Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Yonsei University
Vice President, Korean Library Association
Director, Academic Library Research Institute (2019– )
Vice President, Korean Library Association (July 2025– )
Member, Presidential Committee on Library and Information Policy (3rd term: 2011; 6th term: 2018)

Director of the Institute for Globally Engaged Librarianship at the University of Kansas Libraries, where he develops international partnerships, programs, and exchange programs. From 2010-2025 he served as founding co-director of KU’s Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities

Between Kazakhstan and Kansas: Library Collaboration Across Steppe and Plains
At a moment when international collaboration is increasingly shaped by unequal infrastructures, shifting political conditions, and limited resources, how do academic libraries continue to build meaningful connections across borders? This talk explores that question through the lens of the author’s work with the Institute for Globally Engaged Librarianship at the University of Kansas and its collaborations with partners across Africa, Latin America, and Asia.
The talk examines how cross-border work takes shape through concrete practices: visiting scholar exchanges, workshops and conferences, collaborative digital projects, and institutional partnerships. It highlights how these efforts are shaped not only by shared goals, but also by disparities in funding, technologies, and institutional capacity, which affect who is able to participate and on what terms.
The talk argues that library-based international collaboration is less a set of tools or programs than an ongoing practice of relationship-building amid unequal conditions. Libraries, in this sense, are not only places that organize and provide access to knowledge, but also institutions that help sustain trust, continuity, and long-term connection.
Drawing on examples from work across different global regions, the talk reflects on what it means to sustain collaboration across distance today—and how the concept of the “steppe and plains” can help us think about shared landscapes of knowledge work that are distinct yet connected.

School library specialist with 20 years in the international school sector, working in Australia, NZ, Vietnam, UK, and the UAE. Founding board member of the UAE School Librarians Association. Elected to the Joint Committee IFLA/IASL School Libraries Section. Awarded UAE School Librarian of the Year 2020 by the Emirates Literature Foundation.

AI Accidents - academic intervention and plagiarism prevention
People are either infatuated with how to use AI better and faster, or they are obsessed over the spanner it has thrown into the workings of school assessment, but the real problem is how students (& teachers) mis-understand the fundamental technology that underpins AI. Their lack of understanding often leads to ‘accidental plagiarism’ and unfortunately the consequences can be grave, the loss of a grade or worse. This workshop explains the most common mis-steps that students make, and explains how school Librarians are well positioned to intervene by teaching the skills they need to recover and protect themselves in the future. It will also address the strength & weaknesses of AI detection software. Finally, ethical practices for AI use are discussed, focusing on techniques that augment human processes by scaffolding skills that librarians already excel at, critical and creative thinking.
Key take aways:

• When to use AI & when to use traditional research skills
• Ethical AI techniques for research and writing
• Practical examples of key skills in practice

Andrew Beman-Cavallaro is a faculty research and instruction librarian for the social sciences at University of South Florida Libraries.  He has an undergraduate degree in Geography from Florida State University, a master's in Library and Information Science from University of South Florida, and a second master's in History from University of Nebraska.  He is also affiliate faculty in USF's School of Information where he has taught graduate students.  Andrew worked previously as a public librarian and a state college library director, and his research includes librarian collaborations, librarians and AI, and human dynamics.

Go where your colleagues are: Expanding impact by reimagining library collaborations
Explore unique perspectives on how to partner with other colleagues in librarianship and beyond. This presentation looks at non-traditional collaborations across various types of libraries, archives, and local organizations resulting in partnerships from the academic, public, and entertainment realms. Utilizing shared goals, interdisciplinary approaches, research, and teaching, we can connect with more librarians and better serve each other's professional, and patron, needs. Come share in a conversation about how to seek out, create, and/or sustain joint information literacy efforts in creative ways.

Carol E. Smith is a Dean of Libraries at the University of Kansas in the United States, a role she has held since 2023. Before joining KU, she served as University Librarian at Colorado School of Mines (2016–2023) and Library Director of Adams State University (2012–2016) in Colorado and held a tenured faculty role at the University of Central Missouri (2006–2012). Her current areas of leadership focus include international library partnerships, fostering participatory leadership, and talent development.

