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Welcome to the Libraratory! 2024 VLA/VLACRL Annual Conference

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Please contact Vanessa, VLA administrative assistant, at 973-668-8420 with questions, comments, or concerns.

Contact Hours:
Wednesday, October 16th 3PM – 8PM / Thursday, October 17th 9AM – 10PM / Friday, October 18th 8AM – 5PM

Cirrus Gundlach

UVA's College at Wise

User Experience and Facilities Services Supervisor Liaison Librarian

Wise, VA

About me

I'm the new User Experience and Facilities Services Supervisor Liaison Librarian at UVA's College at Wise. I was the Coordinator of a tiny, rural community college library that had been neglected by prior administrations. I'm passionate about collaborative leading with empathy, equity and inclusion, and ethical use of generative AI in higher education.

12:00pm EDT

FREE: Chrysler Museum of Art Perry Glass Studio (special theme for VLA!) Chrysler Museum of Art Glass Studio

3:30pm EDT

FREE: Queer History Walking Tour Norfolk Waterside Marriott Lobby

5:00pm EDT

Early Registration and Badge Pickup Norfolk Foyer, First Floor Poster 01: Building an Accommodating and Inclusive Librartory With Experiential Learning Bricks Norfolk Ballrooms I & II Poster 04: How are Virginia’s Academic Libraries Growing Library Workers? Norfolk Ballrooms I & II Poster 08: Streamlining Access: The Merge of Information Services and Interlibrary Loan for an (Almost) Seamless(ish) Library Experience Norfolk Ballrooms I & II Poster 13: V is for Victory! A Different Way to Conduct Reference Interactions Norfolk Ballrooms I & II Poster 15: What You See is What You Get: Managing Part-time Employees with Visual Task Management Systems Norfolk Ballrooms I & II Poster 16: Corporate Stockholm Syndrome: An Explanation for Employee Commitment in Consistently Dysfunctional Library Organizations Norfolk Ballrooms I & II Poster 17: Library Censorship Based on State’s Demographic Norfolk Ballrooms I & II

9:00am EDT

Exhibit Hall Ribbon Cutting/Registration and Badge Pickup Norfolk Ballroom

10:00am EDT

Opening General Session and Keynote Address by Megan Lotts Marriott Ballroom

12:15pm EDT

VLACRL Business Meeting Hampton Ballroom 3

1:00pm EDT

Empower Staff, Enhance Services: AI in Libraries Marriott Ballroom 5-7 More with Less: Experiments in Merchandising to Increase Circulation Hampton Ballroom 7 Revitalizing Community Spaces: Adapting Library Design for Changing Needs Marriott Ballroom 1-3 DIVERSIFY IT! Reading Challenge Hampton Ballroom 8

2:00pm EDT

Lightning Talks Thursday: Low Risk, High Reward: Shifting to Online Workshops for Broader Reach Hampton Ballroom 8 Lightning Talks Thursday: The Turtle and the Hare: A Project Manager’s Journey to Optimize a Shared Digital Workspace for Discovery, Collaboration, and Usability. Hampton Ballroom 8 Thursday Lightning Talks: How to Partner with Student Organizations on Campus Hampton Ballroom 8 Thursday Lightning Talks: Naming Cultures: Celebrating Linguistic Diversity Hampton Ballroom 8 Thursday Lightning Talks: Whiteboards for the win! Hampton Ballroom 8 Self-Advocacy and Support for Librarians with ADHD Presidential Foyer, Third Floor VLACRL Networking Roundtable Presidential Foyer, Third Floor Libraratory Inspection: Best Practices for Supporting Experimentation, Innovation, Creative Problem Solving, and FAILs Hampton Ballroom 7 Things Are (Maybe?) About to Get VERY Weird -- Possible AI Futures, the Information Landscape, and Libraries Hampton Ballroom 1 The “Enshittification” of the Internet and the Impact on Libraries Hampton Ballroom 3

2:45pm EDT

All-Conference Refreshment Break: Norfolk Ballroom Norfolk Ballroom

4:00pm EDT

Offboarding Onboarding: the Cohort Model and Building Institutional Culture Hampton Ballroom 6 Outward In: Developing Community-Led Programming Hampton Ballroom 1 Science Sleuths: Designing and Playing a Source Evaluation Escape Room Challenge Hampton Ballroom 2 Supporting Your Autistic & ADHD Coworkers Marriott Ballroom 5-7 The Future Is Now: Building an AI Community of Practice to Educate and Prepare Library Staff for AI’s Challenges and Possibilities Chesapeake 1&2 What is a Digital Navigator: Providing a Gateway to Digital Literacy Skills Hampton Ballroom 3 VIVA Annual Member Meeting Marriott Ballroom 4

5:00pm EDT

LGBTQIA+ Forum Business Meeting Hampton Ballroom 1

8:00pm EDT

All-Conference Social Hampton Ballroom 4&5/The Libraratory

8:30pm EDT

Movie Screening: Banned Together Marriott Ballroom 4

9:00am EDT

Advancing a Culture of Creativity and Play in Libraries with Active Learning Norfolk Ballrooms I & II Are We Supporting Neurodiverse Job Candidates?: Creating a Neuro-Inclusive Workplace Marriott Ballroom 4

10:00am EDT

Search Advocacy: Enhancing Library Inclusivity and Reducing Bias Hampton Ballroom 3

11:00am EDT

Reimagining Library Services and Library Leadership Marriott Ballroom 5-7 Developing an Academic Library Undergraduate Internship Program: Student Perspectives and Recommendations Hampton Ballroom 8 Publishing Practicalities, Peer Review, and Predatory Practices Hampton Ballroom 3

1:00pm EDT

Staff Appreciation & Boosting Staff Morale in the Workplace Marriott Ballroom 5-7 Optimizing Research Support with AI Integration: Reflecting & Exploring Hampton Ballroom 8 Unraveling a Broken Model: Exploring Librarians' Experimentation and Early Use of ChatGPT Hampton Ballroom 3

2:00pm EDT

Closing Session: VLA Business Meeting, Scholarship Raffle Drawing and George M. Johnson Norfolk Ballrooms I & II