November 5th 2025

8:45 AM - 9:00 AM

9:00 AM - 9:15 AM

Conference Kick-off 

MLA Updates 

10:00 AM - 11:15 AM

Presentation Session I

When Your Institution's Budget Runs Dry: Professional Development Options for the Underfunded Librarian (pre-recorded)

Whitney Sproul & Suzanne Fricke

Ann Dyer

Ally Butzke

Alex Kushner & Anthony McKinnon

⏩ Library and Health System HR Unite: Crafting Future-Ready Skills for System Employees

Basia Delawska-Elliott & Heather Martin

How to Survive Job Loss: Mindful Recovery and Strategic Relaunch (pre-recorded)

Kathryn Vela & Carolyn Martin

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Break

11:30 AM - 12:45 PM

Presentation Session II

⏩Library instruction and government changes: Promoting quality standards for research, publication and access processes

Jennifer Lantrip & Angela Lee

⏩Development of a Knowledge Synthesis Service: Process for the University of British Columbia Vancouver & Okanagan

Vanessa Kitchin & Jane Jun

⚡ Refining Information Literacy Rubrics and Crosswalking to AAMC

Deborah Gallaher & Ally Butzke

⚡Beyond the Database: Reimagining the Librarian's Role in the Writing Process 

Carrie Fry

⚡Starting from Scratch: A health science librarian's experience building a for credit information literacy course for a new Nursing program

Kelly Evans

⏩Differences in Nurses' Evidence-Based Practice Competency and Attending Library Provided Classes

Frances Chu

⏩Starting the Conversation: AI Literacy for Faculty and Students

Carrie Fry

12:45-1:30 PM

1:30-3:00 PM

Keynote Panel: Learning from History: Sharing Wisdom from Lifetime PNC Members

Panelists: Connie Schardt, Susan Schweinsberg Long, Dolores Judkins, Kathy Murray, and Patrice O'Donovan

Speaking from extensive individual and collective experience, our esteemed panel will tackle current topics in librarianship through a historical lens. Panelists will explore major shifts within the profession, technological advancement and disruption. Join us to understand the dynamic changes and enduring principles in the profession of medical librarianship.

November 6th 2025

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

 NNLM Updates

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM

PNC Updates

Mind Body Meditation Session

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

CE: Health Statistics on the Web

Presenters: George Strawley & Dr. David Brown

Learn the difference between data and statistics, key features and use of health statistics, steps to finding health statistics, and sources of health statistics at the local, state and national level in this 90-minute webinar.

At the conclusion of the class, participants will be able to:

• Recognize the differences between data, data sets, and statistics.
• Understand the 4-step process used to locate relevant health statistics for a particular circumstance or issue.
• Identify online resources that provide data sets and statistics at the local, state and national level.

12:30 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM - 1:15 PM

Presentation Session III.1

⏩Comparison of a simple vs complex prompt in ChatGPT CINAHL search string creation

Terri McKellar & Kristy Hancock

Scite AI

Consensus

Presentation Session III.2

Bookmarklets for Smoother eJournal Platform Changes

Jonathan Ratliff

Two Lists Enter, One Search Leaves: Introducing the Pairwise PubMed Search Generator

Marijane White

⚡Introduction to OpenAlex

Leah DeSantis

⚡Designing an Instructional Session About AI On Very Short Notice

Caitlin Maloy

The Alaska Medical Library's Arctic Health Website (pre-recorded)

Anna Bjartmarsdottir & Jennifer McKay

2:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Break

2:30 PM - 3:15 PM

Presentation Session IV

Empathy Lens: Humanizing Images to Reduce Stigma Against People Who Use Drugs

Meg Brunner

Talking books programs: lifelines for people with disabilities

Freya Anderson

Upstream Opportunities: Alternative Access Resources & Clear Communication

Nicole S. (Nikki) Dettmar

3:15 PM - 3:30 PM

Closing Remarks