I am available and delighted to speak on wellbeing in the workplace for library staff. Browsing the presentations category, you can see a list of past presentations and training. I no longer update the list below.
If you are interested in a topic not listed, please ask. If I cannot speak, I keep a list of speakers and trainers so I may refer you to someone who can meet your needs.
Please email me bobbi.newman AT gmail.com
Keynotes and Invited Presentations
Interviews and Brown Bags
Conference Presentations
Keynotes and Invited Presentations
April 2022, IFLA Continuing Professional Development and Workforce Learning (CPDWL) Section and New Professionals Special Interest Group (NPSIG), Panel
February 2021, Committee on the Status of Women in Librarianship (COSWL), ALA
August 2020, ALA-Allied Professional Association webinar
June 2020, ALA New Members Round Table (NMRT) President’s Program, Panel, ALA Annual virtual conference,
January 2020, American Library Association MidWinter Conference
October 2017, Internet Librarian
- Closing Keynote Panel, Future Focus
March 2017, William F. Laman Public Library, Little Rock AK
- Keynote, “Set the World on Fire”
- Breakout session
September 2016, Minnesota Library Association Annual Conference, Duluth MN
- Keynote
October 2015, WALE Conference, Chelan, WA
- Keynote, “Look to the Future of Libraries”
October 2014, Lexington County Public Library Staff Day
May 2014, Iowa Library Association – Association of College and Research Libraries
January 2014, Ontario Library Association Superconference, Toronto Canada
- Spotlight Speaker, Ontario College and University Library Association (OCULA) division, “Disruption as Opportunity”
October 2013, South Central Library System, Wisconsin
October 2013, Accufest, Heidelberg Germany
February 2013, All Tech Considered: Navigating Through Multiliteracies, Annual Faculty Conference, Houston Community College, Houston TX
- Keynote, “This Transliterate Life”
November 2012, Digital Literacy Task Force, OITP, ALA
October 2012, Colorado Library Association, Ready, Set, Go! Innovating Colorado Libraries
- Keynote, Set The World on Fire
- Closing Keynote panel with Gary Price and Rochelle Logan
- Bridging the Digital Divide – It’s MORE than Teaching Computer Skills to Seniors
- Closing the Digital Skills Gap
- Bridging the Divide: The New Literacies and Libraries
- Keynote, The Role of the Library in a Digital World [slides]
June 2012, LibraryLinkNJ, the New Jersey Library Cooperative, New Jersey
June 2011, OCLC Symposia
- The Infinite Collection: Resources in the Digital Age, panelist with Clifford Lynch, Rick Anderson and Brian Schottlaender.
June 2011, ILEAD U: Illinois Libraries Explore, Apply and Discover, The 21st Century Technology Tools Institute
- Opening Keynote, Meeting the Needs of 21st Century Patrons: The Role of Libraries in a Transliterate World
- Libraries and eBooks, This is When Everything Changes
May 2011, Nicolet Federated Library System, Webinar
- The Role of Libraries in a Transliterate World
April 2011, Midwest Collaborative for Library Services
- Choose Your Own Adventure: The Future of eBooks and Libraries, Keynote
April 2011, North Georgia Associated Libraries
- Libraries in a Transliterate World
August 2010, Missouri State Library, Columbia MO
- Reference Services in the 21st Century, 3-day workshop
November 2010, Metropolitan New York Library Council, Webinar
- The Role of Libraries in a Transliterate World
September 2010, National Network of Libraries of Medicine, SEA Currents
- Libraries and Transliteracy with Brian Hulsey
July 2010, NCompass Live: Tech Talk
September 2010, Virtual Summit, Library Journal and Library School Journal
- Panelist, ebooks: Libraries at the Tipping Point
June 2010, TEACH Academy, Portsmouth Public Schools, Portsmouth VA
- Transform Teaching with Tech: Using Technology to Reach Teens, 1-day workshop
June 2010, Georgia Library Association & Georgia Public Library Service
May 2010, Online Symposium sponsored by OCLC and Library Journal
- Presenter, The Future is Mobile, Is Your Library Ready?
