Selected Presentations

Bridging the gap: Linked Open Data for Libraries, Archives and Museums.” Ontario Library Association Super Conference, Toronto, Ontario, 2017. with Sheila Carey, Canadian Heritage Information Network, and Danielle Robichaud, University of Waterloo.

The Linked Data Cloud, Cultural Heritage, and the Canadian Context” Canadian Linked Data Initiative Summit, Montreal, Quebec, 2016. Slides.

“Vampire Slayers, Zombies and Cyborgs: The Librarian and Theories of the Posthuman” Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians, Annual Meeting, Calgary, Alberta, 2016. Abstract. Slides.

“Yorkville and Canadian Music Heritage in the Linked Data Cloud” Canadian Association of Music Libraries and Documentation Centres, Annual Meeting, Calgary, Alberta, 2016. Abstract.

“Sounding it Out: The Mariposa Folk Festival and a Linked Open Data Digital Library.” DH2015 Global Digital Humanities. University of Western Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 2015. Abstract with MJ Suhonos, Ryerson University; Anna St. Onge , York University & Nick Ruest, York University.

“Both Sides Now: Linked Open Data, the Mariposa Folk Festival Archives and the Yorkville Scene” International Association of Music Libraries and Documentation Centres. New York, NY, 2015.

“Disconnecting connections: librarianship and information systems.” Digital Cultures Research Celebration. York University, Toronto ON, 2013.

“The Possibility of the Infinite Library: Exploring the Boundaries and Possibilities of Works and Texts in Library Cataloguing Practices.” InterPLAY Symposium. York University,Toronto ON, 2012.

“Too Much Information? Nymphomatriarch and the Problem of the Microphone.” International Association for the Study of Popular Music, Canadian Chapter, Regina, SK, 2010.

“Scholarly Communication @ York” with Andrea Kosavic. Scholarly Communication, it’s core. University of Toronto at Mississauga, Mississauga, ON, 2009.

“Naked Voices and Musical Money Shots: Exploring the Encoded Sounds of Sexual Pleasure.” Pop Conference, Experience Music Project, Seattle, WA, 2009.

One Big Library. with William Denton (York University). Ontario Library Association annual meeting, Toronto, ON, 2008.

“Scholr 2.0 Revisited.” Scholars Portal Day, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, 2008.

“Through the Looking Glass: FRBR, RDA and Music.” with Alastair Boyd (University of Toronto) Canadian Association of Music Libraries annual conference, Vancouver, B.C., 2008.

“Exposing the Secret Life of the Love Song: Musical Representations of Love in Rufus Wainwright’s ‘This Love Affair’.” International Association for the Study of Popular Music, Canada Chapter, annual conference, St. Catherines, ON, 2008.

“The Sound of the Crowd: Music & Social Tagging.” Music Vocabularies and Subject Access session, Music Library Association annual meeting, Newport, RI, 2008.

“Scholar’s Portage: Leveraging Social Networking Tools and Scholars Portal Data.” with Alan Darnell, (Scholars Portal). Ontario Library Association annual meeting, Toronto, ON, 2008.

“Scholr 2.0.” with Mita Williams (University of Windsor) Scholars Portal Day, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, 2007.