Presentations

 2015

April 2015 University of Colorado Boulder Symposium, Expanding the Dialog: Colorado K12 and Higher Education Information Literacy Collaboration:  Literacies for Every Season of Their Lives 

October 2015:  SWON Webinar: Written Conversations and Academic Literacies in Libraries

2014

Please click here to see my presentation slides and resources from 2014.

October 2013

Creating Subject Guides for the 21st Century Library: Pathways to Learning, October 2013 ALA TechSource Webinar

June 2013

Moving from Nice to Necessary: Academic Libraries and Communities Collaboratively Composing Participatory Practices of Learning, June 2013 ALAO Summer Workshop

May 2013

Taking Embedded Librarianship To the Next Level, ALA TechSource Webinar May 23, 2013

April 2013

• Transliteracy and Participatory Practices of Learning: Praxis for Transformation of Today’s School Libraries and Learning Communities TXLA 2013
• Illuminating Learning Communities Through School Libraries and Makerspaces, TXLA April 2013
• Transliteracy as a Framework for Participatory Practices of Learning, Iowa Association of School Librarians Spring Conference (Concurrent Session)
• People, Partnerships, and Participatory Culture:  Librarianship of the People, For the People, By the People, Iowa Association of School Librarians Spring Conference (Opening Keynote)

February 2013

• Making Lemonade from Lemons: Transforming Challenges into Points of Innovation and Enchantment, Virtual Presentation
• Nurturing Lifelong Learning with Personal Learning Networks, Ohio eTech Conference 2013

November 2012

• Michigan Library Association Annual Conference Fall 2012 Youth Luncheon Keynote: Participatory Librarianship–Creating Enchantment and Conversations for Learning
• FAME (Florida Association for Media in Education) Fall 2012 Closing Keynote: People, Partnerships, and Participatory Culture–The Core of School Librarianship
  

October 2012

• October 2012: Participatory Librarianship Shaping Conversations to Advocate the Impact of Our Academic Libraries, Academic Library Association of Ohio (ALAO) 38th Annual Conference
• People, Partnerships, and Participatory Culture–The Core of School Librarianship, NCSLMA 2012
  

August 2012

Choosing an eBook Platform That Works for Your K-12 School Library:  An ALA TechSource Webinar

June 2012

• “Leveraging the Discourse of Common Core State Standards to Spur Conversations for Student Learning and School Libraries,” Georgia Library Media Association Summer Institute Opening Keynote
• “Transliterate Practices for Student Inquiry,” Richardson ISD, Dallas, Texas

May 2012

“Libraries, Participatory Culture, and Enchantment”, May 20, 2012, The Maine Library Association and the Maine Association of School Libraries Maine Libraries United Conference, Luncheon Speaker

April 2012

“Libraries as Communally Constructed Sites of Participatory Culture—Composing Narratives of Participatory Literacy and Enchantment”, April 7, 2012.  Invited speaker, Florida State University/PALM Center

March 2012

• Branding The Unquiet Library, Slides for a panel presentation Twitter, Ads, and QR Codes … Oh My! with Janie L. Hermann, Andrea Snyder, and Nancy Dowd at Computers in Libraries 2012 http://www.infotoday.com/cil2012/session.asp?
• The K-12 Library Perspective: eBook Issues and Challenges, http://www.infotoday.com/cil2012/session.asp?ID=A304 with Moderator: Dick Kaser, Vice President of Content, Information Today, Inc. ; panelists Chad Mairn, Chief Technology Officer, Novare Library Services ; Ken Roberts, CEO, Hamilton Public Library; Matt Barnes, VP of Marketing, eBrary, Computers in Libraries 2012
• Libraries as Communally Constructed Sites of Participatory Culture: Composing Narratives of Participatory Learning and Literacy, Massachusetts School Library Association Conference, Cape Cod, MA

February 2012

• Taking Embedded Librarianship to the Next Level: Action Steps and Practices, ALA TechSource webinar
• Transforming Information Literacy for Today’s K-12 Learners Through the Lenses of Transliteracy, Inquiry, and Participatory Learning, NEFLIN webinar

December 2011

Librarians Assessing for Student Learning, Virtual presentation for NJASL 2011

November 2011

• Get in the Game: Developing a Plan for Strategically Choosing Technologies to Support Student Learning Through Your Library Program, Linworth Webinar
• Rewriting the Story of Libraries and Learning Communities Through Participatory Culture and Transliteracy, Invited speaker to the Hechinger Institute Digital Media, Teaching, Children and Schools Conference, Chicago, IL

