Presentations
2024
Fullington, Randall, Robert H. McDonald, Karen Gebhardt, Brandi Hart, Measuring the Success of Scaled Online Programs, 2024 SOLA+R and DT&L, July 22, 2024, Minneapolis, MN.
Invited Panelist, Empowering Education Leaders: In-demand career and AI skills for your students. ASU+GSV Summit 2024, April 15, 2024, San Diego, CA.
Brantner, Amanda, Robert H. McDonald, Kelly Otter, Arshad Saiyed. Innovating Admission Pathways and Access for Adult Learners, UPCEA Annual Conference 2024, March 26, 2024, Boston, MA.
2023
Invited Panelist, An Inclusive, Universal Micro-credential Solution for Higher Education, Convergence: Credential Innovation in Higher Education Conference 2023, Nov 2, 2023, Washington, DC.
Invited Panelist, Enhancing Degree Value and Job Readiness for Learners, Coursera Annual Conference 2023, April 13, 2023, Mountain View, CA and virtual.
Invited Panelist, Building Learner Outcomes with Stackability: Stories from the Field, UPCEA Annual Conference 2023, March 23, 2023, Washington, DC.
Invited Panelist, Global Pathways to Higher Education through Industry-Recognized Micro-Credentials, SXSWEDU 2023, March 9, 2023, Austin, TX.
2022
PAC-12 Academic Leadership Coalition Panel, PAC 12 Libraries in an Environment of the Corporate Privatization of Information, June 3, 2022.
2020
Booth, Austin, Aisha Jackson, Christine Madsen, Robert H. McDonald. Crossroads of Tech, Research, and Learning: IT and Library Collaborations. Educause Annual Conference, 2020, Virtual Conference.
2019
PAC-12 Academic Leadership Coalition, The Total Cost of Scholarly Publishing: Are We at a Tipping Point, November, 2019, Boulder, CO.
2018
Cook, Matt, Julie Griffin, Robert H. McDonald. Developing Library Strategy for 3D and VR Collections. Educause Annual Conference 2018, Denver, CO.
2016
McDonald, R.H, N. Block, M. Breeding, and C. Thacker. “The Role of Choice in the Future of Discovery Evaluations.” ER&L Conference 2016, April 4, 2016, Austin, TX.
McDonald, R.H. “Scholar’s Commons and HathiTrust Tools and Services.” HathiTrust Members Meeting, Dec. 9, 2016, Rosemont, IL.
2015
McDonald, R.H., B. Plale, and B. Naymachchivaya., “The HathiTrust Research Center: An Overview of Advanced Computational Services.” Educause Annual Conference, 2015, Oct. 28, 2015.
McDonald, R.H., J. Timmer, L. Tomich, M. Trimarchi, and P. Albert. “Introduction to VIVO: Planning, Policy, and Implementation Workshop.” VIVO 2015 Conference, August 12, 2015, Cambridge, MA.
Murdock, J., Zeng, J., and McDonald, R.H., “Topic Exploration with the HTRC Data Capsule for Non-Consumptive Research.” Tutorial Track of the 15th ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, July 21-25, 2015, Knoxville, TN.
Panel Chair, “Discussion Session for Librarians on Scholars Commons Services and Instructional Use of HTRC.” 3rd Annual HathiTrust Research Center UnCamp, March 30-31, 2015, Ann Arbor, MI.
Speaker, “Elephant in the Room: Scaling Storage for the HathiTrust Research Center.” PASIG 2015, March 11-13, 2015, San Diego, CA.
2014
Panel Chair, “OLE Implementation Panel,” Kuali Days 2014, Indianapolis, IN, November 13, 2014.
Speaker, “Owning the Discovery Experience for Your Patrons,” 2014 Charleston Conference, November 6, 2014.
Speaker, “Kuali OLE Enabling Choices for Libraries,” 2014 Charleston Conference, November 8, 2014.
