Audience Tools

Specializations

  • The Library and the Network, a Sociomaterial Perspective
  • The Collaborative Library
  • Identity, Diaspora and Representation

Research Areas

Courses

  • LIS 580 - Management Of Information Organizations

Biography

Lorcan Dempsey is a librarian, writer and adviser who has worked for library, non-profit and educational organizations in Ireland, the UK and the US. He has enjoyed being able to work in international contexts, and has welcomed the opportunity to visit and work with libraries around the world.

Since he began his library career in public libraries in Dublin, Ireland, he has had a special interest in the library as institution, in the entwined evolution of the library and the network environment, and in library collaboration. Lorcan seeks to promote an inclusive approach, among teams, and in work products, and he has a special interest in identity, diaspora, and representation.

He has overseen national higher/further educational library and informational programs for Jisc in the UK and has worked at a senior level for OCLC which provides shared services to libraries in many countries. In these roles he has worked on governance, library collaboration, new service development, and shared infrastructure.

He has directed two leading library R&D units (UKOLN, at the University of Bath, now no more, and OCLC Research). He is grateful to have had the opportunity to work with many talented colleagues on important library questions.

His contribution has been recognized with an honorary doctorate from the Open University (UK), for work on the evolving digital environment, the IFLA Medal, for his contributions to international librarianship, and the Miles Conrad Award, for his contributions to library and knowledge industries. He has also been honored by the American Library Association and the Irish Library Association for his contributions individually and with colleagues.

Education

  • MLIS, Library & Information Studies, University College Dublin
  • BA, English Language & Literature, University College Dublin
  • Diploma Library & Information Studies, University College Dublin

Awards

  • K&IM Walford Award - Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, 2023
  • Award of the Library Association of Ireland, 2022
  • IFLA Medal, 2022
  • ALA ALCTS Presidential Citation, 2014
  • Honorary Doctorate - The Open University, 2014
  • NFAIS Miles Conrad Award, 2010
  • ALA ALCTS Presidential Citation, 2004

