Category Archives for Presentations
Spring Webinars on Usability Testing & WordPress
I’m excited to announce two free webinars I’m doing this spring with ASERL – one in March, and one in April. Registration (again: free!) is open for both. Recordings will be available afterward. (And I know March 11th isn’t technically … Continue reading
Library Technology Essentials Webinar
Tomorrow afternoon I’ll be doing a webinar with some of my co-authors in the Library Technology Essentials series. I’ve got 6 minutes and 40 seconds to talk about why I love WordPress and what’s covered in my book, Pecha Kucha … Continue reading
ALA 2014: My Session is Available Online
Earlier this summer I gave a talk with Emily King at ALA 2014 in Las Vegas: Focusing on the Big Picture: Re-Imagining the Library Website. The session was recorded, and the audio and slides are now available online to conference … Continue reading
ALA 2014: My two WordPress presentations
After a couple years off, I’m returning to ALA’s annual conference this year. I’m obviously excited to see colleagues and the Vegas sights, but I’m also looking forward to my two presentations there. If you’d like to come hear about … Continue reading
My presentations from Computers in Libraries 2014
I was fortunate enough to have two presentations accepted at Computers in Libraries this year in DC. As always I’m not sure if my slides make much sense without my accompanying narration, but I’m happy to answer questions about them. … Continue reading
Semi-Automatic Chat: Speeding up reference questions in Pidgin
This is an expanded write-up of a lightning talk I presented at the 2014 LAUNC-CH conference: Semi-Automatic Chat: Using a Library of Common Responses to Speed Up Chat Sessions from chaefele Some background: We answer reference questions via chat at … Continue reading
Webinar: Learn how to learn to program
I’m doing a webinar next Wednesday for NCLA all about how you can learn to do a bit of programming. Here’s the official info – note that it’s free and you don’t have to be an NCLA member to drop … Continue reading
PaLA Northwest Chapter presentation.
Tomorrow morning I’ll be presenting a workshop for the fine folks at the Northwest Chapter of the Pennsylvania Library Association. Aside from being a good excuse to get back and visit my old stomping grounds, I’m quite excited about my … Continue reading
Status Check: Public Library Ebook Friction
I’ve been asked to speak later today on a panel about ebooks in public libraries. Thanks to the Orange County Public Library in Hillsborough for the opportunity! While my day-to-day work is in an academic library, not public, I still … Continue reading
Computers in Libraries 2012
Later this week I’ll be speaking at Computers in Libraries, which is always one of my favorite libraryland conferences. My colleague Emily King and I are giving a brief ‘cybertour’ session on “Learning with gadget collections” from 2:00-2:15 on Wednesday. … Continue reading