Library 2.014 Conference Presentations
The Library 2.014 Worldwide Virtual Conference featured more than 100 sessions, including presentations from keynote and distinguished speakers and information professionals from around the world.
- Keynotes
- Distinguished speakers
- Digital services, preservation, and access
- Emerging technologies and trends
- Learning Commons and infinite learning
- Management of libraries and information centers in the 21st century
- User centered services and models
- Library and information professionals-evolving roles and opportunities
- Connected librarian day-pre-conference event for K-12 and Teacher Librarians
KEYNOTES
Phil Bradley, Internet Consultant & UK Search Guru – UK
Pam Sandlian-Smith, Library Director – Anythink Libraries, Thornton, CO USA
Jia Yang, Leader of Data Resource Department – Shanghai Library, Shanghai, China
Christine Bruce, Professor; Hilary Hughes, Senior Lecturer & Ian Stoodley, Researcher – Information Systems School, Queensland University of Technology Queensland, Australia
Jonathan Hernández, Ph.D. Student in Library and Information Studies – National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico
Joyce Valenza, Assistant Professor & Co-Director – MLIS Program, Rutgers University School of Communications I Information, NJ USA
Samantha Adams Becker, Senior Director of Communications – New Media Consortium, Austin, TX USA
Dr. Daisy Selematsela, Executive Director, Knowledge Management Corporate – National Research Foundation, Pretoria, South Africa
Sandra Hirsh, Professor and Director – School of Information, San José State University, CA USA
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DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS
Stephen Abram, Managing Principal – Lighthouse Partners – Toronto, ON Canada
Ellen Tise, Senior Director, Library and Information Services – University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
Peter Morville, President – Semantic Studios. Ann Arbor, MI USA
Barbara Stripling, Assistant Professor of Practice – Syracuse University and President – American Library Association, NY USA
Michael Stephens, Assistant Professor – School of Information, San José State University, MI USA
Roy Tennant, Senior Program Officer, Research – OCLC, CA USA.
David Weinberger, Author, Senior Researcher – Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society, MA USA
Susan Hildreth, IMLS Director – Institute of Museum and Library Services, Washington, DC USA
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DIGITAL SERVICES, PRESERVATION, AND ACCESS
Man Shu, Ph.D. – South China Normal University, Guangzhou ,China
Donna Frederick, Metadata and Cataloguing Librarian – University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Richard P. Hulser, Chief Librarian – Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA USA
Marton Nemeth – Monguz Ltd, National Széchényi Library, Hungary
Sara Kelso, Managing Editor. Adrienne Mathewson, Stephanie Routhier-Perry, Alex Post, Tacoma Tomilson, Alicia Zuniga, Lawrence Mak, Jason Baker, Laura Stanger – Student Research Journal, School of Information, San José State University, CA USA
David Stern, Library Director – Saitn Xavier University, Chicago, IL USA
Jennifer Abbott, Librarian – National Renewable Energy Laboratory Library, Golden, CO USA
Sue Toms, Head of Libraries – Busan International Foreign School, South Korea
Attila Piros, Ph.D. Candidate – University of Debrecen, Department of Library Informatics, Hungary
Marton Nemeth – Monguz Ltd, Hungary
Kathleen Phillips, Director of Library Services – BridgeValley Community and Technical College, Charleston, WV USA
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EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND TRENDS
Rachel Collier, Adult Services Librarian & Wendy Silver, Adult Services Librarian – Sunnyvale Public Library, Sunnyvale CA USA
Ellen Tise, Senior Director, Library and Information Services – University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
Ji Hak Paul Park, Web Services Librarian – University Library at California State University, Stanislaus, CA USA
Linda Kalejs, Research and Learning Coordinator, Faculty Team Leader Art, Design and Architecture. Lisa Smith, Director Client Services, Humanities and Social Sciences. Josephine Hook, Research and Learning Coordinator. Megan Deacon, Copyright Advisor. – Monash University Library, Melborne, Australia
Nancy Faget – Army Research Laboratory; Anil Sulochana – Indian Statistical Institute; Seungwon Yang – George Mason University & Amanda Malanowski, NIST Research Library, USA, India
Amy Shaffer, Creative Director – Kidnected World, Salt Lake City, UT USA
Hilda Gómez, Yensi Vides, Jennifer Garcia; Librarians – Learning Resources Centre (LRC) Academia Britanica Cuscatleca, El Salvador
Sarah Schmidt, Reference & Government Information Librarian – Angelo State University, San Angelo, TX USA
Michelle Zaffino – In the Stacks, San Francisco, CA USA
