University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
School of Information and Library Science
 

COMMENCEMENT ADDRESSES

  • Commencement Address presented at the SUNY Buffalo School of Informatics Commencement Ceremony, SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, May 11, 2002.
  • Commencement Address presented at the College of Library and Information Services Commencement Ceremony, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, May 22, 1997.

KEYNOTES, PLENARY, AND FEATURED PRESENTATIONS

  • "The Spider Web of Information," November 13, 2006, 2006 Leadership Seminar for Southern Legislators, Chapel Hill, North Carolina [PDF, KB]
  • "From Papyrus to Protocols: Libraries in the Digital Age," October 22, 2006, The Federal Depository Library Conference and Fall Depository Library Council meeting, Washington, D.C. [PDF, KB]
  • "The Future of the Library Workforce," October 24, 2006, Colorado State University Libraries, Fall Staff Development Conference, Boulder, Colorado [PDF, KB]
  • LAMA President's Program, "Leadership Excellence for Transition: The Role of Library And Information Science Education", June 25, 2006, New Orleans, Louisiana [PDF, 299 KB]
  • Panel Discussion, "IMLS Commissioned Studies: The Future of Librarians in the Workforce", ALA Annual Conference, June 25, 2006, New Orleans, Louisiana [PDF, 106 KB]
  • "Taxpayer Return on Investment in Florida Public Libraries" presented at Celtic Connection III, May 16, 2006, Cardiff, Wales [PDF, 1.08 MB]
  • Guest Lecture, Leadership, INLS 214 (Dr. Mark Winston), April 17th, 2006, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
  • "Academic Summit: A View From The Top" (Discussion Leader) -- 15th North Carolina Serials Conference, March 30-31st, 2006, The William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
  • "What's Cookin' in Library Schools" presented at Southeastern Chapter of the American Association of Law Libraries (SEALL) Annual Conference 2006, March 7, 2006, Raleigh, North Carolina [PDF, 3.80 MB]
  • "Computational Science: Ensuring America's Competitiveness" presented at CNI Task Force Meeting, December 6, 2005, Phoenix, AZ [PDF, 866 KB]
  • "SILS: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" presented to the Francis C. and Wm P. Smallwood Foundation, October 28, 2005, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
  • "Options and Opportunities: The Future of Librarians in the Workforce" concurrent session for the 2005 Iowa Library Association Annual Conference Moving Forward Together: Communication, Collaboration, Cohesion, October 21, 2005, DuBuque, Iowa. [PDF, 494 KB]
  • "Embedded Librarians: Knowledge Professionals at the Front Lines of the Information Age" keynote for the 2005 Iowa Library Association Annual Conference Moving Forward Together: Communication, Collaboration, Cohesion, October 21, 2005, DuBuque, Iowa. [PDF, 198 KB]
  • "Proving Your Own Worth: Customizing Florida's Return on Investment Study" workshop for the 2005 Florida Public Library Directors' Meeting, October 19, 2005, Sarasota, Florida.
  • "Outcomes and Impacts, Dollars and Sense — Are Libraries Measuring Up?" for the Library Without Walls Evaluating the Distributed Delivery of Library Services international conference organized by The Centre for Research in Library and Information Management (CERLIM), September 18, 2005, Aegean Island of Lesvos, Greece [PDF, 1.45 MB]
  • “Taxpayer Return on Investment in Florida Public Libraries” for the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Library Directors, June 16, 2005
  • “Waves of Change — Challenges for Integrated Information and Technology Organizations” for the Kenyon Conference of the CLIR-CIO’s Group Colleges, March 11, 2005
  • “Out of the Stacks and Into the Jungle: The Future of Knowledge Professionals” for the Librarians' Association at UNC-Chapel Hill, March 14, 2005 [PDF, 1.72 MB]
  • “Planning and Implementing User Studies” for the Institute of Museum and Library Science (IMLS) Web-Wise 2005 Libraries and Museums in the Digital World, February 16, 2005
  • “National Study of Users and Potential Users of Online Information” for the Institute of Museum and Library Science (IMLS) Advisory Board, February 15, 2005
  • “Taxpayer Return on Investment in Florida Public Libraries” for the State Library and Archives of Florida Library Directors Meeting, October 14, 2004
  • “Fixing the Broken Digital Link: Academia and Asset Management” for the Global Society for Asset Management (G-SAM) Annual Conference, October 18, 2004
  • “National Study of Users and Potential Users of Online Information” for the British Library, London, England, September 15, 2004
  • “Cheers for the Information Age: Online Knowledge Communities and Cultural Engagement” for The Cultural Content Forum Annual Workshop Beyond Productivity: Culture and Heritage Resources in the Digital Age, February 28, 2004
  • “Waves of Change — Information Technology Success and Best Practices in Higher Education 2003” for the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO), July 29, 2003
  • “Trust and Terror: New Demands for Crisis Information Dissemination and Management” for National Commission on Library and Information Science (NCLIS) at American Library Association (ALA) midwinter meeting, January 18, 2002
  • “The New Information Professional: Out of the Stacks and Into the Jungle,” for The National Archives and Records Administration, March 7, 2002
  • “Educating Information Professionals for the 21st Century,” The University of Maryland, School of Informatics, March 6, 2002.
