Publications & Presentations

If you’re interested in having me come speak for your organization or library, feel free to contact me at or 888.564.2457 x714.

Below is a list of presentations and publications by me:

2009

Keynote: Libraries and Openness
Free and Open Libraries, Bergen, Norway, November 12, 2009
Practical Open Source Software for Libraries and Librarians
California Library Association Annual Conference, Pasadena, CA, October 2009
Library Mashups: Exploring new ways to deliver library data
California Library Association Annual Conference, Pasadena, CA, October 2009
Mashups for Library Data
Internet Librarian, Monterey, CA, October 28, 2009
Developers’ Den
Internet Librarian, Monterey, CA, October 25, 2009
How to leverage social media technologies on a low budget
Metropolitan Library System, Chicago, IL, September 23, 2009
Free Your Mind and Your Data Will Follow: Open Source for Libraries
PLAN, Panama City Beach, FL, September 17, 2009
Facebook for Librarians: Connect with Your Customers
PLAN, Panama City Beach, FL, September 17, 2009
Library Mashups: Exploring new ways to deliver library data
NEFLIN, Live Online, September 14, 2009
Web 3.0: What’s Next
CJRLC Tech Group, New Jersey, September 10, 2009
All a Twitter and Tweeting: Introduction to Twitter for Librarians
TBLC, Live Online, September 3, 2009
All a Twitter and Tweeting: Introduction to Twitter for Librarians
TBLC, Live Online, September 1, 2009
Library Mashups: Exploring new ways to deliver library data (Editor)
Information Today, Inc. Medford, NJ. ISBN 978-1-57387-372-7. September 2009
“Librarians as First Time Book Editors,” and “Librarians as Personal Bloggers”
In Writing and Publishing: The Librarian’s Handbook. ALA Editions, ISBN: 978-0-8389-0996-6. September 2009
All a Twitter and Tweeting: Introduction to Twitter for Librarians
NEFLIN, Live Online, July 6, 2009
Library Mashups: Exploring New Ways to Deliver Library Data
CJRLC, Freehold, NJ, June 23, 2009
Mashups: Future of Changing Content
SLA Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., June 17, 2009
A Guide to Collaboration, Tools and Technologies from Three Generations of Librarians (Panelist)
SLA Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., June 15, 2009
Practical Open Source for Libraries and Librarians
SLA Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., June 14, 2009
Wikis: Collaborate, Connect & Contribute
InfoLink, Clark, NJ, June 9, 2009
Library System Suppliers view of OCLC Web-scale
Library 2.0 Gang Podcast, June 9, 2009
Librarians as Writers (contributor)
American Libraries, vol. 40, iss. 6/7, June/July 2009, p.54.
Open Source Software for Libraries
CLA Annual Conference, Montréal, Canada, May 30, 2009
What the Hack? Library Hacks
PaLA College & Research Division, Philadelphia, PA, May 27, 2009
Free Your Mind and Your Data Will Follow: Open Source for Libraries
NEFLIN, Orange Park, FL, May 21, 2009
Facebook for Librarians: Connect with Your Customers
NEFLIN, Orange Park, FL, May 21, 2009
Library Mashups: Exploring New Ways to Deliver Library Data
InfoLink, Clark, NJ, May 19, 2009
Wikis: Collaborate, Connect & Contribute
CJRLC, Freehold, NJ, May 18, 2009
Beyond Web 2.0… What’s Next
InfoLink Tech Day, New Brunswick, NJ, May 14, 2009
Intro to the Koha Open Source ILS
InfoLink Tech Day, New Brunswick, NJ, May 14, 2009
Open Source Applications for Libraries
Florida Library Association, Orlando, FL, May 7, 2009
Free Your Mind and Your Data Will Follow: Open Source for Libraries
SEFLIN, Miami, FL, May 5, 2009
Collaboration Matters
Collaborative Librarianship, Vol 1, No 2, May 2009, p.70.
Library Mashups: Exploring new ways to deliver library data
NJLA, Long Branch, NJ, April 29, 2009
SQL Reports in Koha
KohaCon, Plano, TX, April 16, 2009
‡biblios.net for Catalogers
KohaCon, Plano, TX, April 16, 2009
Opening Up Open Source
CJRLC, Live Online, April 6, 2009
Libraries, openness, and the global community
Panlibus Newsletter, Issue 12, Pg. 11, April 2009
Facebook for Librarians: Connect with Your Customers
InfoLink, Clark, NJ, March 18, 2009
Library Mashups: Exploring new ways to deliver library data
SJRLC, Cherry Hill, NJ, February 19, 2009
Library Mashups: Exploring new ways to deliver library data
CJRLC, Live Online, February 18, 2009
Using Facebook to Connect with Customers
SJRLC, Voorhees, NJ, February 10, 2009
Open Source for Libraries: All Grown Up (Guest Lecturer)
Rutgers Information Technologies for Libraries and Information Analysis, New Brunswick, NJ, February 5, 2009
Serials Management in Koha
ALA Midwinter ALCTS Meeting, Denver, CO, January 24, 2009
Open Source Software for Libraries
SLA Click U, Live Online, January 8, 2009
The Academic Library and the Net Gen Student: Making the Connection (Book Review)
Journal of Web Librarianship, vol. 2, no. 4, January 2009.