Debbie Weissmann, Researcher & Lecturer & Stacy Lein – School of Information, San José State University, USA
Julienne DesJardins, Social Media Coordinator – Buffalo Niagara Choirs, New York USA
Ayyoub Ajmi, Digital Communications & Learning Initiatives Librarian – UMKC School of Law, Kansas City, MO USA
Phil Morehart, Associate Editor – American Libraries Magazine, American Library Association, USA
David Weinberger, Author, Senior Researcher – Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society, MA USA
Revathi Viswanathan – B.S. Abdur Rahman University, India
Peter Murray, Assistan Director for Technology Services Development – LYRASIS, OH USA
Mardene Carr, Chief Librarian – University College of the Caribbean, Kingston, Jamaica
Lauren Poelvoorde & Michèle Huie – Santa Clara County Library District, CA USA
Marc Kosciejew – Department of Library Information and Archive Science, Faculty of Media and Knowledge Sciences, University of Malta, Malta
Tina Chan, Assistant Coordinator of Reference & Kathryn Johns-Masten, Electronic Resources/Serials Librarian – SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY USA
Mara Cabrera & Lori Harris, Graduate Students & Research Assistants – iSchool, San José State University, CA USA
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LEARNING COMMONS AND INFINITE LEARNING
Barbara Stripling, Assistant Professor of Practice – Syracuse University and President – American Library Association, NY USA
David V. Loertscher, Professor – San José State University, CA USA. Carol Koechlin – Education Consultant, Toronto, Canada
Andrea Baer, Undergraduate Education Librarian – Indiana University-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN USA
Valerie Hill – Texas Woman’s University, David Shumaker – Catholic University of America, USA
Katie Garcia & Nancy Dewald, Reference Librarians – Thun Library, Pennsylvania State University Berks Campus, PA USA
IdaMae Craddock, Librarian – Monticello High School, Albemarle County, VA USA
Amy Croft Senior Librarian / Campus Library Manager Amy Croft, Senior Librarian / Campus Library Manager & Suzanne Munro, Librarian – CQUniversity Library, Sidney, NSW, Australia
Estelle Beck, Librarian, LIS Master Student – Université Montpellier 3, France
Dóra Egervári – University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
Erika Behling, Library Faculty – College of Lake County, Chicago, IL USA
Brigitta Goerres, Executive Director of Curriculum – Castle Rock Research, Edmonton, AB Canada
Larry Wilson – Wilson Entertainment and Consulting LLC, Arkansas, USA
Amanda Bjorling, Assistant Library Director – Belle Époque Library, Leysin American School in Switzerland
Melissa Mallon, Coordinator of Library Instruction – Wichita State University Libraries, Wichita KS USA
Roxanne Clement – Bay Farm School, Alameda, CA USA
Uta Hussong-Christian, Instruction & Science Librarian – Oregon State University. Rick Stoffart, Head of User and Research Services – University of Idaho. USA
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MANAGEMENT OF LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION CENTERS IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Stephen Abram, Managing Principal – Lighthouse Partners – Toronto, ON Canada
John Christka & Erica Findley – EveryLibrary, California, Oregon, and Chicago, USA.
Jason LeDu, Director of Sales – Counting Opinions, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Robert Dugan, Dean of Libraries – University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL USA
Kelly Rembert, Outreach Librarian – Southfield Public Library, Southfield, MI USA
Eve Melton, Northern California Regional Director of Library Services & Marina T. Aiello, Manager of Library Services, Napa-Solano Area – Kaiser Permanente, CA USA
Jason LeDuc, Director of Sales – Counting Opinions. Karen Harker, Collection Assessment Librarian – Univ of North Texas. Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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USER CENTERED SERVICES AND MODELS
Eszter Csorba-Simon & Etelka Anna Alpek – Csorba Győző Könyvtár/Csorba Győző Library, Pécs, Hungary
- Aren’t all kids the same? Looking at Cultural Differences in Motivating Students to Seek Information
Dr. Sherry R. Crow, Associate Professor of School Library Science – University of Nebraska Kearney, Kearney, NE USA
Judit Béres, Assistant Professor, Scientific Director of Bibliotherapy Special Training Program – University of Pécs, FAEHRD, Institute of LIS, Pécs, Hungary
Ashley Eklof, Head Librarian – Bexar County BiblioTech Digital Library, San Antonio, TX USA
Barbara Alvarez, Business Liaison Librarian – Barrington Area Library, Barington, IL USA
Ana Ndumu – Florida State University iSchool, Tallahassee, FL USA
Melda N. Yildiz, Faculty – Kean University, NJ USA
Balázs Arató – University Library and Centre for Learning, Pécs, Hungary
Amy Jiang, Library Technology Coordinator – Wilson Library, University of La Verne, La Verne, CA USA.
