Presentations
Presentations:
"Virtual Libraries in the Immersive Education Initiative: An Introduction to the Library Technology Working Group,” presentation in Second Life to the Virtual Libraries, Education and Museums Conference, April 24-25, 2009.
“Immersive Education Library Technology Working Group,” presentation to the Second Life Virtual Communities and Libraries Member Initiative Group of the American Library Association, January 24, 2009.
“The Future of the New York State Library in the Networked Environment,” presentation at the Annual Meetings of the Central New York Library Resources Council, Hamilton, N.Y. October 26, 1993: and of the South Central Research Library Council, Corning, New York October 15, 1993.
“Libraries and the Promise of Internetting,” presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Southeastern New York Library Resources Council, Poughkeepsie, New York, June 5, 1992.
“Information Resources on the National Network. The Coalition for Networked Information: A Librarian’s Perspective,” presentation at EDUCOM ’90, Atlanta, GA, October 14-16, 1990.
“A Model for a University-Based Electronic Publishing Network, presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American University Presses, Philadelphia, PA, June 26, 1990.
“The Impact of Electronic Publishing on Research Libraries,” presentation at EBSCO Research Library Executive Seminar, Annual Conference of the American Library Association, Chicago, Illinois, June 24, 1990.
“Vision Statement: A University-Based Electronic Publishing Network,” presentation at the Association of Research Libraries/CAUSE/EDUCOM Coalition for Networked Information Task Force Meeting, Washington, D.C., June 5-6, 1990.
“National Information Policy and the Federal Depository Library,” presentation at the Statewide Conference of Federal Depository Libraries, Albany, New York, May 4-5, 1989.
“The New York State Library and State Library Programs,” illustrated presentation in the Library Issues Lecture Series, Syracuse University, February 27, 1987.
“New York State Library services to state agencies,” presentation to the tenth anniversary meeting of the New York State Interagency Information Group, Albany, New York, June 5, 1986.
“Looking over my shoulder into the future,” presentation to the annual meeting of the Capital District Library Council, Albany, New York, May 20, 1986.
“The future role of the library,” presentation at the Third Annual Top Management Roundtable of the Society for Scholarly Publishing: Libraries, Publishing, and Scholarship – Strategic Issues, Providence, Rhode Island, September 19-21, 1984.
“On the value of cost research in cataloging,” presented at Research by and for Librarians, Annual Conference of the American Library Association, Philadelphia, July 11, 1982.
“Organization and staffing of the Columbia Libraries,” presentation and consultation with librarians of the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, March 2-4,1975.
The library as an enterprise worthy of management,” presentation to a joint seminar of the American Society for Information Science and the Special Libraries Association, New York, January 24, 1975.
“Organization and staffing of the Columbia University Libraries,” four presentations to the staff of the University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington, Kentucky, April 19, 1974.
“Interface among nodes in a bibliographic network: Administrative issues,” paper presented to the Association of Cooperative Library Organizations, American Library Association Annual Conference, June 26, 1973
“Meeting research library needs through planning,” paper presented to the 6th Annual Congress of Trustees of Reference and Research Library Resource Systems (3 R’s Systems), Syracuse, New York, May 9, 1973.
Lectures and Workshops:
“Managing the Library,” guest lecture to the Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information Science course Principles of Management, October 4, 2001
“Change and transformation in library organizations,” guest lecture to the Boston College Carroll School of Management course Organizational Behavior and Management, November 16, 1995.
“State Library research services,” guest lecture to the State University of New York at Albany School of Information Science and Policy course Administration of Information Agencies, April 1, 1992.
“Information as a Strategic Resource,” presented at a Book Industry Study Group Symposium addressing the impact of technology on book publishing, April 3, 1991.
“Gigabit networks: development of NREN and the potential of research, education, and library and information networking,” by Douglas Van Houweling; discussion moderator, Library of Congress Network Advisory Committee, Networks for Networkers II Conference, December 18, 1990.
“Technology and information,” guest lecture to the State University of New York at Albany School of Information Science and Policy course Information Environments, November 9, 1989.
“Where did all the money go? An update,” panel moderator, New York Library Association, Section on Management of Information Resources and Technology, 94th Annual Conference of the New York Library Association, October 24, 1987,
“Librarians under stress,” panel moderator, Nassau County Library Association, Academic and Special Libraries Division, 13th Annual Continuing Education Workshop and Conference, April 5, 1984.
“Planning and budgeting,” guest lecture to the Columbia University School of Library Service course Introduction to Library Administration, March 19, 1984.
“The organization of the Columbia University Libraries: Planning for change,” workshops jointly sponsored by the Columbia University Libraries and the Association of Research Libraries, Office of Library Management Studies, November 8, 1973, and January 11, 1974.
“Measuring library performance,” guest lecture to the Columbia University School of Library Science course, Library Administration, October 9, 1973.
“The management of library automation,” instructor in a workshop sponsored by the American Library Association, Information Science and Automation Division, New York, New York, June, 1972.
“Systems approach to library operations and management,” video seminar presentation produced by the New York Metropolitan Reference and Research Library Agency (METRO) and the City University Mutual Benefit Instructional Network, May 19, 1972.
“Information analysis center case study,” guest lecture to the Columbia University School of Library Service course History of American Libraries, August 1971.