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2025 Midwest Business Librarian Summit

Agenda

Midwest Business Librarian Summit
Wednesday, July 9, 2025

9:00 - 10:00

Check-In and Breakfast

  • Sponsor: Simply Analytics
10:00 - 10:15 Welcome
10:15 - 10:45

Keynote Speaker Presentation: Rethinking AI Adoption in Libraries

  • Kenny Wilson, Director of AI and Automation, Purdue University; Adjunct Professor, Communication Department, Purdue Global
10:45 - 10:55 Break
10:55 - 12:00

Lightning Talk Round 1 (10 talks, 15 min Q&A)

  • Getting Down to BRASS Tacks
    • John Amundsen, Wilmette Public Library
  • Serving the Business and Nonprofit Community of Indianapolis
    • Divya Pathak, Indianapolis Public Library
  • Library as Launchpad: Empowering Young Entrepreneurs at CPL
    • Lauren Gramly, Champaign Public Library
  • Expand Your Programs Through Collaboration
    • Bryan Brugger, Northbrook Public Library
  • Business Librarian Collaboration in the Midwest Entrepreneurship Case Competition
    • Zoeanna Mayhook, Purdue University
  • Experiencing the Business Library with the Grow Irish Program
    • Michael Deike, University of Notre Dame
  • Marketing the Library: Using Business Students to Increase Library Patronage After the COVID-19 Pandemic
    • Sandra L. Teft, Grand Valley State University
  •  Insights from Interviews with College Seniors and Career Course Instructors
    • Kathryn E. Bullock & Ilana Stonebraker, Indiana University–Bloomington
  • Five Things to Know and Teach About GenAI in Business Research
    • Marydee Ojala, Information Today
  • Improving the Circulation of Federal Reserve Banks Research with a Working Paper Digest
    • Scott St. Louis, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
12:00 - 1:00

Lunch

  • Sponsor: AM Digital
1:00 - 2:15

Vendor Presentations

  • SimplyAnalytics
  • PrivCo
  • Data Axle
  • AM Digital
2:15 - 2:55

Lightning Talks Round 2 (5 talks, 15 min Q&A)

  • Keeping It Simple: Creating a Libguide for Tricky Database Logins
    • Abigail Morgan, Miami University–Oxford
  • Finding U.S. Tariff Rates with Government Resources
    • Meli Taylor, Bowling Green State University
  • Sustainable Business, Sustainable Instruction: Using Scopus to Support AACSB SDG Reporting
    • LuMarie Guth, Western Michigan University
  • Aspirational Alignment: Using the AACSB Comparative Institutions List to Inform Business Database Collection Development
    • Ryan E. Yoakum, Belmont University
  • Maximizing Database Impact: Funding Strategies and Faculty Engagement
    • Jennifer Horne, University of Kentucky
2:55 - 3:00 Break
3:00 - 3:50

Interest Groups & Open Forum

  • AI (Generative and Beyond)
  • Programming and Workshops
  • Supporting Entrepreneurs
  • Outreach and Building Community
  • Early Career Resources
  • Open Access and Collections
  • Trends, Changes, and Challenges 

3:50 - 4:00

Closing Remarks
4:00

Happy Hour

  • Sponsor: PrivCo