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Podcasts and Webcasts
“Interview with Denise Troll Covey.” April 3, 2006. Interviewed by Matt Pasiewicz, Content Program Manager, EDUCAUSE.
“Proposed Legislation on Orphan Works: Solving the Problem or Escalating the Crisis?” July 6, 2006. Archived copy of live webcast. EDUCAUSE.
International Conferences
International Conference on the Universal Digital Library. November 2007. Pittsburgh, PA. Presenter: "Faculty Self-Archiving: The Gap Between Opportunity and Practice."
International Conference on the Universal Digital Library. October 2005. Hangzhou, China. Presenter: “Copyright and the Universal Digital Library.”
International Conference on Quality in University Libraries. January 2005. Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain. Invited keynote speaker: “How and Why Are University Libraries Changing? Perspectives from the Rearview Mirror and the Windshield.”
Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA). May 2004. Dubrovnik, Croatia. Presenter: “Barriers and Obstacles to Use, Satisfaction, and Success: The Response of the Million Book Project.”
Conference on Current Research Information Systems (CRIS). May 2004. Antwerp, Belgium. Presenter: “Global Cooperation for Global Access: The Million Book Project.”
The Future of the Book. April 2003. Cairns, Australia. Presenter: “Copyright Permission: Turning to Dust or Digital.”
4th Northumbria International Conference on Performance Measurement in Libraries and Information Services. August 2001. Pittsburgh, PA. Presenter: “Changes in Usage, Usability, & User Support.”
International Interlending and Document Supply Conference. June 1995. Calgary, Canada. Presenter: “Providing Bound Item and Document Delivery Services.”
30th International Congress on Medieval Studies. May 1995. Kalamazoo, Michigan. Presenter: “The Presence of the Word in Monastic Silence: A Study of Medieval Cistercian Information Storage and Retrieval.”
NORDINFO Conference. September 1993. Lund, Sweden. Invited speaker: “Toward the Electronic Library.” Invited to give similar talk in Copenhagen, Denmark , September 1993.
SURF ‘92. November 1992. Amsterdam, Netherlands. Invited speaker: “Document Delivery and Readability.” Article published about this presentation: “Waarom zetten we dat boek niet op het beeldsherm?” SURF, 7e (1), 1993: 6-7.
27th International Congress on Medieval Studies. May 1992. Kalamazoo, Michigan. Presenter: “Alphabetical and Musical Notation in Medieval Cistercian Antiphonaries.”
26th International Congress on Medieval Studies. May 1991. Kalamazoo, Michigan. Presenter: “Cistercian Sign Language Documentation: Medieval Experiments in Information Storage and Retrieval.”
24th International Congress on Medieval Studies. May 1989. Kalamazoo, Michigan. Presenter: “Monastic Silence and Sign Language: Medieval Prerequisites to Modern Literacy?”
23rd International Congress on Medieval Studies. May 1988. Kalamazoo, Michigan. Presenter: “The Role of Medieval Manuscript Technology and Monastic Silence in the Development of Literate Consciousness.”
35th International Technical Communication Conference. May 1988. Philadelphia, PA. Presenter: “Local Maintenance Problems and the Andrew Help System.”
International Society for the History of Rhetoric Conference. July 1987. Tours, France. Presenter: “Metaphor as Argument in Renaissance Mysticism: The Interior Castle of Teresa of Avila .”
National Conferences
Library 2.0 Symposium. April 2009. “The Ethics of Open Access to Research.” Yale Law School. New Haven, CT.
Digital Library Federation Forum. November 2007. “Faculty Self-Archiving: The Gap between Opportunity and Practice.” Philadelphia, PA.
American Library Association Conference. June 2007. “Becoming an Orphan: What? How? Says Who?” Washington, D.C.
7th Annual Symposium, Center for Intellectual Property. May 2007. “Open and Restricted Access: Preserving Community.” Adelphi, MD.
Digital Library Federation Forum. November 2006. Boston, MA. Presenter: "Faculty Rights and Scholarly Communication Practices."
EDUCAUSE Seminar. October 2006. Dallas, TX. Invited to be co-presenter of pre-conference seminar on “Developing and Implementing an Institutional Web Strategy.” My portion: “Academics and the Web.” Participation cancelled because of family emergency. Event later cancelled.
American Library Association Conference. June 2006. New Orleans, LA. Presenter: “Rights and Permissions in the Supply Chain: Untying the Knots for Institutional Repositories.” Associated bibliography and handout.
Digital Library Federation. April 2006. Austin, TX. Poster session: "The Implications of the Copyright Office Recommended Legislation forOrphan Works."
