Jacob Adler has been a CUNY librarian since 2017, first at Bronx Community College and, as of 2024, at the Lloyd Sealy Library at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, specializing in metadata, cataloging, and academic usages of “artificial intelligence.” His work was recently (as of June 2025) featured in “AI in Social Sciences,” an international publication about rapidly-evolving notions of generative “AI” systems in education, sociology, and other fields; his specific contribution was about the structure and efficacy of “AI” libguides. He is also a regular contributor to the annual City Tech Science-Fiction Symposium. Other interests include television history, medieval studies, and tabletop role-playing games.

Mahasin Ameen is an Associate Librarian at Indiana University Indianapolis. Her research focuses on information literacy instruction, information-seeking behaviors, and the ways international students navigate and engage with information.

Alex Austin (she/her) is the Student Success and Assessment Librarian at Pratt Institute Libraries in Brooklyn and a board member of ARLIS/NY. As the co-chair of the Libraries’ outreach team, she is enthusiastic about creating programming and tools that empower students to feel comfortable navigating library resources. Prior to earning her MSLIS, she worked as a public school teacher, having completed an MAT in Art Education from Tufts University. Alex enjoys teaching with artists’ books and zines, and her research interests focus on the intersection of visual literacy and information literacy.

Marta Bladek is the professor and associate librarian for public services at the Lloyd Sealy Library at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, the City University of New York. Her work focuses on student and faculty services as well as library administration and was published in The Journal of Academic Librarianship, College & Undergraduate Libraries, The Journal of Library Administration, Library Trends, and others.

Ingrid Bonadie-Joseph, Higher Education Officer at Hunter College Cooperman Library. She is the Academic Resource Specialist and has supported the team by creating engaging signage designed to showcase their work and draw greater attention to the grade-level selections. 

Emma Clarkson is a metadata specialist at the New York Public Library, where she works with digitized materials from the Library for the Performing Arts. She is an active Wikidata editor, with a particular focus on enhancing local performing arts data.

Brynn Desmond (They/He) is a senior at St. Mary’s College of Maryland studying English, with minors in History and Creative Writing. They are also a circulation assistant at the Hilda C. Lander’s library on St. Mary’s campus, with plans to pursue a Master’s in library science.

Dominique Dozier (she/her) is the Student Success Librarian at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California. She serves as the liaison for Sociology, Psychology, Ethnic Studies, and Gender & Sexuality Studies, and works closely with the LEAD Scholars Program to support first-generation, first-year, and transfer students in the Critical Thinking and Writing I/II courses. In 2024, she was selected as a member of the ALA Emerging Leaders cohort and received the Cedric Busette Memorial Award from the Ethnic Studies Department at SCU for her outstanding contributions. Her current career and research interests include inclusive pedagogy and the retention and advancement of BIPOC professionals in Library and Information Science (LIS).

Christine Fena is the Undergraduate Success Librarian at Stony Brook University and spends much of her time designing and delivering learning experiences to support information literacy instruction and student research writing through classroom instruction, workshops, and one-on-one consultations. She also delivers workshops in support of a variety of digital literacies, including AI literacy and digital privacy. In addition, she brings her experience creating learning modules to her role as a co-PI on the Ready for Success program, which supports research skills in high schools (2021-2024) and a co-PI in another project, "Fostering Writing-to-Learn Skills with Critical AI Literacy: A Faculty Development and Student Support Program" (2025). In addition, she serves as the liaison between the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), fostering collaboration and communication between librarians and writing instructors.

Matthew Frenkel (he/him) is the Engineering Librarian at New York University as well as an Associated Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering. In his roles, Matthew serves as an engineering subject liaison and works closely with a number curricular and co-curricular programs at the Tandon School of Engineering. His research interests are centered around engineering education, with a particular focus on the development of professional skills in engineering students and the potential impacts of generative AI tools in education. Matthew has a MLIS from Rutgers University and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Rutgers University.

