Meet Our Speakers

The Computers in Libraries conference attracts the best and the brightest. Meet and hear from the leaders in the information industry in all types of environments. Click on a speaker below for more information.

  • Cheryl Abdullah — Director, Dover Town Library
  • Amy Affelt — Director, Database Research Worldwide, Compass Lexecon, Author, The Accidental Data Scientist: Big Data Applications & Opportunities for Librarians & Information Professionals
  • Edward Ajaeb — Founder & President, Nighthawk Strategies
  • Sherry-Ann Antoine
  • Paula Archey — School Librarian, Western Albemarle High School
  • Mary Ellen Bates — Principal, Bates Information Services, Inc.
  • Adam Baumstarck — Senior User Experience Designer
  • Judy Bee — Associate Director, Teaching with Primary Sources, Midwest Region
  • Bob Bennhoff , Colorado Library Consortium
  • Matt Benzing — Engineering and Computing Librarian, Miami University, USA
  • Dhruti Bhagat — Web Services Librarian, Boston Public Library
  • Michelle Bingnear — Co-Supervisor, Technology Learning Center, Cape May County Library
  • Sarah Blackburn-Lancaster — STEM & Emerging Technologies Specialist, Valparaiso Community Library
  • David Blum — Reference Librarian, DCSLA, President
  • Erik Boekesteijn — Senior Advisor, National Library of the Netherlands, Pirate & Global Library Motivator
  • Jennifer Boettcher — Business Librarian, Georgetown University
  • Kelsey Bogan
  • Rosemary Bonanno — Executive Director, Vancouver Island Regional Library
  • John Bracken — Executive Director, Digital Public Library of America
  • Marshall Breeding — Independent Consultant, Library Technology Guides, USA
  • Meredith Broussard — Associate Professor, Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, New York University, Author, Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the World
  • Stephanie Brown — Computer Applications Specialist, Lakeland Public Libraries
  • Amy Burke — Executive Director, SLA
  • David Carson — Director, Corporate Communications & Strategic Initiatives, Vancouver Island Regional Library
  • Lisa Carter — Director, Library Services, Hartford Hospital
  • Andrea Cecchetto — Director, Service Excellence, Markham Public Library
  • Frank Cervone — Consultant, Cervone & Associates, Former, Executive Director, Information Services, & College Information Security Officer, University of Illinois
  • Eric Chan — ✎ ▷ I G I T A L . △ R T I S △ N  , EEPMON
  • Alexander Cohen — Library Consultant, Aaron Cohen Associates, LTD, LITA, SLA, PLA, ACRL, LLAMA
  • Tod Colegrove — Director and former State Librarian, Carson City Library, Emeritus Professor, University of Nevada, Reno
  • Sue Considine — International Consultant, Strategic Doing Consulting
  • Amanda Costigan — Librarian / Network Program Specialist, Federal Library and Information Network (FEDLINK)
  • Mae Craddock — School Librarian, Albermarle High School
  • Terry Darr — Library Director, Loyola Blakefield
  • Denise Davis — Director, Strategic Initiatives, Allen County Public Library
  • Lucrea Dayrit — Senior Librarian, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
  • Ger De Bruyn — Director, Ingressus
  • Christina de Castell — Chief Librarian, Vancouver Public Library
  • Nicholas Dease — Digital Learning Librarian, Pratt Institute Libraries
  • Chris DeCristofaro — Technology Librarian, Sachem Public Library
  • Todd Digby — Chair, Library Information Technology, University of Florida
  • Melissa Donaldson — Digital Services & Innovation Coordinator, Racine Public Library
  • Jane Dysart — Curator of Curiosity, Dysart & Jones Associates
  • Michael Peter Edson — Digital Strategist, Writer, Independent Consultant
  • Gillian (Jill) Ellern — Systems Librarian, Hunter Library, Western Carolina University
  • John Felts — Head of Library Technology & Systems, Library, Coastal Carolina University
  • David Ferriero — Archivist of the United States, Archivist of the United States
  • Tobi Fineberg — High School Librarian, The Dalton School
  • Krista Ford — Director, Director of Knowledge, Research, and Information Services, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
  • Laura Fu — Senior Business Analyst, Digital Asset Management, Red Hat
  • Caroline Fuchs — Learning Design Librarian and Associate Dean, St. John’s University Libraries
  • Daniel Gallaher — Information Literacy Librarian, Bess and Frank Gladhill Learning Commons, Frederick Community College
  • Michael B Gannon — Chief Operating Officer for Support Services, Prince George’s County Memorial Library System
  • Elizabeth Glass — Director, Policy, Planning and Performance Management, Toronto Public Library
  • Amanda L. Goodman — Publicity Manager, Darien Library
