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I am passionate about technology and libraries and I enjoy presenting, teaching and publishing on emerging technologies and social software, particularly with respect to how these technologies and tools can be used to enhance the online user experience. Below you will find a list of all the presentations I’ve done since 2003.

If you’d like me to write for your publication, give a talk to your group, or lead a workshop for your institution/association, chances are I’ll say yes. Feel free to get in touch.

Looking for my bio? Here you go.

Upcoming

• Internet Librarian, Monterey, CA, October 2008. Preconference on Academic Library 2.0; preconference on project management; session on drupal.

2008

• Library Blogging Workshop. SOHLIN, UWO, June. [handout]
• Blogs & Wikis (and what you can do with them). Closing Plenary panel for the Medical Library Association annual meeting. Chicago IL, May.
• Social Software: the Hows, Whys and What fors. Atlantic Provinces Library Association Annual Conference. Charlottetown PEI, May.
• Pecha Kucha: Conversation Face-off. Panel with Aaron Schmidt, Greg Schwartz, Meredith Farkas, David Free, Greg Notess. Computers in Libraries, Arlington VA, April.
• Academic Library 2.0 (preconference workshop). Computers in Libraries, Arlington VA, April (my presentation on blogs is here).
• Keep Up! Tagging, Social Bookmarking and Folksonomies. Online workshop for OCLC Western Service Center, February & March.
• Learning 2.0: The Mac Experience, OLA Super Conference panel with Gail Richardson & Beckie MacDonald (Oakville Public Library). Toronto, ON, February.
• Social Media on Campus, Workshop for Student Affairs, McMaster University [handout]. Hamilton, ON, January.

2007

• Staff Development 2.0: Learning, Creating, Playing! E-Info Global Symposium, Huntsville, AL, December.
• IM Reference @ Your Library (web conference). The Education Institute, November.
• What is Reference 2.0? Guest Lecture at FIS 1310, Intro to Reference course. Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto, November.
• Teaching, Learning & Social Software [handout]. Workshop for DeGroote School of Business faculty members, McMaster, November.
• Learning 2.0 @ Mac for Campus Career Partners. A version of Learning 2.0 @ Mac for McMaster Career Services staff, November.
• 2.0 @ Your Library: Technologies, Tools, Tips & Strategies (6-week online course), The Education Institute, November.
• Academic Library 2.0 (preconference workshop). Internet Librarian, Monterey CA, October.
• Simple Solutions for Dynamic Web Services Using RSS (preconference workshop). Internet Librarian, Monterey CA, October.
• Forget the Lipstick, this Pig Needs a Complete Makeover (presentation on McMaster’s Endeca-powered OPAC), Access 2007, Victoria, B.C., October.
• Health Library 2.0: Ten Tech Tools for Health Libraries & Librarians, Health Science Information Consortium of Toronto Professional Practice Day, September.
• Building a Dynamic Web Presence with RSS, ETIG preconference: Getting to Library 2.0, CLA Annual Conference, St. John’s, Newfoundland, May.
• IM the Library! Launching an IM Reference Service (web conference), Tech Tuesdays: Talking with Techies, The Education Institute, May.
• Online Social Networks: What, Why, How (15-minute cybertour). Computers in Libraries, Arlington VA, April.
• Simple Solutions for Dynamic Web Services Using RSS (preconference workshop). Computers in Libraries, Arlington VA, April.
• Tips & Strategies for Launching an IM Reference Service (preconference workshop). Computers in Libraries, Arlington VA, April.
• Building a Dynamic Web Presence with Web 2.0 Tools (6-week online course), The Education Institute, March 19.
• Top Tech Trends, OLITA Panel (with Michael Stephens & John Blyberg). OLA Super Conference, Toronto, February 2007.
• Health Library 2.0: Delivering Web Services with 2.0 Tools, OLA Super Conference, Toronto, February 2007.

