Teaching in an Interdisciplinary Freshmen Class Room 212/214Salma Abumeeiz • Mohsin Ali