1. MBA Insights The Top Five Things that Information Pros Need to Know about Business Students Kyle Naff Former Business Librarian Current MBA Candidate, Class of 2015 2014 Special Libraries Association Annual Conference - Vancouver, BC, Canada

2. About Me Graduated from University of Illinois with BA in Spanish in 2004 and MSLIS in 2006 Spent seven years as reference & instruction librarian and liaison to College of Business & Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Started the full-time MBA program at the Wisconsin School of Business in the A.C. Nielsen Center for Marketing Research in August 2013

3. Words to Describe MBA Students

4. Insight #1 MBA students are scheduled to the MAX.

5. Insight #2 MBA students don’t do anything alone.

6. Insight #3 MBA students are diverse, and that diversity will only continue to expand.

7. Insight #4 MBA students don’t have to research.

8. Insight #5 MBA students CARE about research.

9. Implications?  Reach students outside of the classroom.  Partner with the student services offices, especially those relating to careers.  Look at student organizations as a possible ally in getting students’ attention.

10. Questions? Thank you!