2008

Open Source for Libraries
SLA-Princeton/Trenton Chapter, Princeton Public Library, NJ, December 17, 2008
A look forward in to 2009
Library 2.0 Gang Podcast, December 17, 2008
Open Source 202: General Applications All Grown Up
PALINET, Live Online, December 11, 2008
Library Mashups: Exploring new ways to deliver library data
InfoLink, Rahway, NJ, November 20, 2008
Open Source for Libraries: All Grown Up
Pennsylvania Library Association Conference, King of Prussia, PA, November 10, 2008
Facebook for Librarians
InfoLink, Clark, NJ, November 5, 2008
Practically Web 2.0 [links]
Brigantine North Middle School, Brigantine, NJ, October 24, 2008
Open Source Toolbox for Libraries
InfoLink, Rahway, NJ, October 23, 2008
Open Source for Libraries: All Grown Up (Guest Lecturer)
Rutgers Information Technologies for Libraries and Information Analysis, New Brunswick, NJ, October 9, 2008
Open Source Library Automation: Free your mind and your data will follow
SEPTLA, Bethlehem, PA, October 7, 2008
Open Source Library Automation
CCALD, Hartford, CT, October 3, 2008
Using Facebook to Connect with Customers
South Jersey Regional Library Cooperative, Camden, NJ, September 23, 2008
Web 2.0 Synergy: Putting the pieces together
South Jersey Regional Library Cooperative, Camden, NJ, September 23, 2008
Koha Services from LibLime
PALINET, Live Online, September 18, 2008
Open Source & Libraries
Open Source, Howard County Library, September 12, 2008
Library Open Source Software (an interview)
Ellyssa Kroski, San José State University, September 2, 2008
Practically Web 2.0: Practical Demos of Social Software Technology [links]
Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative, Freehold, NJ, August 27, 2008
Open Source for Libraries: All Grown Up
South Jersey Regional Library Cooperative, Cherry Hill, NJ, August 13, 2008
Open Source Systems
Library 2.0 Gang Podcast, August 12, 2008
Key Takeaways from the Keynote Speakers
Bulletin of the Information Technology Division/SLA, Volume 25, Summer, 2008
SAAAC Career Panel [Student and Academic Affairs Advisory Council]
The One-Person Library: Newsletter for Librarians and Management, July, 2008
SAAAC Career Panel (Panelist)
SLA Annual, Seattle, WA, June 16, 2008
Open Source Library Automation: All Grown Up
Association of Christian Libraries Conference, Quincy, MA, June 11, 2008
Open Source for Libraries: All Grown Up
Third Circuit Libraries, Philadelphia, PA, June 9, 2008
What is Web 2.0: and how can it help court librarians? [links]
Third Circuit Libraries, Philadelphia, PA, June 9, 2008
“How to Start Your Own Blog,” and “The Quickie Wiki”
In Thinking Outside the Book. McFarland Publishers, Inc. Jefferson, NC. ISBN 978-0-7864-3575-3. June 2008
Practically Web 2.0: Practical Demos of Social Software Technology [links]
Vineland City Library, Vineland, NJ, May 29, 2008
Practically Web 2.0: Practical Demos of Social Software Technology [links]
Cumberland County Library, Bridgeton, NJ, May 29, 2008
The 2.0 Office: More Than Just Wikis & Blogs
Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative, Princeton, NJ, May 22, 2008
The Online Office
Princeton Public Library Tech Talks, Princeton, NJ, May 6, 2008
The 2.0 Office: More Than Just Wikis & Blogs
NJLA Annual Conference, Long Branch, NJ , May 1, 2008
Intranet 2.0: Fostering Communication and Collaboration
NJLA Annual Conference, Long Branch, NJ , May 1, 2008
Out Front With Stephen Abram: A Guide For Information Leaders (Book Review)
Journal of Web Librarianship, vol. 1, no. 4, May 2008.
Open Source for Libraries: All Grown Up
SLA Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, April 21, 2008
Open Source for Libraries: All Grown Up (Guest Lecturer)
Rutgers Information Technologies for Libraries and Information Analysis, New Brunswick, NJ, April 17, 2008
Scholar 2 Scholar: How Web 2.0 is Changing Scholarly Communication (Panelist) [webcast]
Drexel University Libraries’ Scholarly Communication Symposium, Philadelphia, PA, April 16, 2008
Open Source for Libraries: All Grown Up
Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative, Princeton, NJ, April 2, 2008
The 2.0 Office: More Than Just Wikis & Blogs
South Jersey Regional Library Cooperative, Voorhees, NJ, March 11, 2008
Code4Lib Summary
Library 2.0 Gang Podcast, March 11, 2008
Open Source for Libraries: All Grown Up
Greater Philadelphia Law Library Association (GPLLA), March 5, 2008
Open Source Evangelist Nicole Engard Talks with Talis (an interview)
Talking with Talis, February 4, 2008
The 2.0 Office: More Than Just Wikis & Blogs
South Jersey Regional Library Cooperative, Voohees, NJ, January 17, 2008

