2026 GALILEO Conference

2026 Theme: Intelligent Libraries

2026 Presenters

McKenzie Baldwin

Hall County Library System

Jessica Banks

Columbus State University

Brad Baxter

GALILEO/UGA Libraries

Beth Bernhardt

Oxford University Press

Ken Bonney

Niche Academy

Brittany Bryan

EBSCO

Evan Michael Bush

Georgia Public Library Service

Lauren Campbell

Novelist (EBSCO)

Talia Campione

Middle Georgia Regional Library

Tara Carpenter

Lyrasis

Chandler Christoffel

UGA Libraries

Jean Cook

University of West Georgia

Danielle Costello

UGA Libraries

Justin Ellis

Georgia Institute of Technology

Rachel Evans

UGA Libraries

Brooke Fry

Georgia State University

Whitney Gaines

Columbus State University

Lucy Harrison

GALILEO

Edward Hatfield

New Georgia Encyclopedia

Michelle Jones

Columbus State University

Will Jones

Richmont Graduate University

Christi Jones-Hobgood

Pickens High School (Pickens County)

Cleo Joyce

Beanstack

Kara Krewer

New Georgia Encyclopedia

Tess Lyle

Richmont Graduate University

Sean Maxwell

Google
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Jaime McLemore

Chattahoochee Technical College

Seamus Narron

GALILEO/University of Georgia
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Britney O’Mara

Chattahoochee Technical College

Russell Palmer

GALILEO

Sean Purcell

GIL/GALILEO

Amy Shaw

Georgia State University (Clarkston Campus)

Adam Snook

OpenAthens

Angela Stanley

Georgia Public Library Service

John Stephens

GALILEO

Donald “Donnie” Summerlin

UGA Libraries

Shawnzia Thomas

Georgia Technology Authority

Julie Walker

Georgia Public Library Service

Jef Whatley

GALILEO

Mike White

GALILEO

Joy Woodson

GALILEO

Alex Yagoub

OpenAthens

Li Zhang

Georgia Institute of Technology