Presentations
                                                 (Continued from Recent Activities Page)

  • Invited Presentation, “The Digital Library Update: Comforting Myths, Statistical Realities, and Realistic Opportunities,” Elsevier Editors’ Conference, Philadelphia, PA, November 1, 2003.
  • North American Delegate,  e-International Coalition of Library Consortia 5, Elsinore, Denmark, October 23-25, 2003.
  • Workshop, ”Management Series – 2: Management Tools and Budgets,” Thessaloniki, Greece, October 13-17, 2003.
  • Invited Debater, “Be it Resolved: It is Time to Kill Print,” Society for Scholarly Publishing, Baltimore, MD, May 30, 2003.
  • Workshop, “Management Series – 1: Working in Teams and Groups,” Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey, May 5-7, 2003.
  • Invited Presentation, “Vision and Mechanisms: Consortial Possibilities,” ANKOS Conference, Kusadasi, Turkey, April 19, 2003
  • Invited Presentation, “Better Value from Bigger Deals: Issues and Experiences,” Spring Conference, Association of Subscription Agents and Intermediaries, London, England, February 24-25, 2003.
  • Invited Presentation, “The Big Deal…A Good Deal!” International Coalition of Library Consortia, Thessaloniki, Greece, October 3-5, 2002
  • North American Delegate, Second Annual Southern European Library Link Meeting, Escola Superior d'Agricultura de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, May 18, 2002.
  • Invited speaker, "The Big Deal and How to Fund it," Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece, May 15, 2002.
  • Keynote speaker, "Choosing a Consortial Buying Model: Good Lessons and Warning Lessons," Second International ANKOS Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey, May 9-11, 2002.
  • Invited speaker, "Consortial Licensing vs. Tradition: Breaking Up is Hard to Do," 18thInternational Learned Journals Seminar, London, England, April 12, 2002.
  • Professor, "U.S. Consortia and Licensing: Good Lessons, Hard Lessons, Warning Lessons," Ticer Spring School (EU), CERN Switzerland, March 4-8, 2002.
  • North American Delegate, Second Annual Southern European Library Link Meeting, Escola Superior d'Agricultura de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, May 18, 2002.
  • Invited speaker, "The Big Deal and How to Fund it," Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece, May 15, 2002.
  • Keynote speaker, "Choosing a Consortial Buying Model: Good Lessons and Warning Lessons," Second International ANKOS Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey, May 9-11, 2002.
  • Invited speaker, "Consortial Licensing vs. Tradition: Breaking Up is Hard to Do," 18thInternational Learned Journals Seminar, London, England, April 12, 2002.
  • Professor, "U.S. Consortia and Licensing: Good Lessons, Hard Lessons, Warning Lessons," Ticer Spring School (EU), CERN Switzerland, March 4-8, 2002.
  • North American Delegate, International Consortium of Library Consortia. Helsinki, Finland. Nov. 30-Dec.1, 2001
  • Invited speaker with Ken Frazier, "Mass Purchase vs Selection: A Point/Counterpoint Discussion," Charleston Conference, Charleston, SC, Nov. 2, 2001.
  • Invited speaker, "Learning From Our Experiments: The Remarkable Implications of OhioLINK and HEAL-Link Electronic Use Data for Collection Development," Panhallenic Library Association, Thessaloniki, Greece, October 15-17, 2001.
  • Professor, "U.S. Consortia and Licensing: Good Lessons, Hard Lessons, Warning Lessons," Ticer Summer School (EU), Florence, Italy, October 7-12, 2001
  • Keynote speaker, "New Tools, New Data, New Ideas: Electronic Collection Use and Collection Building in the New Millennium," CONCERT 2001 (Consortium on Core Electronic Resources in Taiwan), Taipei, Taiwan, October 3-4, 2001.
  • Invited speaker and participant, "Strategy Session," Canadian National Site Licensing Project (CNSLP), Halifax, NS, September 12-13, 2001.
  • Invited speaker, "Future Growth, Future Strength: The Library-Consortia Partnership," IFLA Library Consortium Preconference, Boston, MA August 16-17, 2001.
  • Invited speaker, "Myth and Reality in the Library World: Reviewing our Assumptions," Annual Meeting of the Dutch Library Association (Dutch Serials Group session). Ede, Netherlands. June 21, 2001.
  • Invited speaker, "What If What We Know, Isn't True? Redefining Library-Publisher Relations for the 21st Century," (series, 3) Society for Scholarly Publishing. San Francisco, CA June 7-8, 2001.
  • Keynote speaker, "What if What We Know, Isn't True: Selection, Collection Development and Usage," (series, 2) E-Books and E-Journals Conference, NELINET, Amherst, MA. May 22, 2001
  • Keynote speaker, "What if What We Know, Isn't True?" (series, 1) BIBSAM Conference on Electronic Journal Licensing, Stockholm, Sweden. May 14-15, 2001.
  • Invited speaker, "Scholarly Communication Today: What;s Wrong and What You Can Do About It," Open Meeting on SPARC. London, England. February 21, 2001.
  • North American Delegate, International Consortium of Library Consortia. Berlin, Germany. December 1-3, 2000.
  • Plenary speaker, "Rethinking Collection Development: Is Selection Still Appropriate?" Charleston Conference, Charleston, South Carolina. November 2, 2000. (Paper published in Proceedings)
  • Invited speaker, Ibid., Catchword Publisher Presentations,
