Spring 2026 Presentations by Library Faculty and Academic Professionals

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Library faculty and academic professionals presented on several subjects last spring. 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.)

  • Emerson, M. E., Deeke, A., & Smith, J. (2026, April 17). Zines for Success: Partnering with the Library to Support Student Creators [Presentation]. 2026 Conference on Learning and Student Success, Virtual. https://whova.com/embedded/session/1C6K2hhi1k17Of727SYVm5Uc2XHaYB8rbuKd19qoQJc%3D/5091840/?widget=primary
  • Hagman, J. (2026a, April 13). Navigating the spaces between method and technology with qualitative researchers [Presentation]. Workshop for the Research Data Access and Presentation (RDAP) Summit, Virtual. https://rdapassociation.org/summit/schedule
  • —. (2026b, May 20). Skills Lab: Best practices for AI in qualitative research [Presentation]. Workshop presentations for the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Annual Summit, New Orleans, LA, United States. https://www.aaas.org/programs/aaas-established-program-stimulate-competitive-research-epscor
  • Hanneke, R., Jacobsen, A. L., Hudson, H., & Huggins, E. (2026, February 23). What I wish I had known: Evidence synthesis edition [Panel presentation]. Health Science Librarians of Illinois, Virtual.
  • Mowry, R. E. (2026, May 15). Gateway to the Occult: Magic, Public Engagement, and Special Collections [Conference presentation]. International Congress on Medieval Studies 2026, Kalamazoo, MI, United States. https://wmich.edu/medievalcongress/events/program
  • Murphy, J., & Scott, R. E. (2026, March 4). Library licensed e-textbooks: Creating value for students, the library, and the university as a whole [Paper presentation]. Electronic Resources & Libraries Conference, Virtual. https://site.pheedloop.com/event/ERL26/schedule
  • Park, S. G., & Han, M. J. K. (2026, March 3). A boon and a burden: Exploring AI-enhanced gift book processing [Poster presentation]. Code4Lib Conference, Philadelphia, PA, United States. https://2026.code4lib.org/
  • Peterson, J., Jacobsen, A. L., Hudson, H., & Huggins, E. (2026, March 23). Reviews in flux: Navigating the evidence synthesis landscape [Panel presentation]. Health Science Librarians of Illinois, Virtual.
  • Yurcik, W., Koenig, G., Pluta, G., Pizzarossi, G., Turner, S., de Miranda, F. R., & Soares, L. P. (April 19–23). Sok: Toward protecting internet-accessible legacy systems [Paper presentation]. International Conference on Cross-Domain Security in Distributed, Intelligent and Critical Systems, Lisbon, Portugal. https://www.iaria.org/conferences2026/ProgramCROSS-SEC26.html