Some of my Favorite Things: OpenRefine and BrowZine [slides]

Slides from a presentation on OpenRefine and BrowZine use in libraries. Delivered at the 2015 North Carolina Library Association Biennial Conference in Greensboro, NC

GOKb collaborations: Enhancing knowledge base data through crowdsourcing [slides]

Slides from a presentation on using Global Open Knowledge Base (GOKb) as a compliment to OCLC’s service for managing e-resources for libraries. Delivered April 5, 2016 at the Electronic Resources and Libraries Conference in Austin, TX

In Search of Useful Collection Metadata: Using OpenRefine to Create Accurate, Complete, and Clean Title-level Collection Information

University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG), like many libraries, recently migrated to a new knowledgebase and integrated library system (ILS) and found they had to clean up a great deal of messy serial title list data. In their search for solutions, they discovered the free, open source tool OpenRefine, a software program specifically designed for data normalization, transformation, and cleaning. This article describes the steps that UNCG used to take a publisher's title list file and transform it into a file format usable by their ILS. In doing so, this article will discuss major types of functionality in OpenRefine: downloading the software, importing data correctly, using the interface, transforming data on a column and cell level, exploring and normalizing data, and exporting files out of OpenRefine. At the end of this article, the readers should understand how to use OpenRefine on a basic level and be able to begin to use it on their own data

Marketing Electronic Resources at University of North Carolina at Greensboro [slides]

Slides from a presentation on how to improve marketing strategies for library electronic resources. Delivered October 18, 2017 at the North Carolina Library Association Biennial Conference in Winston-Salem, NC

Print Collections: How are we Responding to Usage Trends [slides]

Slides from a presentation on trends in print library materials and electronic resources usage. Delivered May 16, 2017 at the Carolina Consortium Annual Meeting in Greensboro, NC

Lets Market eBooks with Vendors! [slides]

Slides from a presentation on promoting and marketing e-books in academic libraries. Delivered April 7, 2017 at the Charleston Conference in Charleston, SC

In search of useful collection metadata: Using OpenRefine to create accurate, complete and clean title-level collection information [slides]

Slides from a presentation on how to utilize OpenRefine to clean up metadata for electronic resources. Delivered March 21, 2016 at the North Carolina Serials Conference in Chapel Hill, NC

Principles of Negotiation

This article summarizes a presentation given at the 2015 North Carolina Serials Conference by Derrik Hiatt and Lesley Jackson. The talk focused on principles useful when conducting license negotiations that Hiatt and Jackson discovered through their own experiences as electronic resource management librarians and, in Jackson's case, as an EBSCO representative. These principles cover a variety of concepts, but all seek to frame negotiation as an interpersonal relationship based on mutual need instead of the antagonistic, intimidating process that it can become

From Stage to Library: Conquering Public Speaking Through the Power of Theater and Improv [slides]

Slides from a presentation on incorporating theater and improvisational skills into public speaking. Delivered October 20, 2017 at the North Carolina Library Association Biennial Conference in Winston-Salem, NC

Every eBook its Reader: Six Best Practices for eBook Marketing and Discovery from High Usage Libraries [slides]

Slides from a presentation on a study conducted about eBook usage, access, and marketing. Delivered April 3, 2017 at the Electronic Resources and Libraries Conference in Austin, TX