All times are Eastern Standard Time

8:30AM-9:00AM 

Registration
Pryz 2nd floor lobby

Poster Set-up: The posters will be available throughout the day in the Atrium; engagement with presenters is scheduled between 4:15pm and 5:00pm
Pryz 2nd floor Atrium

9:00AM-9:15AM

Opening session

Dr. Maria Mazzenga, Chair of the Symposium Committee, and Dr. Sue Yeon Syn, DIS Dept. Chair
Pryz Great Room B

9:15AM-10:00AM

Keynote Address

Laura Brower Hagood, Executive Director of the DC History Center
Pryz Great Room B

10:00AM-10:15AM

Break

10:15AM-11:30PM

Session A1 (Workshop)
Organizing Catholic Archival Information: The Catholic Archives Directory Project

Maria R. Mazzenga
Shane MacDonald
Taylor Weathers

Session A2 (Workshop)
Rediscovering Leisure Reading in Academia: The Softer Side of the Library

Patricia Ford
Erica Hewett
Keren Dali

11:30AM-12:30PM

Lunch: To keep the symposium free for everyone, we do not provide lunch. 
However, we have arranged with an on-campus food vendor (at Garvey Hall) to accommodate symposium attendees for lunch. Garvey Hall is adjacent to the Pryzbyla Center and provides a variety of food options, including some dietary options. You will have the chance to purchase food to your liking. You can also find several other options off-campus but that requires walking and waiting.

12:45PM-1:45PM

 

Session B1 (Papers)
Information Literacy with a Creative Twist
Moderator: Keren Dali

  • Combatting Misinformation Through Media: An Exorcist Edition, Riley Rhoder, Emily Brondos Strompf, Jenelle Aguilar, Kimberly Reyes, and Lara Loutfi
  • The Quest: Digital Promotion of Underutilized Information Resources, Niccolo Giambanco, Joseph Mitchell, Ella Spandorf, and Katherine Lawrence  
  • Designing Motivation: Micro-Credentials, Gamification, and the Library as Learning Lab, Jeff Prater

Session B2 (Papers)
Technology and Innovation: From LIS Education to the Field of Practice
Moderator: Maria Mazzenga

  • Designing Future-Ready LIS Education: A Case Study on Embedding AI Literacy into Graduate Curriculum, Agnes Pearcy and Danielle Colbert-Lewis
  • Hitting the Suite Spot: Why Users Venture Beyond Enterprise Software Suites and How to Direct Them Back, Peregrine Lowe
  • A.I. Misinformation and Utility for Self-Representing Litigants: How Librarians Can Build Civil Justice Guardrails, Sarah Ryan

1:45PM-2:00PM

Break 

2:00PM-3:00PM

 

Session C1 (Papers)
Reading and Playing in Libraries
Moderator: Heather A. Wiggins

  • Come one, come all…Library Book Club: How Library Programs Can Bridge Gaps and Create Community, Amelia Costello and Natasha Griffin
  • Concerts from the Library of Congress at 100: A Study in Sustainable Philanthropy and Engagement, Nicholas Brown-Cáceres
  • Ducks in the Library! Passive Outreach in Academic Libraries, Veronica Hart and Melissa Kreiling

Session C2 (Papers)
People in Focus: Trust, Connections, and All Things Weird
Moderator: Keren Dali

  • Take a Walk on the Wild Side: Things I Never Thought I Would Do as a Public Library Director, Cindy Scheu
  • Knowledge as Liberation: Building Anti-Colonial and Resilient Academic Communities Through Transdisciplinary Librarian Research Partnerships, Claire Joseph
  • Reducing Information Poverty through Public Trust in Honest Librarians, Kim M. Thompson and Mashiat Tabassum

3:00PM-3:15PM

Break 

3:15PM-4:15PM

Session D1 (Papers)
Outreach and Programming in Academic Libraries
Moderator: Shane MacDonald

  • Embracing Open Source Practices in Library Programming and Communities, Rosemary Pauley
  • Supporting Chinese International Students through Academic Libraries Services, Yating Zhu
  • Teaching Literacy to the Literate: Integrating Information Literacy into Catholic University’s English 101 Curriculum, Riley Rhoder

Session D2 (Papers)
Archives and Special Collection
Moderator: Maria Mazzenga

  • Philippine Ancestral Remains at CUA, Adam Palumbo
  • Deaccessioning and Transferring Oral History Collections, Agnes Gambill
  • Improving Resource Records: Women Art Dealers, Mae Hunt

4:14pm-5:00pm

Posters and Reception

  • Building Bridges: Establishing a Young Adult Non-Fiction Collection in Rural Appomattox County, Cindy Scheu
  • Building GIS Confidence: A Visual Resource Guide for Non-Specialist Librarians, Alexandra Manthey
  • Cross-Border Information Landscapes: LIS Responses to Migration in the Rio Grande Valley,” Eric Ely-Ledesma
  • Getting on the Same Page: Refreshing Library Literacy for ENGL 103, Elizabeth Workman and James Parrigin
  • Helping Parents Navigate Digital Citizenship with their Children, Isabelle Brahana
  • Librarianship as a Second Career: Leveraging Transferable Skills and Identifying Opportunities for Professional Growth, Paulina Cosma
  • Synthe-zine: Teaching Synthesis in a Hands-On Zine Workshop, Jacob Hopkins, Yoko Ferguson, and Bethany Monea
  • A Tour of Fiction Genres: Genre Foundations for Working with Adult Readers, Erica Hewett, Cindy Scheu, and Patricia Ford

5:00pm-5:05pm

Concluding Remarks

5:30pm-6:30pm

Tour of Catholic University’s Special Collections