past talks
I like to give talks on the intersection of libraries, technology and politics. Specific areas of interest include the digital divide, rural libraries, CIPA, DOPA and the USA PATRIOT Act, tech support in little libraries, and new technologies and how they can be implemented in libraries.
I enjoy public speaking and I’ve been told I do a good job at it. Here are links to the slides for most of the talks I’ve given in the past four years. If you would like me to come give a talk, please don’t hesistate to get in touch with me. If you’re interested in making presentations that look like this, you can! See my presentations without powerpoint post for more details.
- What do Web 2.0 and Library 2.0 Actually Mean?
- Connecticut Library Consortium, New Britain CT, June 9, 2008
- Social Software & Intellectual Freedom
- RILA, Newport RI, June 6, 2008
- Introduction to Library 2.0 - all day training
- Winding River Library System, Lacrosse WI, May 22, 2008
- Websites with WordPress
- Vermont Library Conference, Burlington VT, May 13, 2008
- Web Trends: five trajectories
- Vermont Library Conference, Burlington VT, May 14, 2008
- Web 2.0 and the Open Library
- NYLINK meeting, Saratoga Springs, NY, May 5, 2008
- Towards Open Libraries
- Sasktchewan Manitoba Library Conference, Regina SK, May 3, 2008
- Tiny Tech/High Tech - How Small Libraries Can Use
- Central MA Regional Library System, Shrewsbury MA, April 28, 2008
- Small Libraries and the Digital Divide & why it matters, a lot
- Simmons College GSLIS, Boston MA, April 7, 2008
- OPACs - The Ugly, the Bad, and the Good
- Simmons West, South Hadley MA, April 5, 2008
- Teaching Tech in Libraries
- Cambridge Public Library, Cambridge MA, April 4, 2008
- Teaching Tech *
- MLC Conference, Lansing MI, March 17, 2008
- The Users Are Revolting!
- Notes for a SXSW Panel, Austin TX, March 8, 2008
- Web 2.0, Library 2.0, Librarian 2.0
- Workshop/Mini-conference, McGill University, Montreal QC, February 14 & 15, 2008
- Social Software in Libraries: Creative Applications & Privacy Awareness (see main page for handouts)
- SEMLS Workshop, Lakeville MA, February 6, 2008
2007
- Library 2.0 - using buzzwords to help people *
- ILN Conference, Dubai, UAE, December 8, 2007
- Blog & Wiki Workshop
- ILN Conference, Dubai, UAE, December 8, 2007
- Sleeper 2.0 - Agitprop problem solving
- NEASIS&T, Providence, RI, November 15, 2007
- Social Software & Intellectual Freedom
- NELA, Sturbridge MA, October 14, 2007
- Pimp My Firefox
- NELA, Sturbridge MA, October 15, 2007
- Web 2.0 Library 2.0 Librarian 2.0 - updated!
- NELA, Sturbridge MA, October 16, 2007
- [listen to this talk as it was given]
- Web 2.0, Library 2.0, Librarian 2.0 - solving problems with buzzwords *
- Access 2007, Victoria BC, October 11, 2007
- Flickr & del.icio.us
- NHLA Continuing Education Workshop, Hooksett, NH, September 24, 2007
- Library 2.0 Canada version
- NSLA, Antigonish Nova Scotia, September 22, 2007
- Smart, Tiny Tech - How to Use Technology Sensibly
- Halifax Public Libraries, Halifax Nova Scotia, September 21, 2007
- MyWhat? Decoding social technologies
- New Hampshire libraries, June 10-11, 2007
- 2.0 without all that MySpace blah blah
- MLibrary 2.0 Kickoff, Ann Arbor, MI, June 8, 2007
- Library 2.0 in Word and Deed
- ACURIL Conference, San Juan Puerto Rico, June 5, 2007
- What’s What With Wifi
- Vermont Library Association Conference, Burlington VT, May 16, 2007
- Tiny Tech - How to Use Technology Sensibly in Small Libraries
- Massachusetts Library Association Conference, Sturbridge MA, May 2, 2007
- Web 2.0, Library 2.0, Librarian 2.0, good news about what you are already doing
- LARC, Suffern, NY April 26, 2007
- Web 2.0, Library 2.0, Librarian 2.0, and why it’s no big deal
- Dodge City, KS, April 20, 2007
- Pimp My Firefox - How to Make Firefox Really Work for You
- Computers in Libraries, Crystal City, VA, April 17, 2007
- Web 2.0, Library 2.0, Librarian 2.0, and why it’s no big deal, seriously*
- LocLib conference & Inservice Day, Perth & Adelaide Australia, March 2 & 6, 2007
- Blah Blah Blogs, Why They Matter for You and Your Library
- LocLib Conference, Perth, Western Australia, March 2, 2007
- Web 2.0, Library 2.0, Librarian 2.0, and why it’s no big deal, seriously
- Inservice Day, Manhattan, KS, February 19, 2007
2006
- Blah Blah Blogs Why They Matter for You and Your Library (long version)
- Michigan Library Consortium, Lansing Michigan, November 15, 2006
- On The Fly Tech Support “Hey, this isn’t my job!”* (updated)
- HLA, Waikiki HI, November 11, 2006
- Doing More With Less - Sensible Library Technology* (updated)
- HLA, Waikiki HI, November 11, 2006
- Small Libraries and the Digital Divide
- WLA, The Dells WI, November 03, 2006
- Sensible Technology Trends in Libraries
- WLA, The Dells WI, November 03, 2006
- Sensible Approaches to New Technology in Libraries* (updated)
- ACRL-OR, Corbett OR, October 26, 2006
- Web 2.0, Library 2.0, Librarian 2.0
- NELA, Burlington VT, October 24, 2006
- The Information Poor & the Information Don’t Care: The Digital Divide and Rural Libraries
- NDLA, Fargo ND, September 22, 2006
- Evaluating New Technologies for Libraries High Tech on a Shoestring
- NDLA, Fargo ND, September 22, 2006
- On The Fly Tech Support, or “Hey, this isn’t my job!”
