Susan Lynn Gibbons
28 Thrush Field Way
Pittsford, NY 14534
(585) 267 -7025 (home)
(585) 275 -6320 (work)
sgibbons@library.rochester.edu
EDUCATION
LIBRARY WORK
EXPERIENCE
Masters in Business Administration
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Focus on not-for-profit organizations
Masters in Library Science
Indiana University, Bloomington
Focus on academic libraries
Masters in History
Indiana University, Bloomington
Focus on medieval European history
Bachelors in History
University of Delaware
cum laude
(in progress) Ed.D in Higher Education
University of Rochester
Vice Provost, Andrew H. & Janet Dayton Neilly Dean,
River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester, NY
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Responsibility for management of a $10.7 million operations,
collections and salary budget
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Administrative responsibility for 9 libraries and over
120 professional and para -professional staff
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Member of University President’s Cabinet
Associate Dean (2006 -2008 ) and Assistant Dean for Public
Services & Collection Developm ent
River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester, NY
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Administrative responsibility for Reference, Rare Books &
Special Collections, Preservation, Art/Music Library, Multimedia
Library, Management Library, Koller-Collins English Library,
Robbins Medieval Library, and Collection Development
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Manage initiatives regarding scholarly communication,
applications of emerging technologies, and user-needs assessment
Visiting Program Officer, Association of Research Libraries
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Conduct research on behalf of the ARL Task Force on Library
Roles in Enhanced Environments for Teaching & Learning
September 2002
May 1995
May 1995
May 1992
(May 2009)
March 2008 -date
2004 – Feb. 2008
April 2006 –
December 2006
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Director, Digital Library Initiatives
River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester, NY
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Management, including oversight of resource allocations and
personnel, of select projects relating to the adoption of new
information technologies
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Developed plans for coordinating the integration and transition of
completed IT projects into daily routines
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University project leader and lead investigator for DSpace, an
institutional repository system
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Authored of several IT-related grants, project proposals, and
strategy papers
Digital Initiatives Librarian
River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester, NY
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Evaluated new and emerging technologies and their possible
applications for libraries
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Designed and implemented CoURse Resources system, which
tailors library resources for each course taught on campus
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Project leader for electronic theses and dissertations and faculty e-
archive pilot projects
2002 – 2004
2000 – 2002
Electronic Book Project Director, Library Services &
Technology Act Grant, Rochester, NY
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Designed and implemented several projects to study the uses and
feasibility of electronic books in public, academic and school
libraries
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Conducted numerous usability tests and focus-groups
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Authored and edited web-based, bi-monthly newsletter,
“Librarian’s eBook Newsletter”
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Invited to conduct ebook workshops and presentations locally,
nationally, and internationally
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Authored successful grant renewal application and all grant
reports
1999 - 2001
Audiovisual Librarian
August 1999 -
St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY
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Supervised the operations of the Givens Audiovisual Center
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Created and digitized subject bibliographies of videos
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Library Liaison for Department of Modern Languages and
Cultures
December 1999
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Head, Monographic Acquisitions
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
1997 – 1999
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Coordinated bibliographic searching, vendor selection, ordering
and receiving of monographic materials
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Directed activities for the processing of domestic and Latin
American approval plans
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Prepared acquisition budget projections
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Developed ILS work-around to facilitate partial subject allocation
of acquisitions budget
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Bibliographer for Political Science Department
Acquisitions Specialist, Monographic Processing Services
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Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
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Monographic vendor liaison for all University libraries
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Project manager for standing order and out-of-print automation
systems
1995 - 1997
Internet Instructor, School of Library & Information Science
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
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Assisted with computer lab component of L571 “Information
Networking”
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Taught HTML mark-up
Fall Semester
1996
History Collection Specialist- Internship
Spring Semester
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
1995
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Performed collection development activities for History, Religious
Studies, Classical Archaeology and History & Philosophy of
Science
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Created Library’s first web-based research guide for Medieval and
Renaissance Studies
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PUBLICATIONS
Books & Rep orts
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Gibbons (2007).
