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Virginia A. Cole
Medieval Studies Bibliographer
Reference and Digital Services Librarian
Olin & Uris Reference Services
Cornell University Library

Publications

"Royal Children and Ritual Charity in Thirteenth Century England" in Medieval and Early Modern Rituals: Formalized Behavior in East and West. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2002.

"Ritual, Religion, and the Royal Teenager: The case of Edward II of England" in The PreModern Teenager: Youth in Society, 1150-1650. University of Toronto Press, 2002.

 

Dissertation

"Royal Almsgiving in Medieval England: The Administrative and Ritual Construction of Kingship" (Proquest Dissertations). Department of History, State University of New York at Binghamton, 2002.

 

Papers

"Generosity and Kingship: Ring-Giving and Alms-Giving in Anglo-Saxon England" at the International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, May 2003.

"Paupers and Pious Queens in Thirteenth Century England" at Poverty and Wealth in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, Siena College, NY, October 2001.

"Vocabulary for the Poor in Anglo-Saxon England" at Poverty conference, Claremont Graduate University, CA, November, 2000.

"The Poor in Anglo-Saxon England" at the International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, May 2000.

"Ritual, Religion and the Royal Teenager: The Case of Edward II of England" at The Premodern Teenager, Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, University of Toronto, October 1999.

"Royal Children and Ritual Charity in Thirteenth Century England" at the International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, May 1998.

"The Ritual Space of Royal Palaces; Almsgiving in Thirteenth Century England" at the International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, May 1997.

"Princes and Paupers in Thirteenth Century England: the case of King John" at Ritual, Performance and Spectacle conference, Columbia University, October 1995.

"Edward I and Royal Charity" at the International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, May 1988.

 

Presentations and Posters

"Effects of QuestionPoint's IM Widget on Chat Traffic" at Reference Renaissance Conference, Denver, August 2008.

"Can Citation Tools Improve Student Research and Citing Skills?" Poster (abstract) at American Library Association, Chicago, 2005.

"In the Beginning: Communication Theory Applied to Digital and Face-to-Face Reference Interactions" at Virtual Reference Desk Conference, 2004.

"Does the Medium Matter? A Comparative Analysis of Openings in Face –to-Face and Computer Mediated Reference Interactions" at the American Library Association, New Reference Research: the 10th Annual Reference Research Forum, Orlando, June 2004.

"The Nitty Gritty of Virtual Reference at Cornell University" at the New York Library Association, Saratoga Springs, November 2003.

"Streaming Video for Instruction in Medieval Studies Research " at Ancient Studies, New Technologies Conference, Rutgers University, December 8, 2002.

"Coast to Coast: Collaborative Chat Reference" at NYlink Conference: "Keeping Reference Relevant: Is Virtual Reality?" New York, New York, October, 2002.

"Coast to Coast: Collaborative Chat Reference" at American Library Association, Digital Reference Pre-Conference, Atlanta, GA, June, 2002.

"Streaming Video for Library Instruction" Poster at American Library Association, Atlanta, June, 2002.

 

King Edward the Confessor distributing alms
from Cambridge University Library MS. Ee.3.59.

Email: Virginia Cole.
Last updated on August 20, 2008.