AWARDS AND HONOURS
2015 Australian Distinguished Talent Visa (BX, subclass 858) for Library Automation
2003 Endeavor Users Group Award of Merit for Extraordinary Service to the User Community
1998 Joseph Dagnese Award for Excellence in Service to the Libraries of Purdue University
1996 Purdue DiversiTeam "Outstanding Contributions" Award
PUBLICATIONS
"Discovery Platforms and the Database of Record", in Exploring Discovery: The Front Door to a Library’s Licensed and Digitized Content, ed. by Ken Varnum,
ALA Editions, 2015
"Integrated Library Systems and Dis-Integrative Pressures", International Trends in Library and Information Technology, Vol. 1, No. 2, 2014.
"Libraries and metadata in a sea of information", Connections, Issue No. 89, Term 2, 2014, pp. 2-4.
"A principled approach to selecting an automated library system", Library Hi Tech, Vol. 18, No. 2, 2000, pp. 119-129.
"Creating fixed-length BISAC orders", CONNECTed, Winter 1995, p. 8.
"A sonnet for NOTIS Horizon", NOTISes, Number 93, August 1993, p. 3.
"Team NOTIS Focuses on Improving Support", NOTISes, Number 91, June 1993, p. 8.
"Librarians Form an Advisory Group", NOTISes, Number 89, April 1993, p. 8.
"plus: Purdue Libraries Unified System", in The Online Catalog Book: Essays and Examples, Walt Crawford, G.K. Hall & Co, New York, 1992, pp. 431-442.
"Team NOTIS Tries to Fulfill a Broad Agenda", NOTISes, Number 82, September 1992, p. 8.
"NOTIS version 5.0", NOTISes, Number 69, August 1991, p. 20.
"Implementing NOTIS acquisitions at Purdue", NOTISes, Number 62, January 1991, pp. 3-4.
ALA Editions, 2015
"Integrated Library Systems and Dis-Integrative Pressures", International Trends in Library and Information Technology, Vol. 1, No. 2, 2014.
"Libraries and metadata in a sea of information", Connections, Issue No. 89, Term 2, 2014, pp. 2-4.
"A principled approach to selecting an automated library system", Library Hi Tech, Vol. 18, No. 2, 2000, pp. 119-129.
"Creating fixed-length BISAC orders", CONNECTed, Winter 1995, p. 8.
"A sonnet for NOTIS Horizon", NOTISes, Number 93, August 1993, p. 3.
"Team NOTIS Focuses on Improving Support", NOTISes, Number 91, June 1993, p. 8.
"Librarians Form an Advisory Group", NOTISes, Number 89, April 1993, p. 8.
"plus: Purdue Libraries Unified System", in The Online Catalog Book: Essays and Examples, Walt Crawford, G.K. Hall & Co, New York, 1992, pp. 431-442.
"Team NOTIS Tries to Fulfill a Broad Agenda", NOTISes, Number 82, September 1992, p. 8.
"NOTIS version 5.0", NOTISes, Number 69, August 1991, p. 20.
"Implementing NOTIS acquisitions at Purdue", NOTISes, Number 62, January 1991, pp. 3-4.
KEYNOTE ADDRESSES AND PRESENTATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS
"Making Materials Findable at the State Library of Victoria", Guest lecture to RMIT ISYS1168 Document Management 2 class, May 2015
"Deep Links Into Primo", ANZREG Seminar, February 2015
"Making Materials Findable at the State Library of Victoria", Guest lecture to RMIT ISYS1168 Document Management 2 class, October 2014
"Creating a new set of APIs to access data in DigiTool", ANZREG Seminar, February 2014
"The Future of Discovery Systems”, SCIS Asks Consultation presentation, Melbourne, VIC, November 2013
"Knowledge-Centered Support", Ex Libris, Hamburg, Germany, November 2012
"Aleph Reporting Center (ARC) Training", Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah, September 2010
"Aleph Reporting Center (ARC) Training", National Diet Library, Tokyo, Japan, August 2010
"Aleph Reporting Center (ARC) Training", National Diet Library, Tokyo, Japan, January 2010
"Using Access to Create Reports from Voyager", Workshop for Voyager users, presented more than sixty times to staff from over 150 institutions, 1999-2006
"An Abecedary of Access Tips", Presentation to the European Endeavor Users Group Meeting, September 2006
"Using Indexed Fields Effectively in Microsoft Access Queries", Presentation to the European Endeavor Users Group Meeting, June 2005
"Breaking the Google Addiction: The Promise and Reality of Federated Searching", Keynote address to the Delaware Valley Chapter of ACRL, November 2004
