TRAIL Papers and Presentations
Title | Authors | Conference/Event | Date | Materials |
TRAIL Spotlight: Ionospheric Radio Propagation | Scott Curtis | DttP: Documents to the People 49 (3/4)Fall/Winter 2021, pp 7-8 | 2021 | Link |
Reaching New Audiences: Using Technical Reports for Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences |
Larayne Dallas and Tom Rohrig | Fall 2021 Depository Library Council Conference | October 18, 2021 | Link |
Technical Report Archive & Image Library at 15 | Laura Sare, Jen Kirk, and Sanai Wood | Depository Library Council Conference | October 18, 2021 | Link |
The Format That Time Forgot! The Return of the Microcards (Insert Scream Here) | Jen Kirk, Mel DeSart, Laura Sare, and Sinai Wood | ALA Annual Conference 2021 ACRL-STS Poster Sessions Online | June 21, 2021 | Link |
Best Practices for Collaborating with Colleagues, Industry, and Information Seekers: The TRAIL Story | Daureen Nesdill, Zachary W. Painter, and Isabel M. Altamirano | Special Library Association 2020 Annual Conference | October 14, 2020 | Link |
Accessing and Preserving Texas Information in TRAIL | Tom Rohrig and Laura Sare | Cross Timbers Library Collaborative 2020 Conference | August 7, 2020 | Link |
TRAIL - Digitizing and Cataloging Technical Data for Permanent Access | Tom Rohrig and Laura Sare | Coalition for Advancing Digital Research and Education (CADRE) Conference | April 16, 2020 | Link |
TRAIL: How A Grassroots Digitization Effort Became The Hathitrust’s 24th Largest Content Contributor | Mel DeSart and Sinai Wood | HathiTrust "Mapping the Elephant" Member Webcast Series - Webinar | March 10, 2020 | Link |
TRAIL: Access to Grey Literature | Judith Pasek | Lightning Talk at Force11 Scholarly Communication Institute at UCLA | August 2019 | Link |
Welcome to TRAIL | Mel DeSart | Colorado Government Publications Interest Group Meeting Presentation | May 2019 | Link |
HathiTrust’s Copyright Review of US State and Local Government Documents and The Technical Report Archive & Image Library (TRAIL) | Laura Sare | Digital Library Federation (DLF) Government Records Transparency and Accountability Interest Group | January 18 2019 | Link |
Approaches Developed to Ensure Accuracy and Consistency of Metadata for TRAIL Reports | Craig Rosenbeck | poster at the Texas Conference on Digital Libraries | July 2017 | Link |
TRAIL Documents - Evaluate Scientific Works | Isabel Altamirano | Presentation at the STEM Librarians South Conference | July 2017 | Link |
TRAIL Update | Daureen Nesdill | Utah Academic Library Consortium Retreat | July 2017 | Link |
Office of Saline Waters Progress Reports Digitized and Available through TRAIL | Scott Curtis | None | October 2016 | Link |
Providing Open Access to Government Information Federal Technical Reports (TRAIL) | Laura Sare and Sinai Wood | Presentation at the Federal Depository Library Conference | October 2016 | |
TRAIL - The Road to Search for Technical Documents | Isabel Altamirano | None | October 13, 2016 | Link |
Ten Years of TRAIL | Daureen Nesdill, Laura Sare, Alice Trussell, Marilyn Von Seggern | DttP: Documents to the People | Summer 2016 | Link |
TRAIL: A Labor of LOVE Expanding Open Access to Government Information | Ted Baldwin, Daureen Nesdill | Poster presented at Special Libraries Association 2016 conference - won best poster | June 12, 2016 | Link |
TRAIL at 10 | Maliaca Oxnam and Dan Barkley | Presentation at GWLA Membership Meeting | February 2016 | Link |
Tracking on the TRAIL: Digitizing the Technical Report Archive and Image Library, Considerations in the Digital Workflow | Lee Fulton and Ashley Montez | Cross Timbers Library Collaborative (CTLC) Conference | July 25, 2014 | Link |
TRAIL Information Session | Mel DeSart | Special Libraries Association Annual Conference | June 8, 2014 | Link |
Introduction to TRAIL | Mel DeSart | ASCLA Cooperative Digitization Group meeting, American Library Association Annual Conference | June 29, 2013 | Link |