Gill (pronounced like Jill) Friedlander is a Public and Research Services Librarian at Marist University. She is newer to academia, coming from multiple years in public libraries. Her role involves circulation and reference tasks, which all involve working closely with students faculty, and staff. Outside of work, Gill participates in the ALA Rainbow Roundtable, various library related volunteer opportunities, and on-campus committees. In all her work, Gill is passionate about creating accessible, inclusive, and diverse spaces, services, and collections. She especially loves zines, her pets, queer horror books, naps, pasta, and asking big, hard questions.

Haley Galloway is the STEM & Web Services Librarian at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, where she works to support instruction, research, and digital projects. Her scholarly interests include critical information literacy, teaching and learning, and student research support. Haley received her MLIS from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a concentration in academic librarianship.

Gaby Garcia is the Student Success Librarian at New York University. Her research interests are rooted in library engagement, poetry and language as pedagogical tools, decreasing library anxiety, and creative programming. She was an 2024 ALA Emerging Leader and is also a published poet. Gaby has an MFA in poetry from Columbia University and is completing her MLIS at Pratt Institute. 

Jamie Gentry is the Undergraduate Research Support Librarian at the University of Chicago Library. In her role she collaborates with Library colleagues and campus partners to create, implement, and evaluate programs that support undergraduate research engagement.  Jamie has an MS in Library and Information Science from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, an MA in Latin American and Caribbean Studies from the University of Chicago, and a BA in Modern Languages from Kansas State University. 

Lyric Grimes is a Ph.D. student at the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research examines harm and exclusion in library settings, with a focus on the patron’s perspective. Lyric seeks to bridge the gap between library services and social care through her work, advocating for policies and practices that prioritize patron well-being.

Maria Guallpa is the Stacks Manager at Hunter College, CUNY. She has supported this work with shelf reading and managing staff to reorganize the new groupings of grade-level books while maintaining the shelf list order within each grade-level section. 

Amanda He (she/her) is the Librarian for STEM Instruction and Engagement at New York University. In her role, she serves as a subject liaison and creates interactive and accessible programming. Her research interests are centered around how to better support BIPOC-identifying college students in the STEM field. She has a MS in Library and Information Sciences from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and a MA in Higher Education and Student Affairs from New York University.

Liz King (she/her) joined RPI as the Associate Director of Library Information Services in 2019, bringing with her a love of learning and a knack for starting conversations about information literacy. Before that, she was an outreach and instruction librarian, where she discovered that Bloom’s Taxonomy could, in fact, be thrilling if you talk about it long enough. She’s currently working on an EdD in Educational Leadership and Management at Drexel University, focusing on creativity and innovation—because she firmly believes that work should be as energizing as it is productive. When she’s not in the library (or buried in coursework), Liz enjoys stand-up comedy (mostly from the audience these days), dreams of riding her motorcycle on every sunny afternoon, and befriends every dog within a five-mile radius.

Gina Levitan is a Reference and Instruction Librarian at Hunter College, CUNY. She is the other liaison librarian to the School of Education, and with Stephanie Margolin, organized outreach to SOE faculty and assisted in the first wave of collection evaluation. 

Elisia Lewis is the Interlibrary Loan and Acquisitions technician at St. Mary’s College of Maryland and holds a BA in history with future plans to pursue an MLIS. As an interlibrary loan technician, she primarily focuses on processing requests for interstate materials, increasing resource accessibility for college students, faculty, staff, and local community members. Before she was an ILL technician, she was employed as a library student worker at St. Mary’s College of Maryland.

Jennifer Loubriel (she/they) is the Associate Director of Resource Sharing at The New School Libraries. She started her career in librarianship in 2016, with a focus on access services within academic libraries. During that time, she also earned her MLIS from St. John's University. Jennifer was the first recipient of the Virginia Proctor Powell Florence Class of 1919 Friends of the Oberlin College Libraries Graduate Library School Scholarship. She is also a 2019 American Library Association Spectrum Scholar and a 2024 American Library Association Emerging Leader. 

Kristy Lueshen is the Student Success Librarian at the University of Chicago. In her role she works with Library colleagues and campus partners to develop, implement, and evaluate programs focused on student success. In addition, she coordinates the Library's Student Advisory Council. Kristy has an MS in Library and Information Science from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, an MA in History from DePaul University, Chicago, and a BA in Cultural Studies from Columbia College Chicago.

