Presentations
2025
Advocacy in Action: Tell Your Story, Amplify Your Impact – A Storytelling Webinar
IFLA MLAS Building Strong Library Associations Webinar Series – North America
April 2025
- Slides (pdf)
- View Recording
Mapping Library Impact: Highlights from the SDG Storytelling Workshop
OLA Super Conference 2025
2022
Finally Fines Free! Explore Different Ways of Using Data to Help Your Library Advocate for Going Fines Free
OLA Super Conference 2022
Presented by Alison Clarke, Kim Silk, and Kelly Bernstein
- The Advocating for Fines-Free Libraries Toolkit includes a customizable slide deck and infographics that libraries can use to support reaching their goal to eliminate late fines.
2021
Now What?! Re-Thinking Your Library
Ontario Library Service Virtual Conference 2021
- Kim’s Lightning Talk (recording) and slides
2020
Panel: Building Partnerships – Examples and Tips
Computers in Libraries / Internet Librarian Connect
September 2020, Online Event
Webinar: Data in a Time of COVID-19
Presented by the OLPA Research & Evaluation Committee
The Partnership & The Education Institute
June 2020
Formation: Comment établir de bonnes mesures de performance / Workshop: Establishing Effective Performance Measures
Fédération des milieux documentaires (FMD)
May-June 2020, Online Training
Fierce Data Analytics: Moving from Fear and Uncertainty to Analyzing Data with Ferocity! Presented by the OLPA Research & Evaluation Committee
OLA Super Conference 2020
Library as Laboratory: Creating a Community Research Platform (Research) Data Management in Public Libraries
OLA Super Conference 2020
2019
ARUPLO Evaluation Workshop
Administrators of Rural and Urban Public Libraries of Ontario (ARUPLO) Annual Training Conference, 2019
Changing Stakeholder Perceptions About Library Value
OLA Super Conference 2019
Data Skills for 21st Century Library Practice
OLA Super Conference 2019
Research Round-up
OLA Super Conference 2019
2018
Constructing a Strategic Plan: Essential Processes and Components
SLA Annual Conference 2018
Library Space Use Study: What We Learned
OLA Super Conference 2018
2017
Keynote: Trends in Demonstrating Library Value
Presentation: Library Value Projects
OLS-North Conference: Hidden Gems – Finding and Creating Value in Libraries
September 27, 2017, Sudbury, ON
Workshop: Not Just Book Stats – Presenting Data that Demonstrates Your Value
OLA/OLPA Community-Led Think Tank
May 2017, Niagara Falls, ON
Workshop: Practical Research to Measure Impact in Your Library
Computers in Libraries 2017
March 2017, Arlington, VA
Creating a Culture of Evaluation: Taking Your Library from Talk to Action
OLA Super Conference 2017
February 2017, Toronto, ON
Bold Moves in Scholarly Communication
OLA Super Conference 2017
February 2017, Toronto, ON
Surfacing Integration in the Digital Scholarship Ecosystem
INKE Networked Open Social Scholarship Gathering
January 2017, Victoria, BC
2016
Bold Moves in Scholarly Communication
Open Education Gathering
October 2016, Maskwacis Cultural College
All Together Now: Collaboration and Coordination in Canada’s Digital Scholarship Ecosystem
SLA Annual Conference 2016
Philadelphia, PA
L-Index: Designing a New Method for Measuring Library Impact in Canada
OLA Super Conference 2016
January 2016, Toronto, Canada
Ink on our Hands: Plotting the Map of Canada’s Integrated Digital Scholarship Ecosystem
OLA Super Conference 2016
January 2016, Toronto, Canada
2015
11th Northumbria International Conference on Performance Measurement in Libraries and Information Services
July 2015, Edinburgh, Scotland
Constructing an L-Value Index for Canadian Public Libraries
Computers in Libraries Conference 2015
April 2015, Washington, DC
Strategic Metrics Workshop with Dr. Bill Irwin, Huron College, Western University
DIY Library Metrics, with Ian Reid, Counting Opinions
Envisioning our Information Future & How to Educate for It
January 2015, Simmons College
Conference proceedings
Beyond the Stacks Podcast, Episode 2: Kimberly Silk on Data Librarianship
2014
Library Impact Studies: Lessons Learned
Ex Libris Association AGM
November 2014, Toronto, ON
Evidence-based Innovation
Building a Flat Army for the Library: Symposium
November 2014, Toronto, ON
Elsevier Library Connect Webinar Series
November 2014
Beyond Data Management Plans: Creative Data Services in Libraries