Data revival: Old data becoming new | Maliaca Oxnam | Research Data Management: Library Connect Newsletter | March 2013 | Link |
Moving Technical Reports Forward: New Roles for Libraries & Librarians | Maliaca Oxnam | Charleston Conference | November 8, 2012 | Link |
How the Agility of Librarians Led to the Development of TRAIL | Daureen Nesdill | Contributed Paper presented at the 2012 Special Libraries Association Annual Conference | July 14-19, 2012 | Link |
Trailer for TRAIL | Mel DeSart | Lightning talk presented at the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition | Jun 11, 2012 | |
Along the TRAIL of Federal Technical Reports: A Cooperative Digitization Effort | Patricia Kirkwood | Digital Directions in Transportation Information Management, Transportation Research Board, Annual Conference | January 23, 2012 | No Link |
Blazing a TRAIL: Digitizing and Preserving Legacy U.S. Government Technical Reports | Mel DeSart | Presented at the Depository Libraries Council meeting | March 30, 2011 | Link |
Blazing a TRAIL: Digitizing and Preserving Legacy U.S. Government Technical Reports | Mel DeSart | Atmospheric Sciences Librarians International Conference | January 27, 2011 | Link |
The Impact of Historical Federal Technical Reports | Esther Crawford and Sinai Wood | Government Technical Reports: CRL Focus on Global Resources | Fall 2010 | Link |
Capturing America's Scientific History through Technical Report Literature | Maliaca Oxnam | Fall 2010 | Link | |
Blazing a TRAIL: Digitizing and Preserving Legacy U.S. Government Technical Reports | Mel DeSart and Sinai Wood | ALA Annual Conference | June 28, 2010 | Link |
Following the TRAIL: An Update on the Technical Reports Arcive & Image Library | Maliaca Oxnam | Lightning Round Presentation at American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference | June 2010 | Link |
Collaboration and the Power of Partnership in Science-Engineering Libraries | Maliaca Oxnam | Journal of Library Administration | April 2010 | Link |
A Multi-Institutional Approach to Technical Report Literature: Development of the Technical Report Archive & Image Library (TRAIL) | Maliaca Oxnam | GL:11 Session Grey Literature Repositories | December 14, 2009 | |
On the TRAIL of Technical Reports | Daureen Nesdill and Patricia Kirkwood | 236th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society | August 17-21, 2009 | No Link |
Rounding Up the Collection: the Story of TRAIL Digital Content Collection | Patricia Kirkwood, Michael Culbertson, and Esther Crawford | Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference | June 2009 | Link |
Blazing a TRAIL: A Shared Vision and Collaboration Lead to Digitization, Open Access, and Preservation of U.S. Government Technical Reports | Sinai Wood, Maliaca Oxnam, and Mel DeSart | Poster presented at the ACRL 14th National Conference | March 12–15, 2009 | Link |
The Technical Report Archive & Image Library: Managing Digital Materials | Malaica Oxnam | 12th Annual Atmospheric Science Librarians International Symposium (part of American Meteorological Society Annual Conference) | January 14, 2009 | Link |
The Technical Report Archive & Image Library: Creating Collaborative Collections | Maliaca Oxnam | Presented at Purdue University Library Collaborative Collection Development Symposium | December 5, 2008 | Link |
Following the TRAIL: Gift-Cultures and Collaborative Efforts for the Library Community | Maliaca Oxnam, Marie Waltz, and Joni Blake | Living the Future 7 Conference | April 30–May 3, 2008 | Link |
A New Way to Retrieve Old Critical Information: TRAIL Technical Report Archive and Image Library | Daureen Nesdill and Patricia Kirkwood | Poster presented at the 2007 Special Library Association Annual Conference and EXPO | June 2–6, 2007 | No Link |
Open Access to Legacy Federal Technical Report Literature | Alice Trussell | 2007 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition | June 24–27, 2007 | Link |