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ACADEMIC BUSINESS LIBRARY DIRECTORS

TUESDAY, APRIL 23

2:00 – 4:30 PM  |  Meeting Registration

Stop by our registration table to pick up your badge and other items.

Location: International Room, Sterling Memorial Library

2:30 – 3:45 PM  |  Campus Tour

Explore the university's history and architecture, hear about Yale’s rich 300-year history, and experience aspects of student life at several of Yale’s residential colleges. The tour concludes at the Yale Bookstore.

Location: Meet at the Yale Visitor Center, 149 Elm Street, New Haven

4:00 – 4:45 PM  |  Sterling Memorial Library Tour

In the heart of central campus, Sterling Memorial Library is the largest of 14 libraries at Yale and one of the University’s most iconic buildings. Completed in 1930, it houses more than 2.5 million volumes on 14 floors of book stacks. Designed by architect James Gamble Rogers (Yale Class of 1889) and later named for its benefactor, John William Sterling (Yale Class of 1864), the library is built in the Collegiate Gothic style to resemble a European cathedral.

Location: Meet in the Sterling Library Nave, near the security desk

5:00 – 7:30 PM  |  EBSCO Happy Hour

Location: Siena at The Blake Hotel, 9 High St, New Haven

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* All programming on Tuesday is optional


WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24

8:30 – 9:00 AM  |  Breakfast & Registration

Location: Memorabilia Room, Sterling Memorial Library

9:00 – 10:00 AM  |  Welcome & Announcements

  • Christina Sheley, Cornell University
  • Erin Wachowicz, Yale University
  • Lauren DiMonte, Associate University Librarian for Research & Learning, Yale University Library

Location: Library Lecture Hall, Sterling Memorial Library

10:00 – 10:45 AM  |  Year in Review

Ken Peterson, Harvard Business School

Location: Library Lecture Hall, Sterling Memorial Library

10:50 – 11:20 AM  |  Lightning Round #1 – Collections

  • But I Need It! Exploring a Magic Quadrant for Collections Needs, Wants and Contributions
     Corey Seeman, University of Michigan
  • Every Contract Everywhere All at Once: Transferring Data Licenses from B-School to Library
     Hilary Schiraldi, University of California, Berkeley

Location: Library Lecture Hall, Sterling Memorial Library

11:30 AM – 12:15 PM  |  Vendor Showcase

  • BCC Research
  • Data Axle
  • EBSCO
  • PrivCo
  • WRDS

Location: Memorabilia Room, Sterling Memorial Library

12:20 – 1:30 PM  |  Vendor Lunch

Location: Mory’s Association, 306 York Street, New Haven

1:30 – 2:00 PM  |  News & Updates from EBSLG

Lorna McNally, President, European Business Schools Librarians’ Group

Location: Library Lecture Hall, Sterling Memorial Library

2:10 – 3:10 PM Faculty Presentation: How I use ChatGPT in my Research

Balázs Kovács, Professor of Organizational Behavior, Yale School of Management

Location: Library Lecture Hall, Sterling Memorial Library

3:10 – 3:30 PM  |  Snacks & Break

Location: Memorabilia Room, Sterling Memorial Library

3:30 – 4:20 PM  |  Unlocking Success: The New Business Librarian Adventure

  • Angela Horne, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Laura Walesby, Michigan State University

Location: Library Lecture Hall, Sterling Memorial Library

4:30 – 4:50 PM |  Campus Collaborations: Yale University x Data-Intensive Social Science Center at Yale (DISSC)

Barbara Esty, Data Collections Librarian, Yale University Library; Senior Research Support Specialist, DISSC

Location: Library Lecture Hall, Sterling Memorial Library

5:00 – 5:45 PM | ISI Emerging Markets Presentation (EMIS/CEIC)

  • Valerie Ruiz, Account Manager
  • Kaan Anlar, Head of Account Management

Location: Library Lecture Hall, Sterling Memorial Library

5:45 - 6:00 PM |  Travel

Walk from Sterling Memorial Library to dinner venue

6:00 PM  |  ISI Emerging Markets Dinner

Location: Olives and Oil, 124 Temple Street, New Haven CT


THURSDAY, APRIL 25

8:30 – 9:00 AM  |  Breakfast

Location: Memorabilia Room, Sterling Memorial Library

9:00 – 10:00 AM  |  Help! Roundtable Discussions of our Day-to-Day (Dilemmas, Difficulties and Delights)

Angela Horne, University of California, Los Angeles

Laura Walesby, Michigan State University

Location: Library Lecture Hall, Sterling Memorial Library

10:10 – 10:30 AM  |  Group Photo

Location: Selin Courtyard, Sterling Memorial Library

Rain Location: Nave, Sterling Memorial Library

10:40 – 11:20 AM  |  Lightning Round #2 – Research Services

  • Internal Drivers of New Research and Data Services

      Alex Caracuzzo, Harvard Business School

  • Text Mining: From Nuisance to (Almost) a Service
      Greg Fleming, University of Chicago
  • Working with Faculty and PhDs: Issues and Insights

      Shikha Sharma, Massachusetts Institute of Technology


Location: Library Lecture Hall, Sterling Memorial Library

11:25 – 11:55 AM  |  Lightning Round #3 - Future/Trends

Back to the Future: Are Business Libraries Adjusting Forward or Adjusting Back after COVID-19

Corey Seeman, University of Michigan

Location: Library Lecture Hall, Sterling Memorial Library

Noon – 1:30 PM  |  Lunch

Catering by Sally’s Apizza

Location: Library Memorabilia Room, Sterling Memorial Library

1:30 – 2:15 PM  |  ABLD History Panel Discussion

Panelists:

  • Michael Enyart, University of Wisconsin, Madison
  • Alicia Estes, New York University
  • Jill Parchuck, Columbia University & Yale University

Moderator: Erin Wachowicz, Yale University

Location: Library Lecture Hall, Sterling Memorial Library

2:20 – 3:10 PM  |  Drinking from the Data Firehose: Building Future-Focused Business Data Collections

Dan Hickey, New York University

Location: Library Lecture Hall, Sterling Memorial Library

3:10 – 3:30 PM  |  Break & Travel

Walk to Yale Art Gallery

3:30 – 4:30 PM  |  Yale University Art Gallery

The gallery features more than 4,000 works on display as well as a rooftop terrace and a sculpture garden. Galleries showcase artworks from ancient times to the present, including vessels from Tang-dynasty China, early Italian paintings, textiles from Borneo, treasures of American art, masks from West Africa, modern and contemporary art, ancient sculptures, masterworks by Degas, van Gogh, and Picasso, and more.

Lockers are available on a limited basis. Large bags, backpacks, shopping bags, umbrellas, food, and drinks are not permitted in the museum.

Location: 1111 Chapel Street (at York Street), New Haven

4:30 – 5:30 PM  |  Break

Explore downtown New Haven / Free Time

5:30 – 8:30 PM  |  Dinner

Location: ZINC, 964 Chapel Street, New Haven

Dinner is in their private dining area, around the corner from the main entrance.


FRIDAY, APRIL 26

8:30 – 9:30 AM Breakfast

Location: Kline Tower, Room 101

9:30 – 11:30 AM Business Meeting

Location: Kline Tower, Room 101

11:30 AM Lunch

Bagged lunches will be available to go

Various Times Tours & Other Visits

Led by Yale Library Staff

  • Marx Science and Social Science Library - 11:45 AM
  • Yale School of Management - Noon 
  • Sterling Memorial Library - 1:30 PM – If interested, please let Erin know by 4/24

Standing Tours (Not ABLD-specific)

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