  • “Terror and Trust, Technology and Touch: Library Leadership in Changing Times,” Army Librarians Institute, Oklahoma City, Keynote Address, April 24, 2002
  • “Technology Out-sourcing: IT Promise and Progress,” Collegis Eduprise Executive Summit, Keynote Address, Speaker June 9-12, 2002.
  • Panelist at “Digital Issues Update: A Dialogue on the State’s Future,” Harrisburg, PA, June 6, 2002.
  • “Leadership and Design of Organizations.” The State Library of Florida Leadership Workshop, Tallahassee, FL. July 17-18, 2002.
  • “Leadership Skills for the Electronic Age.” SLA Cleveland Chapter annual George Mandel Lecture, Akron, OH. October 10, 2002.
  • Moderator, Opening Plenary: “Openness, Privacy and National Security Post-9/11.” ASIST Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. November 18, 2002.
  • “Out of the Stacks and Into the Jungle—New Roles for Information Professionals,” Second China/US Conference on Libraries 2001. August 11-16, 2001.
  • “9-11 Reflections, Roles, and Responsibilities” WPVC/ACRL Meeting November 19, 2001.
  • “Contented Cows and Creative Chefs: Managing University/Business Alliances.” University of Technology, Sydney, Sydney, Australia, Nov. 1, 2000.
  • “Up the Down Escalator—The Promise and Perils of the Information Age.” Public lecture, University of Technology, Sydney, Sydney, Australia, October 31, 2000.
  • “The Enterprise of Academe: The Architecture of e-Developments for Higher Education.” University of Technology, Sydney/Sydney Library, Sydney Australia, October 30, 2000.
  • “Provider Roles: The Information Creator and the Roles of the Information Professions.” ALIA 2000 Conference, Sydney, Australia, October 26, 2000.
  • “Maria Sklodowska-Curie: Breaking Boundaries, Creating Knowledge — Legacies and Lessons for Passionate Inquiry.” University of Michigan “Celebrating the Legacy of Marie Curie” Symposium, October 19, 2000, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
  • “Gourmet Dining in a Fast Food World: Change and Challenge in 21 st Century Telecommunications.” ACUTA Conference, October 17, 2000, San Antonio, Texas.
  • “Gourmet Dining in a Fast Food World: Change and Challenge in 21 st Century Telecommunications.” Insight 100 Conference, Ypsilanti, Michigan, October 3, 2000.
  • “Technology, Tradition and Transformation.” Technology in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: An International Conference, Samos Island, Greece, August 26, 2000.
  • “Haute Couture or Well-Worn Jeans: Medical Education and the Internet.” Medical Education Conference, Rome, Italy, July 29, 2000.
  • “Making I.T. Work — The People Priority.” University of Michigan Workplace 2000, Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 17, 2000.
  • “Year 2000: The Straw We Spun Into Gold.” Association of Women in Computing National Conference 2000, Orlando, Florida, March 27, 2000.
  • “Knowledge and Utilization: The Keys to Organizational Success.” American Society for Information Science (ASIS) Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., November 3, 1999
  • “Back to the Future — Information Science for the Next Millennium.” Los Angeles Chapter of the American Society for Information Science (ASIS), October 27, 1999.
