The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Library faculty and academic professionals presented on several subjects last summer. We would like to congratulate and recognize our researchers on their significant contributions to the university, the Library and Information Science department, and other disciplines. A curated bibliography of these presentations is presented below.

(Links to presentation recordings or materials are provided when available.)

• Jin, Q. (2025, May 30). Entity management using linked data for Illinois experts [Conference presentation]. 17th Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International Conference, Lisbon, Portugal.
• Luke, S. M., Mowry, R. E., & McKissic, S. (2025, June 4). From Tactile to Digital: Advancing IIIF’s Role in Representing Complex Physical Collections. International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) Annual Conference, Leeds, United Kingdom.
• Mowry, R. E. (2025, June 12). Leveraging Generative AI to Support Neurodivergent and Overburdened Librarians: A Path Toward Inclusivity and Efficiency [Virtual presentation]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zlc2gJlt-2k
• —. (2025, June 26). The Past at Play: Using Historical Board Games for Community-Focused Programming [Conference presentation]. Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS) Conference, New Haven, CT, United States.
• —. (2025, June 29). Old Pages, New Tricks: AI-Powered Primary Source Instruction [Conference presentation]. ALA Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
• Park, S. G. (2025, June 23). Citation analysis with AI [ELD lightning talk]. 2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
• —. (2025, August 19). AI and systematic reviews: Can AI tools replace librarians in the systematic search process [Invite presentation]. ACRL Evidence Synthesis Methods Interest Group (ESMIG), Virtual.
• Park, S. G., & Romero, L. (2025, May 27). Innovating citation analysis using generative artificial intelligence [Conference presentation]. 17th Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International Conference, Lisbon, Portugal.
• Schlaack, A. O., Luke, S. M., & Kenfield, A. S. (2025, August 15). Accessibility and Digital Repositories: Describing Digital Collections using LLMs. Joint Satellite Meeting: IFLA Bibliography and Information Technology Sections and the Artificial Intelligence Special Interest Group, Astana, Kazakhstan. https://hdl.handle.net/2142/129010
• Tracy, D. G. (2025, May 1). Connecting with Publics for the Humanities: Scholar Practices Sharing Information beyond the Academy [Paper presentation]. INKE 2025: Research Creation, Community Engagement, and Open Social Scholarship, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada.
• Weible, C. L. (2025, May 10). The Tolkien Brothers in WWI [Paper presentation]. The Tolkien Society: Westmoot 2025, Kansas City, MO, United States.
• Weible, C. L., & Sander, J. (2025, June 29). Benefit and Cost Analysis of Resource Sharing [Poster presentation]. American Library Association Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA, United States.