Publications and Contributions

  • Magazine/Trade Publication
    Predicting the Unpredictable: asking real questions about generative AI (2024)
    American Libraries Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
    Library Discovery Directions (2020)
    Resource Discovery for the Twenty-First Century Library: Case Studies and Perspectives on the Role of IT in User Engagement and Empowerment Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Journal Article, Professional Journal
    Reflections on Collective Collections (2020)
    College & Research Libraries, 81(6) Authors: Brian Lavoie, Lorcan Dempsey, Constance Malpas
  • Monograph
    Operationalizing the BIG Collective Collection: A Case Study of Consolidation vs Autonomy (2019)
    Authors: Lorcan Dempsey, Constance Malpas, Mark Sandler
  • Journal Article, Professional Journal
    What Collaboration Means to Me: Library Collaboration is Hard; Effective Collaboration is Harder (2019)
    Collaborative Librarianship, 10(4, Article 3) Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
    Academic Library Futures in a Diversified University System (2018)
    Higher Education in the Era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution Authors: Lorcan Dempsey, Constance Malpas
  • Monograph
    An Exploration of the Irish Presence in the Published Record (2018)
    Authors: Lorcan Dempsey, Brian Lavoie
  • Journal Article, Professional Journal
    Library Collections in the Life of the User: Two Directions (2016)
    Liber Quarterly, 26(Unknown Issue) Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Book, Scholarly-New
    New Roles for the Road Ahead: Essays Commissioned for the ACRL's 75th Anniversary (2015)
    Authors: Lorcan Dempsey, Stephen J. Bell, Barbara Fister, Nancy Allen, Lizabeth Wilson
  • Journal Article, Professional Journal
    A Platform Publication for a Time of Accelerating Change (2014)
    College & Research Libraries, pp. 760-762 Authors: Lorcan Dempsey, Walter Scott
  • Journal Article, Professional Journal
    Collection Directions: The Evolution of Library Collections and Collecting (2014)
    portal: Libraries and the Academy, 14(3), pp. 393–423 Authors: Lorcan Dempsey, Constance Malpas, Brian Lavoie
  • Monograph
    The Network Reshapes the Library: Lorcan Dempsey on Libraries, Services and Networks (2014)
    Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
    The Emergence of the Collective Collection: Analyzing Aggregate Print Library Holdings (2013)
    Understanding the Collective Collection: Towards a Systemwide Perspective on Library Print Collections Authors: Lorcan Dempsey, Brian Lavoie, Constance Malpas, Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Roger C. Schonfeld, JD Shipengrover, Günter Waibel
  • Monograph
    Understanding the Collective Collection: Towards a System-wide Perspective on Library Print Collections (2013)
    Authors: Lorcan Dempsey, Brian Lavoie, Constance Malpas, Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Roger C. Schonfeld, JD Shipengrover, Günter Waibel
  • Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
    Always On: Libraries in a World of Permanent Connectivity (2008)
    M-libraries: Libraries on the Move to Provide Virtual Access Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Journal Article, Professional Journal
    Reconfiguring the Library Systems Environment (2008)
    portal: Libraries and the Academy, 8(2) Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
    Intermediate Consumers (2007)
    The Whole Digital Library Handbook Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Book Review
    The History of Libraries in Modern 'Britain and Ireland' (2007)
    Ariadne, Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
    Thirteen Ways of Looking at ... Digital Preservation (2007)
    The Whole Digital Library Handbook Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Magazine/Trade Publication
    A Service Framework for Libraries (2006)
    D-Lib Magazine, 12(7/8) Authors: Lorcan Dempsey, Brian F. Lavoie, Geneva Henry
  • Magazine/Trade Publication
    Libraries and the Long Tail: Some Thoughts about Libraries in a Network Age (2006)
    D-Lib Magazine, 12(4) Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Magazine/Trade Publication
    Making Data Work Harder (2006)
    Library Journal Authors: Lorcan Dempsey, Brian Lavoie , Lynn Silipigni Connaway
  • Magazine/Trade Publication
    The (Digital) Library Environment: Ten Years After (2006)
    Ariadne, Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Magazine/Trade Publication
    The Library Catalogue in the New Discovery Environment: Some Thoughts (2006)
    Ariadne, Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Magazine/Trade Publication