2013
Hedstrom, M.L., G. Alter, I. Kouper, P. Kumar, R. H. McDonald, J. Myers, and B. Plale, “SEAD : An Integrated Infrastructure to Support Data Stewardship in Sustainability Science.” NSF Research Data Management Implementations Workshop, March 13-14, 2013, Arlington, VA. | SlideShare | PDF
Co-Presenter, “An Overview of SEAD Social Networking.” SEAD Advisory Board Meeting, February 5, 2013, Ann Arbor, MI.
Co-Presenter, “Kuali OLE Overview and Demonstration.” SWAN Library Consortia, January 31, 2013, Chicago, IL.
Presenter, “Kuali OLE Update.” HBZ Library Consortium, January, 17, 2013, Cologne, Germany.
Plale, B., R. H. McDonald, K. Chandrasekar, I. Kouper, S. Konkiel, M. L. Hedstrom, J. Myers, and P. Kumar, “SEAD Virtual Archive: Building a Federation of Institutional Repositories for Long-Term Data Preservation in Sustainability Science.” 8th International Digital Curation Conference, January 15, 2013, Amsterdam, Netherlands. | SlideShare
2012
Panel Presenter, “Kuali OLE Seminar.” Sponsored event by the Society of College, National and University Libraries (SCONUL-UK), December 6, 2012, London, UK. | SlideShare
Co-Presenter, “The HathiTrust Research Center: Opening Up the Elephant for New Knowledge Creation.” CNI Fall Membership Meeting 2012, http://www.cni.org/topics/digital-humanities/hathitrust-research-center/, December 11, 2012, Washington, DC.
Co-Presenter, “Digging Deeper for Long-Term Library Collaboration for Open Source Software Development and Sustainability.” Indiana Library Federation Annual Conference 2012, November 13, 2012, Indianapolis, IN.
Presenter, “SEAD DataNet and Sustainability Science.” ACM/IEEE International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC12), Part of the Data to Insight Center Demonstration Session at SC12 (Supercomputing 2012), November 13, 2012, Salt Lake City, UT. | SlideShare
Co-Presenter, “New Perspectives for Business Intelligence: Library and Research Technologies and Research Collaboration for New Data Models.”Educause 2012 Annual Conference, November 8, 2012, Denver, CO. | SlideShare
Co-Presenter, “The Kuali OLE: Deep Library Collaboration and the Release of a Community-Sourced Library Management System.”Educause 2012 Annual Conference, November 7, 2012, Denver, CO. | SlideShare
Co-Presenter, “GOKb & KB+: An International Partnership to leverage Open Access and Community Participation for the Improvement of eContent MetaData.” DLF Forum 2012, November 4, 2012, Denver, CO. | SlideShare
Co-Presenter, “The Kuali Open Library Environment (OLE): A Model for Deep Library Collaboration and a Demonstration of our Latest Software.” LITA National Forum 2012, October 6, 2012, Columbus, OH. | SlideShare
McDonald, R. H., The HathiTrust Research Center the Fast Version, Library of Congress Symposium on Designing Storage Architectures for Digital Collections, September 10, 2012, Washington, DC. | SlideShare
McDonald, R. H., “Building a Data Discovery Network for Sustainability Science.” VIVO Conference 2012, August 24, 2012, Miami, FL. | SlideShare
Co-Panelist, “VIVO and the Data Culture of Universities-VIVO@IU.” Invited Panel, VIVO Conference 2012, August 23, 2012, Miami, FL. | SlideShare
Co-Panelist, “Repository Federation: Towards Data Interoperability.” Cooperative Curation Symposium and Workshop at the Inter-institutional Approaches to Supporting Scholarly Communication Symposium, August 2012, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA. |SlideShare