Loida Garcia-Febo, Chair – ALA International Relations Committee; President – Information New Wave, USA Dr. Roberto Delgadillo, Humanities, Social Sciences and Government Information Services Resources Manager – University Library, UC Davis, CA USA. Scott Bonner, Director – Ferguson Municipal Public Library, MO USA. Natalia Tkachova, Librarian – Kherson City Library, Ukraine. Gonzalo Oyarzun, Subdirector – Sistema Nacional de Bibliotecas Publicas de Chile / Subdirector – National System of Public Libraries, Chile.
Susan Hildreth, IMLS Director – Institute of Museum and Library Services, Washington, DC USA
Cintia Bastos – Pan American School of Porto Alegre, Brazil
Brigitta Jávorka – National Széchényi Library – Hungarian Library Institute. Hungary
B.Vijayalakshmi, Librarian – Sri Sarada College for Women, Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu, India
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LIBRARY AND INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS – EVOLVING ROLES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Peter Morville, President – Semantic Studios. Ann Arbor, MI USA
Emily Gover, Information Literacy Librarian; Caity Selleck & Michele Kirschenbaum – Imagine Easy Solutions. USA
Clare McKenzie, Program Coordinator; Anyson Dalby, Amy Barker & Kate Byrne – International Librarians Network. Sydney, Australia.
Rebecca Morris, Assistant Professor of Library and Information Studies (with LIS 688-06 graduate students) – University of Carolina at Greensboro, NC USA
Alexandra Janvey, Library Assistant – Digital Initiatives, Long Island University, New York, USA
Tibor Koltay, Professor – Department of Information and Library Studies, Szent István University, Faculty of Applied Arts and Pedagogy, Jászberény, Hungary
Csuka Dalma Ilona – University of Pécs – Faculty of Adult Education and Human Resources Development, Hungary
Mitch Coulter, Manager eBooks – Follett School Solutions, McHenry, IL USA
Kristine Brancolini & Marie Kennedy – Loyola Marymount University Library. Greg Guest – FHI 360. Lili Luo & Michael Stephens – School of Information, San José State University. USA
Michael Stephens, Assistant Professor – School of Information, San José State University, MI USA
Roy Tennant, Senior Program Officer, Research – OCLC, CA USA
Tina Chan, Assistant Coordinator of Reference & Brendon West, Online Instructional Design Librarian – SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY USA
Elizabeth Borghi, Knowledge Infrastructure Manager – Rocket Fuel, Silicon Valley, CA USA
Edina Kovács – University of Pécs, Mihály Pekár Medical and Life Science Library, Pécs, Hungary
Rita Fekete – University of Pécs Mihály Pekár Medical and Life Science Library, Pécs, Hungary
Dr. Chris Hagar – School of Information, San José State University., UK
Nancy Faget, Federal Librarian – Army Research Laboratory; Amanda Thompson, Aryn Dagirmanjian & Elizabeth Rapp – Students, iSchoool San José State University, USA
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CONNECTED LIBRARIAN DAY – PRE-CENFERENCE EVENT FOR K-12 AND TEACHER LIBRARIANS
Britten Follett, Director – Social Media and Web Content, Follett Corporation, USA. Joyce Valenza, Assistant Professor and co-director MLIS Program, Rutgers University, USA. Ross Todd & Shannon Miller, Teacher Librarian and Technology Integration Sepcialist. USA
Michelle Luhtala. Head Librarian – New Canaan High School, CT USA
Jennifer LaGarde, Librarian Ambassador – New hanover High School, Wilmington, NC USA
Judy O’Connell, Courses Director – Faculty of Education, School of Information Studies, Charles Sturt University, New South Whales, Australia
Patrice Bryan, English Teacher – Maplewood Richmond Heights School District, St. Louis, MO USA; Darcy Coffta, Innovation Center Director & Upper School Librarian – Berwick Academy, South Berwick, ME USA
Sherry Gick, Library and Instructional Technology Specialist – Rosevillle Consolidated Schools, IN USA. Matthew Winner, Teacher Librarian – Ducketts Lane Elementary School, MD USA
Heidi Neltner, Teacher Librarian – Johnson Elementary, Fort Thomas, KY USA
Britten Follett, Director – Social Media and Web Content, Follett Corporation, USA. Joyce Valenza, Assistant Professor and co-director MLIS Program, Rutgers University, USA. Ross Todd & Shannon Miller, Teacher Librarian and Technology Integration Sepcialist, USA
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