  • Brian C Gray — Special Projects Officer, Kelvin Smith Library, Case Western Reserve University
  • Tori Green — Education Partnership Manager, Misty Robotics
  • Jason Griffey — Director of Strategic Inititatives, NISO
  • Brittany Ham — Library Associate, ILL, Arlington Public Library
  • Scott Hargrove — Chief Executive Officer, Fraser Valley Regional Library
  • Heather Hedden — Data & Knowledge Engineer, Semantic Web Company, USA,, author of The Accidental Taxonomist
  • Michael Hibben — Senior Manager, Roanoke County Public Library
  • Cindy Hill — Research Library Manager, Research Library, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
  • Athena Hoeppner — Discovery Services Librarian, Libraries, University of Central Florida Libraries
  • Richard Huffine — Chief, Library and Public Information Center, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
  • Terence Huwe — Library Director (Emeritus), Institute for Research on Labor & Employment, University of California, USA
  • Rebecca Jones — Director, LLEAD Institute, Partner Emeritus, Dysart & Jones Associates
  • Sara Jones — Library Director, Marin County Free Library, President, CALIFA
  • Chelsea Jordan-Makely — Certified Agile Scrum Master, Griswold Memorial Library
  • Shilpa Karnik — Associate Director, Emerging Technologies, St. John’s University Libraries
  • Dick Kaser — Executive Editor, Computers in Libraries Magazine, Published by Information Today, Inc.
  • Barbie E. Keiser — President, Barbie E. Keiser, Inc.
  • Mazen Khoury , Springshare, USA
  • David Lee King — Digital Services Director, Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, Publisher, davidleeking.com
  • Meghan Kowalski — Outreach & Reference Librarian, University of the District of Columbia
  • Rex Krajewski — Director, Library & Learning Resource Services, North Shore Community College
  • Robert D Laws — Technology and Instruction Librarian, Georgetown University Qatar
  • Scott Leeb — Corporate Lead, Global Knowledge, Fragomen
  • Tim Lloyd — CEO, LibLynx
  • Robert F Loftus — Systems Librarian, Baldwinsville Public Library
  • Yuri Long — Special Collections Librarian, National Gallery of Art (NGA)
  • Christin MacKenzie — President, IFLA
  • John MacLeod — Director, XRLibraries
  • Chad Mairn — Librarian, Innovation Lab Manager, St. Petersburg College
  • Maria Markovic , Copyright & Library Management Consultant
  • Suzanne Marsalisi — Marketing Manager, Communico
  • William Martin — Innovation Officer, City of Racine
  • Colleen McKnight — Directer, Library Services, Frederick Community College
  • Brandy McNeil — Associate Director - Tech Education & Training, The New York Public Library
  • Erin Melhorn — Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC)
  • Fabio Montella — Assistant Professor, Library Services, Suffolk County Community College (SCCC)
  • Kathleen Monti — IT Librarian, FDIC
  • Dawn Nelson — School Library Media Specialist, Oak View Elementary School, Osseo Area Schools, Information and Technology Educators of Minnesota (ITEM)
  • Catherine Ng — Electronic Resource Training Co-ordinator, Palm Beach County Library System
  • Mark Noble — Founder, Turning Leaf Technologies
  • Elaina M Norlin — Professional Development Coordinator, Consortium, Association for Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)& Author, Six-Step Guide to Library Worker Engagement
  • Greg Notess — Professor Emeritus of Librarianship
  • Marydee Ojala — Editor, Online Searcher
  • Daria Opekunova — Education Partnership Manager, Misty Robotics
  • Sam Passey — Library Director, Uintah County Library, Uintah Basin Library Consortium
  • Ithan Payne — CEO, Ithan Payne Creative
  • Brian Pichman — Director of Strategic Innovation, Evolve Project
  • Lilian Pintos — Web Librarian, Vancouver Public Library
  • Diana Plunkett — Senior Manager, Strategic Initiatives, Brooklyn Public Library
  • Christine Ponte — Digital Library Group Lead, The MITRE Corporation
  • Richard Poynder — Independent Journalist & Open Access Commentator (virtual)
  • Gary Price — Co-Founder, infoDOCKET & FullTextReports
  • Nandi Prince — Assistant Professor, New York City College of Technology
  • Paul Quelch — CEO, Communico
  • Matthew Ragucci , Wiley
  • Lee Rainie — Director, Internet and Technology Research, Pew Research Center, Author of the book "Networked: The New Social Operating System"
  • Juanita Richardson — Manager, Learning Resource Collboratory, Michener Institute
  • Bonnie Roalsen — Library Director, Woburn Public Library, USA
  • Bruce Rosenstein — Managing Editor, Leader to Leader, Adjunct Professor, The Catholic University of America Department of Library and Information Science.