    Anatomy of Aggregate Collections: the Example of Google Print for Libraries (2005)
    D-Lib Magazine, 11(9) Authors: Lorcan Dempsey, Brian F. Lavoie, Lynn Silipigni Connaway
  • Report
    DLF Service Framework for Digital Libraries: A Progress Report for the DLF Steering Committee (2005)
    e DLF Service Framework Working Group Authors: Lorcan Dempsey, Brian F. Lavoie
  • Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
    Metadata Switch: Thinking about Some Metadata Management and Knowledge Organization Issues in the Changing Research and Learning Landscape (2005)
    EScholarship: A LITA Guide Authors: Lorcan Dempsey, Eric R. Childress, Carol Jean Godby, Thomas B. Hickey, Andrew Houghton, Diane Vizine-Goetz, Jeff Young
  • Monograph
    The 2003 OCLC Environmental Scan: Pattern Recognition: a Report to the OCLC Membership (2004)
    Authors: Lorcan Dempsey, Cathy de Rosa , Alane Wilson
  • Magazine/Trade Publication
    Thirteen Ways of Looking at ... Digital Preservation (2004)
    D-Lib Magazine, 10( No. 7/8) Authors: Lorcan Dempsey, Brian F. Lavoie
  • Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
    The Recombinant Library: Portals and People (2003)
    Improved Access to Information: Portals, Content Selection, and Digital Information, pp. 103-136 Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Magazine/Trade Publication
    The Distributed National Electronic Resource (DNER) and the Hybrid Library (2001)
    Ariadne, Authors: Lorcan Dempsey, Stephen Pinfield
  • Magazine/Trade Publication
    A Policy Context - eLib and the Emergence of the Subject Gateways (2000)
    Ariadne, Authors: Lorcan Dempsey, Derek Law
  • Magazine/Trade Publication
    RSLP Collection Description (2000)
    D-Lib Magazine Authors: Lorcan Dempsey, Andy Powell, Michael Heaney
  • Journal Article, Professional Journal
    The Subject Gateway: Experiences and Issues Based on the Emergence of the Resource Discovery Network (2000)
    Online Information Review, 24(1) Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Journal Article, Professional Journal
    A Utopian Place of Criticism?: Brokering Access to Network Information (1999)
    Journal of Documentation, 55(1), pp. 33-70 Authors: Lorcan Dempsey, Rosemary Russell, Robin Murray
  • Journal Article, Professional Journal
    Community Networking: Development, Potentials and Implications for Public Libraries (1999)
    Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 31(2), pp. 71-83 Authors: Lorcan Dempsey, Liangzhi Yu, Sarah Ormes
  • Journal Article, Professional Journal
    From Files to Landscapes: Network Information Management and UKOLN (1999)
    Journal of Documentation, 55(1), pp. 1-5 Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Report
    Full Disclosure (1999)
    BL, LIC, and LINC Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Magazine/Trade Publication
    International Information Gateway Collaboration: Report of the First IMesh Framework Workshop (1999)
    D-Lib Magazine, 5(12) Authors: Lorcan Dempsey, Tracy Gardner, Michael Day, Titia van der Werf
  • Book Editor, Scholarly
    Introduction (1999)
    Delivering the Electronic Library: an Ariadne Reader Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Book Editor, Scholarly
    Introduction (1999)
    Information Landscapes and a Learning Society: Networking and the Future of Libraries 3 Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Journal Article, Professional Journal
    Library Places and Digital Information Spaces: Reflections on Emerging Network Services (1999)
    Alexandria, 11(1), pp. 51-58 Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
    The Library, the Catalogue, the Broker (1999)
    Information Landscapes and a Learning Society: Networking and the Future of Libraries 3 Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Periodical
    The Network and the Library: Working in a New Shared Space: Infrastructure and Institutions (1999)
    The Electronic Library Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Report
    The Scientific, Industrial and Cultural Heritage: a Shared Approach (1999)
    Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Journal Article, Professional Journal
    Managing Access to a Distributed Library Resource (1998)
    Program, 32(3), pp. 265-281 Authors: Lorcan Dempsey, Robin Murray, Rosemary Russell, Richard Heseltine
  • Journal Article, Professional Journal
    Metadata: A Current Review of Practice and Issues (1998)
    Journal of Documentation, 54(2), pp. 145-172 Authors: Lorcan Dempsey, Rachel Heery
  • Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
    Places and Spaces (1998)
    Towards the Digital Library: the British Library’s Initiatives for Access Programme, pp. 234-241 Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Journal Article, Professional Journal