Co-Presenter, “Teleworking Policies and Strategies from an IT Perspective.” ALA Annual Conference 2012, June 25, 2012, Anaheim, CA. | SlideShare
Co-Presenter, “Kuali OLE: Community Ready Software for Your Library!” ALA Annual Conference 2012, June 23, 2012, Anaheim, CA. | SlideShare
Panel Presenter, “Kuali OLE: An Overview.” Florida Virtual Campus Board of Directors, June 2012, Jacksonville, FL. | SlideShare
Co-Presenter, “Kuali Open Library Environment: A Look at the 0.6 Release and a Roadmap to OLE 1.0.” Educause 2012 Southeast Regional Conference, June 1, 2012, Tampa, FL. | SlideShare
McDonald, R.H., M. Winkler, and B. Johnson. “An Update on Kuali OLE.” State Assisted Academic Libraries of Kentucky (SAALCK) Director’s Council Meeting, May 8, 2012. | SlideShare
Steinhart, G., M. Hedstrom, R.H. McDonald, P. Schaeffer, and O. Reiger. “SIG-DL Sustainability Panel.” Research Data Access & Preservation (RDAP) Summit 2012, March 22, 2012, New Orleans. LA. | SlideShare
McDonald, R.H. “Bleeding, Leading, or Not Competing: A Theme and Variations on Current Emerging Technologies.” Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) 2012 Virtual Conference, February 16, 2012. | SlideShare | Available at:http://passhe2.wimba.com/launcher.cgiroom=Conference_Room_1_2012_2012_0216_0900_11
Invited Co-Presenter, “Kuali Open Library Environment: Reflections on Our First Year of Collaborative Software Development.” Educause Live, January 18, 2012 | SlideShare | Available Online. http://net.educause.edu/LIVE1202
2011
Co-Presenter, “Using Agile with Kuali OLE: A Retrospective.” Educause 2011 Annual Conference, October 20, 2011, Philadelphia, PA.
Co-Presenter, “Kuali OLE From Startup to Software: Year One and Beyond.” Educause 2011 Annual Conference, October 19, 2011, Philadelphia, PA.
2010
Co-Presenter, “VIVO: Building a Social Network of Scientists.” Part of the Indiana University New and Emerging Technologies Tutorial at SC10 (Supercomputing 2010), November 15, 2010, New Orleans, LA.
Co-Presenter, “VIVO: Building a Social Network of Scientists.” Part of the Data to Insight Center Tutorial Session at SC10 (Supercomputing 2010), November 14, 2010, New Orleans, LA.
Co-Presenter, “How to Join Kuali Open Library Environment (OLE).” Kuali Days 2010, November 10, 2010, San Diego, CA.
Co-Presenter, “Kuali OLE (Open Library Environment): An Update from our Start-up Year.” Kuali Days 2010, November 10, 2010, San Diego, CA.
Co-Presenter, “Kuali OLE (Open Library Environment): Community Source for the Library Management System.” Kuali Days 2010, November 10, 2010, San Diego, CA.
Co-Presenter, “Library Startup: Building a Sustainable Software Community for Academic Libraries Through Kuali OLE.” Educause Annual Conference 2010, October 15, 2010, Anaheim, CA.
Co-Presenter, “You 3.0: Evolving Software, Hardware, and Wetware.” Educause Annual Conference 2010, October 14, 2010, Anaheim, CA.
Co-Presenter, “Open to Change: Open Source and Next Generation ILS and ERMS.” ALA Annual Conference 2010, Sponsored by the ALCTS Acquisitions Section and Continuing Resources Section, June 27, 2010, Washington, DC.
Co-Presenter, “Learn about the New Kuali Project: Online Library Environment (OLE).” Kuali Days 8, November 18, 2009, San Antonio, TX.
Co-Presenter, “Beyond the Silos of the LAMs: Time to Speak Up. Collaborative and Open Software Development Directions for Libraries, Archives and Museums.” CNI Spring 2010 Members Meeting, April 12, 2010, Baltimore, MD.
