Exterior photo of Smathers Library (formerly Library East) at the University of Florida, photo from the University of Florida Digital Collections

Presentations

Invited Presentations

• "Practical Steps Towards Your Local and/or Regional Digitalisation Project," at the Seminar for Libraries of the Dutch Caribbean Curaçao, University of the Netherlands Antilles. Willemstad, Curaçao: September 25-6, 2008. (slides online)
• "Notes from a Feral Librarian" in the University of Florida CRC Graduate Student Workshop Series, "Graduate Students Leaving the Academy? Finding Your Passion and Getting a job outside the Ivory Tower." Gainesville, FL: July 15, 2008. (slides online and handout)
• "Bioactive: A Game for Library Instruction" at the ALA Annual Conference. Anaheim, CA: June 30, 2008. (slides online)
• "The Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC)" in the "Microfilm to Digitization Roadshow: Hidden Treasures in the Vault" hosted by the OCLC Preservation Service Centers at the ALA Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA: June 29, 2008. (slides online or ppt download)
• "Choices for Building Digital Libraries" invited presentation at the College of the Bahamas' Virtual Library Committee at the College of the Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas; Mar. 3, 2008.
• "File Formats 101" at the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting, in the PARS Digital Preservation Group Meeting, Philadelphia, PA: Jan. 13, 2008.
• "Why Are Comic Books Not Commonly Used in the Classroom? What Subjects Are Suitable For Comics?" invited presentation at the "Comics in the Classroom: Understanding the Educational Uses of Comic Books" Jewish Museum of Florida's Professional Development Workshop, Miami Beach, FL; Oct. 21, 2007.
• "Virtual Bodies: Game Gender as Style and Structure" at the University of Idaho's "Power, Identity, and Community in Virtual Worlds: A Speaker Series" in Moscow, ID; September 12, 2006; with speakers Shawn Rider, Julian Dibbell, and Rick Fehrenbacher. (abstract)

Other Presentations

• "Mobile Services Webinar, with Mark Sullivan and James Taylor, ASERL Webinar: Nov. 8, 2010.
• "IR and E-Serials - New Academic Library Services, Poster Presentation," with Dan Reboussin, FACRL Fall 2010 Conference: Oct. 29, 2010.
• "The Digital Library of the Caribbean: Partners, Tools, and Facilitation Resources," World Digital Library Meeting, Washington, DC: Jun. 23, 2010
• "Applying emerging standards in developing a Caribbean Newspaper Digital Library," ACURIL Conference: Jun. 8, 2010.
• "Caribbean Newspaper Digital Library: Disseminating and Preserving Records of Daily Life, Poster Presentation," with Brooke Wooldridge, ACURIL Conference: Jun. 8, 2010.
• "Digital Library of the Caribbean & the Caribbean Newspaper Digital Library," with Brooke Wooldridge, TICFIA Conference: May 6, 2010.
• "Using the Florida Digital Newspaper Library," poster session with Missy Clapp at the 2010 Florida Library Association Conference, Orlando, FL: April 8, 2010. (poster online)
• "The Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC)" with Mark Sullivan and Matt Loving at the FSU Libraries, Tallahassee, FL: March 26, 2010. (slides online)
• "UF Digital Collections," ASERL ITDIIG Webinar: February 9, 2010. (slides online)
• "Exhibit Opening: Efraín Barradas Collection of Mexican and Cuban Film Posters: given by Ramón Figueroa. A few words on Digitization, Preservation, and Access," University of Florida Libraries, Gainesville, FL: January 22, 2010.
• "Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) Summit: Technologies," presentation with Mark Sullivan and Brooke Wooldridge. Florida International University, Miami, FL: November 16, 2009.
• "The Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC)," presentation with Paul Losch and Mark Sullivan. LAS Fall 2009 Colloquium Series. Grinter Hall, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL: October 1, 2009.
• "How to Develop Collaborative Digitization Projects to Promote Local Content at the Global Level: Leading the New Generation of Researchers to your Content," workshop on the Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC), with Matt Loving and Mark Greenberg at the ACURIL XXXIX: The Future of Libraries within the Framework of Sustainable Development. Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe: June 5, 2009. (abstract)
• "The Basics of Digitizing Collections," with Lourdes Santamaria-Wheeler at the Society of Florida Archivists Annual Meeting. Gainesville, FL: April 22, 2009.
• "Position Paper" at the "Codework" Center for Literary Computing Workshop. Morgantown, WVU: April 3-6, 2008.
• "Love in the Binding" at the "ImageSexT: Intersections of Sex, Gender, and Sexuality" Conference on Comics and Graphic Novels, Gainesville, FL; Mar. 21-22, 2008.
• "Laws, Ethics, Unwritten Rules, & Etiquette" at the "World Building: Space and Community" Game Studies Conference, Gainesville, FL; Mar. 1-2, 2007.
• "Automated or Empty: Zombies in Video Games and Computers" at the "Reel Fear: Horror, Suspense and Anxiety in Postmodern Film" Film Studies Symposium, Gainesville, FL; Oct. 19-20, 2006.
• "Time of the Twins: Video Games Presenting the Unrepresentable Through Haunting" at the "Alien/Other" Game Studies Conference, Gainesville, FL; Apr. 7-8, 2006.
• "New Demands in Emerging Fields: Mentoring as a Graduate Student" at the Graduate Studies Forum, Gainesville, FL; Apr. 1-2, 2006.
• "Constructions and Reconstructions of the Gothic" at the Modern Language Association (MLA) Conference, Washington, DC; Dec. 27-30, 2005; with panelists Ted Wesp and Eric Hayot.
• "Game Studies Connecting to the World at Large: An Academic, and Activist use of the Blogosphere" at the EGO Conference, Gainesville, FL; Oct. 27-29, 2005. (full presentation)
• "Scars, Tattoos, and History: Video Game Flesh as Memory" at the Popular Culture Association in the South Conference, Jacksonville, Florida; Oct. 6-8, 2005.
• "Reading as Performance: Movable Books, Interactive Software, Video Games, and Wordless Picture Books" at the Children's Literature Association Conference, University of Winnipeg; June 9 - 12, 2005.

