“Leading in Scholarship: Developing a Research Agenda in 21st Century Academic Librarianship” at the 2016 Association of Research Libraries Annual Leadership Forum, Boston, MA, January 8, 2016.
“The Best of the Past, Present, and Future: Community Engagement In (& Out of) the Archives” Paper titled “The Newark Citizen Historian Initiative: A Unique Opportunity for University-Community Collaboration,” 21st Annual Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities Conference, Omaha, NE, October 13, 2015.
“Walking the Talk: Risks and Opportunities in Online Publication of Oral Histories,” Society of American Archivists 79th Annual Meeting, Cleveland, OH, August 21, 2015. Panelist.
“We’re talking the talk but are we walking the walk? Turning Change Into Palpable Action,” Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference Fall Meeting, Baltimore, MD, October 17, 2014.
“Re-Composing the Archives: American Archival Practice in the 21st Century,” Annual Meeting of the International Association of Music Libraries and Documentation Centers, Antwerp, Belgium, July 18, 2014.
Mainstreaming of Special Collections – “Re-Composing the Institute of Jazz Studies: A Vision for Archival Management in the 21st Century.” 10th Annual Association of Research Libraries’ Leadership Symposium, ALA Midwinter Conference, Philadelphia, PA, January 24, 2014.
“New Music in the Archives: Where the Avant-Garde Meets the Digital Age,” Society of American Archivists 75th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, August 27, 2011.
“The Role of Professional Organizations in Professional Leadership.” 2011 Archives Leadership Institute, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI, July 21, 2011. (Invited)
“Retos de una Era Electrónica: Preservación y Acceso al Patrimonio Musical Contemporáneo” Coloquio El Sentido de la Documentación en las Artes, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Bogotá, Colombia, September 13, 2010 (Invited).
“Playing it by Ear: Appraisal Considerations for Acquiring Music Collections,” Society of American Archivists 74th Annual Meeting, Acquisitions and Appraisal Section Meeting, Washington, DC, August 13, 2010.
“More than Just “Sheet Music”: Identifying and Describing Music Materials in Archives and Special Collections, “Midwest Archives Conference Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 22, 2010.
Building Sustainable Preservation Environments for Born-Digital Records: Three Case Studies, presentation titled “Creative Strategies for the Collection and Preservation Born-Digital Music”, Society of American Archivists 73rd Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, August 15, 2009.
The Future of the Present: Preserving Avant-Garde Art (Panel Discussion). Society of American Archivists 72nd Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, August 28, 2008.
“Ephemeral Music: Electronic Music Collections in the U.S.”. Platform Presentation, Society of American Archivists 2008 Research Forum - Foundations and Innovations, San Francisco, CA, August 26, 2008.
“EAD Software: Collection Management and Access Tools”. Annual Meeting of the Midwest Chapter of the Music Library Association, Cincinnati, OH, October 12, 2007 (Invited).
"Ephemeral Music: A Survey of Electronic Music Collections in the U.S.,” Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting, 2007 Research Forum Poster Session, Chicago, IL, August 28, 2007.
“Dueling Transistors: Preserving the Sal-Mar Construction and the Legacy of Electronic Music in the Americas” International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives Annual Meeting in Mexico City, Mexico, September 12, 2006.
“Dueling Transistors: Preserving the Sal-Mar Construction and the Legacy of Electronic Music at the University of Illinois” in collaboration with Scott Schwartz, Archivist for Music and Fine Arts, UIUC. Conference presentation for the Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries 2006 Spring Conference, Bloomington, IL, March 30, 2006.