Invited Co-Presenter, “The Future of Higher Education: What Is the IT Professional’s Role?” Educause Midwest Regional Conference Sponsored by Gluu, March 17, 2010, Chicago, IL.
2009
Co-Presenter, Data Curation Birds-of-a-Feather, SC09 (Supercomputing 2009), November 17, 2009, Portland, OR.
Presenter, “Giving Birth to an Elephant: HathiTrust’s Story of IT, Libraries, and Uncommon Acts of Collaboration.” Educause Annual Conference 2009, November 6, 2009, Denver, CO.
Co-Presenter, “Extending Your Reach with WorldCat Local and API: Library Catalog Solutions That Change Everything.” Educause Annual Conference 2009, November 6, 2009, Denver, CO.
Preconference Co-Presenter, “The Changing Face of Library Workflow Management: Open Source, Grid Computing and Cloud Services.” Charleston Serials Conference, November 4, 2009.
Co-Presenter, Data Curation Birds-of-a-Feather, SUN-PASIG Meeting, Oct 2009, San Francisco, CA.
Invited Keynote Speaker, The NetGen Disconnect for Teaching and Learning. Lindenwood University Faculty Symposium, August 18, 2009, St. Charles, MO.
Co-Presenter, “The Open Library Environment Project (OLE Project): Building an ILS for Service Oriented Architecture Integration.” American Library Association Annual Conference, July 11, 2009, Chicago, IL.
Co-Presenter, Data Curation Birds-of-a-Feather, TeraGrid09, June 24, 2009, Arlington, VA.
Co-Presenter, “Restoring Trust Relationships within Collaborative Digital Preservation Federations.” 4th International Conference on Open Repositories, May 15, 2009, Atlanta, GA.
Co-Presenter, “The OLE Project: Reconceptualizing Technology for Modern Library Workflow: A SOA Approach.” Educause Enterprise Technology Conference, May 7, 2009, Indianapolis, IN.
Co-Presenter, “The OLE Project: An Update on Developing a Community-Sourced SOA Compliant Library Information Environment.” CNI Task Force Meeting, April 7, 2009, Minneapolis, MN.
Invited Keynote Speaker, Uncovering our Digital Cultural Heritage for the Millennial Generation. Missouri Digitization Conference, March 10, 2009, Independence, MO.
Co-Presenter, “Open-Source Next-Gen ILS Initiatives.” Common Solutions Group Meeting, January 8, 2009, Boulder, CO.
2008
Poster Session, Cyberinfrastructure Collaboration for Distributed Digital Preservation, 4th IEEE International Conference on e-Science, December 10, 2008, Indianapolis, IN.
Co-Presenter, Cyberinfrastructure Collaboration for Distributed Digital Preservation. 2008 Microsoft E-Science Workshop, December 8 , 2008, Indianapolis, IN.
Co-Presenter, Disconnects Between Learning Management Systems and Millennial Generation User Expectations, Educause Annual Conference, October 31, 2008, Orlando, FL.
Co-Presenter, Perspectives on Collaborative Data Cyberinfrastructure: A Role for Libraries in Data Curation and Long-Lived Preservation Services, Educause Annual Conference, October 29, 2008, Orlando, FL.
Co-Presenter, Cross-Institutional Repository Assessment: A Standardized Model for Institutional Research Assessment, ARL Library Assessment Conference, August 5, 2008, Seattle, WA.
Co-Presenter, DataGrid Technologies in Libraries, LITA Pre-Conference, American Library Association 2008 Annual Conference, June 27, 2008, Anaheim, CA.
Invited Speaker, NISO Spring Forum on Digital Preservation, March 14, 2008, Washington, DC.
2007
Co-Presenter, Data-Cyberinfrastructure Collaboration at the University of California, San Diego, CNI Fall 2007 Task Force Meeting, December 11, 2007, Washington, DC.