Older Presentations (2002 - 2005)

• "Science and Video Games" at Transforming Encounters II: Children and Science, Imagination and Inquiry, University of Florida; Feb. 18-19, 2005.
• "Legendary Warlords in Honnou-ji Temple, Sakai City, Arc de Triomphe, and Notre Dame: Cross Influences of Video Games and Film" at Trans/National Film and Literature: Cultural Production and the Claims of History, Florida State State University; Jan. 27-29, 2005.
• "Fairytale Nightmares: Goth Comics' Women and Children Characters" at the Third Annual Comics Conference: Simultaneity and Sequentiality, UF; Oct. 29-30, 2004.
• "Engines and Spoilers: Racing Games for Children and Adults" at Children's Literature and Constellations of Youth: Intersecting Adults' and Children's Culture, UF; Oct. 21-23, 2004.
• "Gaming Girls Playing with Power: Possibility Spaces in Game Design and Game Play" within panel "Textual Play: Women's Work in Literary Hypermedia Worldwide" at Society for Literature and Science Conference, Duke; Oct. 14-17, 2004; with panelists Marjorie Luesebrink and Stephanie Strickland.
• "Siblings (and Doppelgangers) in Video Games" at The Digital Narratives Conference, UCLA; Apr. 22-23, 2004. Organized panel "Re:play: Games"
• "The Open Source Model and Real World Collaborative Pedagogy" at Catastrophe Now: The Wreckage of Utopia, UF; Mar. 25-26, 2004; with co-author Brendan Riley.
• "Towards a Ludic Model? Smooth and Striated Space in Video Games," at the Form, Culture, and Video Game Criticism Conference, Princeton; Mar. 6, 2004.
• "Using MUDs in MOOs to Create Collaborative Narrative Practice" at Computers and Writing, Purdue; May 22-5, 2003; with co-authors Brendan Riley and Mike Sansone.
• "The Learning, Cooperation, and Positives that Video Games Engender" at The Children, Culture, and Violence Conference, UF; Mar. 20-1, 2003.
• "Webcomics and the Influence and Continuation of the Underground Comix Revolution" at The Undergrounds: 2003 Comics Conference, UF; Feb. 7-8, 2003.
• "Retraceable Readings: Video Game and Comic Composite" at Theoretical Misfits: the 2nd Annual UF-EGO Interdisciplinary Conference, UF; April 4-6, 2002.
• "Compromised Divisions: Panels as Thresholds in Comics and Video Games" at the The First Annual Comics Conference, the Will Eisner Symposium, UF; Feb. 20-21, 2002. Organized panel "Pressing and Stressing Boundaries: How Panels Operate in Comics and Video Games."

