Training Received

Leadership, Management, & Supervisory Skills

“Management Skills Certification.” 5-week course. Human Resources Department, University of North Texas, Denton, TX. 2010 – 2011.

  • “Facilitating Effective Performance Reviews.” 2011.
  • “Effective Communication.” 2010.
  • “Moving Into Management.” 2010.
  • “Effectively Leading Teams.” 2010.
  • “Managing with the Big IDEA.” (Management and diversity training.) 2010.

“TALL Texans Leadership Institute.” (Week-long residential leadership institute.) Texas Library Association. Dallas, TX. 2011.

“Preconference: Getting the Unfun Done: Supervising, Hiring, Firing.” Texas Library Association Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX. 2010.

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

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

“Supervisory Skills Certification.” 6-week course. Human Resources Department, University of North Texas, Denton, TX. 2007.

  • “Recognition and Rewards.”
  • “Feedback and Performance Evaluation.”
  • “Motivating Staff.”
  • “Effective Communication: Handling Difficult Conversations.”
  • “Leading and Communicating Change.”
  • “Intro to Supervisory Skills.”

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

Technology, Graphics, & Statistics

“Open Access: Scholarly Communication Symposium.” University of North Texas, Denton, TX. 2010, 2011.

“Presenting Data and Information.” Edward Tufte. (Workshop on data visualization and effective presentations.) Houston, TX. 2007.

“Design Projects for Adobe Illustrator CS2.” (6-week course.) University of North Texas, Denton, TX. 2007.

“Top-Notch Technology Training for Patrons.” Brenda Hough and Michael Porter. 2006.

“Conversations With Patrons: Extending Your Library’s Presence Online.” 2006.

“Library 2.0 Extravaganza.” Michael Stephens. Webinar. 2006.

  • “Creating Staff Buy-In for New Technologies.”
  • “Social Software: A Survey of Web 2.0.”
  • “Instant Messaging: Do You IM?”
  • “Weblogs and Libraries.”

“Permanent Open Access to Data: New Promises, New Practices, and Old Problems.” Fundamentals of Digital Knowledge. University of North Texas, Denton, TX. 2007.

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

Higher Education, Learning, & Libraries

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

“ELI: Situated Learning in Virtual Worlds.” Webinar. 2008.

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

“Learning Styles, Active Learning, and Library Instruction.” UNT Libraries, Denton, TX. 2006.

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

Government Information, Policy, Copyright, & Civics

“Copyright Law in the Digital Age.” Laura N. Gasaway. Norman, OK. 2011.

“LexisNexis (ProQuest) Statistical Data Sets.” Denton, TX. 2011.

“Using the New American FactFinder.” San Antonio, TX. 2011.

“Export Tools Workshop.” Oklahoma Department of Libraries, Oklahoma City, OK. 2010.

“Preconference: Public Policy Seminar Program.” Association for the Study of Higher Education Conference, Vancouver, BC, 2009.

“Economic Census Training.” Denton, TX. 2009.

“NARA Resources in Fort Worth.” Denton, TX. 2009.

“Counter-Terrorism Resource Training.” Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism (MIPT) Lawson Library, OK. 2009.

“Department of Energy Resources.” Denton, TX. 2009.

“Weather.gov Workshop.” Oklahoma Department of Libraries, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. 2009.

“No Better Time: Opportunities in Deliberative Democracy for Educators and Practitioners.” (Conference on civil engagement.) New Hampshire University, New Hampshire. 2009.

“LexisNexis Academic.” Denton, TX. 2008.

“LexisNexis Congressional and Statistical Insight Database Training.” Denton, TX. 2007.

“Using NTIS’s DARTS (Depository Access to Reports, Technical and Scientific).” Denton, TX. 2007.

Other Training

“Academic Success Series.” Tulouse Graduate School, University of North Texas, Denton, TX. 2011.

  • “Stress Management for Graduate Students.”
  • “Time Management for Graduate Students.”
  • “What’s Out There?: Identifying Non-Academic Options in the Ph.D. Job Market.”
  • “Life/Balance and Women in Academia.”

“UNT Ally Training.” Denton, TX. 2010.

“UNT Emerald Eagle Scholar Mentoring Training.” Denton, TX. 2008, 2009.