- PALS Training, Shorewood, IL, August 21, 2006
- Search - It’s Not All Google or is it?
- PALS Training, Shorewood, IL, August 21, 2006
- Capturing Collaborative Information News, Blogs, Librarians, and You
- SAA, Washington DC, August 5, 2006
- The Information Poor & the Information Don’t Care, Small Libraries and the Digital Divide (more updated)
- RILA, Smithfield, RI, June 1, 2006
- The Information Poor & the Information Don’t Care, Small Libraries and the Digital Divide (updated)
- OLC Small Libraries Conference, Columbus, OH, May 17, 2006
- Until We’re All Robots: Sensible Approaches to Technology in Libraries
- OLC Small Libraries Conference, Columbus, OH, May 17, 2006
- Doing More with Less: High Tech on a Shoestring
- SLA Hudson Valley Branch meeting, Chappaqua, NY, May 8, 2006
- Revolting Librarians Redux Review
- TLA, Houston, TX, April 28, 2006
- Tech Trends in Libraries, the Good News and the Bad News
- UAB, Birmingham, AL, January 6, 2006
2005
- The Information Poor & the Information Don’t Care: Small Libraries and the Digital Divide
- UAZ, Tucson, AZ, November 12, 2005
- The Information Poor & the Information Don’t Care: Small Libraries and the Digital Divide
- SJSU, San Jose CA, October 26, 2005
- Flickr, Tagging, and the F-Word
- IL05, Monterey CA, October 24, 2005
- Hot Hot Robot*
- ILF, Plainfield IN, September 16 2005
- Choice: Empowerment Through Information Technology [seriously]
- IU SLIS, Bloomington IN, September 15 2005
- Revolting Librarians Redux Review
- RILA, Newport RI, June 03 2005
- Emerging Technology and Libraries: A Good Fit?
- RILA, Newport RI, June 03 2005
- In Service Day - hybrid talk
- Northland Public Library, Pittsburgh PA, May 20 2005
- Staying Current Using Blogs and RSS: A Program for Everyone
- NHLA, Manchester NH, May 13 2005
- Until We’re All Robots: Sensible Approaches to Technology in Libraries*
- NHLA, Manchester NH, May 12 2005
- Choice: Empowerment Through Information Technology [seriously]
- Simmons College, Boston, MA, April 25 2005
- Ten Tech Tools for Librarians
- NJLA, Long Branch, NJ, April 13 2005
- Librarian Eye for the Tech Buy
- Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT, April 11 2005
- Postcards from the Other Edge of the Digital Divide
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, March 21 2005
2004
- Progressive Librarianship & The New Librarians*
- ALIA New Librarians’ Symposium, Adelaide Australia, December 2004
- Ten Tech Tools: making technology work for your library not vice versa
- Librarians of the Upper Valley Meeting, Newport NH, September 2004
- A Short and Inexact History of Progressive Librarianship
- prepared for ALA Annual, Orlando FL, July 2004
- Affronts to Library Liberty. Legal, ethical, and practical responses.
- Medical Library Association conference, Washington DC, May 2004
- Unabashedly Accessible: How I Run My Web Site Good
- Vermont Department of Libraries workshop, Killington VT, April 2004
- Using Your Librarian Powers for Good: Tips for Aspiring Librarian Superheroes
- Simmons College, Boston & Holyoke MA, April 2004
- Evolve or Die. Evolve and Die. The false dichotomy of tech
- Columbia University, New York City, March 2004
2003
- Beyond Listservs & Powerpoint: Linking yourself & your message
- ALA Mars/RUSA Preconference, Toronto ONT, June 2003
- The USA PATRIOT Act and CIPA legally, ethically & practically*
- NHLA, Concord NH, November 2003
- Collaborative Information Systems Redux - the blogosphere
- ASIST Conference, MIT, Cambridge MA, April 2003
* indicates keynote