Library Presentations & Demonstrations

• "Presentation for ART6933," with Dina Benson, Randall Renner, and Lourdes Santamaria-Wheeler, University of Florida Libraries, Gainesville, FL: Sept. 1, 2010.
• "DLC Tours for the Libraries' Faculty and Staff," with Randall Renner and Lourdes Santamaria-Wheeler, University of Florida Libraries, Gainesville, FL: Aug. 5, 2010.
• "DLC Tours for the Libraries' Faculty and Staff," with Randall Renner and Lourdes Santamaria-Wheeler, University of Florida Libraries, Gainesville, FL: Aug. 3, 2010.
• "Digital Library of the Caribbean," with Brooke Wooldridge, Florida International University, Miami, FL: Jul. 28, 2010.
• "Digital Library of the Caribbean," with Brooke Wooldridge, University of Miami, Miami, FL: July 27, 2010.
• "Digital Library of the Caribbean," with Lourdes Santamaria-Wheeler and Brooke Wooldridge, HistoryMiami, Miami, FL: Jul. 26, 2010.
• "UFDC Enhancements," Digital Dialog, University of Florida Libraries, Gainesville, FL: Jul. 19, 2010.
• "UF Digital Collection Self-Submittal and Metadata Editing for Library Faculty and Staff," University of Florida Libraries, Gainesville, FL: February 18, 2010.
• "UF Digital Collection Self-Submittal and Metadata Editing for Library Faculty and Staff," University of Florida Libraries, Gainesville, FL: January 26, 2010.
• "Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) Training; Visiting Intern," Digital Library Center, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL: November 2-6, 2009.
• "The Digital Library Center at the University of Florida Libraries," tabling related to collaborative project on Panama and the Canal Collections at the UF Libraries. UF Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL: September 21, 2009.
• "Researching with the University of Florida Digital Collections (UFDC)," presentation with Missy Shoop for faculty and staff of the University of Florida Libraries. University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; May 21, 2009.
• "Using the UF Digital Collections (UFDC)," presentation with Missy Shoop and Sam Huang at Oak Hammock, Gainesville, FL: March 11, 2009.
• "Virtual Tour of UF Digital Collections (UFDC)," workshop with Missy Shoop, Northeast Florida Library Information Network (NEFLIN) Workshop. Online: February 19, 2009. (notes online)
• "UF's Digital Library Center," presentation for AAUW members at the George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; January 10, 2009.
• "Researching with the University of Florida Digital Collections (UFDC)," presentation with Missy Shoop to new faculty within the CITT New Faculty Training Series, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; September 11, 2008.
• "Providing Research Assistance for the University of Florida Digital Collections (UFDC)," brownbag presentation with Missy Shoop at the George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; July 30, 2008.
• UF Libraries Technology Expo with the Library 2.0 Group at the George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; April 15, 2008.
• "Internal Pre-show," for the UF Libraries Technology Expo with the Library 2.0 Group at the George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; April 9, 2008.
• "LibGuides," presentation with the Library 2.0 Group at the George A. Smathers Libraries Journal Club, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; March 20, 2008.
• "Second Life and the Library," brownbag presentation with Sara Gonzalez and Laura Woodruff at the George A. Smathers Libraries Journal Club, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Sept. 20, 2007.
• "Playing in the Digital Sandbox: Digital Tools that are Fun and Functional," at the George A. Smathers Libraries Journal Club, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Sept. 6, 2007.
• "Games and Learning," at the George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Aug. 14, 2007.

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