2026 MOBIUS Annual Conference

2026 MOBIUS Annual Conference

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7:30am CDT

Breakfast & Business Meeting Elevation Ballroom

8:00am CDT

Vendor Booths 8th Floor- Pre-function Space

8:30am CDT

Committee Chair/ViceChair Onboarding Grindstone RoomBrandy Brady MOBIUS OER Working Group Forum: Exploring the State of OER Across MOBIUS Institutions Hinkson RoomChristina Virden • The OER Working Group Really Loud Librarians- Game Nights at ECC Library Ridgeline RoomMorgan Spangler Ballance • Lisa Farrell To Form a More Perfect Union: Lindenwood University Reads America's Founding Documents Terrace RoomJoanna DeYoung • Liz MacDonald • Leah Rosenmiller

9:30am CDT

Into the Wilds: Exploring the Open World of Enhancements and Development Ridgeline RoomStephanie Spratt • Jacob Dudley • Vivian Gould • Katie Rahman Digitizing Collections & Providing Online Access Terrace RoomCatherine Lucy • Ardys Dow • Ying Hu • Annie Moots From Zzz to A+: Engaging Students and Assessing Success Grindstone RoomLori Mardis • Renee Abbott Implementing a Peer Mentoring Network within a Library Consortium Hinkson RoomShellie Austin • Julianne Newberry • Rachel Utrecht

10:30am CDT

Professional Networking 101 & Speed-Networking Terrace RoomRobert Powers • Brandy Brady Smarter Learning & Streamlined Access with Libby and Kanopy Grindstone RoomBobby Petricini Weni, Widi, Wiki: MOBIUS Infrastructure Tools Hinkson RoomSteve Strohl

11:30am CDT

LUNCH Elevation Ballroom

1:00pm CDT

From Permission Sets to Roles: Understanding the New Authorization Model in Sunflower & Cleaning Up after the Upgrade Ridgeline RoomSteve Jamieson Libraries and AI: Empowering Every Student Researcher Grindstone RoomDanie Alexander Mizzou's Outreach & Engagement Committee: Creative Library Programming to Craft Community Terrace RoomAmanda May • Megan Ballengee • Jill Kline OpenRS Forum Hinkson RoomCasey Henderson

2:00pm CDT

Escaping the Lecture: Laying the foundation for library literacy through freshman escape rooms Grindstone RoomClare Starkey • Victoria Knight From Link Resolver to AI-Powered Access: What Full Text Linking Looks Like Now Hinkson RoomJonathan Bunkell I Don't Trust Gen AI-- Here's How a Repository Librarian Uses It Anyway Ridgeline RoomYing Hu • Megan Whitt So Many Activities, So Little Time: Student Engagement for Busy Librarians Terrace RoomChrissy Hicks

2:50pm CDT

Afternoon Break 8th Floor- Pre-function Space

3:10pm CDT

Main Character Energy: Increasing the MOBIUS presence in the FOLIO Community Terrace RoomVivian Gould Negotiating Smarter: Licensing Essentials, Hot Topics, and Real-World Practice Grindstone RoomChristina Virden • Sarah Mabee The Value of Failure: What I gained from "failed" programs Ridgeline RoomJuno Hallock

4:10pm CDT

Will the real researcher please stand up? Terrace RoomAbha Niraula • Renee Abbott A Library Learning Commons Collaboration: Integrating Library and Tutoring Services to Boost Student Success Ridgeline RoomAlex Mosakowski • Kim Cook Inventory and Collection Management in FOLIO Grindstone RoomRebecca Benson

2026 MOBIUS Annual Conference

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