    The Emergence of Distributed Library Systems: a European Perspective (1998)
    Journal of the American Society of Information Scientists, 49(10), pp. 942-951 Authors: Lorcan Dempsey, Robin Murray, Rosemary Russell
  • Report
    eLib Standards Guidelines, Version 2 (1998)
    Authors: Lorcan Dempsey, Brian Kelly, Alan Robiette, Ian Peacock, Anne Mumford, Chris Rusbridge
  • Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
    Crossing the Great Divide: Integrating Access to the Scholarly Record (1997)
    Discovering Online Resources across the Humanities: a Practical Implementation of the Dublin Core, pp. 7-12 Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
    In at the Shallow End: Metadata and Cross-Domain Resource Discovery (1997)
    Discovering Online Resources across the Humanities: a Practical Implementation of the Dublin Core, pp. 63-71 Authors: Lorcan Dempsey, Rosemary Russell, Rachel Heery
  • Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
    Metadata and Libraries: Background and Introduction (1997)
    Second International Summer School on the Digital Library, pp. 8.1-8.9 Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Book Review
    Net Failings that Drive the Desire to be Digital: a Review of International Journal on Digital Libraries (1997)
    The Times Higher Education Supplement Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Book Review
    Public Libraries of Europe: a review of the web site created by Sheila and Robert Harden (1997)
    Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Magazine/Trade Publication
    Soul and Song: New library: The People’s Network (1997)
    Ariadne, Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Journal Article, Professional Journal
    ‘Clumps’ - or Distributed Access to Scholarly Material (1997)
    Program, 31(3) Authors: Lorcan Dempsey, Rosemary Russell
  • Magazine/Trade Publication
    Meta Detectors: Metadata and Resource Discovery (1996)
    Ariadne, Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Report
    Metadata Formats: a Review of Current Practice (1996)
    EU Project DESIRE Authors: Lorcan Dempsey, Rachel Heery
  • Magazine/Trade Publication
    ROADS to Desire: some UK and other European Metadata and Resource Discovery Projects (1996)
    D-Lib Magazine Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Journal Article, Professional Journal
    Scientific Information Supply: Building Networked Information Systems (1996)
    The Electronic Library, 14(4) Authors: Lorcan Dempsey, Maria Heijne
  • Magazine/Trade Publication
    The Information Motorway: a Review of the M25 Consortium web site (1996)
    Ariadne, Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Magazine/Trade Publication
    The Warwick Metadata Workshop: a Framework for the Deployment of Resource Description (1996)
    D-Lib Magazine Authors: Lorcan Dempsey, Stu Weibel
  • Journal Article, Professional Journal
    Towards Distributed Library Systems: Z39.50 in a European Context (1996)
    Program, 30(1), pp. 1-22 Authors: Lorcan Dempsey, Rosemary Russell, John Kirriemuir
  • Report
    eLib Standards Guidelines, Version 1 (1996)
    Authors: Lorcan Dempsey, Anne Mumford Mumford, Alan Robiette Robiette, Chris Rusbridge
  • Book Review
    A Review of Harries, Steve. Networking and Telecommunications for Information Systems (1995)
    Journal of Documentation Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Journal Article, Professional Journal
    Beyond the Internet: Developing Library Services (1995)
    The Law Librarian, 26(1) Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Book Editor, Scholarly
    Introduction (1995)
    Networking and the Future of Libraries 2: Managing the Intellectual Record Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Report
    Library and Information Commission Public Library Internet Survey (1995)
    Authors: Lorcan Dempsey, Sarah Ormes
  • Journal Article, Professional Journal
    Readbites: the Scandal of Serials Holding Data (1995)
    Catalogue & Index,, pp. 9 Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Journal Article, Professional Journal
    The Public Library and the Information Superhighway (1995)
    Vine, Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Journal Article, Professional Journal
    The UK, Networking and the European Libraries Programme (1995)
    Library and Information Briefing, 57(Unknown Issue) Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Journal Article, Professional Journal
    Art and the Internet (1994)
    Art Libraries Journal, 19(4), pp. 10-14 Authors: Lorcan Dempsey, Ann Lennon
  • Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
    Network Resource Discovery: a European Library Perspective (1994)