  • “Track 5: Ethical, Cultural, Social and Behavioral Issues.” American Society for Information Science (ASIS) Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., November 3, 1999.
  • “Knowledge Communities, Tradition, Technology, and Transformation in Higher Education.” EDUCAUSE ’99, Long Beach, California, October 27, 1999.
  • “The Evolving Role of CIO: Architect of Change at the Turn of the Millennium.” Association of Women in Computing (AWC) International Conference, Ann Arbor, Michigan, October 15, 1999.
  • “Virtual Universities: The Changing Face of Higher Education.” APA Miniconvention on Education & Technology, Boston, Massachusetts, August 20, 1999.
  • “The Enterprise of Academe: The Architecture of E-Commerce in Higher Education.” IBM Academic Global Services Consortium, Armonk, New York, August 9, 1999.
  • “Technologies: Possibilities in the Hands of the People.” Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce Governor’s Leadership Conference, Mackinac Island, Michigan, June 4, 1999.
  • “The Internet and the Intellect.” Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Media Fellowship, Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 20, 1999.
  • “Technology Enhancing Tradition: The Architecture of Information Technology for Higher Education.” Keynote speaker at the “Faculty Workshop on Educational Technology,” Howard University, April 3, 1999.
  • “Food for Thought: Technology, Tradition, and Transformation in Higher Education.” University of Michigan Horace Rackham Graduate School Winter Lecture Series on The Future of the Research University, Ann Arbor, Michigan, March 18, 1999.
  • “The Promise and Perils of Tomorrow’s Internet.” Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Media Fellowship, Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 17, 1999.
  • “The University of Michigan and Internet2.” Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) Luncheon, Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 20, 1999.
  • “Food for Thought: Technology, Tradition, and Transformation in Higher Education.” University College London, London, England, December 10, 1998.
  • “Skills in Transition: New Directions for Information Professionals.” Council of Federal Libraries of the Government of Ottawa, Canada. Ottawa, Canada, November 16, 1998.
  • “Scaling Up IT: Weighing the Options/Maintaining the Balance.” EDUCAUSE Conference, Snowmass, Colorado, August 12, 1998.
  • “Brave New World: The Information Revolution in Mid-Stream: An Anglo-American Perspective.” Marshall Symposium, Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 29, 1998.
  • “Out of the Stacks and Into the Jungle: The Education and Development of Knowledge Managers.” Featured Presenter, Information Innovators Institute, San Diego, CA, March 7, 1998.
  • “From Invisible Colleges to Virtual Knowledge Communities.” Participation in “Transformation Forum in the Information Field” at the First International Book Fair, San Juan, Puerto Rico, September 16, 1997.
  • “The Role of the Chief Information Officer in a University Setting.” Syracuse University Distinguished Lecture Series, November 13, 1997.
  • “Women in Cyberspace: Issues For and About Women Using the Internet.” Case Western Reserve University Keynote Speech, November 7, 1997.
  • “Transformation and Risk: Leadership Opportunities for the 21st Century.” Keynote speaker at the First International Book Fair, San Juan, Puerto Rico, September 15, 1997.
  • “Technology and History: Today’s Capabilities and Tomorrow’s Opportunities.” Keynote presentation at Naval History Workshop ‘97, Naval Historical Center, Washington, D.C., June 3, 1997.
  • “The New Information Professional.” Keynote presentation at the Coalition for Networked Information - Spring Task Force Meeting, Washington, D.C., April 2, 1997.
  • "Information Policy Issues for the 21st Centry," Lazerow Lecture sponsored by the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Rosary College, River Forest, Illinois, March 27, 1997.
  • "Hand-in-Hand: Toward the Digital Future." Keynote address at the 1996 Federal Library and Information Center Committee Symposium on the Information Professional, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., September 24, 1996.
  • "Information/Data Management in the 21st Century." Keynote address to "Information and Data: A Value-Added Approach to Management," Government Data Managers' Annual Conference, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, September 12, 1995.
  • "Information Professionals in the Digital Age." Keynote address at Leadership & Innovation: Information at the Forefront, Great Lakes Regional Conference III, Chicago, Illinois, March 22, 1995.