October 2011

• AASL 2011: Framing Transliterate Learning Through Inquiry and Participatory Culture, Concurrent Session and Virtual Conference Session, AASL 2011, Minneapolis, MN
• AASL 2011: Books, E-ink and Databases, Oh my! Collection Development in the 21st Century Preconference Workshop with Laura Pearle, Wendy Stephens, Angela Carstensen, Frances Harris, AASL 2011, Minneapolis, MN
• The New Normal? Challenges of Leveraging the eBook Opportunity in K-12 Libraries, Panel Keynote, Library Journal/School Library Journal “eBooks:  The New Normal” Virtual Conference
• Participatory Librarianship: Creating Enchantment and Conversations for Learning, Keynote, Tennessee Association of School Librarians Conference, Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

September 2011

• Distributing Libraries and Learning through Embedded Librarianship: Creating Conversations for Portable, Participatory, and Personalized Learning: LYRASIS Technology Ideas and Insights Series: Positioning your Library in the Mobile Ecosystem: Content and Delivery, Atlanta, Georgia
• Creating Subject Guides for the 21st Century, an ALA TechSource Webinar
• Transliteracy and the Young Child Panel with Andy Plemmons and Laura Fleming, School Library Journal Summit 2011, Washington, D.C.

August 2011

• Transformational Strategies for School Librarians Ithaca, New York
• Cultivating the Library as a Site of Participatory Culture and Learning, Trends in Library and Training Virtual Conference, ALA Learning and Webjunction

July 2011

• Fighting the Filter, NEKLS
• Libraries and Enchantment, NEKLS
• eBooks and eReaders in Your School Library Program
• Libraries, Literacies, and Learning: Mercer University Library Faculty Staff Day
• Hall County School District EdTech Conference Keynote on Participatory Learning, Gainesville, Georgia

June 2011

• ISTE “PLEs Please: Authentic Networked Learning for the Digital Age” with Laura Deisley and Wendy Drexler, Philadelphia, PA, June 29, 2011
• ISTE “A Dawning Era For School Librarians: There’s no better time for school librarians” (ISTE-SIGMS Forum) Panel Member, Philadelphia, PA, June 28, 2011; “Libraries and Enchantment”
• ALA Annual: The Embedded Librarian: Engage, Educate- A new model of school librarianship (Panel Member), New Orleans, LA, Saturday, June 25, 2011 (8AM–10:00AM)
• ALA Annual: OITP Cutting Edge Library Service Awards Program, New Orleans, LA, Saturday, June 25, 2011(10:30 AM–12:00PM)
• ALA Annual: Transforming Information Literacy for Today’s Students: Libraries as Sponsors of Transliteracy, New Orleans, LA, Sunday, June 26, 2011 (8AM–10:00 AM)
• ALA Annual: ALA Learning Round Table “Social Learning: What’s In It for You and Your Library?” Panel Member, Sunday, June 26, 2011 (10:30–12:00 PM)
• ALA Annual: Boomers, Staff & Students — Engaging the Many Voices of Advocacy: An Advocacy Institute Workshop (Panel Member), New Orleans, LA, Friday, June 24
• The World is My Textbook: Participatory Learning and New Media for Connecting, Creating, and Collaborating with Students, Post-luncheon keynote, Griffin-Spalding County School District Teachers as Learners Conference, Griffin, Georgia
• Getting There Together:  Assessing for Student Learning, Griffin-Spalding County School District Teachers as Learners Conference, Griffin, Georgia
• Content Creation and Collaborative Knowledge Construction with Wikispaces, Griffin-Spalding County School District Teachers as Learners Conference, Griffin, Georgia
• Making Research Relevant with Multigenre Research Projects, Griffin-Spalding County School District Teachers as Learners Conference, Griffin, Georgia

May 2011

• ABQLA 79th Annual Conference Speaker/Presenter, Montreal, May 12, 2011: “Transliterate Libraries: Creating Conversations for Portable, Participatory, and Personalized Learning.”
• New York Library Association SLMS Spring Conference Saturday Keynote Speaker, Buffalo, New York, May 7, 2011
• Diving into Digital Books Teacher-Librarian Cafe Webinar, May 2, 2011

