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# Lorcan Dempsey

## Recent presentations

This is a select list of recent presentations, provided here for ease of reference. Potential readers should be aware that topics develop through presentations, leading to some overlap! Most external presentations have been included, and some internal.

## 2008

20 October 2008
Web Scale: What and Why
OCLC Members Council general session, Dublin, Ohio (USA)
(.ppt: 4.0MB/20 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/mcwebscale.ppt

13 October 2008
Four Inconsistent Pictures, Some Questions and No Answers: Some Notes About Research Libraries in Modern Times
Cambridge University Library, Cambridge (UK)
(.ppt: 3.2MB/32 slidea)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/cam08.ppt

5-7 August 2008
Moving d2d to the Network Level
Rethinking Access to Information (IFLA Satellite Meeting), Boston, Massachusetts (USA)
(.ppt: 7.9MB/42 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/bostonpreifla.ppt

11 June 2008
Web 2.0, Library Systems and the Library System
SCONUL Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)
(.ppt: 9.8MB/47 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/sconul08.ppt

20 May 2008
Full Disclosure: Thinking About Library Resources in Web-scale Discovery Environments
Journée abes, Montpellier (France)
(.ppt: 5.3MB/46 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/abes.ppt

15 April 2008
Networks and Libraries
JISC Conference 2008, Birmingham (UK)
(.ppt: 985KB/15 slides)
Another version of this presentation was given at the UKOLN 30th Anniversary, 10 April 2008, British Library, London (UK)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/jiscbham.ppt

14 April 2008
The Network Reconfigures the Library: People and Places, Collections and Services
LIR Seminar 2008, Liberty Hall, Dublin (Ireland)
(.ppt: 5.0M/42 slides)
Earlier versions of this presentation were given at the University of Iowa (21 February 2008) and the University of Kansas (5 December 2007).
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/lir.ppt

21 February 2008
The Network Reconfigures the Library: People and Places, Collections and Services
The University of Iowa, Iowa City (USA)
(.ppt: 5.1M/44 slides)
Adapted from the University of Kansas presentation of the same name, 5 December 2007.
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/uiowa.ppt

## 2007

5-6 December 2007
The Network Reconfigures the Library: People and Places, Collections and Services
University of Kansas Libraries, Lawrence, Kansas (USA)
(.ppt: 4.9MB/44 slides)
This presentation adapts an earlier one: "The Network Reconfigures the Library: Workforce Issues." The Fourth China-US Library Conference, OCLC, 23-25 October 2007, Columbus, Ohio (USA)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/kansas.ppt

5 December 2007
The Changing Scholarly and Cultural Record
Hall Center for the Humanities, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas (USA)
(.ppt: 5.5MB/55 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/kansasheritage.ppt

16 November 2007
Libraries in the New Network Environment
San José Public Library and San José State University Library, San José, California (USA)
(.ppt: 3.3MB/49 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/sanjose.ppt

13 September 2007
Library Services in the Flow: The Network Reconfigures Everything
Wyoming Library Association conference, Cheyenne, Wyoming (USA)
(.ppt: 4.6MB/61 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/wyoming.ppt

14 June 2007
The Network Reconfigures Discovery: The Importance of Disclosure
Ohio State University Libraries, Library 2.0 Conference, Columbus, Ohio (USA)
(.ppt: 5.2MB/47 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/osuld.ppt

6-8 June 2007
Changing Users and Changing Technology: The Network Rewrites the Library
California State University Libraries Futures Summit Meeting, Santa Rosa, California (USA)
(.ppt: 3.4MB/45 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/csu.ppt

24-25 May 2007
The Virtual Cultural Heritage
LIBER Think tank on the future value of the book as artefact and the future value of digital documentary heritage, National Library of Sweden, Stockholm
(.ppt: 4.4MB/46 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/liberbook.ppt

10 May 2007
The Network Rewrites the Library: Supporting Research and Learning
Solinet Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia (USA)
(.ppt: 7.7MB/44 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/solinet07.ppt

