Program

Pre-Conference Event

May 26th: Archives in Action Workshop: Toward a National Policy Action Plan for Marginalized and Vulnerable Audiovisual Archives (2:30-4:30 pm) + Film screening and Panel Discussion (6:30-9:30 pm)

Conference Program

Day 1 - Tuesday, May 27
Time (AST)Event
8:15am - 9:00amRegistrations - Rowe Atrium
Opening session - Rowe 1009 and Zoom A
9:00am - 9:20amOpening remarks
9:20am - 10:20amLibraries at the End of the World (Keynote)
Emily Drabinski
10:20am - 10:40amBreak
10:40am - 11:10amAwards Ceremony
Ping Li, Sandra Toze
11:10am - 11:35amWhat Does a Librarian Look Like? Understanding Undergraduate Student Perceptions of Librarians (Best Paper)
Sarah Barriage, Beth Strickland Bloch, Ena Prskalo
11:35am - 12:00pmCycles of Bias: Soft Censorship in Libraries (Best Student Paper)
Adelaide Tracey, Anton Boudreau Ninkov
12:00pm - 12:25pmExploring Dehumanization and Infrahumanization as Underlying Factors in Misinformation Belief and Spread (Best Practitioner Paper)
Andrew Weiss, Souvick Ghosh, Frances Johnson
12:25pm - 1:25pmLunch
Rowe 1007 - Zoom ARowe 1014 - Zoom B
1:25pm - 1:50pmSupported Yet Isolated: Graduate Student Perspectives on Building Community Through Discussion Forums in an Online Accelerated MLIS Program
Mary H. Moen, Lauren H. Mandel
1:25pm - 1:50pmApplying LLMs and Semantic Technologies for Data Extraction in Literature Reviews: A Pilot Study in LIS
Camille Demers
1:50pm - 2:15pmTheorizing Improved NLP Features for Promoting Behavior that Supports CMC Users’ Subjective Well-Being
Sarah E. Cornwell, Nicole S. Delellis, Dominique Kelly, Yifan Liu, Alexandre Mayhew, Yimin Chen, Victoria L. Rubin
1:50pm - 2:15pmA Study of Graduate Students’ Experienecs of Artificial Intelligence at the University of New Brunswick
Catherine Gracey, Julie Morris, Richelle Witherspoon, Erik Moore
2:15pm - 2:40pmCanadian Libraries Use by Immigrants from Ukraine: Work in Progress
Lana Soglasnova, Veronika Makarova
2:15pm - 2:40pmAdventurers and Algorithms: AI and the Evolution of TTRPG Gameplay
Juliana Hirt, Wan-Chen Lee
2:40pm - 2:55pmCoffee Break - Rowe Atrium
2:55pm - 4:10pmRespectful Terminologies Workshop
Stacy Allison-Cassin, Camille Callison
2:55pm - 3:20pmFurther to Go: The Pervasive Use of Undesirable Models and Language in Research on Neurogivergence in Academic Libraries
Catharina Ochsner, Jesse David Dinneen
3:20pm - 3:45pmBlack Women In STEM: Reimagining the Role of Information Science as a Pathway to STEM Equity in the United States
Joanna Adewunmi, Melissa Ocepek
3:20pm - 3:45pmAccessibility policies in libary and information science
Drew Fitzgerald
4:10pm - 5:00pmCoffee Break and In-Person Poster Session - Rowe Atrium
PostersDocument Analysis and Information Behavior of Pre-Service Teacher Perceptions of ChatGPT Generated Lesson Plans
Logan Rath, Peter Kalenda

Steering the Narrative: An Analysis of how Cybersecurity Rhetoric is used to Hinder the Right to Repair
Jasvinder Mann, Alissa Centivany

Mind your own Business? Business Database Subscriptions in Atlantic Canadian Postsecondary Libraries
Nicole Slipp, Nicole Marcoux

Digital Serious Games as Tools to Support Educational: Information Practices of Teachers, Integretion Perspectives and Challenges of their Preservation at the French National Library (BNF)
Mamoudou Ndiaye, Raphaëlle Fabrice

Personal and Professional Information Behaviours of Comic and Graphic Novel Librarians in Toronto
Alexandra Landy

