Only corresponding authors are listed below. For full author list and abstract, view the Midwest Chapter/MLA 2025 Conference Paper, Lightning Talk and Poster Presentation Program (PDF).

View the presentation materials in Zenodo, the online repository for our chapter conference. 

* Indicates Research Award Candidate.

Thursday, October 16, 2025

Lightning Talks 1: 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM (CT) / 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM (ET)

1. Increasing the Reach of Data: Teaching Researchers About Data Articles, Sara Samuel, University of Michigan
2. Medical Librarians as Cultural Architects, Dora Davis, ProHealth Care
3. Assessing the Reach of a Systematic Review Service: Insights and Challenges, Gina Genova, University of Louisville
4. Pilot of ClinicalKey AI in a Large Health Care System, Lori Mills, McLaren Health Care
5. *Adapting Systematic Review Services to Meet Researcher and Librarian Needs, Juli McCarroll, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
6. Missing Credit: Recognizing Systematic Review Work in Promotion or Tenure, Abigail Goben, University of Illinois Chicago
7. Reimaging Recyclables, Laura Davison, Medical Center Library, University of Kentucky
8. A Service to Assist Researchers in Finding Funding, Merle Rosenzweig, Taubman Health Science Library University of Michigan
9. Teaching CARE Case Report Guidelines to Improve Authors’ Publication Success, Karen L. Hanus, MLIS, AHIP, Advocate Health
10. MyChart Assistance, Chris Zobin, Emplify Health by Gundersen
11. Seize the Moment: Building Library Outreach One Opportunity at a Time, Chelsea Wyman-Green, Emplify Health by Gundersen

Posters: 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM (CT) / 12:45 PM - 1:15 PM (ET)

1. *Developing an Author Checklist to Improve Discovery of Published Articles in the Age of Algorithmic Indexing, Caroline Allen, University of Iowa
2. *Collaborative Learning in Action: Onboarding Liaison Librarians for Evidence Synthesis, Merete Christianson, Health Sciences Library, University of Minnesota
3. *Carceral Silence: A Sociological Framework for Understanding Institutional Betrayal and the Erasure of Incarcerated Women in Health Information Systems, Joey Colby Bernert, Michigan State University
4. Prevailing Occupational Perception Experiences of Academic Librarianship Held by Non-Library Employees in Higher Education, Jill Edgerton, Des Moines University
5. *Words of Wisdom: Working with the School of Dentistry Office of Student Affairs, Melissa Ernst, Health Sciences Library, University of Minnesota
6. *Development and Validation of Search Hedges for Transgender (2STGNB) Populations in Ovid MEDLINE and Ovid APA PsycInfo, Ryn Gagen, University of Minnesota
7. Connecting Librarians to Purpose Using Springshare’s NPS Tool, Kathy Koch, Advocate Health
8. Co-creating Solutions with Students: Development of an Anonymous Problem-Reporting System, Jolene Miller, University of Toledo
9. We Can’t Keep Doing All the Things: Imagining and Implementing Sustainable Evidence Synthesis Support, Jolene Miller, University of Toledo
10. *Analyzing Data Management and Sharing Plan Just-in-Time Edit Requests from the National Institutes of Health, Sara Samuel, University of Michigan
11. Archivin' On the Fly: Building a Digital Archive without a Roadmap Background, Beth St. John, Ohio Health
12. *PubMed vs Artificial Intelligence: Comparison of Search Results, Jennifer Westrick, Rush University Medical Center

Papers 1: 2:30 PM - 3:45 PM (CT) / 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM (ET)

1. Organizational Impostor Phenomenon, Ann Dyer, Washington State University
2. How Do I Reach These Kids?! Reimagining Student Worker Management, Samantha Loster, Rosalind Franklin University
3. *Medical Student Experience of Developing a Mini-Medical School Health Literacy Initiative for Older Adults, Elizabeth R. Lorbeer, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine,
4. *Tracking Medical Resident Publications: Insights for Library Services and Graduate Medical Education Support, Julia Stumpff, Indiana University
5. *An Exploration of Practicing Medicine without a License for Librarians, Kaylie Vermillion, The Ohio State University

Friday, October 17, 2025

Papers 2: 10:45 AM - Noon (CT) / 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM (ET)

1. The Case of the Charming Clinician: Development of an Instructional Health Misinformation Escape Room, Kelsey Cowles, MLIS, University of Pittsburgh
2. "What is PubMed?" and Other Things I Wish I Learned in Library School: Reflections of a Librarian's First Year Teaching, Cayla Robinson, University of Kentucky
3. Using OpenAlex to Explore Publication Output, Lea Leininger, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
4. Creative Collaborations: Inspiring Engagement by Hosting an NLM Traveling, Stephanie Henderson, University of Kentucky Medical Center Library
5. *Campus-Wide Examination of Evidence Synthesis Publication Output, Cecelia J. Perkins Vetter, MLIS, Ruth Lilly Medical Library, Indiana University School of Medicine

Lightning Talks 2: 12:45 PM – 2:00 PM (CT) / 1:45 PM – 3:00 PM (ET)

1. Automatic Indexing Errors in PubMed: Sometimes the Apple Does Fall Far from the Tree, Paije Wilson, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2. *Redefining Roles: Public Perception and the Future of Clinical Medical Librarians, Chelsea Jacobs, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
3. Visual Connections: A New Category for a Research Journal, Carol Ng-He, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
4. Imagining and Validating a High-Sensitivity Pharmacy Education Hedge, Deborah Divis, Creighton University
5. Connecting, Networking, and Interning: Shaping and Improving a Graduate Student’s Perspective of Librarianship, Jack Jenkins, University of Kentucky
6. *Librarian Involvement in Dental & Oral Health Systematic Reviews, Melissa Ernst, University of Minnesota
7. Framing the Future of Speech Language Pathology Research: A Faculty-Librarian Collaboration in an Evidence-Based Practice Course, Grace Spiewak, DePaul University
8. Imagine More: Improved Access and Choice with Libby, Eileen Severson, Emplify Health by Gundersen
9. Communicating to GME Trainees: Piloting Services Developed Using a Needs Assessment Survey Data to Inform Targeted Audiences of Library Services, Emily Johnson-Barlow, University of Illinois Chicago
10. Evaluating Sources for Public Health: A Librarian Collaboration to Support Nursing Students in Clinicals, Laura Killingsworth, Illinois State University

Papers 3: 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM (CT) / 3:00 PM – 4:15 PM (ET)

1. *Librarians Collaborating with Instructors for Course Integration of Virtual Reality, Ryn Gagen, Health Sciences Library, University of Minnesota
2. Reproductive Health & Library Advocacy: A Story of Mutual Interests, Gina Schlesselman-Tarango, Grinnell College
3. *Creating a Student focused Library Through Student Library Advisory Group, Claressa Slaughter, Rosalind Franklin University
4. Librarians in Action: Co-Creating Institutional Responses to Artificial Intelligence, Gerald Natal, The University of Toledo
5. Health Information Outreach Using an Interdisciplinary Model, Darlene Kaskie, Network of the National Library of Medicine, Region 6