The faculty and staff of University Libraries frequently present at state, regional, national and even international conferences. These are some of the presentations.
Presentations from 2024
Hidden Opportunity: The advantages of synchronizing multiple knowledge bases, Emily Gross, Soley Somma, and Jon Crossno
Presentations from 2023
Making Play Scripts Accessible to Students in the Library: A Lightning Talk, Michael J. Duffy IV
Presentations from 2021
Framing the Frame: "Information has Value" for Business Library Instruction, Gary Arave, LuMarie Guth, Ilana Stonebraker, and Grace Liu
The Visual Research Task: A Faculty/Library Collaboration Combining Information Literacy with Artistic Assessment, Lofton L. Durham and Michael J. Duffy IV
Business Information Literacy in the Early 21st Century: An Analysis of Instructional Practices and Trends, LuMarie Guth and Amanda Click
2020 AACSB Accreditation Standards: Τι συνεπάγονται για τους βιβλιοθηκονόμους των Σχολών Διοίκησης Επιχειρήσεων [What they Mean for Business Librarians], Ilana Stonebraker and LuMarie Guth
Teaching Them How to Fish: Supporting Digital Collection Building Through Regional Partnerships, Marianne Swierenga, Sharon Carlson, and Amy Bocko
Presentations from 2019
Composers of Color in our Libraries: A Study of Composers of Color included in Rob Deemer's Composer Diversity Database and how they are represented in WorldCat, Michael J. Duffy IV
PDA & EDI: Will They Find Each Other and Find Love?, Emily Gross
Investigation of accessibility of electronic music resources for the visually impaired, Geraldine Rinna, Michael J. Duffy IV, Taylor E. Arndt, and Michele D. Behr
ArchivesSpace to Primo Pipeline: Harvesting Finding Aids for Discovery, Marianne Swierenga and Emily Gross
Presentations from 2018
Information Literacy for Music Graduate Students: A Framework Application, Michael J. Duffy IV
The MiALA Fine Arts Interest Group: Making Connections Across the Mitten State, Michael J. Duffy IV, Grace Haynes, and Laura Thompson
SPURing into Action: Evolving the Research Consultation into a Career Readiness Engagement, LuMarie Guth
Pipe Dreams: Harvesting Local Collections into Primo Using OAI-PMH, Geraldine Rinna, Marianne Swierenga, and Emily Gross
Re: Structuring, Organizing, Inventing, and Imagining Technical Services, Geraldine Rinna, Marianne Swierenga, and Emily Gross
Students and Digital Projects at WMU: Working and Learning Together, Marianne Swierenga
Presentations from 2017
Reining in Information Literacy Instruction: Using Faculty Survey Data to Guide the Process, Veronica Bielat, Judith Arnold, LuMarie Guth, Maria A. Perez-Stable, and Patricia Fravel Vander Meer
What High School Students Want to Know About Music: An Information Literacy Instruction Course for a High School Music Camp, Michael J. Duffy IV
The Long and Brief of It: Brief Levels and Normalization Rules to Streamline Shelf-Ready Workflows, Emily Gross
Presentations from 2016
Musical Pop-ups: Performances in Unexpected Places for National Poetry Month, 2015, Michael J. Duffy IV
WorldCat Discovery: Updates from the MLA/MOUG OCLC Search and Discovery Task Force, Michael J. Duffy IV
National Trends in Adoption of Information Literacy Standards versus Framework and Impact on Instructional Best Practices: 2005-2015, LuMarie Guth and Dianna Sachs
Presentations from 2015
Using Streaming Video in E-Learning or in the Classroom, Michele D. Behr
Partnering Library Research with Presentation and Writing Services at Western Michigan University’s HCOB Communication Center, LuMarie Guth and Marty Deming Maytnier
Preserving WMU’s Musical Heritage: Digitizing Aging Magnetic Tape Audio Recordings, Marianne Swierenga and Christina Doane
Presentations from 2014
Textbook Alternatives: Library Supported Options for Students and Faculty, Michele D. Behr and Julie Hayward
Using GIS to Facilitate Data Driven Decision Making, Jason Glatz
Teaching the art of academic dialogue: a discussion on threshold concepts, Kathleen Langan
Presentations from 2012
New Directions: Faculty Use of Technology and Attitudes Toward Library Research Instruction, Dianna E. Sachs, Maria A. Perez-Stable, and Patricia Fravel Vander Meer
Presentations from 2010
Words to the Wise: Web Managers and Librarians Working it Out, Patricia F. Vander Meer, Maria A. Perez-Stable, and Maira Bundza
Presentations from 2009
How EVERYONE Can Use the Michigan Electronic Library (MeL) to Teach Better, Maria A. Perez-Stable and Bruce Haight