The Academic Library and the Net Gen Student: Making the
Connections
. ALA Editions.
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Foster & Gibbons (Eds.) (2007).
Studying Students: The Undergraduate Research
Project at the University of Rochester
. ACRL Publications.
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Gibbons (May/June 2005) “ Library Course Management Systems: An Overview,”
Library Technology Reports
, ALA Editions
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Gibbons (July/August 2004) “ Establishing an Institutional Repository,”
Library
Technology Reports
, ALA Editions
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Gibbons, Peters & Bryan (2003) “
E-Book Functionality: What Libraries and Their
Patrons Want and Expect From Electronic Books.”
LITA Guide #10
. Chicago, IL:
ALA Editions.
Peer-Reviewed Articles
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Hughes, et al (2006) “From the Taiga Forum 2006…OUR Future Scenarios,”
Reference Services Review
, 34:3, pp. 428-9.
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Bell, Foster & Gibbons (2005) “
Reference Librarians and the Success of Institutional
Repositories,”
Reference Services Review
, 33:3, pp. 283-90.
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Foster & Gibbons (2005) “
Studying Faculty to Improve Content Recruitment for
Institutional Repositories,”
D-Lib Magazine
, 11:1
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Reeb & Gibbons (2004) “
Students, Librarians and Subject Guides: Improving a Poor
Rate of Return,”
portal: Libraries and the Academy
, 4:1, pp. 123 -30.
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Gibbons (2003) “ Building Upon the MyLibrary Concept to Better Meet the
Information Needs of College Students,”
D-Lib Magazine
, 10:3,
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Gibbons (2002) “Offering eBooks to Your Users: Some Costs and Benefits to
Consider,”
Bottom Line
, 15:2, pp. 11 -14
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Gibbons (2001) “ Growing Competition for Libraries,”
Library Hi Tech
, 19:4,
pp. 363-7
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Gibbons (2001) “ eBooks: Some Concerns and Surprises,”
portal: Libraries and the
Academy
, 1:1, pp. 71 -76.
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MEDIA
HIGHLIGHTS
PROFESSIONAL
SERVICE
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Chronicle of Higher Education
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Young Librarians, Talkin’ ‘Bout Their Generation 10/19/07)
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Text
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Podcast Interview
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An Anthropologist in the Library
(8/17/07)
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For Planners, the Opportunity of a Lifetime
(7/13/07)
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Lost in a Sea of Science Data (6/23/06)
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Rethinking a Standard Library Tool (2/3/04)
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An Online Library Struggles to Survive
(9/12/03)
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6 Institutions Will Help Fine-Tune a Popular New Archiving Program
(1/30/03)
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New York Times
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Shh! I’m Downloading (10/01)
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Democrat & Chronicle
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Rush Rhees Embarks on Change (5/29/07)
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UR Library Researches Students (8/10/05)
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UR Librarian Honored for Tech Savvy (3/27/05)
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Hot Off the Web (4/5/00)
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Six Libraries Test E-Readers (7/1/00)
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E-Books Are Here. But Are Readers Ready? (11/7/00)
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University of Rochester Press Releases:
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$5 Million Library Renovation Captures Stude nt-Inspired Designs (5/07)
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Grant Supports a Model for Graduate Students’ Academic Pursuits (10/06)
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Susan Gibbons Picked as ‘Mover & Shaker’ by
Library Journal
(3/05)
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River Campus Libraries Unveil ‘UR Research” ((3/05)
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River Campus Libraries Awarded Grant to Develop More E-Access (11/03)
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Rochester Collaborated on Design of Digital System for Scholarly Works
(6/03)
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Library Journal
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U. of Rochester Students Pitch in to Build a Better Campus Library
(5/31/07)
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Association for Research Libraries
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Rochester’s Susan Gibbons Named ARL Visiting Program Officer
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EDUCAUSE
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Podcast Interview with the University of Rochester’s Susan Gibbons