CBC Libraries & Archives Management Group Presentation
June 2014, Toronto, Canada
Data, Metrics and Our Profession
CLA Annual Conference 2014
May 28-31, 2014 – Victoria, BC
Workshop: Driving Change for Community Impact
Defining New Metrics for Library Success Symposium
April 22-23 2014 – Toronto, Canada
TPL Economic Impact Study
OLA Super Conference 2014
January 2014, Toronto, ON
The Economic Impact of Libraries
2013
Data 101: A Gentle Introduction
SLA Toronto Chapter – Professional Development Presentation
October 2013, Toronto, ON
Data 101: A Gentle Introduction
SLA Social Science Division – Professional Development Webinar
August 2013
Mentoring the 21st Century Information Professional
OLA Super Conference 2013
2012
Discovering & Dealing with Data
Association of Parliamentary Libraries in Canada Conference
Sep 2012, Toronto, ON
Discovering Data: Cataloguing Data Collections
Computers in Libraries 2012
Washington, DC
2011
Mentoring the 21st Century Information Professional
TRY Library Conference 2011
University of Toronto
2010
How to Use Design Thinking to Enable Innovation
Internet Librarian 2010
October 25-27, 2010, Monterey, CA
Social Knowledge Management in an Academic Environment: A Case Study
Knowledge Workers Toronto
Thursday May 27th, 2010, Toronto, ON
TRY Library Conference 2010
April 27, 2010, University of Toronto
Social Knowledge Management in an Academic Environment: A Case Study
Successful E-Publication Seeks Warm Web 2.0 Technology to Build a Future Together
Library Technology Conference
March 17-18 2010, St. Paul, MN
Social Knowledge Management in an Academic Research Environment
Books
Silk, K., & Irwin, B. (Eds.). (2017). Creating a Culture of Evaluation: Taking Your Library from Talk to Action. OLA Press.
Schengili-Roberts, K., & Silk-Copeland, K. (1998). The Advanced HTML Companion, Second Edition (2nd edition). Academic Press.
Reports
Lankes, R. D., Deitch, R., & Silk, K. (2025). State Libraries and AI Technologies Briefing Book and Final Report. University of Texas at Austin. https://hdl.handle.net/1807/142614
Articles
Silk, K. (2022, December). Top Tools to Measure Your Library’s Sustainability Impact. Computers in Libraries, 42(10). http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/dec22/Silk–Top-Tools-to-Measure-Your-Librarys-Sustainability-Impact.shtml
Irwin, B., & Silk, K. (2019). Changing Stakeholder Expectations of Library Value. Public Library Quarterly, 0(0), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1080/01616846.2019.1571398
Milligan, S., Silk, K., Arbuckle, A., & Siemens, R. (2019). The Initial Impact of the Open Scholarship Policy Observatory. KULA: Knowledge Creation, Dissemination, and Preservation Studies, 3(1), 16. https://doi.org/10.5334/kula.43
Silk, K., Houde, A., & Purdy, D. (2018). Measuring Journal Usage: A Study Across 28 Canadian Universities. Technicalities, 38(5), 1–8.
Silk, K. (2017). Wired West Bulletin—Volume 20, Issue 1. Divisions & Chapters & Caucuses, Oh My! Understanding the Anatomy of SLA. http://us14.campaign-archive1.com/?u=d189b91808d91a22191f9b4a4&id=b15e4c589a
Silk, K. (2017). Space Use Study: Brampton Library, Calgary Public Library and Markham Public Library. Canadian Urban Libraries Council/Conseil des Bibliothèques Urbaines du Canada. http://www.culc.ca/research/space/
Silk, K. (2016). Ink on Our Hands: Mapping the Integrated Digital Scholarship Ecosystem. Scholarly and Research Communication, 7(2). http://src-online.ca/index.php/src/article/view/249
Silk, K. (2014). Mischief Managed: A Brief Introduction to Data Management. Feliciter, 60(2), 13-14,17.
Martin Prosperity Institute. (2013). So Much More: The Economic Impact of the Toronto Public Library on the City of Toronto. Martin Prosperity Institute. https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/content/about-the-library/pdfs/board/meetings/2013/dec09/10_1.pdf
Silk, K. (2010, Summer). Perspectives on The Library of the Future: Notes from SLA 2010. The Courier: SLA Toronto Chapter, 47(4). http://toronto.sla.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/v47n4.pdf
Silk, K., & Whyte Appleby, J. (2010). Open Data, Open City (Toronto 2010 Election Series). Martin Prosperity Institute. http://martinprosperity.org/open-data-open-city/
Silk, K. (2001, October). Tapping into the power of the Web: Four Canadian schools that stand out. Teach, Insert 10-11.