LOEX 2025

LOEX 2025

Elisa Acosta

Loyola Marymount University

Reference & Instruction Librarian for Education

Los Angeles, California

10:15am PDT

Navigating the Integration of AI Literacy in Library Instruction Room 106Stephanie Ward

11:20am PDT

Who's Afraid of Little Old AI? Using an AI Literacy Framework to Create an Instruction Session Room 107Sandy Hervieux • Amanda Wheatley Shaping the future of information literacy instruction through connections to students' everyday lives Room 106Darren Ilett

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 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

2:50pm PDT

Knitting Together Expertise: A Cross-Institutional AI Literacy Initiative Room 212/214Sandy Hervieux Patterns of Trust: Unraveling How Students Evaluate Online Sources Room 106Amy Jankowski • Lori Townsend • Alyssa Russo 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

4:10pm PDT

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 The Future is Engaged! Gentle and Inclusive Approaches to Class Engagement Room 106Katie Harding • Katie Merriman

8:50am PDT

Your Voices: Sharing and Elevating the Voices of Underrepresented Students Room 212/214Michele A. L. Villagran • Paola Mondragon But Where Does the Learning Happen? Exploring Tabletop Games to Teach Information Literacy Room 106Carl O. DiNardo

9:55am PDT

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 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 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 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

3:00pm PDT

Accessing our Voices: Building Inclusive Classrooms for Diverse Learners Room 107Christie Zablocki 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