Presentations

Diversifying Library Collections

“Diver­si­fy­ing Per­form­ing Arts Col­lec­tions.” Vir­tu­al webi­nar for ALA eLearn­ing, April 24, 2024. 

“Audit­ing Your Non-Fic­tion Col­lec­tion,” How to Build Diverse Col­lec­tions Online Work­shop by Library Jour­nal & School Library Jour­nal Pro­fes­sion­al Devel­op­ment, Octo­ber 18, 2022.

“Crit­i­cal Ped­a­gogy in Library Col­lec­tions: Con­duct­ing a DEI Library Audit with Stu­dent Interns,” Librarian’s Asso­ci­a­tion of the Uni­ver­si­ty of Cal­i­for­nia, Berke­ley (LAUC‑B) Vir­tu­al Con­fer­ence: Reimag­in­ing Libraries Through Crit­i­cal Library Prac­tices, Octo­ber 6th, 2021. Pre­sen­ta­tion with Michele Gib­ney and Mick­el Paris.

“Incor­po­rat­ing Stu­dent Interns & Grant-Fund­ed Col­lec­tion Devel­op­ment to Improve DEI in Library Col­lec­tions,” SCELC, Novem­ber 1, 2021. Vir­tu­al pre­sen­ta­tion with Michele Gib­ney and Mick­el Paris.

Music Collections

““The Library’s Respon­si­bil­i­ty Towards Nation­al Music’: The West­ern Canon, Amer­i­can Excep­tion­al­ism, and Seg­re­ga­tion in Music Col­lec­tions in the Ear­ly 20th Cen­tu­ry.” Pre­sen­ta­tion at the South­east Chap­ter of the Music Library Asso­ci­a­tion, Greenville, South Car­oli­na, Octo­ber 26, 2024.

“A DEI Audit of Music Col­lec­tions,” in “Diver­si­fy­ing Music Col­lec­tions: Meth­ods, Strate­gies, Assess­ments,” Music Library Asso­ci­a­tion Vir­tu­al Meet­ing, March 5th, 2022. Pre­sen­ta­tion with Mol­ly Westlake.

“A DEI Audit of the Music Scores Col­lec­tion,” Music Library Asso­ci­a­tion Cal­i­for­nia Chap­ter Vir­tu­al Meet­ing, Octo­ber 1, 2021. Pre­sen­ta­tion with Mol­ly Westlake.

Information Literacy in Academic Libraries

“Using Par­tic­i­pa­to­ry Design to Devel­op Strate­gies for the Library’s Infor­ma­tion Lit­er­a­cy Pro­gram,” 10th Inter­na­tion­al Evi­dence Based Library and Infor­ma­tion Prac­tice Con­fer­ence, Glas­gow, Scot­land, June 19, 2019.

Information Literacy in Music Contexts

“Intro­duc­ing the Music Com­pan­ion to the Frame­work for Infor­ma­tion Lit­er­a­cy.” Open­ing ple­nary at the Music Library Asso­ci­a­tion Annu­al Meet­ing, Cincin­nati, Ohio, Feb­ru­ary 29, 2024. Co-pre­sen­ters: Andrea Beck­endorf, Tom Bick­ley, Erin Conor, Anna Grau Schmidt, and Angela Pratesi.

“Prac­ti­cal Library Instruc­tion: Ped­a­go­gies, Les­son Plans, Frame­works, and Instruc­tion­al Activ­i­ties,” Music Library Asso­ci­a­tion, St. Louis, Mis­souri, March 4, 2023. Pre­sen­ta­tion with Anna Grau Schmidt, Car­ol Lubkows­ki, Alli­son McClana­han, Angela Prate­si, and Lisa Read.

“Prac­ti­cal Librar­i­an­ship Instruc­tion: A Char­rette for Music and The­atre Librar­i­ans,” Music Library Asso­ci­a­tion, St. Louis, Mis­souri, March 3rd, 2023. Pre­sen­ta­tion with Angela Prate­si and Z. Sylvia Yang.

“Instruc­tion Con­sul­ta­tion Ser­vice” in “A Teach­ing Flight: New Ini­tia­tives and Ser­vices from the Instruc­tion Sub­com­mit­tee,” Music Library Asso­ci­a­tion Vir­tu­al Meet­ing, March 3rd, 2022.

