Kules, B., Capra, R., Banta, M, and Sierra, T. (2009). "What do exploratory searchers look at in a faceted search interface?", Proceedings of the 9th ACM/IEEE-CS joint conference on Digital libraries, 313-322.
Casden, J., Duckett, K., Sierra, T., and Ryan, J. (2009). "Course Views: A Scalable Approach to Providing Course-based Access to Library Resources", The Code4Lib Journal, Issue 6.
Sierra, T., Ryan, J., and Casden, J. (2008). "The ncsu catalog research testbed: a tool for evaluating faceted library catalog interfaces", Proceedings of the 8th ACM/IEEE-CS joint conference on Digital libraries, 467-467.
Sierra, T., Ryan, J., and Wust, M. (2007). "Beyond OPAC 2.0: Library Catalog as Versatile Discovery Platform", The Code4Lib Journal, Issue 1.
Sierra, T. (2006). "Indexing institutional data to promote library resource discovery", Proceedings of the 6th ACM/IEEE-CS joint conference on Digital libraries, 362-362.
Nicholson, S., Sierra, T., Eseryel, U. Y., Park, J., Barkow, P., Pozo, E., and Ward, J. (2006). "How much of it is real? Analysis of paid placement in Web search engine results", Journal of the American Society of Information Science and Technology, 57(4), 448-461.
Sierra, T. (forthcoming). "Mobile Library Projects at North Carolina State University", Coalition for Networked Information Fall 2009 Task Force Meeting, Washington, DC.
Sierra, T. (2009). "Patterns in Academic Library Computer Use", Triangle Research Libraries Network (TRLN) Annual Meeting 2009, Chapel Hill, NC, July 24, 2009.
Sierra, T. (2009). "Pragmatic Project Planning for Libraries", Cooperating Raleigh Colleges (CRC) Library Staff Workshop, Raleigh, NC, July 22, 2009.
Sierra, T. and Wust, M. (2009). "Towards Mobile Enhanced Digital Collections", The Second International m-Libraries Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada, June 24, 2009.
Sierra, T. (2008). "Discovery and Integration of Library Services and Collections Beyond the Library Website", Coalition for Networked Information Fall 2008 Task Force Meeting, Washington, DC, December 8, 2008.
Sierra, T. (2008). "Collaborative Project Management Using Basecamp", Digital Library Federation Fall Forum 2008, Project Manager's Group Meeting, Providence, Rhode Island, November 14, 2008.
Sierra, T., Casden, J, and Duckett, K. (2008). "A Scalable Approach to Providing Course-based Access to Library Resources", Digital Library Federation Fall Forum 2008, Providence, Rhode Island, November 13, 2008.
Nutter, S., Sierra, T., and Wust, M. (2008). "Libraries and the Mobile Web", Digital Library Federation Fall Forum 2008, Board of Trustees Meeting, Providence, Rhode Island, November 12, 2008.
Sierra, T., Ryan, J., and Casden, J. (2008). "The NCSU Catalog Research Testbed: A Tool for Evaluating Faceted Library Catalog Interfaces", poster for Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL) 2008, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 17, 2008. [poster] (Awarded 2nd place for best poster)
Sierra, T., and Ryan, J. (2008). "CatalogWS: Library Catalog as Versatile Discovery Platform", CRADLE Brownbag Series, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, March 21, 2008.
Sierra, T., Lynema, E., and Wust, M. (2007). "Library Catalog as Versatile Discovery Platform", Digital Library Federation Fall Forum 2007, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 6, 2007.
Duckett, K. and Sierra, T. (2007). "Course Views: A Scalable Project to Connect Students to Library Resources", EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, October 26, 2007.
Boyer, J. and Sierra, T. (2007) "Library Article Linker: Improving Access to Licensed Resources One Link at a Time", poster for LAUNC-CH 2007 Annual Research Forum, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, May 23, 2007. [poster]
Sierra, T. (2007). "A Single Search Box Interface to the NCSU Libraries, Two Years Later", Digital Library Federation Spring Forum 2007, Pasadena, California, April 24, 20
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Sierra, T. (2007). "A Single Search Box Interface to the NCSU Libraries", LAUNC-CH Annual Conference, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, March 12, 2007.
Sierra, T. (2007). "Best Bets: Improving Search to High Demand Resources", Code4Lib 2007, Athens, Georgia, March 2, 2007. [video]
Sierra, T. (2007). "Smart Subjects: Application Independent Subject Recommendations", Code4Lib 2007, Athens, Georgia, February 28, 2007. [video]
Duckett, K. and Sierra, T. (2007). "Connecting Students to Library Resources through Course Views", poster for EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative 2007 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, January 23, 2007. [poster]
Sierra, T. (2007). "A Faceted Interface to the Library Catalog", ALA Midwinter 2007, Seattle, Washington, January 20, 2007.
Sierra, T. (2006). "Improving the Catalogue Interface using Endeca", Capitalizing on Access 2006, Ottawa, Canada, October 12, 2006. [audio]
Sierra, T. (2006). Indexing Institutional Data to Promote Library Resource Discovery", poster for Joint Conference on Digital Libraries 2006, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. [poster]
Sierra, T. and Morris, S. (2005). "In Search of the Single Search Box: Building a 'First-step' Library Search Tool", Digital Library Federation Spring Forum 2005, San Diego, California, April 14, 2005.