    Libraries, Networks and Europe: a European Networking Study, pp. 29-68 Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Journal Article, Professional Journal
    The Nordic WAIS/WWW project (1994)
    Journal of Information Networking, 2(2), pp. 152-154 Authors: Lorcan Dempsey, Traugott Koch
  • Journal Article, Professional Journal
    Towards the Virtual Library: Standards of Relevance to Networked Library Services (1994)
    Axis, 1 (1) Authors: Lorcan Dempsey, Bill Tuck, Anne Mumford
  • Book Review
    A Review of OBN Final Report: from Project to Library Users (1993)
    Program, 27(3) Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Journal Article, Professional Journal
    Academic Networks and Academic Information Services: Towards an Academic Information Infrastructure (1993)
    Journal of Information Networking, 1(1), pp. 1-27 Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Journal Article, Professional Journal
    Networks, Standards and End-User Information Services (1993)
    Vine Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
    Standards of Relevance to Networked Library Services (1993)
    Libraries and IT: Working Papers of the HEFCs' Libraries Review Group IT Sub Committee Authors: Lorcan Dempsey, Bill Tuck, Anne Mumford
  • Report
    SuperJANET Project on Information Resources (1993)
    Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Book Review
    Technological Developments in Library and Information Work: Proceedings of an Irish Joint Conference held 22-26 April 1991 in Newcastle, Co Down (1993)
    Journal of Documentation, 49(3) Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Book Review
    A Review of Hagler, Ronald. The Bibliographic Record and Information Technology (1992)
    Program, 26(3) Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Book Review
    A Review of Impact of Local Systems on the National Networking Environment: Proceedings of the Library of Congress Network Advisory Committee Meeting, April 1-3, 1991 (1992)
    Program, 27(1) Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Book Review
    A Review of McClure, Charles et al. The National Research and Education Network (NREN): Research and Policy Perspectives (1992)
    Computer Communications, 15(Unknown Issue), pp. 7 Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Journal Article, Professional Journal
    Libraries and Networking (1992)
    Library and Information Briefing, 37/38(Unknown Issue) Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Monograph
    Libraries, Networks and OSI (1992)
    ISBN/ISSN: 0-88736-818-2 Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Directory
    Library Bibliographic Networks in Europe: a LIBER directory, 2nd Edition (1992)
    ISBN/ISSN: 9062520898 Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
    Library Systems: Insulated or Integrated? (1992)
    Networking and the Future of Libraries Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Journal Article, Professional Journal
    American Information Infrastructure - Part 1 (1991)
    Computer Communications, 14(2), pp. 258-259 Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Journal Article, Professional Journal
    American Information Infrastructure - Part 2 (1991)
    Computer Communications, 14(4) Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Journal Article, Professional Journal
    Publishers and Libraries: an All-Through System for Bibliographic Data? (1991)
    International Cataloguing and Bibliographic Control,, pp. 37-41 Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Proceedings Editor
    Bibliographic Access in Europe: Proceedings of the First International Conference (1990)
    Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
    Bibliographic Access: Patterns and Developments (1990)
    Bibliographic Access in Europe Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Conference Paper
    Subject to Change: Aspects of Subject Access in the Book World (1990)
    Beyond the Bibliographic Record: Proceedings of 15th Annual Seminar and Annual General Meeting of the MARC Users' Group, pp. 23-42 Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Journal Article, Professional Journal
    Users' Requirements of Bibliographic Records: Publishers, Booksellers, Librarians (1990)
    ASLIB Proceedings, 42(2), pp. 61-69 Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Report
    Currency with Coverage - a Survey Report (1989)
    ISBN/ISSN: 0-905463-08-0 Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Proceedings Editor
    Influencing the System Designer: Proceedings of the Third National Conference (1988)
    Author: Lorcan Dempsey
  • Magazine/Trade Publication
    Virtual Library - False Dawn?: An Exchange between Frank Webster and Lorcan Dempsey
    Ariadne, Author: Lorcan Dempsey

