Hospital Library Caucus Member Presentations at MLA ’25

Submitted by: Carlos Fernandez

April 29, 2025

  • 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.: Heidi Sue Adams and Helen-Ann Brown Epstein, MLS, MS, AHIP-D, FMLA
    • Hospital Librarianship: Keeping Traditions and Bridging to Innovations: (Re)Vitalizing Your Career and Your Library – CE600

April 30, 2025

  • 9:00 – 10:15 a.m.: Shin, N., Cressman, C., Lapinski, S., Carroll, J., Zhang, Y., Gutzman, K., Delawska-Elliott, B., and Kraft, M.
    • Academic and Hospital Librarianship in the Time of Transformative Agreements: What Else Is There? (Immersion Session, Panel Presentation, Co-Sponsored by the Hospital Library Caucus)
  • 10:30 – 11:45 a.m.: Bridget Jivanelli, MLIS
    • Bridging the Gap for Caregivers: Supporting Those Who Care for Others (Immersion Session)
    • Authors: Stephanie Roth, Elizabeth Hinton, and Bridget Jivanelli
    • Panelists: Jamia Williams, Jenn Monnin, Joy Summers-Ables, and Matthew Covey

May 1, 2025

  • 9:05 a.m.: Liz Kellermeyer, MSLS, AHIP
    • Virtual Author Program at a Hospital Library (Lightning Talk)
  • 4:30 – 5:10 p.m.: Bridget Jivanelli, MLIS
    • Restoring History: Launching a Collaborative Adopt-a-Book Program (Poster Presentation)
  • 5:20 – 6:00 p.m.: Dot Winslow, MFA, CAPF-S
    • Exploring the Impacts of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Medical Libraries (Poster Presentation)
  • [Time TBD]: Michelle Lieggi, MLS, AHIP, and Lindsey Gillespie, MLIS, AHIP
    • Building Bridges: Connecting Medical Librarian Services to Organizational Priorities
  • [Time TBD]: Jeannine Creazzo, MLIS, MBA, AHIP, and Brittany Haliani
    • Power in Numbers – Cost Savings Through a Multi-Campus License (Poster Presentation)

May 2, 2025

  • 9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.: Delawska-Elliott, B., Burgard, D., and Ngow, Z.
    • Hospital Mergers & Acquisitions: The Current Impact and Future Implications for Library Collections
  • 9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.: Adela V. Justice, AHIP-D
    • Bridging the Gap: Developing a Radically Empathetic Practice (Immersion Session)
  • 9:10 – 9:15 a.m.: Tara Brigham, MLIS, AHIP
    • Experiencing the Whole Systematic Review Process: Bridging Our Knowledge Gap (Lightning Talk)
  • 9:30 – 9:35 a.m.: Amie Baltes, MLS
    • Training Health Sciences Librarians: Can One Size Fit All? (Lightning Talk)
  • 1:30 – 2:45 p.m.: Liz Kellermeyer, MSLS, AHIP
    • From the Cutting Edge: Emerging Themes in Collection Development (Symposium Panelist)
  • 1:45 – 2:00 p.m.: Frances Chu, PhD, MLIS, MSN, RN, Delawska-Elliott, B, Grinstead, C, Kopp D., and Martin, H.
    • Evaluation of the Library Session in a Health System RN Research Fellowship Program (Virtual Presentation)

Items Without Specific Dates

  • Richard James, MSLIS MBE & Michelle Bass, PhD, MSI, AHIP
    • Hospital Librarians on Clinical Ethics Committees: Enhancing the Role and Perceived Value of Hospital Librarians
  • Kaitlin Tiches, MLIS
    • Expanding Outreach: The Impact of Librarian-Authored Research Briefs
  • Adela V. Justice, AHIP-D
    • From DEI to JEDI: The DEI Committees of MLA’s Chapters (Poster Presentation)
  • Jill Daby
    • MLA RTI Virtual Poster Session
  • Ruby L. Nugent, MA LIS
    • MyChart: Leveraging Libraries as Partners in Patient Portal Access (Poster Presentation)
    • Co-author: Carole Durst, National Jewish Health – Tucker Medical Library