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Library Presentations

 

See also my publications and my CV.

Remixing Research: The Library Writing on the Blackboard (10mb pdf)

Presented with Kristina De Voe at Computers in Libraries, April 2009.

Discusses Temple University Libraries' work with making course specific research guides that are embedded in Blackboard. PDF includes slides, extensive notes, and extra screenshots.

Feed Me: Many Morsels of RSS (3.4MB pdf)

Presentation for Long Island Library Resources Council. March 2009.

A two hour presentation on RSS: what it is, how to use it personally, and ideas for use by libraries. Here's the handout with live links.

Shelf Read Your Personal Information: Getting Organized and Staying That Way (3.62MB pdf)

Online Presentation for WebJunction. January 2009.

A slight variation on the "Getting Your Notes in Harmony" presentation from May 2008. You can download audio or view the archive at WebJunction. Here's the handout of links.

A Two-Way Street: Planning a RUSA Mentoring Program (273kb jpg)

Poster session presented at ALA Annual 2008 Emerging Leaders Session. June 2008.

This was the poster part of a group project for ALA's Emerging Leaders program. I made the poster/images. I also laid out the handout (pdf) from text by my group members. More information on the group and the project.

Blackboard and TU Library (2.25mb pdf)

Presented at "Reaching Students in New Places and New Spaces" the 2008 Spring Meeting of the Libraries of Drexel University, Temple University, and The University of Pennsylvania, June 2008.

A very brief presentation about Temple's recent work in embedding course specific library pages into Blackboard courses. The handout has notes for the slides.

ABCs of E-Reference (1.7mb pdf)

Presented at ACRL-DVC Spring Program, May 2008.

An alphabetically organized talk about electronic reference. Hand-drawn slides.

Get Your Notes in Harmony (2.6mb pdf)

Presented at TCLC Spring Program, May 2008.

A talk about personal organization and online applications for such. I drew all the slides. You can also download the handout for links to suggested reading and applications.

Subject Guides 2.0 (4mb ppt)

Presented with Kristina De Voe at Computers in Libraries, April 2008.

Discusses Temple University Libraries' switch to LibGuides as a subject guide platform and how we've tried to make our guides more engaging.

Virtual Reading Rooms (6mb ppt)

Presented at Computers in Libraries, April 2008.

A brief presentation on using rss feeds from table of contents to create subject based current awareness services as a kind of virtual substitute for journal reading rooms. (Alternate PDF of Slides)

Innovative Libraries and Web 2.0 (7.5mb pdf)

Presented to the DLC/Systems Meeting for the Office of Commonwealth Libraries' Bureau of Library Developement in Grantville, PA, September 2007.

A presentation on innovative library websites, focusing on public libraries. You can see my previous slide style here.

RSS: A Really Simple Introduction (html)

January 2006

The second iteration of an introduction to RSS for my colleagues at Temple University Libraries. Poor slides.

Open Source Software (1.7mb pdf)

December 2005

Presented with Fred Rowland to Temple University Libraries' Academic Assembly of Librarians. Ugly slides.