Patterns of Chat Users: Analyzing Repeat Users of a Consortium-Level Virtual Reference Service
Guinsly Mondesir, Maggie Gordon

Reading the province: Creating a multiliteracy assessment framework for Nova Scotia
Madelaine Hare, Poppy Riddle, Sandra Toze, Wendy Kraglund-Gauthier, Alison Brown, Lindsay McNiff, Jayne Hunter

Librarian Use of the Knowledge Practices and Dispositions in the ACRL Framework
Logan Rath, Heidi Julien

Libraries in the Spotlight: First Amendment Auditors and Social Media Commentary
Jasvinder Mann

5:00pm - 8:00pmConference Reception at the Social
Day 2 - Wednesday, May 28
8:15am - 9:00amCoffee and Pastries- Rowe Atrium
Rowe 1007 - Zoom ARowe 1014 - Zoom B
9:00am - 9:25amExtreme Sport and Information: Initial Findings of Technical Cave Diver’s Information-Seeking Behaviours
Toni Beaton, Stacy Allison-Cassin
9:00am - 9:25amA Window into Generative Artificial Intelligence Under Copyright Law & Policy in Canada
Alissa Centivany
9:25am - 9:50amParental HIV Disclosure: Scoping Literature Review with a Lens on Information Behavior
Katherine Veeninga
9:25am - 9:50amAI in Canadian LIS Journals: A Text Analysis
Gail M. Thornton, Emily Kroeker
9:50am - 10:15amEmployment-related information experiences of Bangladeshi immigrants in New York City
Nafiz Zaman Shuva
9:50am - 10:15amConceptualizations of Information Science by Large Language Models
Ali Shiri
10:15am - 10:30amCoffee Break - Rowe Atrium
10:30am - 10:55amKnowledge Organization in a Dangerous Time (Panel)
Julia Bullard, Melissa Adler, Stacy Allison-Cassin, Sharon Farnel, Ali Shiri
10:30am - 10:55amCultural Heritage Informatics: Past, Present, and Future
Tyler Youngman, Sebastian Modrow, Isaac Meth
10:55am - 11:20amPublic Library-Led Digital Literacy Training to Older Adults in Social Housing
Brian Detlor
11:20am - 11:45amThe Librarian’s Role in Fostering Positive School-Wide Reading Culture in Georgia Schools
Sarah Sansbury
11:45am - 1:00pmLunch (Atrium) + Virtual Poster Session (Rowe 1007)


Posters
Posters will be presented in the following order. Each presenter will have 5 minutes to present and 3 minutes for questions. Digital Search and Health Insurance Literacy in the U.S.
Amanda Lockett, Samaneh Borji

Teaching with Archival Materials Using a Trauma-Informed Framework
Jennifer Follen

Semantic Knowledge Management: Towards a Novel Knowledge Representation Perspective
Mayukh Bagchi

Common Issues and Uncommon Solutions to Cataloguing Comic Books in Libraries
Asmita Gupta

Accessibility policies in libary and information science
Andrea Kampen

Soft Skills are Important in Doctoral Degree Program: A Reflection by Doctoral Students
Dinesh Rathi, Jennifer Branch-Mueller

Organizational Culture as a Catalyst for Effective Knowledge Management in Healthcare Delivery among Nurses: Exploring the Link Between Culture and Knowledge Processes in Nursing Practice
Olateju Jumoke Ajanaku

Advancing Environmental Sustainability in Academic Libraries: A Process-Oriented Approach
Lauren Stieglitz, Virginia Pow, Olesya Komarnytska, Tim Klassen

