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Outreach and Marketing

Putting People First: Person-Centered Service for Every Library Stakeholder [Slides]
Computers in Libraries, March 17, 2026

Designing for Reality: Building a Space in Academic Libraries for Caregivers [Slides] [Recording]
Big Talk from Small Libraries, February 27, 2026

Don't Do the Thing: Setting Boundaries as a Library Marketer [Slides]
Library Marketing and Communications Conference, November 12, 2025

Sustainable, Snappy, Strategic: Info Tips for Library Outreach and Instruction [Slides]
WRLC Annual, May 21, 2025

Preserve, Protect, and Pass On: Teaching Digital Preservation at the Library [Index]
Computers in Libraries Magazine, March 2025

Reignite Your Passion: Sustainable Strategies for Library Marketers [Slides]
ILA Marketing Forum 2025 Mini-Conference, April 25, 2025

Beg, Borrow, Steal: Finding and Implementing Ideas for Library Outreach [Slides] [Handout]
Library Marketing and Communications Conference, November 13, 2024

Preserving Community Cultural Heritage [Slides]
Internet Librarian Connect, October 23, 2024

Passion and Pressure: Navigating Content Creation Burnout [Article]
Public Services Quarterly, Vol. 20, Iss. 3, August 2024
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You are Not Your User: Breaking Through Customer Service Roadblocks [Article Full Text]
Computers in Libraries, April 2024, p. 9-13
Featured on Informed Librarian, May 2024

I Can't Even with Content Anymore: How to Work Through Content Creation Burnout​ [Slides]
Library Marketing and Communications Conference, November 8, 2023

You are Not Your User: Breaking Through Customer Service Roadblocks [Slides]
Internet Librarian Connect, October 19, 2023

Customer Service is Helpful: How One Library Scores Big Promotional Points by Being Friendly [Profile]
Profile on Super Library Marketing, August 7, 2023
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Unexpected Outreach [Slides]
WRLC Annual, May 24, 2023

This time we're talking with Meghan Kowalski [Interview]
Library Marketing for Library Marketers Podcast, June 10, 2023

What They Think About You: Developing Your Brand [Slides]
Library Marketing and Communications Conference, November 3, 2022

Engagement & Ghosting: Remote Customer Service [Slides]
Internet Librarian, October 19, 2022

Pics or it Didn't Happen: Upping Your Photography [Slides]
Library Marketing Conference, Webinar, September 8, 2022

So Long Silos: Using Internal Communications to Create Collaboration [Slides]
Computers in Libraries, March 31, 2022
Adapted for The University of the District of Columbia [Recording]
​Center for the Advancement of Learning (CAL) Webinar, June 23, 2022

Friendly-Face Marketing: Spin Selling, Smiles, & Snacks [Slides]
Internet Librarian Connect, October 28, 2021

Say It With a Story: Capturing Anecdotes to Drive Marketing & Promote Initiatives [Slides] [Recording]
WRLC Annual, May 25, 2021

Customer Service: Sending a Positive Message [Slides]
Computers in Libraries and Internet Librarian Connect, September 22, 2020

Picture This: Using Instagram to Connect With and Engage Your Users [Recording] [Archive with Slides and Handouts]
Carterette Webinar Series, June 19, 2019

How to Use Instagram for Community Engagement [Article Full Text]
Computers in Libraries, October 2018, p. 4-9

Guide to Gif [Slides]
Computers in Libraries, April 18, 2018

Picture This: Using Instagram to Connect with Your Users - Innovative & Interactive Tech for Community Connection [Slides]
Computers in Libraries, April 17, 2018

Finding Your Voice in Social Media [Slides]
Computers in Libraries, March 29, 2017
with Kirsten Mentzer, Alexandra Zealand, and Lennea R. Bower
Presentation Coverage by Information Today, Inc.​

Leadership and Management 

Developing Skills for Effective Library Management [Slides]
Internet Librarian Connect, October 29, 2025

