USAIN - Program

Brief Program (Select the Date for Detailed Program)

Sunday, May 31, 2026

Noon - 5 p.m.	Sign up for our preconference event(s)
6 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.	Opening Reception at Hahn Garden with heavy hors d'oeuvres

Daytime Events at Newman Library

Breakfast on your own/hotel

8:30 a.m. -9:00 a.m.	Opening Remarks
9:00 a.m. -10:15 a.m.	Keynote speaker with Dr. Chastity English, Professor & Coordinator of Agricultural Education	Hybrid
10:15 a.m. -10:30 a.m.	Break and meet with vendors
10:30 a.m. -11:30 a.m.	Tech Trends Interest Group Lightning session Co-Conveners, Alex Wiker and Nicole Juve	Hybrid
11:30 a.m. -12:50 p.m.	Lunch with Dr. Kim Niewolny, Professor and Director of the Center for Food Systems and Community Transformation	Hybrid
1 p.m. -2 p.m.	Papers Concurrent Sessions, themes: 1) Extension and 2) Liaison Librarianship	Hybrid
2 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.	Break and meet with vendors
2:15 p.m. -3:15 p.m.	Papers Session, theme: Evidence Synthesis	Hybrid
3:15 p.m. -4:15 p.m.	Ag Econ Research, Information and Education Interest Group roundtable discussions Becky Miller, Moderator
4:15 p.m. -5:15 p.m.	AgNIC Interest Group Q&A session, Karen Burton, Moderator
6 p.m.	Dine Arounds/ Dine on your own

Daytime events at Newman Library and evening events at the Veterinary Medicine complex

Breakfast on your own/hotel

8:30 a.m. -9:15 a.m.	Vendor updates
9:15 a.m. -10:15 a.m.	Papers Session, theme: Publishing, Metrics, Data management, and Digitization	Hybrid
10:15 a.m. -10:30 a.m.	Break and meet with vendors
10:30 a.m. -11:30 a.m.	Instruction Interest Group session	Hybrid
11:30 a.m. -12:45 p.m.	Lunch with time for networking and meeting with vendors
12:45 p.m. -1:45 p.m.	USAIN Business meeting	Hybrid
1:45 p.m. -2:45 p.m.	Collection Management Interest Group session	Hybrid
2:45 p.m. -3:15 p.m.	Break, meet with vendors and networking, and poster set-up
3:15 p.m. -4:30 p.m.	Poster session, drinks, and snacks continue from break time	Hybrid
5 p.m.	Tours of the Veterinary Medicine Complex begin
6 p.m.	Dinner Banquet at the Veterinary Medicine Complex

Daytime events at Newman Library

Breakfast on your own/hotel

8:30 a.m. -9:15 a.m.	Interest Groups and Committees meeting and get-together
9:15 a.m. -10:15 a.m.	NAL presentation and update by Jin Xiu Guo, Associate Director	Hybrid?
10:15 a.m. -10:30 a.m.	Break and meet with vendors
10:30 a.m. -11:30 a.m.	Conducting and Publishing Research as a Librarian, hosted by the Professional Development Committee	Hybrid
11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m.	Closing keynote by Dr. Erica Feuerbacher, Associate Professor of Applied Animal Behavior and Welfare, sponsored by Animal Health Interest Group, with boxed lunches	Hybrid?

Check out our post-conference activities before heading out of town or until AgNIC begins