Training

Preconferences

“Getting the Unfun Done: Supervising, Hiring, Firing.” Texas Library Association (TLA) Annual Conference, Spring 2010.

“Public Policy Seminar Program for Graduate Students.” Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Conference, Vancouver, British Colombia, Fall 2009.

Subject-Specific Training

Export Tools Workshop. Oklahoma Department of Libraries,Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Spring 2010.

Weather.gov Workshop. Oklahoma Department of Libraries, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Spring 2009.

Deliberative Democracy: “No Better Time…” New Hampshire University, New Hampshire. Summer 2009.

“Presenting Data and Information,” Edward Tufte. Day-long workshop on data visualization and effective presentations. Houston, Texas. Fall 2007.

Leadership, Management, & Supervisory Skills

“TALL Texans Leadership Institute.” Texas Library Association, North Texas, Texas. Summer 2011. Week-long residential leadership institute.

“Transition into Management.” Human Resources Department, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas. Spring 2010.

“Managing Teams.” Human Resources Department, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas. Spring 2010.

“Managing with the Big IDEA.” Management and diversity training. Human Resources Department, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas. Spring 2010.

“Feedback and Conflict: Having Difficult Conversations,” Erin O’Toole. UNT Libraries, Denton, Texas. Spring 2010.

“Mission Possible: Practical Project Management,” Pat Callhoun. UNT Libraries, Denton, Texas. Spring 2009.

“Supervision 101: Hands-on Supervisory Skills,” Human Resources Department, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas. Spring 2007.

“Emotional Intelligence for Leaders,” 3 hours, Human Resources Department, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas. Spring 2006.

Technology Training

“Design Projects for Adobe Illustrator CS2,” 24 hours (6-week course), Minicourses: Online Instruction Center, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas. Fall 2007.

“Personal Development Program: Adobe Dreamweaver,” 3 hours, Human Resources Department, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas. Fall 2004.

Webinars

“ACRL Springboard Webinar: The Future of Higher Education,” ACRL, online seminar. Spring 2008.

“Architectures for Collaboration: Roles and Expectations for Digital Libraries,” Educause Live!, online seminar. Spring 2007.

“Networking and Politics: Influencing Action to Get The Right Things Done,” Sirsi-Dynix Institute, online seminar. Fall 2006.

Other Training

“Permanent open access to data: New promises, new practices and old problems,” Fundamentals of Digital Knowledge Lecture Series, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas. Spring 2007.