2025 Annual Meeting - SUCCESS !

3:00 - 4:00 pm

Pre-Conference Executive Committee Meeting

9:30 - 9:40 am

Opening & Welcome
Keynote Introduction at 9:40 am

9:45 - 10:30 am

Opening Keynote: Food as Medicine: Research Support and Community Engagement
Dr. Brenda Ayers, Corporate Director of Health Equity Diversity Inclusion (HEDI)

Dr. Brenda Ayers will be speaking about a community outreach program for "food as medicine" and how she partnered with a medical librarian to provide research support.

Ayers.FAM Program Keynote.10.7.25.final.pdf

10:30 - 10:45 am

Break

10:45 - 11:15 am

Vendor Updates:

Gideon (10:45) Gold Sponsor

Wolters-Kluwer (11:00) Gold Sponsor
Ovid-UNYOC-2025.pdf

11:15 - 12:15 pm

●      The Health Intelligence Hub: Reimagining the Medical Library as a Strategic Knowledge Engine 
Larry Nash White, Ph.D.
2025-10-07-Larry-Ross-White-Presentation.pdf

●      Gen Z + Scientific Information Literacy: A Catalyst for Change 
Sherry Larson-Rhodes, SUNY Geneseo

SLarson-rhodes.GenZSciInfoLiteracy.Oct2025.pdf

12:15 - 1:15 pm

Lunch Break Zoom Hangout

1:30 - 3:00 pm

UNYOC Membership & Business Meeting

9:30 - 9:35 am

Welcome & Opening

9:40 - 10:40 am

●      Racing the Outbreak: A Knowledge Synthesis Escape Room Experience for Students
Angélique Roy, Queen’s University

A Roy_KS Escape Room_Oct2025.pdf

●      Why We Added Guardrails to our Existing ES Services: Reflections from a Medical Liaison
Margaret Hoogland, The University of Toledo

Hoogland MA_Guardrails_October2025.pdf

10:45 - 11:00 am

Break

11:00 - 11:30 am

Vendor Updates:

EBSCO (11:00) Gold Sponsor

TDNet (11:15) Gold Sponsor

11:30 - 11:55 am

RML Region 7 Update

12:00 - 1:15 pm

Lunch Break Zoom Hangout / Introduction to CE Class (1:10 pm)

1:15 - 4:15 pm

Continuing Education: Critical Conversations Continued
Dr. Lyle Foster

9:30 - 9:40 am

Welcome & Opening

9:45 - 10:20 am

Lightning Talks: 9:45 -10:15 am / Q & A 10:15-10:20 am

●      That Doesn't Look Real: Recognizing AI-Generated Videos as a Teenager
Ashlie Morrison, University at Buffalo (student)

AMorrison_Recognizing AI-Generated Videos as a Teenager_Oct2025.pdf

●      FAIRness of Data Shared In Research Articles Published Within Medical Librarianship Journals
Eden A. Kinzel, University of Toronto

EKinzel.FAIRness of Data.Oct2025.pdf

●      Share the Load: Rotating Department Representation in a Library Leadership Team
Ellie Svoboda, Strauss Health Sciences Library University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Svoboda-Rotating Department Representation.pdf

●      Uncovering Corporate Health Librarians
Erin Keenan, VisualDx

EKeenan.Uncovering Corporate Librarians.Oct2025.pdf

●      Tenders for Tenure: Supplementing Formal Tenure-Track Supports with Peer Mentorship
Laurel Mueller, University at Buffalo

LMueller.Tenders for Tenure.Oct2025.pdf

10:20 - 10:40 am

Break
Keynote Introduction at 10:40 am

10:45 - 11:30 am

Closing Keynote: Effective Writing and Copyright in the Era of AI
Jode Millman, Attorney, Blogger, Author

Attorney and award-winning author Jodé Millman is one of this year’s distinguished keynote speakers. Creator of “The Writer’s Law School,” her talk will address aspects of copyright, artificial intelligence, and publishing articles in the present climate.

11:30 - 11:45 am

Break

11:45 - 12:15 pm

Individual Consultations: A Trauma-Informed Approach
Michelle Price, St. John Fisher University

12:15 - 1:00 pm

1:00 - 1:05 pm

Lunch Break Zoom Hangout

BMJ (1:00) Silver Sponsor

BMJ.UNYOC 2025.pdf

1:15 - 1:45 pm

A Year for the Books: Legislative Landscape 2025 across the US and Canada
Stephanie Helsher, SUNY Upstate Medical University, and Angélique Roy, Queen’s University
S Helsher_A Roy_UNYOC Government Relations_ 2025 Review.pdf

1:45 - 2:15 pm

MLA Update with the President
Heather N.Holmes, AHIP

2:00 - 2:15 pm

Closing of UNYOC'25 and Invite for UNYOC'26

3:00 - 4:00 pm

Post-Conference Executive Committee Meeting