Lectures and Presentations Juried Poster Sessions
Lectures and Presentations
- (With Barbara Immroth), “Teacher-Librarian Collaboration Using Social Marketing Techniques.” Contributed Paper Presented at the annual conference of the Texas Library Association, San Antonio, Texas, April 13, 2007. (juried)
- (With Barbara Immroth), “Collaboration between School Librarians and Teachers: A Field Study.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Popular Culture Association, the American Popular Culture Association, and the Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association, February, 2006. (juried)
- “Protecting Youth at Risk with a Healthy Community: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Youth (GLBTQ).” Paper presented at a seminar sponsored by the Human Rights Commission, City of Tacoma, Tacoma, Washington, August 8, 2005. (invited)
- “Collection Development for a New Age” One-day workshop presented to school librarians, Gig Harbor School District, Gig Harbor, Washington, August 9, 2005. (invited)
- “Local Community Information Resources and Literacy Development: How to Use Community Information to Improve Literacy.” Paper presented at the 12th Annual International Learning Conference, sponsored by the Faculty of the Education at the University of Granada, Granada, Spain, 13 July, 2005. (juried)
- “American Public Library Services to Working-Class Youth in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries: Empowerment and Indoctrination.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Popular Culture Association, the American Culture Association, and the Southwest/Texas Popular Association, Albuquerque, New Mexico, February, 2005. (juried)
- “The Local Community as Story and Culture. Paper presented at the 33rd Annual Conference of the International Association of School Librarianship and the 8th International Forum on research in School Librarianship, Trinity College, Dublin, Republic of Ireland, June 19, 2004. (juried)
- “Empowerment or Indoctrination: American Public Library Services to Working-Class Youth in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries.” Paper presented at the “Libraries and the Working Classes since the 18th Century,” 17 June 2004. Sponsored by the British Academy, Leeds Metropolitan University, the Library History Section of IFLA and the Library & Information History Group of CILP (UK).
- (With Irene Owens). “Social Marketing for Romanian Libraries: Study of a Concept in a Social Context.” Paper presented at the Southwest/Texas Popular Culture/American Culture Associations Conference, San Antonio, Texas, April, 2004.
- “Protecting Harry Potter and Others Like Him.” Censorship in Texas School Libraries.” Paper presented at the, Texas Library Association Annual Conference, San Antonio, Texas, March, 2004.
- “A Trail of Tears: School Library Censorship in Texas.” Paper presented at the 16th Texas Library History Seminar, School of Information, University of Texas, Austin, March, 2004.
- “AIDS, Community, and School Libraries,” Paper presented at the 32nd. Annual Conference of the International Association of School Librarianship, July, 2003, Durban, South Africa.
- “AIDS Information and the Local Public Library.” Paper presented at the Gay and Lesbian Roundtable/Black Caucus, American Library Association, Annual Meeting, American Library Association, Atlanta, June, 2002.
- “School Librarians and American First Amendment Rights: A Study of Judicial Knowledge, Predictive Behaviors and Censorship.” Paper presented at the Southwest Popular Culture Association Conference, March, 2003, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
- “Literature as Information. Gone With the Wind and Social Conflict.” Paper presented at the Southwest Popular Cultural Association/American Popular Cultural Association Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, March, 2002.
- “Gay and Lesbian Archives and Libraries: Their Roles in the Search for Group Identity and History.” Paper presented at the “Libraries in Times of Utopian Thoughts and Social Protests Seminar. Sponsored by the History Round Table of International Federation of Libraries and the University College, Swedish School of Library and Information Science, Boras, Sweden, May, 2001.
- “Social Marketing for Libraries and Archives: The Austin History Center Experience,” paper presented at the Southwest Popular Cultural Association/American Popular Cultural Association Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, March, 2001.
- “Marketing for Libraries,” program presentation at the University of Timisoara, Sponsored by the Romanian Ministry of Culture and the University of Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania, August, 2000.
- Moderator and panel member of program “Reaching Out; The International Program of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Texas at Austin, presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Library and Information Science Education, San Antonio, Texas, January, 2000.
- “Marketing for the Library: ‘Marketing para La Biblioteca,’” series of lectures presented at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, Dept. of Library and Documentation, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sept. 20-18, 1999.
- “The Helping Relationship as a Management Tool.” Paper presented at the Conference Libraries & Archives for the 21st. Century II. Sponsored by the Romanian Ministry of Culture, Cluj, Romania, August, 1998.
- “Resources for the Young Adult , workshop presentation for Austin Independent School District Personnel,” Austin Independent School District, Austin, Texas, June 9, 1998.