Coalition for Networked Information. April 2006. Arlington, VA. Presenter: “The Proposed Solution to the Orphan Works Problem: Safe Legal Adoption or Risky Foster Parenting?"
Symposium on Free Culture and the Digital Library. October 2005. Atlanta, GA. Presenter: “Rights, Registries, and Remedies: An Analysis of Responses to the Copyright Office Notice of Inquiry Regarding Orphan Works.”
American Library Association Conference. June 2005. Chicago, IL. Invited speaker: “NISO Initiative on Digital Rights Expression.”
American Library Association Conference. June 2005. Chicago, IL. Invited speaker: “ Pastures of Persuasion: Herding Faculty for an Institutional Repository.”
Computing in Philosophy (CAP) Conference. August 2004. Pittsburgh, PA. Presenter, with Erin Rhodes: “The Impact of Current Copyright Law.”
LAMA Preconference “Got Data… Now What? Effectively Utilizing Measurement and Assessment Data.” June 2004. Orlando, FL. Invited speaker: “Using Data to Persuade: State Your Case and Prove It.”
Digital Library Federation (DLF) Forum. April 2004. New Orleans, LA. Presenter: “Copyright Permission for Open Access: Costs, Strategies, and Success Rates.”
Coalition for Networked Information. December 2003. Portland, OR. Presenter: “Research in Seeking Copyright Permission for Open Access.”
Digital Library Federation Forum. November 2002. Seattle, WA. Presenter: “Filling the Gap Between Vendor and User Practice.”
Coalition for Networked Information. April 2002. Washington DC. Presenter: “Automated Reference Assistance: Reference for a New Generation.”
Digital Library Federation Forum. November 2001. Pittsburgh, PA. Invited speaker: “Tell a Vision: Three Vignettes.”
Charleston Preconference on the Realities of Acquiring Electronic Collections: Conversations with Library Administrators About Priorities for Collection Development. October 2001. Charleston, SC. Invited keynote speaker: “Libraries in Transition: Changing Our Culture, Keeping Our Values.”
Computing and Philosophy (CAP) Conference. August 2001. Pittsburgh, PA. Invited speaker: “The Philosophy of Digital Libraries: Parsing the Issues, Making Tough Choices.”
American Library Association ( ALA ) Conference. June 2001. San Francisco, CA. Presenter: “Usage and Usability.”
Computers in Libraries Conference. March 2001. Washington DC. Invited speaker: “Strategies for Wired Academia: Carnegie Mellon University Libraries in the Most Wired Campus.”
American Library Association ( ALA ) Conference. July 2000. Chicago, IL. Poster session presentation: “Usability Testing of Sirsi WebCat and Unicorn.”
Digital Library Federation (DLF) Spring Forum on Digital Library Practices. April 2000. Atlanta, GA. Presenter: “Wine and Cheese: The Costs and Benefits of Collaboration.”
American Library Association ( ALA ) Conference. June 1994. Miami, FL. Presenter: “Holy Wars: The Implications of Z39.50 for the Electronic Library and Its Users.”
IEEE CAIA Conference. March 1994. San Antonio, TX. Presenter: “The Next Generation Digital Library at Carnegie Mellon.”
American Library Association ( ALA ) Conference. June 1993. New Orleans, LA. Presenter: “What Clients Need to Know.”
Memory and the Arts Conference, sponsored by the Newberry Center for Renaissance Studies and the University of Illinois. May 1993. Invited speaker: “Monastic Memory and Gregorian Chant: The Manuscript Evidence.” [Talk not given due to death in the family.]
30th Annual Clinic on Library Applications and Data Processing. April 1993. Urbana-Champaign, IL. Presenter: “Designing the Gateway Interface: Tips and Techniques from Carnegie Mellon’s Experience.”
American Society for Information Science (ASIS) Conference. October 1992. Pittsburgh, PA. Presenter with Barbara G. Richards: “From Vision to Reality: Implementing the Distributed Electronic Library.”
EDUCOM ‘92. October 1992. Baltimore, MD. Presenter: “Library Information System II: Experiences in Deployment.”
Library Information and Technology Association (LITA) Conference. September 1992. Denver, CO. Presenter: “Designing and Testing Library Information System II: Research at the Interface of Computer Technology and Library Ideology.”
Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Winter Workshop. January 1992. Pittsburgh, PA. Presenter: “Designing the Full Text Electronic Library.”
EDUCOM ‘91. October 1991. San Diego, CA. Presenter: “The Mercury Electronic Library: Research for Access with Success.”