26 April 2007
The Network Rewrites the Catalog
University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Virginia (USA)
(.ppt: 6.6MB/71 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/uva.ppt

13 April 2007
Thinking about Collections
Fiesole Collection Development Retreat, The University of Hong Kong (China)
(.ppt: 2.5MB/45 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/fiesole.ppt

12 April 2007
Environment and People
The Academic Library: Dinosaur or Phoenix?, Chinese University of Hong Kong (China)
(.ppt: 3.3MB/41 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/shorthk.ppt

19 March 2007
In the Flow: From Discovery to Disclosure
CIC Library Conference, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (USA)
(.ppt: 4.7MB/50 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/cic.ppt

23 February 2007
The Network Rewrites the Library
Phineas L. Windsor Lectureship, UIUC-GSLIS, Urbana-Champaign, Illnois (USA)
(.ppt: 8.45MB/68 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/uiuc.ppt

21 January 2007
The New Environment of Description
PCC Participants Meeting, ALA Midwinter Meeting, Seattle, Washington (USA)
(.ppt: 2.6MB/39 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/seattlepcc.ppt

19 January 2007
Moving to the Network Level: Discovery and Disclosure
ALCTS Meeting, ALA Midwinter Meeting, 19 January 2007, Seattle, Washington (USA)
(.ppt: 3.9MB/50 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/seattlealcts.ppt

## 2006

8 December 2006
Libraries in a web 2.0 environment
Numérique et bibliothèques : le deuxième choc, 4ème édition des Entretiens de la BnF, Bibliothèque National de France, Paris (France)
(.ppt: 3.0MB/47 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/bnf.ppt

1 December 2006
The Library and the Network: A Perspective
All-Staff Day, Arlington County Public Library, Arlington, Virginia (USA)
(.ppt: 7.8MB/69 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/arlington.ppt

24 October 2006
It must change: creating value in a network environment
Library Renaissance Conference Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado (USA)
(.ppt: 4.1MB/44 slides)
This adapts the presentation given at the Montana State University Libraries Symposium listed below (29 Septmber 2006). A version of this presentation was also given at the Minitex/OCLC User Group meeting in the Twin Cities on 16 October 2006
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/colorado.ppt

6-7 October 2006
Some collection directions
With contributions by Brian Lavoie.
Center for Research Libraries (CRL) Retreat, Chicago, Illinois (USA)
(.ppt: 2.1MB/37 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/crl.ppt

29 September 2006
Network *-intermediation
Montana State University Libraries Symposium, Bozeman, Montana (USA)
(.ppt: 4MB/44 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/montana.ppt

7 July 2006
Resource Discovery
JISC/CNI Conference, York (UK)
(.ppt: 1.9MB/17 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/rdyork.ppt

3 July 2006
The changing digital library landscape: trends in the world of Web 2.0
EDINA 10th Anniversary, University of Edinburgh (Scotland)
(.ppt: 3.7MB/39 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/edinburgh.ppt
A Webcast of this talk is available from the University's Streaming Media Service:
http://webhelp.ucs.ed.ac.uk/services/media/asxfiles/webcasts/lorcan_dempsey_archive.wvx

6 June 2006
Thinking about Libraries in an Amazoogle Environment
Cendi, Washington, DC (USA)
(.ppt: 6.9MB/60 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/cendi.ppt

17 May 2006
Library services in a competitive digital environment
Celtic Connections Conference, Cardiff, Wales (UK)
(.ppt: 6.9MB/60 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/cardiff.ppt

13 April 2006
Moving to the network level: Libraries, readers and applications
ORBIS Cascade Alliance Retreat, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (USA)
(.ppt: 4MB/52 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/cascade.ppt

30 March 2006
Libraries and networks: The new cooperative context
University of Illinois, Springfield, IL (USA)
(.ppt: 3.1MB/46 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/springfield.ppt

28 March 2006
4 pictures and a conclusion: The third age of libraries in a network environment
Taiga Forum 2006, Chicago, IL (USA)
(.ppt: 2.4MB/49 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/taiga.ppt