- “The Reference Process in American Libraries: An Overview of History and Current Practice.” “Library Outreach and Extension Services: The American Experience.” Papers presented at the conference “Libraries & Archives for the 21st Century,” sponsored by the National Library of Romania and the Romanian Ministry of Culture, Brasov and Târgu Mures, Romania, August 18-August 29, 1997.
- “The Junior Novel as a Literary Experience,” workshop presentation, Austin Independent School District, Austin, Texas, July, 1997.
- “The Culture of a Gay and Lesbian Christian Congregation as Constructed through Its Archives.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Popular Culture Association, San Antonio, Texas, March 27, 1997. (juried)
- “HIV-AIDS Information and the American Library Community: An Overview of Responses to the HIV-AIDS Health Crisis.” Paper presented at the annual conference of the Federation Française de Cooperation Entre Bibliotheques, Paris France, December 13, 1996.
- "Promoting the Critical Thinking Skills of Youth through Information Media and Technology." Workshop presentation, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Austin, Texas, April 27, 1991 and Houston, Texas, June 28, 1991.
- "Give Them What They Want: Selecting Information Books and Media for Young Adults.” Workshop presentation, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Austin, Texas, February, 25, 1989; and Houston, Texas, November 4, 1990.
- "AIDS Information Delivery in Public Libraries as Viewed by Library Directors and AIDS Service Directors." Paper presented at the Special Library Association informal session, University of Wisconsin Chapter, Madison, Wisconsin, October, 1988.
- "Teaching Library Information Skills to Students in Grades 6‑12.” Workshop presentation, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, November 7, 1987.
- "Teaching Information and Library Skills in Secondary Schools." Workshop presentation, Harlingen Independent School District, Harlingen, Texas, August 17, 1987.
- "Great New Books and Films for Young Adults.” Workshop presentation, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Houston, Texas, December 1986.
- "Great New Books and Films for Young Adults." Workshop presentation, Region 13, Education Service Center, Austin, Texas, August 1986.
- "Microcomputers for Small Library Operations." Paper presented at the Texas Library Association, Region I Conference, Waco, Texas, September, 1986.
- "Defining the Helping Relationship." Paper presented at the Church and Synagogue Library Association, Annual Conference, Austin, Texas, June 1986.
- "Microcomputers in School Libraries." Workshop presentation, Region 13, Education Service Center, Austin, Texas, Austin, March, 1986.
- "Some Great New Books of 1985." Workshop presentation, Region 13, Educational Service Center, Austin, Texas, June 27, 1985.
- "Training Staff for Quality Reference Service.” Paper presented at the Reference Roundtable, Texas Library, Association, Annual Conference, April 25, 1985.
- "Some Great New Books of the 80's for Teens.” Workshop presentation, Region 13, Educational Service Center, Austin, Texas, August 9, 1984.
- "Mass Media as a Source of Information for Young Adults: Problems and Prospects." Paper presented to the New Mexico Library Association, Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 13, 1984.
Juried Poster Sessions
- “American School Librarians and Censorship.” Presented at the International Federation of Library Associations, Berlin, Germany ,August, 2003.
- “Democracy and Local History: The Austin History Center (Texas, U.S.A.).” Presented at the International Federation of Library Associations, Glasgow, Scotland, August 21-22, 2002.
- “Marketing for Libraries: A Role for the Modern Library.” Presented at the annual meeting of the International Federation of Library Associations, Jerusalem, August, 2000.
- “Information Center for Community-Based Organizations: An Empirical-Based Model.” Presented at International Federation of Library Associations, Copenhagen, August 30, Sept. 5, 1997.
- “Information Delivery in a Local Community-Based AIDS Organization.” Presented at the American Library Association Conference, New York, July, 1996.
- "The Role of the Rural Library in the Delivery of HIV-AIDS Information: An Exploratory Study." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Library Association, Chicago, June 25, 1995.
- "AIDS Information in Public Libraries: A National Survey of Management Attitudes." Presented at the Annual Conference, American Library Association, Chicago, Illinois, June, 1990.
- "Community Information in the School Media Center: A Process Model." Presented at the Annual Conference, International Federation of Library Associations, Stockholm, Sweden, August 22, 23, 1990.
- "Scientific Evolution in Children's Books, 1909‑1945." Presented at the Annual Conference, American Library Association, New Orleans, Louisiana July, 1988.
- "Holistic Information Systems for Youth: A Process Model." Presented at Annual Conference, American Library Association, San Francisco, California, June 1987.
- "Community Information for the School Library." Presented at Annual Conference, American Library Association, New York, June, 1986.
- "Information and Youth: An Instructional System Model." Presented at Annual Conference, American Library Association, Chicago, Illinois, July 5, 1985.
- "Helping the Problem Patron: An Instructional Model for Continuing Education." Presented at Annual Conference, American Library Association, Los Angeles, California, June 25, 1983.