  • Charleston, South Carolina. November 6, 2000
  • Oxford, England. November 30, 2000.
  • Invited speaker. Ibid., MCB Publisher Presentations, Washington, DC. January 12, 2001.
  • Invited speaker, "Consortia and Licensing in the United States: Good Lessons, Hard Lessons, Warning Lessons," Ticer Summer School, Tilburg, Netherlands. August 7-11, 2000.
  • Invited speaker, "Shifting Approaches to Collection Development: Should We Bother Selecting Journals at All?" Oxford 2000. Keble College, Oxford University, Oxford, England. July 20-22, 2000.
  • Keynote speaker, "Beyond Negotiations: Consortial Experiments in New Publication Models," Greek National Academic Library Conference—Weaving New Webs: Cooperation for Survival in the New Millennium, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece, March 20-21, 2000.
  • Invited speaker, "Contract Services: Making Money for the Library," Nankai University, Tianjin, China, October 27, 1999 (ditto Tianjin Public Library, October 28, 1999).
  • Invited speaker, "Redefining the Academic Library for the Twenty-First Century: Transformation and Continuity," Nankai University, Tianjin, China, October 26, 1999 (ditto Tianjin Public Library, October 28, 1999).
  • Invited speaker, "Consortia and Licensing in the U.S.: Lessons Learned, Deals Struck," Thessaloniki Spring Course on the Digital Library, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece, May 25, 1999.
  • Invited speaker, ALibraries, Publishing and Evolution: Putting Tradition to New Uses,@ Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece. November 3, 1998.
  • Invited speaker, ARedefining the Academic Library for the Twenty-first Century: Citizenship in the Bibliographic Polis,@ 7th Annual Greek Academic Library Conference, Volos, Greece, November 4-6, 1998.
  • Invited participant (one of six North American librarians), Communicating Culture Conference at the J. Paul Getty Center, Los Angeles, California, October 21-23, 1998.
  • Keynote speaker (State Library Association): Pennsylvania, 1997; Arkansas, 1998; Minnesota, 1998.
  • Program chair/speaker, "Preserving, While Sharing, Our Treasures," International Federation of Library Associations Annual Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 3, 1997.
  • Invited speaker, "How the Virtual Library Transforms Interlibrary Loan," Interlending and Document Supply 5th International Conference, Aarhus, Denmark, August 26, 1997.
  • Invited speaker, "From Documents to Data: Anticipating the Next Wave," ACRL Pre-conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 28, 1995.
  • Invited speaker, "Public Services in the Revolutionized Environment," Computers in Libraries >95, February 27-March 3, Washington, DC, 1995 (proceedings published).
  • Invited speaker, "A River Runs Through It - Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky and the 21st Century Library," Northern Kentucky Library series, Northern Kentucky University, July 22, 1994.
  • Keynote speaker, "Symphony in a New Key: The 21st Century Library," Kentucky Library Network Ninth Annual Membership Meeting, Lexington, Kentucky, May 16, 1994.
  • Moderator and introductory speaker, "Creating the Virtual Library in Ohio - New Partnerships, New Politics, New Money," EDUCOM Concurrent Session, 1993.
  • Invited speaker, Cincinnati, various professional occasions, 1991 - .
  • Invited speaker, "A New Definition of Integrated Library Automation," Association of College and Research Libraries Conference Program, ALA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, Summer, 1988.
  • Moderator, "12 years Till 2000: Preparing for Reference in the 21st Century," Reference & Adult Services Division Conference Program, American Library Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, Summer, 1988.
  • Invited speaker, "The Reviewing Process," Special Libraries Association National Meeting, Denver, Colorado, Spring, 1988.
  • Invited paper, "Patterns in Quantitative Library Research," Library Research Roundtable program, American Library Association Annual Meeting, New York City, Summer, 1986.
  • Refereed paper, "A Populist Approach to Automation: Developing Local Systems in a Mainframe Context," Association of College and Research Libraries, Biannual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, 1986.
  • Co-leader, Office of Management Studies Workshop on Library Management, Philadelphia, 1985.
  • Invited speaker, "Microprocessors in Public Service," Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries, Annual Meeting, Sangamon State University, 1983.
  • Group leader, "Using Statistics to Analyze Library Services," American Library Association Preconference, Dallas, 1979 (two days, teaching sampling, statistical tests and SPSS).
  • San Francisco, 1981 (similar to above).
  • Los Angeles, 1983 (similar to above).
  • Group leader, "Reference Statistics Workshop," American Library Association Preconference, Detroit, 1977 (two days, teaching sampling, statistical tests, computer coding and SPSS).

Dr. David Kohl

 "Libraries in the digital age are experiencing the most profound transformation since ancient Mesopotamian scribes first began gathering and organizing cuneiform tablets."

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