  • "From Algorithms to Metadata to Knowledge Bases." Keynote address at the First European Meeting for Algorithms on the Psychopharmacology of Psychiatric Diseases, Vienna, Austria, February 24, 1995.
  • "Data Fusion and Information Retrieval: Two Perspectives on the Same Problem." Featured presentation to the Seventh Joint Service Data Fusion Symposium (DFS-94), Laurel, Maryland, October 26, 1994.
  • "Team Participation and Strategic Alliances for the Corporate Information Center." Presentation to the Information Services Advisory Council of The Conference Board, Moline, Illinois, September 20, 1994.
  • "Building the Information Superhighway - From Dream to Reality." Presentation to the NASA Langley Research Center Colloquium, Hampton, Virginia, August 8, 1994.
  • "Information Retrieval: Finding and Using Internet Resources for Law Enforcement Purposes." Plenary address at the Third Annual Computer Crime Conference sponsored by Los Alamos National Laboratory and the High Tech Crime Investigation Association of New Mexico, Los Alamos, New Mexico, February 9, 1994.
  • "New Approaches to Training Information Professionals -- U.S. vs. Eastern Europe." Plenary at the Thirty-Seventh Military Librarians Workshop, Albuquerque, New Mexico, November 16, 1993.
  • "Changing Environment, Changing Profession: A Proactive Response for Survival and Growth of Technical Communications." Keynote address at the 17th Annual Practical Conference on Communication, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, November 4, 1993.
  • "A New Paradigm for Library and Information Science: The Future of the Library and Distance Education." Keynote address at the 1993 Annual Conference of the Virginia Library Association, Norfolk, Virginia, October 30, 1993.
  • "Economics of Information and Information Economics." Keynote address at Changing Information Technologies: Research Challenges in the Economics of Information, the Third International Information Research Conference, Poigny la Forêt, France, July 11-13, 1993.
  • "Libraries: The Undiscovered National Resource." With Donald W. King. Information Policy Briefing sponsored by the British Library Research and Development Department, London, England, April 7, 1993.
  • "Critical Issues in Scientific and Technical Information." Lazerow Lecture sponsored by the Institute for Scientific Information, Philadelphia. Presented at the University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, April 25, 1992.
  • "Shared Resources in Library Systems." Plenary address at the Second Annual Universities for Democracy Alliance Conference, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, November 4, 1991.
  • "The Development of New Information Delivery Systems for the 1990s." Keynote address at the Information Online and On Disc '91 5th. Australasian Conference, Sydney, Australia, January 30, 1991.
  • "Hypertext: Problems and Opportunities." Presentation at Martin Marietta Energy Systems Technology Showcase, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, April 12, 1990.
  • "Overview of the Scientific and Technical Information System in the U.S." Presented to the Science Board, Committee on Scientific Openness, National Science Foundation, Washington, District of Columbia, June 15, 1988.
  • "State-of-the-Art of Electronic Publishing." Keynote address at the CLIS Electronic Publishing Colloquium, College of Library and Information Services, University of Maryland, November 5, 1987.
  • "The Use of Scientific, Technical, and Societal Information by Policy Makers." With Toni Carbo Bearman. Featured presentation at the International Conference on the Impact of Science on American Society, Augsburg, West Germany, May 6, 1987.
  • "Evaluating the Impact of Implementing an Automated Library System." OCLC Distinguished Seminar, Dublin, Ohio, November 11, 1986.
  • "Current and Future Competency Requirements of Librarians and Other Information Professionals." Keynote address to the Biological Sciences Group of the Special Libraries Association, Washington, District of Columbia, February 29, 1984.
  • "Microcomputers and Online Activities." Keynote address at the 5th Annual Online Weekend, Washington, D.C., February 3-4, 1984.
  • "Emerging Technologies and Their Application to SIT." Keynote address to the DOE National Laboratory SIT Managers' Group, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Long Island, New York, April 22, 1983.
  • "Putting Your Organization on the Road to an Integrated Visual and Textual Information System." Invited final (wrap-up) address presented at the National Conference on Computer Graphics: Tools for Productivity, Washington, D.C. December 1981.

OTHER INVITED PRESENTATIONS

  • “Ensuring Effective Access to Library Services: The Digital Divide.” ALIA 2000 Conference, Sydney, Australia, October 25, 2000.