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SLIS Network
(Alumni Magazine of Indiana University’s School of Library and
Information Science)
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“Going Digital” Vol 43, No. 2, pp. 10 -12
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American Library Association
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Acquisitions Section, Research & Statistics Committee, 1998 -2001
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LITA E-Book Task Force, E-Book Functionality Working Group 2002
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Top Technology Trends Committee, 2005 -2007
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Editorial Board Member,
Internet Reference Services Quarterly
, 2005 -
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Book Review Editor,
Internet Reference Services Quarterly,
2007 -
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ebrary Technical Advisory Board Member, 2005 -
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DSpace Governance Advisory Board Member, 2006
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Planning Committee, European Repository Conference 2006, Glasgow, UK
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Program Committee, Open Repositories 2007 Conference, San Antonio
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UNIVERSITY
SERVICE
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University of Rochester President’s Cabinet, 2008 -
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University of Rochester Technology Governance Council, 2007 -
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University of Rochester Portal Steering Committee, 2007 -
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University of Rochester President’s Management Team, 2006 -
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University representative to Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), 2005 -
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Search Committee for University CIO, 2006
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Staff Subcommittee of the University Presidential Search Committee, 2004
CAREER
HIGHLIGHTS
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2005
Library Journal
Movers & Shakers
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2003 Frye Leadership Institute Fellow
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Created open source software, CoURse Resources system, for the creation of course-
specific library resource pages, which is distributed by SourceForge.com.
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Recipient of a 2003 IM LS National Leadership Grant, 2006 IMLS National
Leadership Grant, and 2001 New York State LSTA Grant
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Library Consultant for design phase of Vedanta University, Orissa, India
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SELECTED
PRESENTATIONS
Invited speaker. “Meeting Academic Library User Needs.” New England Library Association Annual
Conference, Sturbridge, MA. October 2007.
Invited panelist. “Collecting for Institutional Repositories.” American Library Association Annual
Conference, Washington, DC. June 2007.
Invited speaker. “Student -Centered Academic Libraries.” University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
May 2007.
Invited keynote speaker. “Repositories as Platforms for Researcher e -Portfolios.” Australian Partnership
for Sustainable Repositories, Sydney, Australia. May, 2007.
Invited keynote speaker. “Redefining the Roles of Information Professionals in Higher Education to
Engage the Net Generation.” EDUCAUSE Australasia Conference, Melbourne, Australia. April
2007.
Paper presentation. “Student -Centered Space Design.” CNI Task Force Meeting, Phoenix, AZ. April
2007.
Full-day workshop. “Establishing an Institutional Repository.” Texas Library Association, San Antonio,
TX. April 2007.
Full-day workshop. “Establishing an Institutional Repository.” State A ssisted Academic Library Council
of Kentucky, Cincinnati, OH. November 2006.
Invited speaker. “Building Successful Digital Repositories.” United States Agricultural Information
Network Conference, Ithaca, NY. October 2006.
Invited lecturer. “Redefinin g Academic Librarianship for the Net Generation.” University of
Queensland, Australia. June 2006.
Invited speaker. “Using an Open Source Institutional Repository Software.” Special Library Association
Conference, Baltimore, MD. June 2006.
Invited speaker. “Making the Repository a Success with Your Academic Staff.” Australian Partnership
for Sustainable Repositories Conference, Brisbane, Australia. June 2006.
Invited speaker. “Institutional Repositories: What, Why and Who.” Allen Press Emerging T rends
Seminar, Washington, DC. April 2006.
Invited keynote speaker. “Understanding Users to Develop Better Library Services.” Association of
College & Research Libraries, New England Chapter Conference, Amherst, MA. April 2006.
Paper presentation. “ Institutional Repositories and the Need for “Value -Added” Services.” CNI Task
Force Meeting, Arlington, VA. April 2006.
Invited speaker. “Starting an IR: Lessons Learned.” University of Arizona, Tuscon, AZ. March 2006.
Invited speaker. “Transform ing Public Services in the “Amazon/Google Age.” TAIGA Conference,
Chicago, IL. March 2006.