"What Were Once Habits Are Now Vices", Keynote address to the Kentucky Voyager Users Group Meeting, June 2004
"Just One More Thing: Tweaking and Enhancing Access Queries", Presentation to the Kentucky Voyager Users Group Meeting, June 2004
"ENCompass: Queer Buy for the Straight Li-brary", Presentation to the Annual Great Lakes (Endeavor) Users Group Meeting, October 2003
"Reinterpreting the Texts: Libraries in an ENCompass Age", Keynote address to the Great Lakes (Endeavor) Users Group Meeting, October 2003
"A Matter of Form: Access Forms to Make Reporting a Snap (Or a Click)", Presentation to the European Endeavor Users Group Meeting, Helsinki, Finland, September 2003
"Dissecting the Prepackaged Reports", Presentation to the Annual Great Lakes (Endeavor) Users Group Meeting, October 2002
"Forcing Systems to Create BISAC Records for Monograph Orders", Part of ALA ALCTS Technology Committee program at ALA Annual Conference 2000 entitled "Matchmaker, Matchmaker: Streamlined Acquisitions Using Vendor Services and Systems", July 2000
"A New Voyage for the Libraries", Presentation to DCM Information Exchange, February 1999
"Preparing for Migration", Presentation to the staff of the Indiana State University Libraries, July 1998
"Fund Management" (with Sandy Schmidt), Full-day NOTIS Users Group meeting preconference workshop, October 1991
"NOTIS Version 5.0", Keynote address to Michigan NOTIS Users Group Meeting, June 1991
"Deep Links Into Primo", ANZREG Seminar, February 2015
"Making Materials Findable at the State Library of Victoria", Guest lecture to RMIT ISYS1168 Document Management 2 class, October 2014
"Creating a new set of APIs to access data in DigiTool", ANZREG Seminar, February 2014
"The Future of Discovery Systems”, SCIS Asks Consultation presentation, Melbourne, VIC, November 2013
"Knowledge-Centered Support", Ex Libris, Hamburg, Germany, November 2012
"Aleph Reporting Center (ARC) Training", Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah, September 2010
"Aleph Reporting Center (ARC) Training", National Diet Library, Tokyo, Japan, August 2010
"Aleph Reporting Center (ARC) Training", National Diet Library, Tokyo, Japan, January 2010
"Using Access to Create Reports from Voyager", Workshop for Voyager users, presented more than sixty times to staff from over 150 institutions, 1999-2006
"An Abecedary of Access Tips", Presentation to the European Endeavor Users Group Meeting, September 2006
"Using Indexed Fields Effectively in Microsoft Access Queries", Presentation to the European Endeavor Users Group Meeting, June 2005
"Breaking the Google Addiction: The Promise and Reality of Federated Searching", Keynote address to the Delaware Valley Chapter of ACRL, November 2004
"What Were Once Habits Are Now Vices", Keynote address to the Kentucky Voyager Users Group Meeting, June 2004
"Just One More Thing: Tweaking and Enhancing Access Queries", Presentation to the Kentucky Voyager Users Group Meeting, June 2004
"ENCompass: Queer Buy for the Straight Li-brary", Presentation to the Annual Great Lakes (Endeavor) Users Group Meeting, October 2003
"Reinterpreting the Texts: Libraries in an ENCompass Age", Keynote address to the Great Lakes (Endeavor) Users Group Meeting, October 2003
"A Matter of Form: Access Forms to Make Reporting a Snap (Or a Click)", Presentation to the European Endeavor Users Group Meeting, Helsinki, Finland, September 2003
"Dissecting the Prepackaged Reports", Presentation to the Annual Great Lakes (Endeavor) Users Group Meeting, October 2002
"Forcing Systems to Create BISAC Records for Monograph Orders", Part of ALA ALCTS Technology Committee program at ALA Annual Conference 2000 entitled "Matchmaker, Matchmaker: Streamlined Acquisitions Using Vendor Services and Systems", July 2000
"A New Voyage for the Libraries", Presentation to DCM Information Exchange, February 1999
"Preparing for Migration", Presentation to the staff of the Indiana State University Libraries, July 1998
"Fund Management" (with Sandy Schmidt), Full-day NOTIS Users Group meeting preconference workshop, October 1991
"NOTIS Version 5.0", Keynote address to Michigan NOTIS Users Group Meeting, June 1991
PRESENTATIONS AT EX LIBRIS SYSTEMS AND TECHNICAL SEMINARS