April 2011

• Listening, Learning, Leading: Rewriting the Story of Library Through Participatory Librarianship, Calgary Regional Consortium Reaching and Teaching Conference
• Inviting Student Participation in Your School Library Program, NEFLIN

February 2011

Getting There Together: Assessing Student Learning, Thursday, February 24, 2011, LibraryLink NJ

December 2010

• “Inviting Student Participation in Your School Library Media Program”, Thursday, December 16, 2010 Webinar for the New Jersey Statewide Library Cooperative
• “Oh, The Places You’ll Go: Creating Streams of Information for Research Pathfinders 2.0”, Thursday, December 16, 2010 Webinar for NEFLIN (Northeast Florida Library Information Network)
• New Jersey Association of School Librarians Fall Conference 2010 Keynote Speech, Friday, December 3, 2010:  “Participatory Librarianship—Creating Possibilities Through Transliteracy, Learning, and Linchpins”

November 2010

Connecticut Assocation of School Librarian (CASL) Preconference Workshop/Seminar: “Participatory Librarianship—Transliterate Conversations for Creating, Contributing, Collaborating, and Connecting”, November 7, 2010

October 2010

• Crowdsourcing Your Library Program Challenges, Internet@Schools West; presented with Elisabeth Abarbanel, Michelle Fromme, and Andrew Shuping, October 26, 2010, Monterey, California
• WordPress in Libraries, Internet@Schools West; presented with Polly Farrington, October 25, 2010, Monterey, California
• Georgia Council of Media Organizations (COMO) 2010 Panel Keynote: “Participatory Librarianship: Transliterate Conversations for Creating, Contributing, Collaborating, and Connecting”, October 15, 2010, Athens, Georgia
• MEMO (Minnesota Educational Media Organization) 2010 Keynote Speech, Friday, October 1, 2010, St. Cloud, Minnesota
• “How To Keep Up With (Almost) Everything”, MEMO 2010, October 1, 2010, St. Cloud, Minnesota

June 2010

• “Lights!  Cameras!  Booktrailers!” YALSA Panel on Using Book Trailers to Promote Teen Reading, June 26, 2010, Washington D.C. at the American Library Association Annual Conference
• “How Did This Happen?” Panel Discussion, Independent Reference Publisher’s Group, June 25, 2010, Washington D.C. at the American Library Association Annual Conference
• YASLA Preconference Promoting Teen Reading Using Web 2.0 Tools (Wendy Stephens, preconference facilitator);  “Using Research Pathfinders to Promote YA Lit”, June 25, 2010, Washington D.C. at the American Library Association Annual Conference
• Emporia State University SLIM Summer Institute for School Librarians, June 23, 2010, Emporia, Kansas
• Mindomo for Libraries, Learning, and Advocacy, GLMA Summer Institute , June 19, 2010 at Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain, Georgia
• GPLS/GLA Wednesday Webinar: Pivot Points for Change: Libraries and Librarians Using Web 2.0 to Connect, Create, and Collaborate , June 16, 2010

May 2010

• How To Keep Up with (Almost) Everything), NEFLIN, May 13, 2010
• A Prescription for Healthier School Librarianship: Transforming Our Practice for the 21st Century, Hall County Media Specialists’ Association Annual Luncheon, May 10, 2010

April 2010

• Teacher Librarian Cafe Crisis Webinar, April 19, 2010
• Libraries and Librarians as Sponsors of Literacy, Alabama Library Association YASRT/CSLD Preconference, April 13, 2010
• Libraries and Transliteracy with Bobbi Newman and Matt Hamilton, Computers in Libraries, April 2010
• Pivot Points for Change: Connecting the Dots of Information Literacy with Social Media , Internet@Schools East 2010, April 12, 2010

March 2010

• Applying the Principles of Epigenetics for a R(Evolution) in School Librarianship, Fulton County School District School Librarians’ Workshop/PD, March 24, 2010

February 2010

• Transforming Information Literacy for NowGen Students: The Media 21 Project , CRSTE Cyberconference, February 28, 2010
• “Pivot Points for Change: Libraries and Librarians”, Chattahoochee Valley Regional Library Staff Training Day, Columbus, Georgia
• “How to Keep Up with (almost) Everything” , February 17, 2010, South Jersey Regional Library Cooperative Webinar
• Virtual Class Visit: Creating Research Pathfinders, LBSC 642 University of Maryland, “Integrating Technology in Learning and Teaching”, February 16, 2010