2006

• Special Library 2.0: The highs, the lows, and everything in-between. “Library 2.0 in Action” panel discussion (with Connie Crosby, Dave Hook & Carolyne Sidey). SLA Toronto Chapter, Toronto, November 2006.
• Thriving with Technology, OCULA One Day Mini-Conference, Toronto, November 2006.
• Simple Solutions for Dynamic Web Services Using RSS (preconference workshop). Internet Librarian, Monterey, California, October 2006.
• Tips & Strategies for Launching an IM Reference Service (preconference workshop). Internet Librarian, Monterey, California, October 2006.
• Towards Academic Library 2.0. Panel Discussion with Diane Ward & Jennifer Graham. ACRL Western New York/Ontario Chapter Fall Conference, Grimsby, Ontario, October 2006.
• IM @ Mac: where we’ve been & where we’re going, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, June 2006.
• IM @ Mac: where we’ve been, where we’re going, Laurier Library, Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, May 2006.
• “The Brave New World of Social Bookmarking: Everything you Always Wanted to Know but were too Afraid to Ask.” Feliciter 52:2, p. 56-58.
• Getting the Most Out of Blogs, RSS and Other Web 2.0 Technologies, The Education Institute, March-May 2006, 6-week online course.
• Virtual Teaching Moments (with Clara Hudson), Computers in Libraries Conference, Washington DC, March 2006.
• Digi TechForum: Looking at Dead & Emerging Technologies (panel), Computers in Libraries Conference, Washington DC, March 2006.
• Building Communities with IM (with Michael Stephens & Aaron Schmidt), Computers in Libraries Conference, Washington DC, March 2006.
• Instant Messaging: the new Virtual Reference?, OLA Super Conference, Toronto, ON, February 2006.

2005

• Blogs & RSS: What it’s all about & why you should care, Golden Horseshoe Health Libraries Association, Hamilton, ON, November 2005.
• Web 2.0 @ your library, Health Science Information Consortium of Toronto, Toronto, ON, November 2005.
• Everything to get you started on blogs & RSS, The Education Institute, 6-week online course, Nov-Dec 2005.
• A Brief Design Tour of the Library Blogosphere (with Aaron Schmidt), Blog University, Arlington, VA, September 2005.
• 10 Tips to Market your Library Blog (with Jill Stover), Blog University, Arlington, VA, September 2005.
• Review of UbuWeb published in C&RL News, Vol. 66, No. 6. June 2005.
• Blogs & RSS: What it’s all about and why you should care, SLA Ontario Southwest, Burlington, ON, May 2005.
• “The Library Blog: Serving Users and Staying Relevant” in Last one out turn off the lights: is this the future of American & Canadian libraries?, edited by Susan Cleyle and Louise McGillis. Scarecrow Press, March 2005.

2004

• Edublogging: Weblogs in the Classroom, Learning Technology Symposium, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, December 2004.
• “Take up Thy Pens and Keyboards! Why it’s Never too Early to Start Thinking about Publishing”. Knowledge Quest: Journal of the American Association of School Librarians. Vol. 33, no. 1, p. 42-43, Sept/Oct 2004.
• Getting Started with Weblogs and RSS, The Education Institute, 6-week online course, Oct-Nov 2004.
• Roundtable Reads: Exploring the Literature & Culture of the Middle Ages, Summer Reading Programme, Vaughan Public Library, Vaughan, ON, July 2004.
• Blogs, Blogging, Bloggers: What’s it all About & Why all the fuss?, McMaster University Libraries, Hamilton, ON, April 2004.
• Toolbars, Deskbars & Bookmarklets, Oh My! Web Timesavers for the Busy Solo, Solo Librarians Group, SLA Toronto Chapter, Toronto, ON, March 2004.
• “Look Mom, I got my Name in Print! Lessons Learned by a Publishing Neophyte“. March 2004, LISCareer.com.
• Clutter Reduction Redux: More Tips to Make your Web Life Easier, McMaster University Library Brown Bag Lunch Series, Hamilton, ON, February 2004.

2003

• Clutter Reduction: Tips to Make your Web Life Easier, McMaster University Library Brown Bag Lunch Series, Hamilton, ON, February 2003.