2025 Kentucky Library Instruction Round Table Annual Retreat: 

Thriving, Surviving, and Everything In Between

All times are in Eastern Standard Time (EST).

Thursday, July 17th (Virtual)

9:00am - 9:50am - Keynote: A Librarian's Role in Artificial Intelligence (Brooke Gross, Western Kentucky University )

10:00am - 10:45am - Just the FAQs, Ma'am: Using a Non-AI Chatbot to Support Students (Carrie Byrd, University of the Cumberlands)

11:00am - 11:45am - Access and Opportunity: The Role of Community College Librarians in the Prison Education Program (Laritza Gomez Flores, Bluegrass Community and Technical College)

12:00pm - 1:00pm - Lunch Break

1:00pm - 1:45pm - Mentorship as Instruction: Guiding Student Workers to Library Careers (Amanda Peach, Berea College)

2:00pm - 2:45pm - Using O*NET to Communicate How Information Literacy Instruction Improves Employability (Esther French, Southcentral Kentucky Community & Technical College)

3:00pm - 4:00pm - 15-minute Presentations 

3:00pm-3:15pm - “Is This Instruction?” Redefining Research Support Through STEM Outreach (Kristina Bloch, University of Louisville)

3:15pm-3:30pm - Lessons Learned from Teaching Diverse Audiences (Amie Baltes, University of Louisville)

3:30pm-3:45pm - TikTok, ChatGPT, and The Wellbeing of Our Community: An Exploratory Study (Martina Junod, University of Louisville)

3:45pm-4:00pm - Put the Student Before the Assignment (Rachel Riffe-Albright, Eastern Kentucky University)

4:00pm-4:10pm - Q&A

4:10pm - 4:15pm - Closing Remarks

Friday, July 18th (In-person at Eastern Kentucky University)

9:00am - 9:30am - Registration and Coffee

9:30am - 10:45am - Keynote: Adaptive Librarianship: Navigating Change with Purpose (Cris Ferguson, Murray State University) 

11:00am - 12:00pm - (Re)Building a Thriving Community of Teaching Practice (Hailey Fargo & Andrea Brooks, Northern Kentucky University)

12:00pm - 1:30pm - Lunch Break (off-campus or on your own)

1:45pm - 2:45pm - From Surviving to Thriving: Practical AI Strategies for Academic Libraries (Karoline Manny; Kayla Davidson, Trenia Napier & Clay Howard, Eastern Kentucky University)

3:00pm - 4:00pm - Leveraging Librarian Intelligence to Develop GenAI-Enhanced Information Literacy Lesson Plans (Karoline Manny; Kayla Davidson, Trenia Napier & Clay Howard, Eastern Kentucky University)

4:00pm - 4:15pm - Closing Remarks