2026 CALA Southeast and Southwest Chapters Joint Online Conference

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Time: Friday, May 24th, 2026, 9:30-12:30 PM (CST) Virtual

Conference Program:
9:30 AM - 9:40 AM | Welcome Message
Conference Planning Committee and CALA President

9:40 AM - 10:25 AM | Keynote
Seeking the Source Code of Cultural Transmission: Research on the Genetic Map of Intangible Cultural Heritage
Presenter: Yimin Zhao, Professor, Yunnan Normal University, China

10:25 AM - 10:30 AM | Break

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Panel Discussion
Voices from the Field: International Library Transformation “Across the Ocean”
Presenter: Xiaojie Duan, Catalog Librarian, Tulane University Libraries & Xiaoqian Zhang, Associate Researcher, Sichuan University, China

11:00 AM - 11:10 AM | Lightning Talk 1
Integrating Artificial Intelligence into Library Metadata Workflows: A Case Study from UCF
Presenter: Sai Deng, Metadata Librarian, University of Central Florida

11:10 AM - 11:20 AM | Lightning Talk 2
From Newsletters to Insight: Using AI to Map CALA’s Organizational Evolution (2018–2025)
Presenter: Daniel Xiao, Digital Resource Librarian, Texas A&M University Libraries

11:20 AM - 11:25 AM | Break

11:25 AM - 11:45 AM | Presentation 1
Navigating the Generative AI Wave: AI Literacy Instruction in Academic Libraries Today
Presenter: Lili Li, Professor/Information Studies Librarian, Georgia Southern University Libraries & Kay Coates, Associate Professor/Information Studies Librarian, Georgia Southern University Libraries

11:45 AM - 12:05 PM | Presentation 2
Developing Rubrics for AI tools on Article Databases
Presenter: Samantha Warriner, Reference, Instruction, and Outreach Services Librarian, California State University (CSU) Dominguez Hills

12:05 PM - 12:25 PM | Presentation 3
Designing an Honors Thesis Deposit Workflow: Balancing Student Agency, Metadata Quality, and Library Capacity
Presenter: Evie Wang, Reference and Instruction Librarian, Oglethorpe University

12:25 PM - 12:30 PM | Award Reception & Closing Remark
Facilitator: Conference Planning Committee

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Integrating Artificial Intelligence into Library Metadata Workflows: A Case Study from UCF
This presentation explores the use of artificial intelligence to enhance metadata creation and management at the University of Central Florida. Focusing on the automated generation of FAST subject headings for institutional repository and library…

From Newsletters to Insight: A Case Study of Using AI to Map CALA’s Organizational Evolution (2018–2025)
This presentation explores how AI-enabled workflows can transform organizational newsletters into structured datasets for analysis and decision-making. Using CALA Newsletter issues from 2018–2025 as a case study, the project combines AI-assisted text…

Designing an Honors Thesis Deposit Workflow: Balancing Student Agency, Metadata Quality, and Library Capacity
This presentation describes the development of a three-stage honors thesis deposit workflow at a small liberal arts institution, guiding students through manuscript preparation, metadata creation, and submission. By involving students in the creation…
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