This past fall, our Library faculty and academic professionals travelled across the country and the world to present on a wide variety of topics. As always, we congratulate our researchers on their important contributions to the U of I and to Library and Information Science and other disciplines. A selected bibliography of these presentations is provided below.

• Anderson, Patricia, Lynne Cutler, Scott Lissner, JJ Pionke, Stephanie Rosen, Anna Ercoli Schnitzer & Jane Vincent. “Exemplary Practices to Inspire Library Accessibility: A toolkit.” Midwest Medical Library Association, Ypsilanti, MI, October 13-16, 2017.
• Baker, Stephanie, Kelsey Cheshire, George Gottschalk, & Lynn Wiley. “Put Together the Pieces from your Purchase Data: What Metrics and Models Will Help Solve your Library Puzzle for an Integrated Book Purchase Plan?” Charleston Conference, Charleston, SC, November 9, 2017.
• Benson, Sara. “Copyright Mini-Series: A Train the Trainer Approach to Disseminating Copyright Knowledge to Subject Liaison Librarians.” Models for Copyright Education in Information Literacy Programs, 83rd IFLA General Conference and Assembly, University of Lower Silesia, Wroclaw, Poland, August 23, 2017.
• Berkamn, Susan W., Jalyn Kelly, Nancy Linden and William H. Mischo. “Beyond Vendor Fairs: Partnering with Vendors to Engage End Users”. The Charleston Conference. Charleston, NC. November 9, 2017.
• Hensley, Merinda Kaye. “Incorporating Scholarly Communication into our Information Literacy.” Scholarly Communication Conference at Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, October 27, 2017.
• —. “Moving from Theory to Application: Adult Education and Instructional Design.” Workshop at the Health Sciences Librarians of Illinois 2017 Conference, Bloomington, IL, 26 October 2017.
• Imker, Heidi. “Cross-Campus Collaborations Enable More Trust-Worthy Data Sharing at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.” World Data System Conference, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, September 29, 2017.
• —. “Research Data Management at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.” iPres2017-WDS Collaborative Session, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, September 28, 2017.
• —. “RDM Services in ARL Libraries: Research Data Service at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as a case study,” National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo, Japan, September 25, 2017.
• Ingold, Cindy. “Coalition Building Between Librarians and Activists: Navigating Race in Feminist and Social Justice Movements.” National Women’s Studies Association Meeting, Baltimore, MD, November 18, 2017.
• Mischo William H., Michael A. Norman and Mary C. Schlembach. “Discovery in 2017: Where Are We Now and Where Do We Want to Be?” Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) Fall Briefing. December 12, 2017.
• Mischo, William H. “A Bento Discovery System featuring the EBSCO EDS API.” The EBSCO User Group Conference. October 26, 2017.
• Mischo, William H. and Mary C. Schlembach. “The Changing Role of the Library in Digital Scholarship: The IDEA Lab at the University of Illinois.” Internet Librarian International. London, UK. October 18, 2017.
• Mischo, William H., Mary C. Schlembach and Carly A. Hafner. “The University of Illinois: Portable and Extensible Software Tools for Visualization Environments.” Immersive Scholarship Grant Cohort Meeting, North Carolina State University. Raleigh, NC. December 4, 2017.
• Mischo, William H., Michael A. Norman and Mary C. Schlembach. “Innovations in Discovery Systems: The Promise of the Bento Approach.. The Charleston Conference. November 9, 2017.
• —. “Trends in Discovery: The Bento Approach.” LITA National Conference. Denver CO. November 12, 2017.
• Pionke, JJ. “Show me your tattoo: Creating a successful exhibit around veteran narratives.” Illinois Library Association, Tinley Park, IL, October 10-12, 2017. Reprised at the Health Sciences Librarians of Illinois 2017 Conference, Bloomington, IL, October 25-27, 2017.
• —. “Library Guides on Disabilities: Creating a Robust Resource for all” Illinois Library Association, Tinley Park, IL, October 10-12, 2017. Reprised at the Health Sciences Librarians of Illinois 2017 Conference, Bloomington, IL, October 25-27, 2017.
• Savonius-Wroth, Celestina. “To Promote Unity in the Civil, or Common Concerns of Life: the Enlightenment Defense of the Calendar of the Church of England.” North American Conference on British Studies Annual Conference, Denver, Colorado, November 3-5, 2017.
• Song, Yoo-Seong. “Embedded Librarianship in Experiential Learning,” The 4th International Conference of Beijing Academic Network Library, Beijing, China, November 2017.
• Sroka, Marek. “Continuing Solidarity with Our Colleagues in Eastern Europe: the American Library Association (ALA) and the Postwar Rehabilitation of Eastern European. Libraries, 1945-1948,” 83rd IFLA General Conference and Assembly, World Library and Information Congress, Wrocław, Poland, August 20, 2017.
• Sroka, Marek. “Polish-American Newspapers in American and European Digital Collections,” presented at the 19th Annual Conference on Illinois History, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Springfield, Illinois, October 6, 2017.
• Thacker, Mara.“The Revival of Indian Comics: Perspectives from Stakeholders at Comic Con India.” 2017 Midwest Popular Culture Association Conference, St. Louis, MO, October 21, 2017.
• Wiley, Lynn. “After a Digital Take-Off: Nailing the Landing with New Directions in Collection Policies and Services at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, a Hathi Library.” Section on Acquisitions and Collections Development, 83rd IFLA General Conference and Assembly, University of Lower Silesia, Wroclaw, Poland August 24, 2017.