publications

Save the time of the avatar: Canadian academic libraries using chat reference in multi-user virtual environments.

• with Krista Godfrey. The Reference Librarian. [in press].

Gimmick or groundbreaking? Canadian academic libraries in Second Life

• with Krista Godfrey. Refer: Journal of the ISG, 24(3), Autumn 2008, pp 5-10.

upcoming presentations

Les bibliothécaires et Second Life : un nouveau paradigme à exploiter.

• Corporation des bibliothécaires du Quebec. Montreal, QC. 27 novembre, 2009.

all done!

Library Camp Monterey. (facilitator)

• Internet Librarian 2009. Monterey, CA. October 24-28, 2009.

Cloud computing in practice: Creating digital services & collections

• Internet Librarian 2009. Monterey, CA. October 24-28, 2009.

Open Access: Green and Gold

• Computers in Libraries, Arlington, VA. March 29 – April 2, 2009. Slides are here.

More than just cruising: Second Life and Web 2.0

• Computers in Libraries, Arlington, VA. With Krista Godfrey. March 29 – April 2, 2009.

Joining the discussion: Using social networks for professional development (or developing into a professional)

• Web2.You Workshop. February 13, 2009. Slides are here.

Blogs, RSS, Wikis and Social Networks: Finding, using, sharing and
organizing information on the intertubes

• Ottawa Valley Health Libraries Association mini-conference, Ottawa, ON. November 28, 2008.

Creating 3D reference: Adventures in Second Life

• Internet Librarian, Monterey, CA. October 20-22, 2008. With Krista Godfrey, McMaster University. Click here to see our presentation.

Gimmick or groundbreaking? Canadian academic libraries using chat reference in multi-user virtual environments.

• IFLA Conference, Quebec City, QC. August 10-14, 2008. With Krista Godfrey, McMaster University. Click here to download our paper (opens as pdf). Click here to see our presentation.

Offering library services in Second Life

• Education Institute (OLA). Web conference. June 5, 2008

Virtual services for virtual users: Libraries in Second Life

• ABQLA Conference, Montreal, QC. April 11-12, 2008. Click here to download the pdf.

A Second Life for your library

• Web 2.You Workshop, McGill University, February 15, 2008. With Janis Dawson, McGill University. Member of the organizing committee. Click here to download the pdf.

Student scholarship in the open access age: the first year of Library Student Journal

• Progressive Librarians Guild Student Group SkillShare, Simmons College, Boston, MA. Sept 24, 2007. With Eli Guinnee, University of Buffalo. Click here to go to the slideshare.