January 2010

• “Real Learning for the Real World: Engaged Students and Teacher Librarians” , January 25, 2010, North Star Library Consortium, Alexandria, Minnesota
• “Flip This Library” with Wendy Stephens and Laura Pearle, ALA Midwinter 2010, presented January 15, 2010 via Skype
• “Fighting the Filter”, virtual presentation for ISTE-SIGMS, January 13, 2010

December 2009

• “Fighting the Filter:  Tips for Delivering a Knockout Punch to Information Censorship”; presented December 9, 2009 via Skype to the Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative
• “12 Ways to Improve Databases”; presented to Gale|Cengage Learning via Elluminate December 8, 2009

November 2009

• Not Just Another Brick in the Wall: Engaging 21st Century Learning Through Participatory School Librarianship, AASL National Conference, November 6, 2009
• AASL Web 2.0 Smackdown Team, “Information Fluency” with Gwyneth Jones, AASL National Conference, November 6, 2009
• Classroom 2.0 Live : Creating Widgets for Instructional Purposes, November 14, 2009
• Moving Forward: Engaging the 21st Century Learner Panel Discussion/Webinar Sponsored by School Library Journal and Follett Software, November 17, 2009

October 2009

• Research Pathfinders 2.0, Georgia Council of Media Organizations (COMO) Conference
• Poetry 2.0, Georgia Council of Media Organizations (COMO) Conference
• Internet @ Schools West/Internet Librarian: “Give Them Something to Talk About: Infusing Library 2.0 Into Your Library Instruction and Web Presence”

September 2009

• Library 2.0, presented to Dr. Lisa Tripp’s LIS 5313 students, Florida State University
• Pivot Points for Change:  Libraries and Librarians Using Web 2.0 to Connect, Create, and Collaborate, presented to the Georgia Public Library Service All-Staff Meeting
• YA Lit 2.0, virtual course for LYRASIS

August 2009

• Guest Panelist, University of Wisconsin School Library Education Consortium

July 2009

• Web 2. 0 Meets Standards for 21st Century Learners, virtual guest presenter, American Library Association Annual Conference
• YA Lit 2.0, virtual course, LYRASIS
• Make the Connection:  Learning to Play, Playing to Learn, presented to Creekview High School faculty

June 2009

• Research Pathfinders 2.0 and Personal Learning Networks, podcast/interview, Dr. Michael Orey, University of Georgia
• “Is There a Place for Media Specialists Who Don’t Know Social Media?” guest panelist with Joyce Valenza, Cathy Nelson, and Carolyn Foote, “The Future of Education” hosted by Steve Hargadon
• Web 2.0 Tools for Librarians, virtual presentation to the Georgia Library Media Association Summer Institute
• Organizing Information Streams, presented to EDIT 6380 graduate students, The University of Georgia

May 2009

• Touring the Unquiet Library, presented to Dr. Nancy Everhart’s Leadership in Technology graduate students, Florida State University

April 2009

• Research Pathfinders 2.0:  Creating Information Streams for Students Through Collaboration, presented to Kennesaw State University preservice teachers
• Oh, the Places You’ll Go!  Research Pathfinders 2.0,   BIGGER Conference, Georgia Southern University

March 2009

• Poetry 2.0:  Using Web 2.o Tools to Celebrate and Explore Poetry, University of Georgia 40th Annual Conference on Children’s Literature
• YA Lit 2.0, University of Georgia 40th Annual Conference on Children’s Literature

February 2009

• YA Lit 2.0:  How Web 2.0 is Reaching Teen Readers, Georgia Council of Teachers of English Conference
• Research Pathfinders 2.0:  Information Streams for Student Research, Georgia Council of Teachers of English Conference
• Making Research Relevant:  Multigenre Research Papers, Georgia Council of Teachers of English Conference

November 2008

• Virtual Reference Books in the School Library: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, GaECT Conference

October 2008

• Using Web 2.0 Tools To Create a Personal Learning Network for Librarians, Georgia Council of Media Organizations (COMO) Conference

July 2008

• Avant Garde Cataloging, presented to graduate students in EDIT 6380, The University of Georgia