23 March 2006
Structured data, Web 2.0, libraries
Computers in Libraries 2006, Washington, DC (USA)
(.ppt: 2.7MB/44 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/cil06.ppt

16 March 2006
On the discrimination of Huck Finns: A short presentation on FRBR
Reading 2.0, San Francisco, California (USA)
(.ppt: 2.1MB/29 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/shorterreading2.ppt

22 February 2006
Libraries and the network platform: A new cooperative context
2006 OCLC/Frederick G. Kilgour Lecture in Information and Library Science, The School of Information and Library Science, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA)
(.ppt: 1.5MB/33 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/unc-kilgour.ppt

13 February 2006
Web 2.0 and libraries: Some examples
OCLC Members Council general session, Dublin, Ohio (USA)
(.ppt: 2.6MB/40 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/mc2006-02-13.ppt

## 2005

19 October 2005
The library and the network: Flattening the library and turning it inside out
Access 2005, Edmonton, Alberta (Canada)
(.ppt: 4.9MB/43 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/edmonton.ppt
An audio recording of this presentation is available online at: http://access2005.library.ualberta.ca/presentations/podcasts/dempsey.mp3 (MP3:15.3MB/67min.)

12 July 2005
Libraries in the age of Amazoogle: Flattened and turned inside out
NoWAL meeting, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, England (UK)
(.ppt: 3.8MB/36 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/manchester.ppt
An earlier version of this presentation is available as:
The Inside out library: Libraries in the age of Amazoogle
LIBER Pre-conference: Converging and Dissolving the University Library, 5 July 2005, University Library of Groningen (the Netherlands)
(.ppt: 4.8MB/45 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/liber.ppt

15-17 June, 2005
Looking at libraries
NetLibrary Publishers' Summit Meeting, Estes Park, Colorado (USA)
(.ppt: 2.7MB/34 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/publisherssummit.ppt

17 May 2005
Making data work harder
OCLC Members Council General Session, "Spotlight on OCLC Research for the Library Landscape," Dublin, Ohio (USA)
(.ppt: 6.4MB/26 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/memberscouncil/2005-05/dempsey.ppt

An earlier version of this presentation was given at:
Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians (OVGTSL) 2005 Conference May 13 2005, Newark, Ohio (USA)
(.ppt: 6.7MB/34 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/granville.ppt

9-11 March 2005
We are the network people
Tenth Annual AgNIC Coordinating Committee Meeting, Potomac, MD (USA)
(.ppt: 1.8MB/20 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/agnic2005.ppt

4-6 February 2005
Metadata: Practice and practice
CLIR workshop, Managing Digital Assets: A Primer for Library and Information Technology Administrators, Charleston, South Carolina (USA)
(.ppt: 3.7MB/58 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/clirmetadata.ppt

## 2004

6-7 December 2004
Going 'On-Web' : Google, Yahoo, Open WorldCat and library services
with Chip Nilges, at CNI 2004 Fall Task Force Meeting, Portland, Oregon (USA)
(.ppt: 2.4MB/29 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/cni04dec.ppt

12-17 September 2004
Libraries, digital libraries and digital library research
ECDL2004: the 8th European Digital Library Conference, University of Bath, England (UK)
(.ppt: 5.4MB/29 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/ecdl2004.ppt

8-9 July 2004
Libraries and the Enchantment of E-learning: Report from an OCLC sponsored task force
(.ppt: 147K/15 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/brightonlearning.ppt

Libraries in the age of Amazoogle: Some issues and responses: The example of OpenWorldCat
(.ppt: 810K/26 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/brightonowc.ppt

Both of the above given at the JISC/CNI Meeting 2004: The future of scholarship in the digital age Brighton, England (UK)

15 June 2004
OCLC: Some development and research directions in the areas of metadata management and knowledge organization
Library of Congress Cataloging managers retreat, Washington, DC (USA).
(.ppt: 3.5MB/57 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/lc20042.ppt

20 May 2004
Metadata practice and direction: A community perspective
NISO Workshop: Metadata Practices on the Cutting Edge, Washington, DC (USA).
(.ppt: 2.6MB/39 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/nisometadata.ppt