  • Sara Roye — Public Relations Specialist, Mastics-Moriches-Shirley Community Library
  • Michael P Sauers — Director of Technology, Do Space
  • Donna Scheeder — Consultant, Library Strategies International, Past President, International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
  • Pamela Schembri — School Library Media Specialist, Chappaqua Central School District
  • Moriah Sears — Library Director, New Lebanon Library
  • Allison Sillik — Director, Community Learning, Do Space
  • Gregory A. Smith — Associate Dean, Library Technologies & Collection Services, Liberty University
  • Wes Smith — Studio Librarian, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC)
  • Jen Starkey — Team Leader, Research Services, Case Western Reserve University
  • Wendy Stephens — School Library Program Chair, Jacksonville State University
  • Jennifer Sturge — Teacher Specialist for School Libraries, Calvert County Public Schools
  • Patrick "PC" Sweeney — Political Director, EveryLibrary
  • Amanda Sweet — Technology Innovation Librarian, Nebraska Library Commission
  • Gillian Takamaru — Librarian, National Library of Medicine
  • Nick Tanzi — Assistant Director, South Huntington Public Library
  • Jim Tchobanoff — President & Owner, Tchobanoff Research & Consulting
  • Melissa Techman — School Librarian, Western Albemarle High School
  • Tina Thomas — Executive Director, Customer Experience, Edmonton Public Library
  • Crystal Trice — Certified Agile Scrum Master, Washington County Cooperative Library Services
  • Jeff Trout — Co-Supervisor, Technology Learning Center, Cape May County Library
  • Nicol Turner-Lee — Fellow, Brookings Center for Technology Innovation, Contributor to TechTank; Author, forthcoming book, Digitally Invisible: How the Internet Is Creating the New Underclass
  • Lis Unger — Librarian/Technical Information Specialist, Public Service Division/Collection Access Section, National Library of Medicine
  • Ray Uzwyshyn — Director, Collection & Digital Services, Texas State University Libraries
  • Joyce Valenza — Assistant Professor, Master of Information Program, Rutgers SC&I
  • Theo van Bergen — Manager, Supreme Court Library, The Hague
  • Amy Vecchione — Associate Professor & Unit Head, Emerging Technologies and Experiential Learning, Boise State University
  • Sandy Weiner
  • Leslie Weir — Librarian & Archivist of Canada, Library and Archives Canada
  • Deanna West — Department Head, Information Services, The MITRE Corporation
  • Jessamyn C West — Librarian & Technologist, Vermont Mutual Aid Society
  • Tammy A. Westergard — Assistant Administrator, Nevada State Library, Archives & Public Records
  • Joanna Lynn Widzer — Certified Scrum Master, Systems Librarian, U.S. National Library of Medicine
  • Randi Wines — Branch Manager, Roanoke County Public Library
  • Jeff Wisniewski — Web Services Librarian, University of Pittsburgh
  • Cathy Wolford — Interim Director, DALNET - The Detroit Area Library Network
  • Stephanie Worrell Rubens — Brand Strategist, Stephanie Worrell Branding=Marketing + Design
  • Janice Young — Library Director, VA Central Office Library, Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Michelle Zaffino — Founder & Chief Digital Librarian, MyLibrarian / In the Stacks, Creators of the Librarian Brain database
  • Jessie Zairo — Director of Library Sales & Outreach, ByWater Solutions, LLC
  • Gloria Zamora
  • Jan Zastrow — Consulting Archivist/Researcher, Hyperclick Online Services
  • Alexandra Radocchia Zealand — Web Editor, New Media Developer and Video Producer, Web Team, Arlington Public Library, VLA
  • Yuning Zhou — Library Systems Specialist, National Gallery of Art (NGA) Library