2026 Annual Meeting Lightning Talks And Posters

LINK TO 2026 LIGHTNING TALK AND POSTERS ABSTRACTS

Lightning Talks

1. NAVIGATINGEVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE AND AI:AFRAMEWORK FORAPPRAISING AIGENERATED OUTPUT IN THE NEUROLOGY CLERKSHIP
Michelle R. Demetres, MLIS; Andy Hickner, MSI; Allison Piazza, MHA, MLIS; Diana Delgado MLS

2. ARE JOURNAL PACKAGES A THING OF THE PAST?DECIDING WHETHER TO CANCEL A PACKAGE WITH HIGH USAGE STATS
Lara Lasner-Frater, Touro University: College of Osteopathic Medicine/College of Pharmacy, Sirota Memorial Library

3. UNIFYING LIBRARY SERVICES ACROSS A MULTI-HOSPITAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM: A DATA-DRIVEN APPROACH TO TRANSFORMATION
Jennifer Rojas, MLIS, Director, Network Library, Hackensack Meridian Health; Andrea Thompson, PhD, Associate Librarian, Samuel and Sandra Hekemian Medical Library, Hackensack University Medical Center

4. DESIGNING AN INFORMAL VIRTUAL ROUNDTABLE TO DISCUSS EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
Joelle Mornini, MLS, NIH Library

5. BEYOND PUBLISHER AGREEMENTS: BUILDING AN INTERACTIVE JOURNAL LOCATOR WITH LIBGUIDES
Kyle Downey, MLIS, Medical Librarian, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine; Andrea Thompson, PhD, Associate Librarian, Samuel and Sandra Hekemian Medical Library, Hackensack University Medical Center

Posters

1. HOW CLINICAL TRAINEES AT A CANCER CENTER VIEW AND USE GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOLS
Johanna Goldberg, MSLIS,¹ Kendra Godwin, MLIS,¹ Céline Soudant, MS, MLIS,¹ Robin O’Hanlon, MA, MIS1,². 1. Library, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; 2. University Libraries, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ

2. FROM INFORMATION LITERACY TO AI LITERACY: HONORING THE PAST, ENVISIONING THE FUTURE IN HEALTH SCIENCES EDUCATION
Mina Ghajar, Rutgers University, George F. Smith Library of the Health Sciences, Rahul Mittal, Rutgers University, Department of Health Informatics

3. BE YOUR OWN BRAND OF HOSPITAL LIBRARIAN: A GUIDE TO FINDING YOUR VOICE, TAPPING DATA, AND CREATING AUTHENTIC CONTENT
Rose Spaziani, University at Buffalo; Emily Carlin, Western New York Library Resources Council

4. LEARNING FROM THE PAST, PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE: TEN YEARS OF DATA ANALYSIS SUPPORT TO DOCTOR OF NURSING PRACTICE (DNP) STUDENTS
Ajatshatru Pathak,MLS, MPH, Health & Informatics Librarian/ Associate Professor, Liaison Librarian, Geog. Dept., Hunter College-City University of New York (CUNY)

5. BEYOND THE HOSPITAL WALLS: HOW HOSPITAL LIBRARIANS CAN ADDRESS COMMUNITY HEALTH LITERACY THROUGH PUBLIC LIBRARY PARTNERSHIPS            
Jaclyn Morales, MLS, AHIP, Regina Vitiello, MLS, Lena Bohman, MSLIS

6. CURRENT LANDSCAPE OF TECHNOLOGY SERVICES AMONG LIBERTY CHAPTER LIBRARIES
Robyn Reed, MA, MLIS, AHIP(D) and Benjamin Hoover, MLIS

7. BEYOND LECTURE: SEARCH&DESTROY, A CARD GAME FOR INTERACTIVE BIOMEDICAL LITERATURE SEARCHING INSTRUCTION
Regina Vitiello, MLS, & Lena Bohman, MLIS

8. THE DEBATE AROUND THE EDUCATION OF LIBRARIANS AND LIBRARY STAFF
Astrid Emel, Library Manager St Paul’s School of Nursing; Judy Lee, Director of Medical Library Services Maimonides Health

9. BUILDING ON SUCCESS: COLLABORATION CONTINUES TO EXPAND ACCESS TO MEDICAL EDUCATION RESOURCES
Jeffery Wagner, Kelly Thormodson, George T. Harrell Health Sciences Library - Penn State University College of Medicine

Thank you to our presenters, as well as the the lightning talk and poster sub-committee:
Gary Kaplan (chair), Sunny Blake, Jordan Correia, Helen-Ann Brown Epstein, Lara Lasner Frater, and Keydi O’Hagan