4 May 2004
The pattern is new in every moment: Observations on issues affecting libraries and archives within the framework of the 2003 OCLC environmental scan
Presentation to Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (Canada).
A version of this presentation was also given to the Library of Congress Cataloging managers' retreat 15 June 2004 and to library staff at the University of Oxford 7 July 2004.
(.ppt: 4.8MB/60 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/larc.ppt

17 April 2004
Interoperability: The value of recombinant potential
Given at ARLIS 2004, the 32nd Annual Conference of the Art Libraries Society of North America, New York City (USA).
(.ppt: 2.6MB/28 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/arlis04.ppt

16 April 2004
Observations on: The 2003 OCLC Environmental Scan: Pattern Recognition
CNI Spring 2004 Task Force Meeting, Alexandria, Virginia (USA)
(.ppt: 3.8MB/48 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/cni04.ppt

16 February 2004
Terms and conditions ... libraries, subject terminologies and the web
Opening address to Dewey Editorial Policy Committee Retreat, Dublin, Ohio (USA).
(.ppt: 4.3MB/52 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/dewey_20040316.ppt

13 February 2004
A National Terminology Service?
Opening address to JISC Terminology Services Workshop, London, England (UK).
(.ppt: 850KB/25 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/jiscterminologies_20040213.ppt

10 February 2004
OCLC Research
Presentation to February 2004 Members Council General Session, "OCLC Innovation and Demonstration," Dublin, Ohio (USA).
(.ppt: 6.3MB/42 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/memberscouncil/2004-02/dempsey-or.ppt

5 February 2004
Places, collections and services
Closing Keynote paper given at VALA2004: Breaking Boundaries: Integration & Interoperability, the 12th Biennial Conference and Exhibition of the Victorian Association for Library Automation Inc., Melbourne (Australia)
(.ppt: 3.2MB/43 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/vala_20040205.ppt

2 February 2004
OCLC and FRBR: Directions and research results
Revolution or Evolution? The impact of FRBR, organized by the Australian Committee on Cataloging, Melbourne Convention Centre (Australia)
(.ppt: 11.4MB/35 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/acocfrbr_20040202.ppt

## 2003

5 December 2003
13 ways of saying something ordinary in New Haven: some notes about libraries in a changing environment
Presentation to the staff of Yale University Libraries, New Haven, Connecticut (USA).
(.ppt: 3KB/34 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/yale_20031205.ppt

29 October 2003
Thinking About Institutional Repositories ...
Presentation at Regional OCLC Network Directors Advisory Committee (RONDAC) meeting, Dublin, Ohio (USA).
Earlier versions of this presentation were given at the Nelinet Summit on Institutional Repositories, Scarboro, Massachusetts, September 30, 2003, and at the Research Libraries Advisory Committee (RLAC) Meeting, Dublin, Ohio, September 15, 2003.
(.ppt: 1.1MB/36 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/rondacir_20031029.ppt

29 May 2003
Pattern recognition
Keynote presentation, PALINET 7th Annual OCLC Users Conference
(.ppt: 3.5MB/34 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/palinet_20030528-30.ppt

15 May 2003
Place and space: collections and access in light of changing patterns of research and learning: a schematic view
'A community commons: libraries in the new century' 142nd ARL Membership Meeting, University of Kentucky, Lexington
(.ppt: 2.1MB/25 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/arlkentucky_20030515.ppt

25 April 2003
Collections, networks, places
A presentation to New York University Library faculty
(.ppt: 2.8MB/29 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/nyu20030425.ppt
Note: Give or take a few slides, this is a shorter version of the 3 April 2003 Cornell presentation.