Invited speaker. “Building Institutional Repositories to Meet Real User Needs.” Yale University, New
Haven, CT. March 2006.
Invited speaker. “Ethnographic Meth ods and Participatory Design in a University Library.” Blended
Librarian webcast. March 2006.
Invited speaker. “Institutional Repositories: What’s It Going to Take to Get Them Filled?” Ohio State
University, Columbia, OH. February 2006.
Full-day workshop. “Establishing an Institutional Repository.” SOLINET, Atlanta, GA. November
2005.
Invited speaker. “Current Landscape of Institutional Repositories.” Association of Academic Health
Science Libraries Conference, Washington, DC. November 2005.
Invited speaker. “Institutional Repositories: What, Who and Why.” Society for Scholarly Publishing
Conference, Washington, DC. November 2005.
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Full-day workshop. “Establishing an Institutional Repository.” University of California -Irvine,
Irvine, CA. August 2005.
Full-day workshop. “Establishing an Institutional Repository.” PALINET, Philadelphia, PA. June
2005.
Invited panelist. “UR Research: University of Rochester’s Institutional Repository” American
Library Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL. June 2005.
Invited speaker. “Institutional Repositories as a Research Tool for Faculty.” CNI-JISC-SURF
Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. May 2005.
Invited speaker. “Weighing Your Institutional Repository Options.” Association of Col lege &
Research Libraries Conference, Minneapolis, MN. April 2005.
Paper presentation. “Seamless Access and Point -of-Use: Uniting Users and Content.”
EDUCAUSE Australasia Conference, Auckland, NZ. April 2005.
Full-day workshop. “Establishing an Inst itutional Repository.” American Library Association,
Midwinter Conference, Boston, MA. January 2005.
Invited speaker. “Aligning Content Recruitment Strategies with Faculty Work Practices.” SPARC
Workshop on Institutional Repositories, Washington, DC. November 2004.
Paper presentation. “Institutional Repositories: How to Get Started and Why.” EDUCAUSE
Seminars in Academic Computing, Snowmass, CO. August, 2004.
Invited speaker. “ Building an E-Publishing Model from the Stakeholders on Up.” Sustainable
Models for University-based Scholarly Publishing Workshop, New York, NY. June 2004.
Invited speaker. “Institutional Repositories: Beyond the Technology.” Association of Research
Libraries webcast. June 2004.
Paper presentation. “DSpace at the Univ ersity of Rochester.” CNI Task Force Meeting, Alexandria,
VA. April 2004
Paper presentation. “Taking MyLibrary to the Course Level.” Computers in Libraries Conference,
Washington, DC. March 2003.
Invited speaker. “Serving the User: Discovery & Lendi ng with e-Book Devices.” American
Library Association Midwinter Conference, Philadelphia, PA. January 2003.
Paper presentation. “Learning Management Systems: What Libraries Bring to the Table.” CNI
Task Force Meeting, San Antonio, TX. December 2002.
Invited speaker. “Institutional Repositories: Defining Local Needs & Developing Local
Implementation Strategies.” ARL/SPARC/CNI Institutional Repository Workshop,
Washington, DC. October 2002.
Paper presentation. “Find a Software System to Support E TDs.” Fifth International Symposium on
Electronic Theses and Dissertations, Provo, UT. May 2002.
Paper presentation. “Integration and Use of E -Books at an Academic Library.” Computers in
Libraries Conference, Washington, DC. March 2002.
Paper presentation. “eBook Applications in Libraries: Challenges & Opportunities.” Annual
Charleston Conference, Charleston, SC. November 2001.
Invited speaker. “Overview of Electronic Book Technology.” New England Library Association
Conference, Amherst, MA. October 2001.
Invited speaker. “eBooks: Old Wine, New Bottles.” New York Library Association, Saratoga
Springs, NY. November 2000.
Paper presentation. “eBooks: Library Experiences.” Computers in Libraries Conference,
Washington, DC. March 2000.
Invited speaker. “Electronic Books: Library Perspectives.” Public Library Association Conference,
Chicago, IL. March 2000.
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