Co-Presenter, Enabling Innovation in Your Library: Identifying and Building the New within Your Current Environment, November 10, 2007, XXVII Annual Charleston Conference, Charleston, SC.
Co-Presenter, Electronic Resources Management: The Future of Library Technical Services and Other Ideas on How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, November 8, 2007, XXVII Annual Charleston Conference, Charleston, SC.
Co-Presenter, A Discussion on Disconnects Between Library Culture and Millennial Generation Values, Educause 2007 Annual Conference, October 24, 2007, Seattle, WA.
Invited Speaker, Is Library 1.0 Ready for Web 2.0?, North Carolina Library Association 57th Biennial Conference, October 18, 2007, Hickory, NC.
Co-Presenter, Data-Cyberinfrastructure Collaboration at the University of California, San Diego, Access 2007 Conference, October 12, 2007, Victoria, British Columbia.
Co-Presenter, Internet2 and NDIIPP: Internet2 Infrastructure in Support of the National Digital Preservation Agenda, Internet Fall 2007 Members Meeting, October 11, 2007, San Diego, CA.
Presenter, The Chronopolis Demonstration Project: A Grid-Based Digital Preservation Environment, Proceedings of iPres2007: International Conference on the Preservation of Digital Objects, October 11, 2007, Beijing, China.
(http://ipres.las.ac.cn/program.jsp)
Co-Author, Archival Storage Lifecycle Management in High Performance Computing Data Centers, Proceedings of the Archival Storage Lifecycle Management Workshop a Pre-Conference of the 24th IEEE Conference on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies, MSST, September 24, 2007, San Diego, CA.
Co-Presenter, The NDIIPP/SDSC Partnership: Chronopolis, NDIIPP Summer 2007 Partners Meeting, June 27, 2007, College Park, MD.
Co-Author, Disk and Tape Storage Cost Models, Proceedings of the IS&T Archiving 2007 Conference, May 21-24, 2007, Arlington, VA.
(http://www.imaging.org/conferences/archiving2007/program.cfm)
Poster Session, Replication Policies for Distributed Digital Preservation Federations, Proceedings of Science Archives in the 21st Century, April 26, 2007, College Park, MD.
(http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nost/conf/archive21st/titles.html#posters)
Co-Author, Sustainability Models for Digital Preservation Federations, Proceedings of DigCCurr 2007: An International Symposium in Digital Curation, April 19, 2007, Chapel-Hill, NC.
(http://www.ils.unc.edu/digccurr2007/papers/McDonaldWalters_paper_6-4.pdf)
Co-Presenter, Using MediaWiki Open-Source Software as Infrastructure for Electronic Resources Outreach, February 26, 2007. Five Weeks to a Social Library 2007.
(http://www.sociallibraries.com/course/week3)
Co-Presenter, Discussing the Disconnects Between Library Culture and Millennial Generation User Values, February 6, 2007, Blended Librarians Webcast.
Poster Session, Who is Contributing to E-Print Archives, Open Repositories Conference 2007, January 24, 2007, San Antonio, TX.
2006
Co-Presenter, Low Threshold Strategies for Libraries to Support “Other” Types of Digital Publishing, LITA National Forum 2006, October 29, 2006, Nashville, TN.
Co-Presenter, MetaArchive NDIIPP Partnership, Proceedings of iPres2006: International Conference on the Preservation of Digital Objects, October 9, 2006, Ithaca, NY.
(http://hdl.handle.net/1813/3681)
Co-Presenter, Establishing Technical, Administrative and Legal Consolidation of Non-Published & Near-Published Research via DigiTool: The Florida State University Experience, ELUNA Annual Meeting, June 4-7, 2006, Knoxville, TN.
Co-Presenter, Establishing Technical, Administrative and Legal Consolidation of Non-Published & Near-Published Research: The Florida State University Experience, 9th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations, June 7-10, 2006, Quebec City, Canada.
