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Denise Troll Covey

Continuing Education

Academic Department Head Programs – Carnegie Mellon Human Resources

• Collegiality at Carnegie Mellon: Learning from Our Experiences – January and February 2004
• Working with University Advancement – March 2003
• Assessment – October 2002
• Preparing for an Advisory Board Visit – September 2002
• Negotiations – June 2002
• Communications – May 2002
• Working with University Advancement – March 2002
• Preparing for an Advisory Board Visit – February 2002
• Fiduciary Responsibilities Part 2: Intellectual property and technology transfer – November 2001
• Fiduciary Responsibilities Part 1: Accounting and departmental budgets – October 2001
• Human Resources Issues – September 2001
• New Department Head Orientation – September 2001

Copyright, Licensing, and Intellectual Property

• "Digital Rights Management (DRM) in Higher Education." Online course with Cliff Lynch and Kim Kelly, sponsored by University of Maryland. January 23 -- February 3, 2006.
• "Copyright in a Networked Society: Creative Commons and Machine-Readable Law." Presentation by Michael Carroll, Professor Law, Villanova University Law School. Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA. December 6, 2005.
• "Your Books Might Cost a Little More Now: The Role of the Computer Expert in Software Patent Litigation." Presentation by Michael I. Shamos, Distinguished Career Professor, Institute for Software Research International, Carnegie Mellon. Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh , PA. September 2005.
• "Government Information: Copyrights for Content Use, Repurposing and Preservation." Presentation by Bonnie Klein, Program Manager for Copyrighted Information at the defense Technical Information Center. Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh PA. May 2004.
• "Duration of Copyright and Commencement of Public Domain." Presentation by M. William Krasilovsky. Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA. November 2002.
• "Intellectual Property Policy Briefing Session." Presentation by Edward Pencoske, Thorp, Reed & Armstrong. Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA. September 2002.
• " Restricted Research and Academic Freedom." Panel discussion with Susan Burkett, Associate Provost for Research and Academic Administration, Chris Gabriel, Vice Provost for Corporate Partnerships and Technology Development, and Clark Glymour, Alumni University Professor of Philosophy. Moderated by President Jared Cohon. Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA. April 2002.
• "Napsterization and Venterization of Knowledge – A Challenge for Information Ethics." Presentation by Rainer Kuhlen, Professor of Computer and Information Science, University of Konstanz , Germany. Pittsburgh Athletic Association, Pittsburgh, PA. December 2001.
• "A Great Debate: Are Computer Programs Protected Speech?" Presentation by Michael Shamos, Distinguished Career Professor and Principal Systems Scientist, Language Technologies Institute, Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science, and David Touretzky, Principal Scientist, Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science. Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA. November 2001.
• "Effective Negotiating Techniques for Licensing Content." Pittsburgh, PA. October 1999. (teleconference sponsored by SLA and ARL)
• "Demystifying Licensing Electronic Resources." Pittsburgh, PA. March 1999. (teleconference sponsored by SLA and ARL)
• PALINET Workshop on Copyright. Pittsburgh, PA. March 1998.

Design Workshops

• Presenting Data and Information, workshop with Edward Tufte. Pittsburgh, PA. April 2000.
• Design Workshop with Edward Tufte. EDUCOM ‘92, Baltimore, MD. 1992.

Development Workshops and Meetings

• University Advancement Discussion with the Deans. Carnegie Mellon. September 2002
• University Advancement presentation on the results of the brand value, image awareness and positioning market study. Carnegie Mellon. June 2002
• Deans’ Core Group presentation on the analysis of gift support, expenditures, and benchmarking for Carnegie Mellon’s development efforts. Carnegie Mellon. February 2002
• Advancement 101. CASE 2001: Inclined to Change. Pittsburgh, PA. February 2001.
• Internet Workshop for Fund Raisers. Philadelphia, PA. June 2000.

Electronic Books Lectures and Meetings

• "The Implications of Google Scholar and Google Print for the Digital Library." Presentation by Gloriana St. Clair, Dean of Carnegie Mellon University Libraries. Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA. January 2005.
• "Electronic Books: An Opening Threat?" Presentation by John Ulmschneider, Executive Director, Virginia Commonwealth Libraries. CLIR, Washington DC. March 2001.
• Open Electronic Book Specification Meeting. Gaithersburg, MD. September 1999.

Management and Leadership Workshops – Carnegie Mellon Human Resources

• Conflict Management – September 2004
• Dealing with Difficult Behaviors – September 2004
• Emotional Intelligence Bar-On EQi – May 2004
• Leadership Symposium – March 2004
• Managing Stress in the Workplace – February 2004
• Strategic Planning – November 2003
• Consulting Skills Workshop: Contracting for Success – October 2003
• Advanced Myers-Briggs Type Indicator – February 2003
• FIRO-B – February 2003
• Respect Workshop – January 2003
• Emotional Intelligence – November 2002
• The Desk: Interactive Theater Session on Respect – October 2002
• The Supervisor’s / Manager’s Role in Carnegie Mellon’s Diversity Initiative – April 2002
• Giving and Receiving Constructive Feedback – March 2002
• Leadership Symposium: Best Practices – March 2002
• Trusted Relationship Building – March 2002
• Foundations of Change – November 2001
• Leadership and Competencies – November 2001
• How Do You Manage? – June 2001
• Interactive Theater Sessions – November and December 2000
• Mastering Change: Building Resilience – January 2000.
• Performance Management Process Training – December 1999
• Human Resources Legal Forum – 1997
• Accounting Training – 1997
• Sexual Harassment Workshop – 1994
• Diversity Workshop – 1994
• Total Quality Management (TQM) Training – 1993

Other Management and Leadership Workshops

• The Supervisor Who Does It All. Monroeville, PA. February 1999. (Dun and Bradstreet)
• How to be a More Effective Team Leader. Pittsburgh, PA. August 1998. (National Seminars Group)
• Library Management Skills Institute I: The Manager. Pittsburgh, PA. 1993.

