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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