Elevating Others: Unlocking Your Team's Full Potential [Slides] [Recording]
ASERL Webinar, February 20, 2025

Out with the Old: Ditching Harmful Management Tactics [Slides]  [360 Assessment Printable] [Recording]
Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference, January 22, 2025

Building Trust: Empowering and Promoting The Work Of Your Library Team [Slides] [Recording]​
NC Live, October 24, 2024 
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Inside and Out: Supporting & Empowering Your Staff by Promoting Their Achievements [Slides] [Handout]
Medical Library Association Conference, May 21, 2024

Amplifying Others: How to Promote the People on Your Team [Slides] [Recording]
Conference on Academic Library Management, June 6, 2023

Stop That!: Management Techniques that Need to Die [Slides] [360 Assessment Printable] [Recording]
Conference on Academic Library Management, April 26, 2022

So Long Silos: Using Internal Communications to Create Collaboration [Slides]
​Computers in Libraries, March 31, 2022

​Leading from Afar: Creating a Cohesive Remote Team [Slides]
American Library Association, Core Webinar, June 2, 2021

Remote Leadership & Productivity [Slides]
Computers in Libraries Connect,  March 25, 2021

Other Duties as Assigned - Hiring & Growing the Best People [Slides]
Computers in Libraries, March 28, 2019

Breaking Down Silo Walls: Successful Collaboration Across Library Departments [Article Full Text]
Library Leadership and Management, ​Vol. 31, No. 2, 2017
Reprinted in Strategic Library, Iss. 44, Feb. 15, 2018​

Information Literacy and Instruction

Building Research Assignments to Develop Student Voices & Empower Students as Scholars [Slides]
Young Rhetoricians Conference, June 21, 2024
with Catherine Meals and Faith Rusk

Outside of the Box Instruction: Going Beyond Traditional Library Instruction [Slides]
WRLC Annual, May 23, 2024

When to Call a Librarian: Faculty Research Assignment Design and Implications for Faculty/Librarian Collaboration [Slides]
Purdue Global General Education Conference, April 23, 2024
with Catherine Meals and Faith Rusk

Teaching Tips [Slides]
Computers in Libraries Conference, March 14, 2024

Teaching Beyond Research: Getting Out of Your Lane [Slides]
Computers in Libraries Conference, March 13, 2024

Teaching Outside the Box: Going Beyond Traditional Library Instruction [Slides] [Recording]
Big Talk From Small Libraries, February 23, 2024

Course Design and Teaching Research: Faculty Reflections and Implications for Librarian Practice​ [Slides]
The Innovative Library Classroom (TILC), June 2, 2023
with Catherine Meals and Faith Rusk

Where Do We Come In?: Faculty Research Assignment Design and Implications for Librarian Practice [Recording]
WRLC Annual Meeting, May 24, 2023
with Catherine Meals and Faith Rusk
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From the Ivory Tower to Real Life: Using Iterative Design to Connect Students to Research [Poster]
ACRL Conference, March 17, 2023
with Catherine Meals and Faith Rusk

From the Ivory Tower to Real Life: Using Iterative Design to Connect Students to Research [Poster]
Library Assessment Conference, November 3, 2022
with Catherine Meals and Faith Rusk

OER + EDI - Cancel Textbooks: Diversifying and Decolonizing Classroom Teaching Materials [Slides]
WRLC Annual Meeting, May 26, 2022
with Angelique Carson and Kevin Gunn

Let Them Learn: The Benefits of an Asynchronous Library Instruction Course [Slides] [Recording]
WRLC Annual Meeting, May 24, 2022
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Activating the ACRL Framework: Active Learning Design for Library Instruction [Slides] [Conference Proceedings]
LOEX Conference, May 13, 2021
with Catherine Meals and Faith Rusk

Transforming Theory into Practice: Creating Student-Centered Instructional Activities Rooted in the Framework [Article Full Text]
College and Research Libraries News, March 2021, Volume 82, No. 3, pp. 114-120
​with Catherine Meals and Faith Rusk​
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