2007

VuFind & the Next Generation Catalog (with Andrew Nagy & Aaron Dobbs)
Exlibris Mid-Atlantic Users Group, Rider University, NJ, October 30, 2007
Communication 2.0 with Blogs & Wikis
Exlibris Mid-Atlantic Users Group, Rider University, NJ, October 30, 2007
Library 2.0 & the Humanities
NFAIS – Humanities Roundtable, New York, NY, October 22, 2007
Office Communication the 2.0 Way
Lawrenceville, NJ, September 20, 2007
The 2.0 Office: More Than Just Wikis & Blogs [slides, video pt1, video pt2]
SLA Philadelphia Chapter, Philadelphia, PA, September 18, 2007
Managing Your Content: Everything You Need to Know about the CMS
Princeton Public Library Tech Talks, Princeton, NJ, September 4, 2007
Nicole Engard – Future of Librarians (an interview)
DegreeTutor.com, July 12, 2007.
The Collaborative Information Workspace [slides, blog screencast, wiki screencast, to-do list screencast]
NFAIS – User-Generated Content and Social Media, Philadelphia, PA, June 29, 2007.
Drexel SLA Student Chapter Spring Newsletter (several articles/editor)
June 2007.
Managing Change: A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians (Book Review)
Info Career Trends, vol. 8, no. 3, May 2007.
Project Planning the 2.0 Way [slides, blog screencast, wiki screencast, to-do list screencast]
Computers in Libraries 2007, Arlington, VA, April 17, 2007.
Making It Work: Movers & Shakers Supplement (a profile)
Supplement to Library Journal, vol. 132, no. 5, March 15, 2007.
Mattering in the Blogosphere (an interview)
American Libraries, March 2007.
Lightening Talk: Intranet 2.0 (mp4 format)
Code4Lib 2007, March 2, 2007.
Social Software for Libraries and Librarians: Really Simple Syndication (RSS)
Journal of Hospital Librarianship, vol. 6, no. 4, February 2007.
Drexel SLA Student Chapter Winter Newsletter (several articles/editor)
January 2007.
More on Millenials
The One-Person Library: Newsletter for Librarians and Management, vol. 23, no. 9, January 2007, p.6

2006

Enterprise Blogs for Knowledge Exchange
KMWorld & Intranets 2006, San Jose, CA, November 2, 2006.
DIY: Developing Web Applications In House
ONLINE Magazine, vol. 30, no. 6, November/December 2006, p.35.
Intranet 2.0: Using Wikis
Internet Librarian 2006, Monterey, CA, October 25, 2006.
Intranet 2.0: Fostering Collaboration
Law Office Management in the 21st Century, Philadelphia, PA, July 24, 2006.
Intro to Web 2.0: Using Blogs, RSS and Wikis in the Workplace
Law Office Management in the 21st Century, Philadelphia, PA, July 24, 2006.
Intranet 2.0: Fostering Collaboration
LVJ Institutes, Philadelphia, PA, June 13, 2006.
Intranet 2.0: Fostering Collaboration
ONLINE Magazine, vol. 30, no. 3, May/June 2006, p.16.
Are you ready for Web 2.0? An Introduction to Blogs & RSS
Greater Philadelphia Law Library Association (GPLLA), February 15, 2006.