Rowe 1007 - Zoom ARowe 1014 - Zoom BRowe 5053 - Zoom C
1:00pm - 1:25pmAddressing Teen Mental Health Needs at Individual and Community Levels
Irene lopatovska, Allison Cathey, Celia Coan, Melissa Bowden, Harrison Cortellesi, Alain Laforest, Van Nguyen, Hannah Ramirez
1:00pm - 1:25pmDiamond Open Access and Open Infrastructures Have Shaped the Canadian Scholarly Journal Landscape Since the Start of the Digital Era
Simon van Bellen, Lucía Céspedes
1:00pm - 2:15pmStudent Research Forum
Organizer: Constance Poitras
1:25pm - 1:50pmLibrary SCEB Model: Advocating Positive Psychology Interventions in Library Settings
Sodiq Onaolapo, Victoria Rubin
1:25pm - 1:50pmA Bibliometric Analysis of Research by Canadian Library and Information Science Academics and Practitioners
Jean-Sébastien Sauvé, Madelaine Hare, Geoff Krause, Constance Poitras, Poppy Riddle, Philippe Mongeon
1:50pm - 2:15pm"Like a splinter had come out of her": A poetic inquiry of shared reading
Alison Brown
1:50pm - 2:15pmExploring Alternative Formats of University-Community Engaged Knowledge Mobilization
Heather O'Brien, Evan Mauro, Kirby Manià, Avneet Dhillon
2:15pm - 2:30pmCoffee Break
Rowe 1007 - Zoom ARowe 5053 - Zoom C
2:30pm - 2:55pmInformation, the Library, and Late(r) Capitalist Ideology
John Budd
2:30pm - 2:55pmStudent Research Forum
Organizer: Constance Poitras
2:55pm - 3:20pm"Why should I Stay?" Canadian Black Youth and Public Libraries
Amber Matthews
3:20pm - 3:45pmSupporting Global Equity in Documentary Heritage with a Free, Minimal Computing Solution for Creating Sustainable and Accessible Digital Exhibitions: The Case of Zulima
Pamela Carson, Francisco Berrizbeitia
6:00pmDinner and Music at the Old Triangle
Day 3 - Thursday, May 29
9:15am - 9:40amCoffee and Pastries- Rowe Atrium
Rowe 1007 - Zoom ARowe 1014 - Zoom B
9:40am - 10:05amL’état des frontières sous-disciplinaires en bibliothéconomie et sciences de l’information : entre porosité et étanchéité
Constance Poitras
9:40am - 10:05amInformation Management Practices and Methodologies in Architecting Information Systems
Tatiana Orel, Inge Alberts, Mary Cavanagh
10:05am - 10:30amMapping SDGs by Faculty to Find New Interdisciplinary Collaborations: a Type of Linked Literature Analysis
Jeffrey Demaine
10:05am - 10:30amAn Evidence-Based Approach to Advancing Open Science at the University of Ottawa: Experiences from the Open Science Working Group
Leigh-Ann Butler, Madelaine Hare, Saskia van Walsum, Chantal Ripp, Stefanie Haustein
10:30am - 10:55amDiscriminations au sein des professions et métiers documentaires au québec, qu’en est-il? Résultats d’une enquête sur la réconciliation, l’équité, la diversité et l’inclusion (RÉDI)
Christine Dufour, Marie D. Martel, Micheline Brûlé, Jennifer Ricard, Julie Lise Simard
10:30am - 10:55amReversing the Gaze: Ontario Public Library Managers’ Perception of and Experience with Accommodation for Disability
Heather Hill, Kevin Oswald
10:55am - 11:20amInvestigating document type discrepancies between OpenAlex and the Web of Science
Philippe Mongeon, Madelaine Hare, Geoff Krause, Rebecca Marjoram, Poppy Riddle, Rémi Toupin, Summer Wilson
10:55am - 11:20am"Policies and Training Empowers Staff and Management to Act": Preliminary Findings From the Patron-Perpetrated (PPSH) Policies and Procedures Survey
Danielle Allard, Tami Oliphant
11:20am - 11:40amClosing Ceremony
CAIS Organizing Committee
11:40am - 12:00pmCoffee Break/Light Lunch
12:00pm - 2:00pmCAIS Annual General Meeting
Nafiz Shuva, CAIS President
2:25pm - 4:00pmGroup guided tour of Halifax Citadel National Historic Site

Social Program

The CAIS conference committee is pleased to offer several events for conference attendees to network and engage in an informal atmosphere. See below for more details.

Day 1: Conference reception at The Social

The Social poster

Day 2: Dinner at the Old Triangle

Old Triangle poster

Day 3: Guided tour of Halifax Citadel National Historic Site!

Citadel Tour poster