Stephanie Margolin (she/her) is an Instruction and Reference Librarian at Hunter College, CUNY, working with Political Science, Urban Policy & Planning, Women & Gender Studies, and the School of Education. Stephanie has a wide range of research interests including ungrading, academic library bathrooms, and other aspects of library pedagogy. She currently finds joy in writing encyclopedia entries of fascinating folks for American National Biography.   

Greg McNall is an Access Services Library Specialist at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Folsom library in Troy, NY. He has been at RPI for almost nine years serving as the evening supervisor along with handling journal processing duties, being a Jack of all trades, and helping out students who are a heck of a lot smarter than he is. Greg began his working career at the Russell Sage College library in Troy, now part of the Sage Colleges. He worked there as the evening supervisor for seven years before transitioning to a career in sports journalism. He was the Sports Coordinator for the Finger Lakes Times in Geneva, NY until 2016 when he returned to the Capital Region.

Jeremy Megraw is a photograph librarian for the Billy Rose Theatre Division of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. When he is not helping researchers at the reference desk, he is cataloging photographs and providing metadata for digitized ones.

Leah Morin (she/her) is an Information Literacy Librarian at Michigan State University where she provides instruction to first-year writing students. She aims to affirm the knowledge students bring with them to college and demystify the academic research experience. Her research interests revolve around incorporating the feminist ethic of care and emergent strategy concepts in teaching, topics on which she has published and presented.

Dorian Onifer (he/him) is a Research Services Librarian and liaison to the Sociology department at Hunter College, CUNY. He holds an MSLIS and Advanced Certificate in Archives from Pratt Institute and a JD from CUNY School of Law. He is a member of the CUNY Digital History Archive's newly formed Education & Outreach Committee, with current research interests centering on promoting student belonging through teaching with place-based primary sources.

Samuel R Putnam (he/him) is the Director of the Bern Dibner Library for Science and Technology at New York University. His research focuses on the influence of technology on information-seeking behavior of students and libraries’ responsibility to address this influence. He has an MLIS from Florida State University and was previously an engineering librarian at the University of Florida.

Allison Ransom is the Metadata and Discovery Librarian at Hunter College, CUNY. She advised the organization of the collection based on grade level while preserving the institution’s local classification and shelf listing scheme, and improved discoverability of the collection in the library’s catalog.  

Stephanie Reyes is the Social Sciences and Circulation Services Librarian at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, with an MLIS from the University of Washington. At the College, she provides reference services, fills in at the circulation desk, and teaches information literacy sessions for the Social Science departments and first year seminars. Stephanie's ongoing interests are outreach and engagement, honing her pedagogy, developing meaningful work experiences for student employees, and connecting with other early career librarians!

Margaret Roach is a librarian working at Marist University. She is an Evening Services and Operations Librarian. The majority of her job is spent working with students in many different ways in both reference and public services capacities. She particularly loves her work related to zine librarianship, running the library's social media, and working with the student assistants. She would love for to ask her about Moby Dick Club. She is also a writer and you can follow her work in both writing and librarianship on BlueSky @margaretroach. 

Jillian Sandy (she/her) is an Instruction & Outreach Librarian and Subject Librarian for Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Binghamton University. Her favorite game is Kim-Joy’s Magic Bakery.

Virginia Wescott (she/her) is a Certified Poverty Coach, having completed two institutes with Dr. Donna Beegle, Communication Across Barriers (2016). In addition to this accreditation, she worked at the Troy Public Library (Troy, NY) for 25 years; serving as the Head of the Circulation Department from 2007-2024. She supervised youth job training programs, advocated for policy changes to improve community access to library services, and championed initiatives focused on employee safety and workplace wellbeing. She collaborated with Urban Librarians Unite on the Urban Library Trauma Study (2022) and as peer leader in the development and launch of the Library Worker Support Network (2024–2025). She currently serves as the Lead Library Specialist in Access Services with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, continuing her dedication to equitable access and supportive work environments.