April 2010 Kansas Library Conference, Wichita KS, Sponsored by Beta Phi Mu
- Libraries and Transliteracy [slideshow]
April 2009 – Arrowhead Library System, Minnesota
- Reference in the Electronic Age [registration]
April 2009 – Arrowhead Library System, Minnesota
- Get Your Game On: Using Video Games as Outreach
November 2008 – International Conference on Libraries, Information and Society, Malaysia
- Putting 2.0 to Work for You [slideshow] – Post-conference workshop
- The New Internet and Libraries
November 2008 – University of Malaya, Malaysia
April 2008 – UKSerials Group Conference, Torquay, Devon, UK
- Implementing Library Learning 2.0 at Your Library, with Robin Hastings
Interviews and Brown Bags
November 2012, University of Iowa
- brown bag lunch talk with ALA Student Chapter, Library and Information Science Student Organization (LISSO) [write up]
April 2012, Bibliotech Podcast
March 2012, University of Alberta, Canada
- Guest Lecture for New Media Narratives, MA
January 2012, Circulating Ideas Podcast
March 2011, University of Alberta
- Guest Lecture for New Media Narratives
March 2011, University of Michigan, School of Information
- Guest Speaker on ebooks
October 2010, guest post at Broadband for America
April 2008 – Interview on local NPR station about the Grant for the Mobile Computing Lap
Conference Presentations
Most of my conference presentations are related to my work at the Network of the National Library of Medicine, so I do not include them here.
October 2011, Internet Librarian
- Training is not Learning with Polly Farrington and Kate Sheehan
- Transliteracy & 21st-Century Skills for Library Users with Matt Hamilton and Jamie Hollier
- Ebooks: Putting the Issues on the Table, panel with Sarah Houghton-Jan, Amy Affeft, and Faith Ward, moderated by Dick Kaser, VP Content, Information Today.
- Productivity Tools & Tips for Internet Librarians
June 2011 ALA Annual
- Why Transliteracy?
- Working Towards Transliteracy
October 2010, Internet Librarian 2010, Monterey CA
- Libraries in a Transliterate, Technology Fluent World
- Learning From Failure with Matt Hamilton
- Digital Manager Sound Off with David Lee King, Matt Hamilton, & Sarah Houghton-Jan
June 2010 ALA Annual Conference, Washington D.C.
- Designing Digital Experiences for Library Websites, LITA with David Lee King, Toby Greenwalt and John Blyberg [slideshows]
- Promoting Teen Reading with Web 2.0 Tools, YALSA
- Battledecks participant
April 2010 Computers in Libraries, Arlington VA
- Introducing Libraries and Transliteracy with Matt Hamilton and Buffy Hamilton
- Digital Manager Sound Off with David Lee King, Matt Hamilton, and Sarah Houghton-Jan
- Ebooks: Landscape & Implications with Brian Hulsey and Jason Griffey
- Training in the Cloud or Mobile Labs! With Maurice Coleman
2010, Classes for Staff at CVL
- Introduction to RSS
- Introduction to Cloud Computing
- Google Services Overview
- Introduction to Blogging
- Online Privacy and Safety
- Twitter for Beginners: Including How To Use Twitter Without Tweeting
January 2010, American Library Association Mid-Winter Meeting
- Battledecks winner
November 2009 Chattahoochee Valley Libraries, Columbus GA
- Keeping Afloat: Time Management, half day Workshop
October 2009 Internet Librarian Conference, Monterey CA
- Keeping Afloat: Time Management – preconference workshop with Brenda Hough
- Sneaking the Social Web into Your Library with Erin Downey Howerton
- Collaborating in the Clouds: Selecting Tools with Tom Ipri, Rachel Vacek and Anna Creech
- 23 Things for Communities with Jennifer Koerber, Sean Robinson, Rebecca Ranallo
October 2009 COMO XXI, Columbus GA
- Implementing a 23 Things Program at your Library
- Bring on the Rain: Putting the Cloud to Work for You: An Introduction to Cloud Computing
October 2009
March 2009 –Computers in Libraries Conference, Arlington VA
- Web 2.X Training for Customers and Staff, with Beth Tribe and Michael Sauers
March 2009 – MaintainIT, online conference
October 2008 – Missouri Library Association
- Reaching Your Patrons in the Brave New World of the Social Web
- Beyond Learning 2.0 – Library Learning 2.1
August 2008 – Summer Technology Institute with MOREnet & Missouri State Library, Columbia MO
June 2008 – Mobius Annual Conference, Lake of the Ozarks, MO
April – September 2008 – Missouri River Regional Library – Internet Training for patrons
- Introduction to Blogging
- Find Your Friends on Facebook
- Online Picture Sharing
- Discover New Library Resources
- The Basics of Internet Safety
- Explore Online Reading and Book Tools
February 2008 – Library Technology Institute for MoreNet & Missouri State Library, Columbia MO
- What Web2.0 Can Do For You, with Robin Hastings,
October 2007 – Missouri Library Association, Springfield MO
- Learning Web 2.0 Technologies and Beyond, with Robin Hastings
April 2007 – MOREnet Web Seminar
- Learning Web 2.0 Technologies and Beyond, with Robin Hastin
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