EDUCOM ‘91. October 1991. Digital Equipment Corporation Suite, San Diego, CA. Presenter: “What Mercury Means to Carnegie Mellon.”
Library Information and Technology Association (LITA) Preconference, American Library Association ( ALA ) Annual Conference. June 1991. Atlanta, GA. Presenter: “Designing ‘Mainframe’ and ‘Desktop’ User Interfaces for the Electronic Library.”
RASD/MARS Preconference, American Library Association Annual Conference. June 1991. Atlanta, GA. Presenter with Thomas J. Michalak: “The Mercury Project: Implementing the Distributed Electronic Library.”
American Library Association ( ALA ) Midwinter Meeting. January 1991. Chicago, IL. Discussion leader: “Search and Retrieval of Full-Text Materials via the Public Access Catalog: How Can User Interfaces Be Improved to Handle Full-Text Data?”
American Library Association ( ALA ) Annual Conference. June 1990. Chicago, IL. Presenter with Mark Kibbey: “The Mercury Electronic Library Project.”
Consortium on Computing in Undergraduate Education (C-CUE) Conference. March 1990. Pittsburgh, PA. Presenter: “The Implications of Print Literacy for the Electronic Library.”
Consortium on Computing in Undergraduate Education (C-CUE) Conference. October 1988. Pittsburgh, PA. Presenter: “Integrating the Computer into the Curriculum: What Metaphor Do We Use?”
ACM SIGUCCS User Services Conference. October 1988. Long Beach , CA . Presenter: “Teaching Users to Fish: Hooks, Lines, and Sinkers for Reading Computer Documentation.”
College Composition and Communication Conference. March 1988. St. Louis, MO. Presenter: “Orality and Literacy in the Monastic Tradition.”
Consortium on Computing in Undergraduate Education (C-CUE) Conference. October 1987. Pittsburgh, PA. Presenter: “Computer Literacy as Ideology: Whose Side Are You On?”
College Composition and Communication Conference. March 1987. Atlanta, GA. Presenter: “Encouraging a Computer-Intensive Life Style: Integrating Reading and Writing with the Advanced Function Workstation.”
Speech Communication Association (SCA) Conference. November 1986. Chicago, IL. Presenter: “The Illiterate Mode of Written Communication: The Work of the Medieval Scribe.”
Regional Conferences & Other Presentations
Digital Library Colloquium. January 17, 2007. Pittsburgh, PA. "Faculty Rights and Scholarly Communication Practices."
Association of College and Research Libraries Greater New York Metropolitan Area Chapter Annual Symposium. December 2006. New York City, NY. Invited speaker: “Academic Libraries and Commercial Competitors: The Business of Adding Value.” My participation cancelled because of family emergency.
Presentation to American Library Association Lobbyists. November 2005. Washington DC. Invited speaker: "Unconditional Copyright: Removing the Camouflage."
EDUCAUSE 2004 Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference . January 2004. Baltimore, MD. Presenter: “The Million Book Project: Confronting Copyright Absurdity, Creating Copyright Hope for Digital Libraries.”
Pennsylvania Library Association Conference. October 2003. Pittsburgh, PA. Presenter: “Understanding and Assessing the Million Book Project.”
PALINET Institute “Evaluating Your Library Services.” October 2002. Harrisburg, PA. Invited keynote speaker: “What the Assessment Gurus Don’t Tell You.”
NERCOMP Workshop on Statistics and Measurement for Library Services: Why, How, and What to Do with the Numbers. April 2002. Middletown, CT. Invited speaker: “Accountability versus Count-Ability.” Encore presentation for the Pennsylvania Library Association (PLA) College and Research Library Division. September 2002. Philadelphia , PA.
Pennsylvania State University Libraries’ Technology Strategic Planning Committee. September 2001. University Park, PA. Invited speaker: “What Do We Know and Need to Know About How and Why Libraries Are Changing?”
Delaware Valley Chapter of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). October 1992. Wilmington, DEe. Presenter: “The Ideology and Ontology of the Interface.”
Princeton University . July 1992. Princeton, NJ . Invited speaker: “The Design and Deployment of a Distributed Electronic Library.”
University of Pittsburgh . March 1991. Pittsburgh, PA. Invited speaker. Presentation to librarians and staff in the University Libraries System: “VT100 User Interface Design and Testing.”
Saint Joseph College . October 1989. West Hartford, CT. Invited speaker. Keynote address at faculty orientation: “Computers, Consciousness, and Culture in Academe.”
Seton Hill College . October 1987. Greensburg, PA. Invited speaker, visiting scholar: “Computers and Education.”
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