  • “Out of the Stacks and Into the Jungle: The New Information Professional.” Kentucky Library Association and Kentucky School Media Association Joint Conference, Louisville, Kentucky, October 22, 1998.
  • “Knowledge Communities: Tradition, Technology, and Transformation in Higher Education.” The International Conference on the Social Impact of Information Technology, St. Louis, Missouri, October 13, 1998.
  • “Political and Institutional Barriers to Outsourcing.” IBM Education Advisory Board, Washington, D.C., May 16, 1999.
  • “Imagination, Technology and the Future.” Panelist, Building the Future: Women Leading in Higher Education Conference, Lansing, Michigan, June 2, 1998.
  • “The Impact of Technology on Higher Education.” Panelist, Town Hall Meeting, Michigan Information Technology Commission, Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 20, 1998.
  • “From Hand Out to Handshake to Hands On: a new concept of partnership.” Panelist, ASIS 1998 Mid-Year Meeting, Collaboration Across Boundaries: Theories, Strategies and Technology, Orlando, Florida, May 18, 1998 [PDF, 266 KB]
  • “Information Technology and the Internet.” A Congressional Briefing by the Big 10 Chief Information Officers, Washington, D.C., February 6, 1998
  • “Issues in the Ownership and Availability of Electronic Information.” Open forum at the IFLA ‘97 Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2, 1997.
  • “From Invisible Colleges to Virtual Knowledge Communities.” Presentation at the IBM Higher Education Executive Forum, Palisades, New York, July 29, 1997.
  • “Schools and Partnerships.” Presentation at ALA Annual Meeting, Committee on Education, San Francisco, California, June 29, 1997.
  • “Library Management.” Presentation at OCLC Brazil Seminar, Dublin, Ohio, June 6, 1997.
  • “Continuing Education for Professionals.” Presentation as panelist on discussion of “Creating Infrastructure to Effect Change, Influence Policy and Maintain Currency” at OCLC Brazil Seminar, Dublin, Ohio, June 5, 1997.
  • “Information Policy Issues for the 21st Century.” Presentation at the 1997 Biennial Meeting for Federal Depository Libraries hosted by the Michigan Council of Federal Depository Libraries, April 30, 1997.
  • “The Role of the Chief Information Officer in a University Setting.” Presentation at Florida State University hosted by their School of Library and Information Studies, February 27, 1997.
  • “Knowledge Communities.” Presentation at the IBM Global Campus Meeting, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, January 30, 1997.
  • "Valuing the Law Library." Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Law Libraries, Indianapolis, Indiana, July 22, 1996.
  • "Computing & Related Technologies in a 21st Century Research University." Presentation during The Quiet Revolution: Preparing for the Information Age satellite broadcast, April 17, 1996.
  • "Breaking Down Barriers Between IS and the Rest of the Organization." CIO Panel Discussion at the State of Tennessee Information Systems Management Conference, Knoxville, Tennessee, December 7, 1995.
  • "The Future of Computing and Communications." Presentation to the Knox County DPMA, Knoxville, Tennessee, November 28, 1995.
  • "The University of Tennessee Distance Education Master's Program in Information Science." Presented at the Virginia Library Association's Annual Meeting, Roanoke, Virginia, November 11, 1995
  • "The Emergent Information Infrastructure." Panelist at Information and Knowledge in Transition: Ownership, Access, Controls and Costs, A Symposium in Celebration, CLIS Thirtieth Anniversary, 1965-1995, sponsored by the College of Library and Information Services, University of Maryland at College Park, co-sponsored with ASIS and the National Archives, National Archives II, College Park, Maryland, November 3, 1995.
  • "A Federated Approach to Information Resource Organization: New Roles and Models for managing Information on Campus." Panelist in this session at the ASIS Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, October 7-12, 1995.
  • "Partnerships Between Academic and Business Worlds: What Works?" Panelist in this session at the ASIS Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, October 7-12, 1995.
  • "Economics of Journal Publishing." "Return on Information: Measuring the Value of Information Services." With Donald W. King. Presented at the Economics of Information conference sponsored by ENSSIB, Lyon, France, May 18, 1995.
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