Statistics and Performance Measurement Meetings

• NISO Forum on Library Statistics and Performance Measures. Washington DC. February 2001.
• Measuring Public Library Network Services Workshop. Washington DC. January 2001.

Other Professional Meetings

• Dedication, University of Pittsburgh ’s Library Resource Facility. Pittsburgh, PA. October 2002.
• Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) Board Meeting. Washington DC. May 2001.
• Oakland Library Consortium (OLC) Networking Luncheon. Pittsburgh ,PA. May 2001.
• PALINET Strategic Planning Meeting. Pittsburgh ,PA. September 2000.
• netLibrary Orientation Session. Pittsburgh ,PA. September 1999.
• Art Museum Image Consortium (AMICO) University Testbed Research Meeting. Pittsburgh, PA. June 1999.
• AMICO Meeting. Pittsburgh, PA. July 1998.
• The University Licensing Program (TULIP) Meetings. Washington DC, October 1995, and Amsterdam, Netherlands, April 1995.

Other Lectures and Presentations

• "Can We Avoid Catastrophic Failures of Computer Networks?" Presentation by Hermann Mauer, dean of the faculty of computer science and director of the Institute for Information Systems and Computer Media, Graz University of Technology, Austria. Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA. March 2005.
• "How Diverse Cultural Values and Communication Preferences Shape Users and Uses of Computer-Mediated Communication Technologies." Presentation by Charles Ess, Distinguished Research Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies and Professor of Philosophy and Religion, Drury University. Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA. August 2004.
• "Electronic Privacy in an Insecure Age." Presentation by Marc Rotenberg, Board President and Executive Director, Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC). Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA. March 2002.
• "Inside the Box: Archives and Special Collections." Carnegie Mellon University Libraries, Pittsburgh, PA. March 2002.
• "Distance Education: From the Perspective of a Student and an Instructor." Presentation by Bella Karr Gerlich, Head of Fine Arts and Special Collections, and Lynn Berard, Head of the Science Libraries. Carnegie Mellon University Libraries, Pittsburgh, PA. December 2001.
• "National Needs for Digital Library Technology: Images, Languages, and Data Fusion." Presentation by Michael Lesk, Division Director, Information and Intelligent Systems, National Science Foundation. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh , PA. November 2001.
• "Culture, Communication, Technology: Computer-Mediated Communication or Computer-Mediated Colonization in the 'Electronic Global Village'?" Presentation by Charles Ess, Chair, Department of Philosophy and Religion, Drury University , Missouri . Open Mind Mondays Lecture Series, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA. February 2001.
• "Issues About the Web That May Change How Librarians Interact With Clients." Presentation by Christinger Tomer, Associate Professor and Department Chairman of the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh, PA. February 2000.
• "The Age of Spiritual Machines." Presentation by Raymond Kurzweil, Founder and Chief Technical Officer, Kurzweil Applied Intelligence, and Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Kurzweil Educational Systems. Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA. February 1999.
• Virtual Reality (VR) Demonstration. Presentation by Randy Pausch and the State 3 Research Group at Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh , PA. November 1998.
• Desktop Technology Update. Presentation by Carnegie Mellon Computing Services’ staff. November 1998.
• "The Computer Revolution Hasn’t Happened Yet." Presentation by Alan Kay, Disney Fellow and Vice President, Research and Development, The Walt Disney Company. Carnegie Mellon, April 1998.
• "Microsoft Research: Origins, Present and Future." Presentation by Rick Rashid, Vice President of Research, Microsoft Corporation. Carnegie Mellon. March 1998.

Selected Training and Demonstrations

• HannonHill content management system demonstration. October 2005.
• Tortoise CVS training. October 2005.
• WinCVS training. June 2005.
• ISI WebFeat federated searching demo. March 2005.
• NextBrick content management system demonstration. March 2005.
• Fretwell Downing Zportal metasearch demonstration. August 2004.
• Vignette Collaboration Suite demonstration. August 2004.
• Accessibility of Library Materials – E-mail tutorial. Office of Information Technology Policy, American Library Association ( ALA ). April-June, 2004.
• Dreamweaver Basic Training. Carnegie Mellon University Libraries, Pittsburgh , PA. May 2002.
• TDNet Demonstration. Carnegie Mellon University Libraries, Pittsburgh , PA. May 2002.
• Pedagogical Uses of the Web to Enhance Student Learning. Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh , PA. June 2000.
• Using Blackboard TM Tools to Improve Information Flow and Enhance Student Learning. Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh , PA. June 2000.
• PALINET Workshop on Digitizing Collections: A Practical Approach. Pittsburgh , PA , April 1999.