From Vertical Innovation to Collaborative Agency: Intrapreneurship and Strategic Change in Academic Libraries
Academic libraries often identify innovation as an organizational priority, but in practice new ideas can remain trapped in vertical structures: dependent upon formal reporting lines and strategic decisions from the top. Particularly during periods of rapid transformation, libraries require organizational approaches that intentionally enable initiatives to arise and progress horizontally across all levels of the organization.
This talk offers “intrapreneurship” as a framework for accelerating innovation. Intrapreneurship is the cultivation of initiative, creativity, and leadership from within the library, establishing conditions that allow and incentivize people across roles, areas, and organizational levels to identify emerging needs, test ideas, build partnerships, and translate strategic priorities into action.
Drawing on recent experience and experimentation at the University of Kansas Libraries, the presentation will examine how dialogue, cross-functional collaboration, incentive programs, talent development, and matrixed ways of working can foster intrapreneurship. Attention will be given to the shift from vertical innovation, in which ideas move up and down a hierarchy, to horizontal innovation, in which ideas develop through conversation, shared ownership, and collaborative problem-solving.
Examples of intrapreneurship initiatives at KU will be shared. The talk will also address tensions and challenges encountered along the way, including unclear decision rights, uneven capacity, risk aversion, workload pressures, and sustaining new work while maintaining essential operations. The objective is to offer a framework for making strategic planning more participatory and actionable. Attendees will leave with considerations for designing structures, communication practices, incentives, and leadership habits that help academic libraries cultivate intrapreneurship through dialogue and collaboration.

Boglarka Huddleston is the Manager of Research & Instruction Services at Lane Medical Library, Stanford School of Medicine. In this role, she leads a team that supports faculty, students, clinicians, and researchers as they navigate the evolving scholarly information landscape, including evidence synthesis, responsible AI use, emerging technologies, and research tools. With master’s degrees in Library Science and Psychology, Boglarka brings a practical, learner-centered approach to instruction and collaboration across the biomedical and health sciences. She has demonstrated success in building partnerships across academic and clinical communities, identifying emerging needs, and developing responsive services.

From Search Strings to Synthesis: Teaching AI Literacy Across the Research Lifecycle
As generative AI tools rapidly enter the research lifecycle, academic libraries face an urgent teaching responsibility: helping students and researchers develop AI literacy as an essential extension of digital literacy. This plenary presentation explores how librarians can move beyond one-time tool demonstrations to teach responsible, critical, and transparent AI use across the research process.
Drawing from practical, free or free-tier use cases, the session follows three common stages of student research. First, it considers how generative AI such as ChatGPT can help develop, translate, and refine database search strings, while also introducing errors, missing controlled vocabulary, or unsupported assumptions. Second, it examines how tools such as Consensus can help users scan the breadth of published literature and identify areas of apparent agreement or disagreement, while requiring careful attention to database coverage, ranking, and disciplinary bias. Third, it discusses how Elicit AI can support article summaries and early literature review workflows, while emphasizing that AI-generated synthesis must never replace close reading, source verification, or methodological transparency.
Across these examples, the presentation identifies key intervention points where academic librarians can protect research integrity: teaching students to verify AI-generated searches in established databases, evaluate whether AI-selected literature is comprehensive and representative, fact-check summaries against original sources, and document AI tool use in research methods or acknowledgments when appropriate.
The presentation concludes with actionable recommendations for academic libraries seeking to embed AI literacy into research support, instruction, and consultation services. These include developing adaptable AI-literacy learning outcomes, modeling transparent disclosure practices, and partnering with faculty to integrate safeguards into assignments and research training. By positioning librarians as critical guides rather than tool promoters, academic libraries can help ensure that AI becomes a foundation for stronger, more ethical research rather than a shortcut around scholarly judgment and practice.