3 April 2003
A local habitation and a name: libraries, places, and networks
A presentation to Cornell University Libraries Academic Assembly
(.ppt: 3.3MB/36 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/cornell04_20030403.ppt

27 March 2003
Collection directions
ACCUL Meeting (Advisory Committee on College and University Libraries, OCLC)
(.ppt: 5.4MB/26 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/accul2003.ppt

17 March 2003
Interoperability: recombinant potential
'Opportunities for applied research on the creation, management, preservation, and use of digital content'
An IMLS workshop, Washington DC
(.ppt: 1.1MB/22 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/imlsdiglibresearch.ppt
www.fcla.edu/wkshp/appliedResearch.htm

7 March 2003
The recombinant library: portals and people
'Improved Access to Information', a conference organized by University of Oklahoma Libraries, Oklahoma City
(.ppt: 3.5MB/35 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/oklahoma2003.ppt

10 February 2003
Overview of OCLC Research Programme
OCLC Members' Council, Digital Libraries Research Interest Group
(.ppt: 442K/9 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/mcdlrig200302_overview.ppt

11 February 2003
Web Services
OCLC Members' Council, Digital Libraries Research Interest Group
(.ppt: 126K/9 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/mcdlrig200302_webservices.ppt

## 2002

14 November 2002; updated 18 December 2002
Becoming digital
A presentation given at the LAMA National Institute, 2002, Naples, Florida
Note: this was part of a multipart session shared with David Seaman of the Digital Library Federation
(.ppt: 8.4MB/64 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/lamainstitute_20021218.ppt

21/22 October 2002
Digital Library and OCLC Research - Includes 10.22 presentation on Web portals
OCLC Members' Council Digital Library Research Interest Group
(.ppt: 504K/21 slides.)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/mcdlig_20021021.ppt

16 October 2002
Common Challenges, Common Issues
'School for Scanning: Creating, Managing, and Preserving Digital Assets', Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague
(.ppt: 436K/22 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/scanschool_20021016.ppt

15 October 2002
The changing information landscape
'The Virtual Library', Brussels
(.ppt: 379K/15 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/brussels_20021015.ppt

10 September 2002
OCLC Research: An Update
A presentation given at the University of Wisconsin Madison (Organized by WILS)
(.ppt: 2.45MB/26 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/uwmadison20020910.ppt

9 September 2002
Future libraries: diffuse, ambient, recombinant
A presentation given to library staff at the University of Minnesota
(.ppt: 1.56MB/34 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/minnesota20020909.ppt

15 August 2002
Metadata in a distributed information environment: Interoperability as recombinant potential
'New directions in metadata', an OCLC/SCURL IFLA pre-conference
(.ppt: 1.24MB/32 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/preifla02.ppt

26 June 2002
Divided by a common language: digital library developments in the UK and the US
The 4th International JISC/CNI Conference, Edinburgh
HTML: www.ukoln.ac.uk/events/jisc-cni-2002/presentations/ppt-2000-html/lorcan-dempsey_files/frame.htm
PPT: www.ukoln.ac.uk/events/jisc-cni-2002/presentations/lorcan-dempsey.ppt (.ppt: 5.6MB/59 slides)

21 May 2002
Metadata switch
OCLC Members' Council Research Interest Group 05.20-21.02
(.ppt: 475KB/15 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/mcrig_20020521.ppt

8 May 2002
Changing landscapes: 13 4 ways of looking at libraries
OCLC Digital Cooperative Meeting
(.ppt: 927K/20 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/digitalcoop_20020508.ppt

2 May 2002
Technology: 13 ways of looking at…
SOLINET Annual Meeting
(.ppt: 2.3MB/51 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/solinet_20020502.ppt

12 April 2002
It's learning and research, stupid
'Netlab and friends', Netlab's 10th-anniversary conference, Lund, Sweden
(.ppt: 3.2MB/47 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/lund.ppt

6 March 2002
Access to distributed resources
OCLC Institute Post-Conference (following the OCLC Research Library Directors Conference)
(.ppt: 1.1MB/30 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/accessinst_20020306.ppt

5 March 2002
Place in Space: library services in a shared network space
OCLC Research Library Directors Conference
(.ppt: 1.94MB/35 slides)
www.oclc.org/research/presentations/dempsey/rld_20020305.ppt

(Created 10 March 2003 /RCB; most recent update 04 October 2006 /RCB)