Presentations

  • Collection directions and the relational library (2023)
    University of Kentucky Libraries - Lexington, Kentucky
  • Consortial observations (2023)
    Orbis Cascade Alliance retreat - Ashland, Oregon
  • Evolving library discovery: 10 directions (2023)
    University of Barcelona, Seminari de l'Aula Jordi Rubió i Balaguer - Barcelona, Spain
  • From Collections to Community: Libraries and the Relational Turn (2023)
    Chalmers University Library in Sweden - Gothenburg, Sweden
  • The academic library and the relational turn (2023)
    AMICAL, Al Akhawayn University - Ifrane, Morocco
  • Collection direction: pandemic effects (2022)
    Council on South East Asian Libraries - Virtual
  • One score and then: systemwide library contexts (2022)
    CNI - San Diego, California
  • Workflow is the new content (2022)
    Digital Initiatives Symposium, University of San Diego - Virtual
  • Collection directions: pandemic effects (2021)
    Informatie aan Zee - Ostende, Belgium (Virtual)
  • Collection directions: pandemic effects (2021)
    Bibliostar Stelline Conference - Milan, Italy (Virtual)
  • Metadata Directions (2021)
    Eurasian Academic Libraries Conference - Virtual
  • Power of transformation: open access and library collections (2021)
    IFLA World Library and Information Congress - Virtual
  • Big shifts: Libraries, networks, collections (2020)
    Symposium on the Future of Libraries, ALA Midwinter - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Collection Directions, collaboration, and Pandemic Effects (2020)
    Orbis Cascade Webinar - Virtual
  • Collection Directions, collaboration, and Pandemic Effects (2020)
    Mobius Annual Conference - Virtual
  • College, consortium, collaboration, collective collection (2020)
    Boston Library Consortium Board meeting - Boston, Massachusetts (Virtual)
  • Operationalizing the collective collection: a case study of consolidation vs autonomy (2020)
    PAN meeting, ALA Midwinter - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Pandemic effects and collection reflections (2020)
    RLUK Digital Shift Forum - Virtual
  • Rediscovering Discovery: three general examples (2020)
    CNI Virtual Meeting - Virtual
  • Collection directions graphically (2019)
    RLP ARC pre-meeting - Phoenix, Arizona
  • Collections, the network, and library collaboration (2019)
    Rutgers University - New Brunswick, New Jersey
  • Libraries, collections, directions (2019)
    ER&L ME - Dubai, UAE
  • Library Consortia: Scale, Opportunity Challenge (2019)
    ICOLC meeting - Vancouver, BC
  • Building Shared Capacity: Collaborative Library Directions in the UK (2018)
    Research Libraries UK Conference - London, UK
  • Collections, the Network, and Library Collaboration (2018)
    University of Minnesota Libraries - Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Leadership, scaling, OCLC (2018)
    The 6th North America-China library conference - Dublin, Ohio
  • OCLC Research, scaling learning and innovation (2018)
    ARC Preconference: leading the 21st Library - Chicago, Illinois
  • The Changing Nature of Collections in a Network Environment (2018)
    Yale-NUS College - Singapore
  • The work of OCLC Research (2018)
    University of Cincinnati - Cincinnati, Ohio
  • Collection directions: inside-out, facilitated and collective (2017)
    Princeton University Library - Princeton, New Jersey
  • Collections: inside-out, facilitated and collective (2017)
    The Big Ten Academic Alliance Collective Collection: Leveraging a Legacy to Shape Our Shared Future, Purdue University - West Lafayette, Indiana
  • Libraries, library users, and collections (2017)
    Jack E. and Debbie T. Thomas Endowed Lecture Series, Washington University - St. Louis, Missouri
  • Libraries, Library Users, and Collections (2017)
    Jack E. and Debbie T. Thomas Endowed Lecture Series, Washington University in St Louis - St Louis, Missouri
  • Reflections on collections: how changes in research workflow and the network information space are changing our view of collections (2017)
    Center for Informatics Research in Science and Scholarship Symposium, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
  • Some Collection Directions: Inside Out, Facilitated, Collective (2017)
    Ohio Valley Technical Services Group, Xavier University - Cincinnati, Ohio
  • The Irish presence in the global published record (2017)
    CONUL (Consortium of National and University Libraries) Annual Conference - Athlone, Ireland
  • The network reshapes the research library collection (2017)
    CONUL (Consortium of National and University Libraries) Annual Conference - Athlone, Ireland
  • The Powers of Consortia: Scaling Capacity, Learning, Innovation and Influence (2017)
    JULAC 50th Anniversary Conference - Hong Kong, China
  • Irish Studies: Making Library Data Work Harder (2016)
    American Conference for Irish Studies, University of Notre Dame - South Bend, Indiana
  • Library futures: Converging and Diverging Directions for Public and Academic Libraries (2016)
    ALIA National Conference - Adelaide, South Australia
  • Looking at Libraries, Collections, & Technology (2016)
    Bodleian Library, University of Oxford - Oxford, UK
  • The library in the life of the user (2016)
    Stellenbosch University 14th Annual Library Symposium - South Africa (Virtual)
  • The Library in the Life of the User: Two Collection Directions (2016)
    The transformation of academic library collecting: a symposium inspired by Dan C. Hazen, Harvard Library - Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • The Road Ahead 4: Challenges and Opportunities for Academic Libraries (2016)
    The Future of Academic Libraries: A Symposium on Provision for Online & Distance Learning Students, The Open University - Milton Keynes, UK
  • Working Collaboratively: Scaling Infrastructure, Learning and Innovation (2016)