“Copy­right Frames: Ways of Think­ing, Ways of Teach­ing,” Music Library Asso­ci­a­tion Vir­tu­al Meet­ing, March 3rd, 2021. Pre­sen­ta­tion with Pamela Pagels, Ker­ry Car­wile Mas­teller, and Grace Haynes.

“Instruc­tion Inspi­ra­tion: A Char­rette for Music Librar­i­ans,” Music Library Asso­ci­a­tion Meet­ing, Nor­folk, Vir­ginia, Feb­ru­ary 20th, 2020. Pre­sen­ta­tion with Angela Prate­si, Grace Haynes, Rachel Wishkos­ki, and Z. Sylvia Yang.

“How Stu­dents’ Infor­ma­tion Lit­er­a­cy Skills Change Over Time: A Lon­gi­tu­di­nal Study,” Music Library Asso­ci­a­tion Meet­ing, St. Louis, Mis­souri, Feb­ru­ary 22, 2019. Poster Presentation.

“Lessons in Diver­si­ty and Bias,” Music Library Asso­ci­a­tion Meet­ing, St. Louis, Mis­souri, Feb­ru­ary 21, 2019. Pre­sen­ta­tion with Angela Prate­si and Grace Haynes.

“Can Your Stu­dents Get Jobs? Library Help for Music Stu­dents’ Career Prep,” Music Library Asso­ci­a­tion Meet­ing, Cincin­nati, Ohio, March 4, 2016. Pre­sen­ta­tion with Mar­ci Cohen and Rachel Fox von Swearingen.

“Ana­lyz­ing the Infor­ma­tion Lit­er­a­cy Skills of First-Year Music Majors,” Music Library Asso­ci­a­tion Meet­ing, Cincin­nati, Ohio, March 5, 2016.

“Ana­lyz­ing the Infor­ma­tion Lit­er­a­cy Skills of First-Year Music Majors,” Music Library Asso­ci­a­tion Cal­i­for­nia Chap­ter Meet­ing, Glen­dale, Cal­i­for­nia, Octo­ber 24, 2015.

“Devel­op­ing Infor­ma­tion Lit­er­a­cy Skills for Music Indus­try Lead­ers,” Music & Enter­tain­ment Indus­try Edu­ca­tors Asso­ci­a­tion Sum­mit, Nashville, Ten­nessee, March 21, 2014. Pre­sen­ta­tion with Kei­th Hatschek.

“Assess­ing the Val­ue of Elec­tron­ic Music Resources Through Data: A Case Study at Two Uni­ver­si­ty Libraries,” Music Library Asso­ci­a­tion Meet­ing Poster Pre­sen­ta­tion, Atlanta, Geor­gia, Feb­ru­ary 28, 2014. Pre­sen­ta­tion with Ter­ra Merkey and Kim­my Szeto.

“Inte­grat­ing Music Col­lec­tions and the Brubeck Col­lec­tion into Under­grad­u­ate Library Instruc­tion,” Rare Books & Man­u­scripts Sec­tion Pre­con­fer­ence, Min­neapo­lis, Min­neso­ta, June 25, 2013. Pan­el pre­sen­ta­tion with Mike Wurtz and Patrick Langham.

“Using Music to Explain the Impor­tance of Cit­ing Your Resources,” Asso­ci­a­tion of Col­lege and Research Libraries IdeaPow­er Uncon­fer­ence, Philadel­phia, Penn­syl­va­nia, April 1, 2011.

“Devel­op­ing Infor­ma­tion Lit­er­a­cy Skills for Music Indus­try Lead­ers,” Music Library Asso­ci­a­tion Cal­i­for­nia Chap­ter Meet­ing, Uni­ver­si­ty of the Pacif­ic, Octo­ber, 10, 2014. Pre­sen­ta­tion with Kei­th Hatschek.

“Hunt­ing for QR Codes: Link­ing Stu­dents to the Music Col­lec­tion,” Music Library Asso­ci­a­tion North­ern Cal­i­for­nia Chap­ter Meet­ing, San­ta Clara Uni­ver­si­ty, Novem­ber 4, 2011.

Musicology

“Shift­ing Notions of Spec­ta­cle in Mau­rice Ravel’s La Valse,” Soci­ety of Dance His­to­ry Schol­ars Con­fer­ence, Uni­ver­si­ty of Sur­rey, July 11, 2010.