Presentations

Robin presenting at Designing for Digital, her favorite conference, 2023

I often present things I make and think about! I post almost everything I present here: slides, handouts, code, and/or TL;DR-style notes. These are mostly library-related.

Upcoming presentations

Beyond Band-Aids: Rethinking Accessibility Widgets

Code4Lib 2024 in Ann Arbor, MI
Presenting with Meredith Wynn
May 14, 2024

Practices that Foster Belonging: Igniting Inclusion from Day One

CALM Conference (virtual)
Presenting with Tarida Anantachai, Adebola Fabiku, and Nellie Maurer
May 15, 2024

Workshop: The Art and Science of Perfectly Tolerable Web Forms

Code4Lib 2024 in Ann Arbor, MI
May 16, 2024

Past presentations

From Chaos to Clarity: Improve Your Library’s Web Presence with Content Strategy

LibTech Insights Complementary Webinar. Learn how to create effective content strategies for your library website

Webinar for Choice LibTech Insights
Presented with Beatrice Downey
April 2, 2024
Video and slide deck (PDF)

Panel: Decreasing Barriers to Library Use

EDII Lunch and Learn series. Make your services inclusive, accessible, and welcoming to all

September 14, 2023
Oklahoma Library Association (event page)
Held virtually

Conducting Pop-Up User Research That Moves a Project Forward

Co-presented with Beatrice Downey
July 18, 2023
Triangle Research Libraries Network (TRLN) Annual Meeting

Accessibility Initiatives at NC State University Libraries

Space needs. Where can I go that is quiet, uncrowded, or does not have overhead lights that give me a headache?

Co-presented with Beth Ashmore
July 13, 2023
Webinar for Northeast Ohio Regional Library System (event page)

Designing for Stressed Users, Your New Default Audience

$Mental bandwidth. Not stressed: full. Stressed: a fraction of the available bandwidth$

June 15, 2023
Cooperating Raleigh Colleges Library Workshop at William Peace University

Better Web Forms: Practical Tips for Evaluation, Accessibility, and Design

Before and after screenshots of forms. Before: longer and more complex. After: simpler and shorter

Co-presented with Erik Olson
March 8, 2023
Designing for Digital Conference, Austin, TX. (D4D session page)
Slide deck for Better Web Forms

Working Together: Developing Better Practices for Collaborating in a Remote & Hybrid Workplace at NC State

Co-presented with Hillary Fox, Kevin Beswick, and Lynn Whittenberger
March 14, 2022
Library Association at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Conference (virtual)
View Better Practices for Remote & Hybrid Working Environment: Final Reports

Better Practices for Hybrid Meetings & Collaboration

Co-presented with Hillary Fox
Multiple presentations:
- November 3, 2021, IT Community Event, NC State University (virtual)
- September 8, 2021, Office of Research and Innovation, NC State University (virtual)
- June 11, 2021, Women In Technology group, NC State University (virtual)

Ascending to New Heights: A Jumpstart Program to Prepare Students for Careers in Library Technology

Futuristic-looking title

Co-presented with Tori Culler and Kevin Beswick
April 15, 2021
ACRL 2021 (virtual)
Conference paper (PDF) — Proceedings

Emails Are UX, Too: How to Make Better Overdue Notices and Other Communications

Sparkly title slide screenshot

Co-presented with Silvia Sheffield
February 23, 2021
Designing for Digital 2021 (virtual)
Slide deck for Emails Are UX, Too, on Zenodo (includes speaker notes)

Intro to Python (Build a Twitter Bot)

GitHub screenshot

Co-led with Tori Culler, based on a workshop co-created with Mark Eaton
August 4, 2020
Part of the Library Technology Career Jumpstart Program (virtual)
GitHub repository

Turn “written by committee” into a good thing with a user-centered content strategy

Green title slide

Co-presentation with Meredith Wynn
July 31, 2020
TRLN Annual Meeting (virtual)
Slide deck for Turn “written by committee” into a good thing (Google Slides)

Uncovering the Mystery of How Users Find and Use Ebooks Through Guerilla Testing

Co-presentation with Xiaoyan Song
March 27, 2020
North Carolina Serials Conference (canceled due to COVID-19 precautions, but you can read our user research write-up)

Participatory Paper Prototyping: Revealing User Needs and Priorities

March 10, 2020
Designing for Digital Conference, Austin, TX
Slide deck for Participatory Paper Prototyping

Nondescript: How computers understand writing style — and what that means for privacy

Slide with title against marbled pattern

November 5, 2019
Share with a Peer presentation at NC State University Libraries
SWAP slide slide deck

Bot Literacy: Teaching Librarians to Make Twitter Bots

Slides screenshot that says, What are bots?

Co-presented with Mark Eaton
March 27, 2019
Computers in Libraries conference, Arlington, VA (CIL event page)
“Bot Literacy” slide deck

The Final Death(s) of Digital Scholarship: An Ongoing Case Study of DH2005 Projects

Slides screenshot

March 1, 2019
Digital Afterlives Symposium, Bard College, New York, NY. (Digital Afterlives event page)
Write-up of The Final Death(s) of Digital Scholarship

Keep it secret, keep it safe! Preserving anonymity by subverting stylometry

Slides screenshot

October 5, 2018
PyGotham, Hotel Pennsylvania, New York, NY (PyGotham event page)
Video of Keep it secret, keep it safe!presentation (YouTube, 27 minutes)
Slide deck of Keep it secret, keep it safe! with speaker notes (PDF)

Python for Beginners: A Gentle and Fun Introduction (workshop)

GitHub screenshot

Co-led with Mark Eaton
June 22, 2018
LITA Pre-Conference, ALA Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA (LITA event page)
Python for Beginners workshop materials (see workshops page for details)

Twine for Tutorials

First slide with title and three sample passages

Co-presented with Kate Lyons
March 15, 2018
LACUNY Emerging Technologies Committee, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY

Build your own Twitter bot: a gentle and fun introduction to Python (workshop)

GitHub screenshot

Build your own Twitter bot workshop materials (see workshops page for details)
Co-led with Mark Eaton
February 13, 2018
Code4Lib 2018 pre-conference workshop, Washington, DC (Code4Lib event page)

HTML and CSS for library professionals (workshop)

First slide with title and presentation info

HTML and CSS for library professionals slide deck (see workshops page for details)
February 8, 2018
Southeastern NY Library Resources Council, Highland, NY

Making ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’–style Tutorials with Twine

First slide with title and three sample passages

Tutorials with Twine slide deck
January 22, 2018
CUNY Games Conference, New York, NY (CUNY Games event page)

“Escape the Library!” Information Literacy and Collaborative Learning

Robin posing with poster

Poster (image, 3MB)
January 22, 2018
CUNY Games Conference, New York, NY (CUNY Games event page)

Accessibility basics: Usable today, preservable for tomorrow

First slide with title

My slide deck as PDF with notes
Full panel slide deck on CUNY Academic Works
December 1, 2017
Part of panel: “Accessibility in the Time of Limited Resources,” CUNY IT Conference, John Jay College of Criminal Justice