    Ohio Libraries Day, OCLC - Dublin, Ohio
  • Collections Unbound: Collection Directions and the RLUK Collective Collection (2015)
    RLUK Members' Meeting, University of Warwick - Coventry, UK
  • Environmental Trends and OCLC Research (2015)
    University of Notre Dame - Notre Dame, Indiana
  • From Infrastructure to Engagement: Thinking About the Library in the Life of the User (2015)
    Minitex 24th Annual ILL Conference - St Paul, Minnesota
  • Libraries: from technology as artefact to technology as practice (2015)
    CITM/Library Deans Conference, Loyola University Maryland - Baltimore, Maryland
  • Library Collections and the Evolving Scholarly Record (2015)
    OCLC Research Library Partners meeting, University of Melbourne - Melbourne, Australia
  • The Facilitated Collection: Collections and Collecting in a Network Environment (2015)
    Libraries Australia Forum - Melbourne, Australia
  • Towards Collaboration at Scale: Libraries, the Social and the Technical (2015)
    OCLC Asia Pacific Regional Council Conference, RMIT University - Melbourne, Australia
  • Collection Directions: towards the Collective (Print) Collection (2014)
    OCLC Asia Pacific Regional Council Membership Conference - Jeju City, Republic of Korea
  • Scale, Engagement, Innovation: Library Directions (2014)
    Montana Library Association Offline Conference - Helena, Montana
  • The Library and the Network: Scale, Engagement, Innovation (2014)
    Georgetown University - Washington, D.C.
  • Thinking About Technology: Differently (2014)
    LITA Forum - Albuquerque, New Mexico
  • 4 Things About Discovery (2013)
    Technical Services Directors of Large Research Libraries (‘Big heads’), ALA Annual Conference - Chicago, Illinois
  • Discovery: Focus on Papers (2013)
    ARL Fall Forum: Mobilizing the Research Enterprise - Arlington, Virginia
  • Library Discovery: Past, Present and Some Futures (2013)
    NISO Virtual Conference: Web-Scale Discovery Services: Transforming Access to Library Resources - Virtual
  • Rightscaling, Engagement, Learning: Reconfiguring the Library for a Network Environment (2013)
    THETA 2013: The Edge of the World—The Higher Education Technology Agenda - Hobart, Australia
  • The Inside Out Library Redux: Scale, Learning, Engagement (2013)
    University of Melbourne - Melbourne, Australia
  • The Inside Out Library: Scale, Learning, Engagement (2013)
    BobcatSSS, Hacettepe University - Beytepe, Turkey
  • The Network Rebalances the Library: Patterns and Questions (2013)
    DALNET Educational Forum/Annual Meeting - Detroit, Michigan
  • The Network Repatterns the Library: From Infrastructure to Engagement (2013)
    Lianza Conference - Hamilton, New Zealand
  • Managing Our Online ‘Profersonal’ Lives (2012)
    University of Pittsburgh Library System - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • Reconfiguring Library Boundaries (2012)
    The Squeezed Middle: Exploring the Future of Library Systems: JISC/SCONUL Workshop, University of Warwick - Coventry, UK
  • Reconfiguring Library Boundaries (2011)
    RLUK Member's Meeting - London, UK
  • Reinventing the Academic Library: Challenges and Opportunities (2011)
    Ninth Annual Hong Kong University Library Institute on Library Leadership - Bangkok, Thailand
  • The Library, The Network (2011)
    Congrès des milieux documentaires du Québec - Montréal, Québec
  • The research library, the university and the network (2011)
    LIBER Annual Conference - Barcelona, Spain
  • Virtual international authority file (2011)
    DPLA Interoperability meeting, University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • Cooperation in the digital age: The network reconfigures the library? (2010)
    Biblioteksledermøde, Danish Agency for Libraries Annual library directors’ meeting - Nyborg, Denmark
  • Discovery and disclosure at the network level (2010)
    Worldcat Discovery Day, Orbis Cascade Alliance - Portland, Oregon
  • Discovery, Delivery, Disclosure (2010)
    Lund University Libraries - Lund, Sweden
  • Research libraries: an environmental glance (2010)
    Trinity College Dublin - Dublin, Ireland
  • Resource discovery in a network environment (2010)
    Fifth China – North America Library Conference, National Library of China - Beijing, China
  • The network has configured whole industries: what will academic libraries do? (2010)
    Emerging Technologies in Academic Libraries - Trondheim, Norway
  • The Research Library challenge: a comparative international perspective (2010)
    Cambridge University Library Visiting Committee - Cambridge, UK
  • Universities, libraries, collections, futures (2010)
    Miles Conrad Lecture NFAIS 52nd Annual Conference - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Universities, Research Libraries, (Collections) Boundaries (2010)
    University of Washington Libraries - Seattle, Washington
  • Connection, Concentration and Diffusion: Mobilizing Library Services (2009)
    2nd M-Libraries Conference, University of British Columbia - Vancouver, Canada
  • Systemwide Organization of Information Resources: A Multiscalar Environment (2009)
    JISC Pre-Conference Forum: Higher Education in a Global Economy: Implications for Technology and JISC - Edinburgh, UK
  • Towards Webscale (2009)
    UCLA Libraries - Los Angeles, California
  • The Changing Scholarly and Cultural Record (2007)
    Hall Center for the Humanities, University of Kansas - Lawrence, Kansas
  • The Network Rewrites the Library (2007)
    Phineas L. Windsor Lectureship, UIUC-Graduate School of Library and Information Science - Urbana Champaign, Illinois
  • Libraries and the network platform: A new cooperative context (2006)
    Inaugural Frederick G. Kilgour Lecture in Information and Library Science, The School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, North Carolina