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"Voyager Reporting Using MS Access", Systems Seminar, Haifa, Israel (2011)
"Voyager Access Reports", Technical Seminar, Milwaukee, WI (2011) "AIK: The Aleph Installation Kit", Technical Seminar, Ft. Worth, TX (2010) "X-Services and RESTful APIs (Aleph)", Technical Seminar, Ft. Worth, TX (2010) "Five Easy Pieces: Some Quick and Useful Applications of Aleph X-Services", Technical Seminar, Richmond, VA (2009) "ILLumination: How Aleph Integrated ILL Can Brighten Your Day", Technical Seminar, Richmond, VA (2009) "Parallel Indexing in Aleph", Technical Seminar, Long Beach, CA (2008) "Fast Tracking Support Incidents", Technical Seminar, Long Beach, CA (2008) "Reports For All (ARC)", Technical Seminar, Long Beach, CA (2008) |
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PRESENTATIONS AT THE ANNUAL ENDEAVOR USERS GROUP (EndUser) AND VUGM CONFERENCES
"An Abecedary of Access Tips" (2006)
"Cognos ReportNet: A First Look" (2006)
"Using Indexed Fields Effectively in Microsoft Access Queries" (2005)
"Taking the Pain out of Patron Creation and Update" (2005)
"The Five Queries You Meet in Heaven: Learning from the Queries Around You" (2005)
"Just One More Thing: Tweaking and Enhancing Access Queries" (2004)
"Why I Hope ENCompass Continues to 'Fail'" (2004)
"A Matter of Form: Access Forms to Make Reporting a Snap (Or a Click)" (2003)
"Access Reports for Tenderfeet (or is that tenderfoots?)" (2003)
"Moderator and Presenter Orientation" (with Janet Lute, Princeton University) (2003 & 2004)
"Buried Treasure: Finding Reporting Gold in the Voyager Tables" (2002)
"Reports and Forms: The Finishing Touches for Access Reporting" (2002)
"Alan vs. The BLOB" (2001)
"Your First Three Access Queries" (2001)
"Making Sense of Voyager Information Through Access" (2000)
"Reporter Is Your Friend, Not Your Master" (1999)
"Cognos ReportNet: A First Look" (2006)
"Using Indexed Fields Effectively in Microsoft Access Queries" (2005)
"Taking the Pain out of Patron Creation and Update" (2005)
"The Five Queries You Meet in Heaven: Learning from the Queries Around You" (2005)
"Just One More Thing: Tweaking and Enhancing Access Queries" (2004)
"Why I Hope ENCompass Continues to 'Fail'" (2004)
"A Matter of Form: Access Forms to Make Reporting a Snap (Or a Click)" (2003)
"Access Reports for Tenderfeet (or is that tenderfoots?)" (2003)
"Moderator and Presenter Orientation" (with Janet Lute, Princeton University) (2003 & 2004)
"Buried Treasure: Finding Reporting Gold in the Voyager Tables" (2002)
"Reports and Forms: The Finishing Touches for Access Reporting" (2002)
"Alan vs. The BLOB" (2001)
"Your First Three Access Queries" (2001)
"Making Sense of Voyager Information Through Access" (2000)
"Reporter Is Your Friend, Not Your Master" (1999)
PRESENTATIONS AT THE ANNUAL NOTIS USERS GROUP MEETING
"Circulation Notices Via E-Mail" (1997)
"Conversion Into and Out of the NOTIS Environment" (1997)
"Experiences with the 6.2 Release" (1996)
"Intermediate SAS" (1996)
"EDI for Monographic and Serials Acquisitions" (1995)
"Ask the Experts: Technical" (1994 & 1995)
"MARC Format for Techies" (1994, 1995, & 1996)
"Installing New Releases" (1993)
"Managing the Patron Files" (1993)
"Patron File Structure/Updating in Batch (SAS) Routines" (1992)
"Who Does What and How Many Does It Take: Staffing Implications at NOTIS Sites" (1992)
"Troubleshooting Release 5.0" (1991)
"VHLD to MHLD in Release 5.0" (1991)
"OPAC Front Ends: Innovative Public Access to the NOTIS Library System" (1990)
"Conversion Into and Out of the NOTIS Environment" (1997)
"Experiences with the 6.2 Release" (1996)
"Intermediate SAS" (1996)
"EDI for Monographic and Serials Acquisitions" (1995)
"Ask the Experts: Technical" (1994 & 1995)
"MARC Format for Techies" (1994, 1995, & 1996)
"Installing New Releases" (1993)
"Managing the Patron Files" (1993)
"Patron File Structure/Updating in Batch (SAS) Routines" (1992)
"Who Does What and How Many Does It Take: Staffing Implications at NOTIS Sites" (1992)
"Troubleshooting Release 5.0" (1991)
"VHLD to MHLD in Release 5.0" (1991)
"OPAC Front Ends: Innovative Public Access to the NOTIS Library System" (1990)