Co-Presenter, A Performance Support Systems Approach to Digital Publishing in Libraries, Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, June 12-14, 2006, Chapel Hill, NC.
Co-Author, Turing Silos Into Bridges: Optimizing Local Digital Library Programs, Archiving 2006, May 23-26, 2006, Ottowa, Canada.
Co-Author, Cut and Paste Libraries: The Transformation of Information Services for the Millennials and Beyond, ACRL/CNI/Educause Joint Virtual Conference, Innovate and Motivate: Next Generation Libraries, April 20-21, 2006.
Invited Keynote Speaker, Electronic Resources and Libraries Conference 2006, Atlanta, GA, March 23-25, 2006. http://www.electroniclibrarian.org/conf2006/conf2006.htm
Co-Presenter, Who Moved My eJournal: Electronic Resources and Organizational Change, Electronic Resources and Libraries Conference 2006, Atlanta, GA, March 23-25, 2006.
2005
Co-Presenter, The ASERL LOCKSS-ETD Initiative: Developing Preservation Strategies for Libraries that publish E-Scholarship, CNI Fall 2005 Task Force Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, December 5-6, 2005.
Presenter, LOCKSS@FSU, CSUL Joint Meeting, Gainesville, FL, Nov. 8, 2005.
Presenter, Digital Collections@FSU, CSUL Joint Meeting, Gainesville, FL, Nov. 8,
2005.
Co-Presenter, Building a Collaborative Digital Preservation Network, Educause Annual
Conference, Orlando, FL, October 20, 2005.
(http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/powerpoint/EDU05199.pps)(Powerpoint)
Co-Presenter, Millenial Net Value(s): Disconnects Between Libraries and the Information
Age Mindset, Symposium on Free Culture and the Digital Library, Atlanta, GA, October
14, 2005.
Co-Presenter, A Practical, Working, and Replicable Approach to ETD Preservation,
Eighth International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations, Sydney,
Australia, September 29, 2005.
(http://adt.caul.edu.au/etd2005/papers/092McMillan.pdf)(Paper)
(http://adt.caul.edu.au/etd2005/pres/Ritchie02Thu/03%20B1%201030-
1200%20Gail%20McMillian,%20Catherine%20Jannik,%20Robert%20McDonald.ppt)(Powerpoint)
Presenter, Improving, Expanding, and Maintaining Momentum in an Established ETD
Program, Eighth International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations,
Sydney, Australia, September 28, 2005.
(http://adt.caul.edu.au/etd2005/papers/069McDonald.pdf)(Paper)
(http://adt.caul.edu.au/etd2005/pres/GalleryOne01Wed/03%20B2%201030-
1230%20Robert%20McDonald.ppt)(Powerpoint)
Presenter, The MetaArchive of Southern Digital Culture: Technical Architecture for a
Collaborative Digital Preservation Network, National Digital Information Infrastructure
and Preservation Program Bi-Annual Partners Meeting, Warrenton, VA, July 13, 2005.
Co-Presenter, Policies and Practices of Institutional Repositories, D-Scholarship: Florida
State University’s Institutional Repository, ALA Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, June
27, 2005.
Co-Presenter, Southeastern Digital Libraries: An Overview of Current Projects and a
Look at Future Trends, Educause Southeast Regional Conference, Atlanta, GA, June 8,
2005. (http://www.educause.edu/LibraryDetailPage/666?ID=SER0566)
2004
Co-Presenter, The MetaArchive of Southern Digital Culture: Building a Collaborative Digital Preservation Network, CNI Fall 2004 Task Force Meeting, Portland, OR, December 6-7, 2004.
Presenter, Creative Commons Licensing and Institutional Repositories: The FSU Experience, SPARC Workshop – Institutional Repositories: The Next Stage, Washington, DC, Nov. 18-19, 2004.
Co-Presenter, The New Frontier of Institutional Repositories: Three Libraries, Three Plans, One Goal, EDUCAUSE 2004 Annual Conference, October 19-22, 2004, Denver, CO.
