November 4th 2026

8:45 AM - 9:00 AM

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Conference Kick-off 

Presentation Session I

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Sponsor Talk

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM

Break

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

CE: Rural Health, Libraries, and Alaska: Perspectives from the Far North (Registration is required. This is a separate registration from the conference with no additional fee.) 

This presentation will detail the lessons learned from managing a statewide outreach program with a small staff. Attendees will gain insights into effective strategies for relationship-building with tribal health organizations, navigating the logistics of rural travel, and utilizing asynchronous tools to reach high-pressure clinical environments. By sharing these "Last Frontier" experiences, the presenters aim to provide a roadmap for libraries serving geographically isolated and information-underserved populations.

Presenters:

Professor Jennifer McKay is the nursing and WWAMI librarian at the University of Alaska Anchorage’s Consortium Library and Head of the Alaska Medical Library.

Professor Anna Bjartmarstdottir is the Public and Allied Health Librarian at the UAA Consortium Library’s Alaska Medical Library. 

They support UAA’s health science students while also providing evidence-based resources to Alaska’s healthcare workforce with long-standing support from the NNLM Region 5 with their work as part of a grant titled: “Bringing the Best Health Information to Alaska's Distant Communities”.

This webinar is eligible for 1 CE credit from the Medical Library Association and the Consumer Health Information Specialization (CHIS), Level 1

12:00 PM -12:55 PM

1:00 PM -1:30 PM

MLA Updates with board member Lisa Marks

Presentation Session II

 2:30-3:00 PM

Roundtable Session I

Exploring Career Pathways Across Health Sciences Library Environments

Embodying this year's conference theme, bridging distances and building connections, the roundtable sessions provide an opportunity for community building through discussion. Utilizing Zoom breakout rooms, these sessions will be moderated by PNC board and committee members and include thoughtful prompts, creation of a digital ideas repository, and fostering of future connection across our diverse and vibrant library community. 

These sessions will not be recorded. Information gathered in the repository will be available to PNC members after the conference has concluded. 

November 5th 2026

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Roundtable Session II

Too much information, too little funding: sharing concerns, ideas, and solutions

Embodying this year's conference theme, bridging distances and building connections, the roundtable sessions provide an opportunity for community building through discussion. Utilizing Zoom breakout rooms, these sessions will be moderated by PNC board and committee members and include thoughtful prompts, creation of a digital ideas repository, and fostering of future connection across our diverse and vibrant library community. 

These sessions will not be recorded. Information gathered in the repository will be available to PNC members after the conference has concluded. 

9:45 AM - 10:15 AM

NNLM Updates

 HEAL-WA Updates

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Presentation Session III

12:00 PM - 12:55 PM

Lunch- with optional breakout room social lunch hour

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM

PNC Updates with 2026 chair Heather Hawley

Presentation Session IV

Closing Remarks