October 16, 2026 Houghton NY
9:00 - 9:30 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:30 - 9:45 am Welcome Speech
Jill Jordan, Assoc. Prof. of Mathematics & Dean of Natural Science & Mathematics
9:45 - 10:30 am
Microcalorimeters: Enabling New Paths for Science
Dr. Katrina Koehler, Hughton University
Associate Professor of Physics and Data Science
10:30 - 11:00 am Presentation
Notes From the Field: A Librarian’s Findings From a Semester Auditing Biology Classes
Hilary Wong, SUNY Cortland (30 minutes)
11:00 - 12:00 noon Break / Chapel OR (on your own)
12:00 - 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 - 2:15 pm Presentations
Vibe Coding for STEM Librarians: What It Really Is and How It Can Help You
Juan Denzer, Cornell University (30 minutes)
First-Year STEM Students' Self-Evaluation of Preparedness for College-Level STEM
Samantha Dannick, Alfred University - NYS College of Ceramics (15 minutes)
From “I wish I knew this earlier” to “my librarian taught me this”: Librarianship viewed from a STEM Graduate Student Perspective
Lindsay Bahureksa, Mark Xiang, and Sian Eisenhut, Cornell University (30 minutes)
2:15 - 2:30 pm Break
2:30 - 2:45 pm ePoster/Poster
Spies, Sabotage and Subatomic particles: Atomic spying in Europe during World War II
Hilary Wong, SUNY Cortland
Meeting Researchers Where They Are: Piloting a Research Data Community in Zenodo
Sarah J. Wright, Henrik Spoon, Gabby Evergreen, and Lencia McKee, Cornell University
2:45 pm - 3:00 pm Business Meeting
3:00 - 3:30 pm Tours (Optional)
Laboratories and the Margaret Bush Greenhouse (Paine Center for Science) or
Houghton Ski Hill/Ropes Course Trail (0.66 mi) (HU Hiking-Trails)
We are excited to invite you register for the Upstate New York Science Librarians Meeting, to be held on Friday, October 16, 2026, in the Reinhold Campus Center, Houghton University, Houghton, NY.
Onsite registration will be open from 9–9:30 AM, followed by a brief welcome. Our keynote address beginning promptly at 9:45 a.m.
This year’s FREE meeting includes:
Continental breakfast
Lunch
Tour of Science laboratories and the Margaret Bush Greenhouse or the Houghton Ski Hill/Ropes Course Trail
We encourage you to register (https://forms.gle/NdwJcJSvCecKRDn5A) by October 1st.
We look forward to welcoming you to Houghton for a day of learning, collaboration, and community.
If you have any questions, please email Doyin.Adenuga@houghton.edu
Call for Proposals
You are invited to submit a proposal for the 2026 Upstate NY Science Librarians Meeting held in Houghton, NY on October 16.
Librarians are interested in presentations on any aspect of librarianship. You can also consider one of these topics:
Fundamental library services and instruction
Emerging tech and AI in STEM libraries
New discovery systems and research tools
Research data management and data services
Systematic reviews and evidence synthesis
Please see the Meeting Archive to be inspired by past presentations.
Submit a proposal for a short or long presentation / a poster or an ePoster: https://forms.gle/dYhkY9sdZTTxBojH8
Short Presentation ~15 minutes (10 minutes + 5 minutes for questions)
Long Presentation ~30 minutes (25 minutes + 5 minutes for questions)
Poster ~ lunch hour display
ePoster ~5 minutes
The deadline for proposal submissions is August 31, 2026.
Accepted presenters will be notified by September 4, 2026.
On behalf of the meeting planners, thank you for contributing your time and expertise to enhance the Upstate NY Science Librarians meeting.
If you have any questions, please email Doyin.Adenuga@houghton.edu
Important Dates
July 15th Proposal Submissions Open
August 1st Registration Opens
August 31st Proposal Submissions Due
September 4th Decision Notifications
October 1st Registration Ends
October 16th Meeting at Houghton University
Reinhold Campus Center,
Houghton University,
9775 County Route 35.
Houghton, NY 14744
This is a reminder that the next Upstate New York Science Librarians Meeting will be held at Houghton University, Houghton, NY on October 16, 2026.
I will be sending out a Call for Proposals in mid-July for presentations and poster sessions. Please consider sharing with the group a project, research initiative, or other work you completed during the past academic year or are currently pursuing this summer.
Be on the lookout for the Call for Proposals, and I hope you'll consider contributing to the program. We encourage everyone to attend, whether or not you plan to give a presentation or present a poster.
I look forward to seeing many of you at Houghton University and learning about the exciting work taking place across our libraries.
Thank you,
Doyin Adenuga
Science Liaison Librarian
Houghton University
June 5
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You are invited to the 2026 Upstate New York Science Librarians Meeting.
Please join us on Friday, October 16, 2026, at Houghton University, Houghton, NY.
Details to follow!
Thank you,
Doyin Adenuga
Houghton University
April 16