Co-Presenter, Leadership Opportunities in Academic Libraries, NMRT President’s Program, ALA Annual Meeting 2004, Orlando, FL, June 26, 2004.
(http://rmcdonald.info/presentations/nmrt2004)
Co-Presenter, Portals in Libraries Symposium, LITA Pre-Conference, ALA Annual Meeting 2004, Orlando, FL, June 25, 2004.
D-Scholarship and DigiTool: An IR Perspective, SMUG (SFX Metalib Users Group) 2004, Cambridge, MA, June 16-18, 2004.
Co-Presenter, ETD Programs as Building Blocks for Institutional Repositories: Laying the Foundation One Graduate Student at a Time, 7th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations, Lexington, KY, June 3-5, 2004.
Co-Presenter, ETD Implementation in Six Months: Five Principles, 7th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations, Lexington, KY, June 3-5, 2004.
Co-Presenter, The New Frontier of Institutional Repositories, CNI Fall 2003 Task Force Meeting, Portland, OR, December 8-9, 2003.
Co-Presenter, Video Streaming Cookbook – Intellectual Property and Digital Access Management Systems, Internet2 Fall 2003 Members Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, October 13-16, 2004.
(http://events.internet2.edu/2003/fall-mm/sessionDetails.cfm?session=1208)
2003
Co-Presenter, Managing Digital Repositories, Southeastern University Research Association/ViDe 5th Annual Digital Video Workshop, Atlanta, GA, March 26, 2003.
(http://www.vide.net/conferences/spr2003/presentations/day_two/hodge_estler/streaming_revised.ppt)
2002
Conference Session, Moderator for Building the MyPortal Experience, American Library Association Annual Conference – LITA Human Machine Interface Interest Group, Atlanta, GA June 17, 2002.
Conference Session, Utilizing Descriptive Meta-data and XML to Create a Subject Based Cross-Institutional Research Portal, Coalition for Networked Information Spring Task Force Meeting, Washington, DC April 16, 2002.
Conference Session, Demonstration and Discussion of a New Digital Slide Management, Presentation, and Instruction Tool. Association of Architecture School Librarians Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 12, 2002.
Conference Session, Utilizing Descriptive Meta-data and XML to Create a Subject Based Cross-Institutional Research Portal, Alabama Library Association Annual Conference, Huntsville, AL, April 10, 2002.
Conference Session, Transforming America: Alabama’s Role in the Civil Rights Movement, American Association for History and Computing, Nashville, TN March 7, 2002.
2001
Conference Session, MYLibrary@ Auburn University, American Library Association Annual Conference – LITA Human Machine Interface Interest Group, San Francisco, CA June 16, 2001.
Co-Coordinator and Presenter, And Access for All…, Alabama Library Association Annual Convention – Technical Services and Systems Round Table Pre-Conference, Montgomery, AL, April 10, 2001.
2000
Invited Presentation, Weaving a Web for Everyone, Alabama Association of College and Research Libraries College and University Section Workshop, Montgomery, AL, December 8, 2000.
Conference Session Co-Coordinator, Proactive Library Services in a High Tech Environment, SELA Bi-Annual Conference, Jekyll Island, GA October 12, 2000.
Poster Session, Understanding Patron Web Based Access, ALA Annual Conference, Chicago, IL July 9, 2000.
Poster Session, Marketing Your Library, They know your name but can they find the URL?, ALA Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, July 10, 2000.
1999
Co-Instructor, NAAL (Network of Alabama Academic Libraries) Internet Workshop: Resources for Literature, Presentation of materials concerning English and American Literature resources via the World Wide Web, Auburn University Libraries, Auburn, Alabama, August 27, 1999.
1998
Paper Presentation, Richard T. Greener, Conference on the History of Library and Information Science, 25th Anniversary of the College of Library and Information Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, April 4, 1998.