Speeches by Barbara Semonche
- 1990: Acceptance Speech for Agnes Henebry Roll of Honor Award
- 1993: Presentation speech of Kwapil Award to Carol Lindsay
- 1995: Acceptance Speech for the Kwapil Award [Note: link to Ben Lightman's presentation remarks about Semonche.]
- 1995: Semonche's Database Journalism Syllabus
- 1996:"Finding People: Following the Paper/Digital Trail" in Boston, MA. Program on following the paper trail. Ethical issues of public record and people research. Moderator: Barbara Semonche, University of North Carolina on news librarian ethics. Speakers: Pat Stith, The News & Observer, Brooke Caine on investigative research; Cheryl Poirier, Independent consultant, Carolyn Hardnett, The St. Petersburg Times. Facilitator: Debbie Millward, Pacific Press
- 1996: Presentation on Computer Assisted Reporting for AUKML in Durham, England
- 1996: Report on Freedom Forum fellowship to Bucharest, Romania
- 1996: Report on Freedom Forum fellowship to Warsaw, Poland
- 1997: Presentation on Freedom Forum Fellowship at the SLA annual conference in Seattle, WA. [The Freedom Forum SLA 1996 International Library Program participants Barbara Semonche and Margot Williams discuss their experiences developing Internet training programs in Freedom Forum news libraries in Romania, Poland, Hong Kong and the Philippines. Share their experiences and learn more about the 1997 program. Moderator: Phyllis Lyons, The Freedom Forum
- 1998: Presentation Speech of Henebry Roll of Honor Award to John Cronin
- 1998: Presentation on Database Quality in Indianapolis, IN
- 1998: Writer and narrator of WWW Video on "The SLA Mentoring Experience"
- 1998: Presentation of Distinguish Alumna Award from UNC-CH School of Information and Library Science
- 1998: Speech on the "Janus Perspective" for the Texas SLA Chapter
- 1998: Speech on Trends in Special Libraries for the South Carolina SLA Chapter
- 1999: Speech on SLA Leadership for DACOLT Sessions in San Francisco, CA
- 1999: Speech for President-elect at the SLA Candidates' Forum in San Francisco, CA
- 1999: Archivist for News Division Video, "Newspaper Librarians . . . Unsung Heroes."
- 1999: Speaker at NC/SLA May 25 Awards Banquet in Chapel Hill, NC, "View From the Valley: Insight, Hindsight and Foresight."
- 1999: Presentation at the June 7 SLA Annual Conference in Minneapolis, NewsLib LIVE!
- 2000: Remarks Upon Receipt of SLA's Vormelker Mentoring Award in Philadelphia, PA
- 2001: Series of Internet Tutorials to Hungarian Media Archivists: Budapest, Hungary
- 2001: Presentation to Dutch Media Archivists: Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 2001: Presentation to Danish Media Archivists: Copenhagen, Denmark
- 2001: Presentation to Knight Editors' Workshop on Factchecking at UNC-CH School of Journalism and Mass Communication. [Note: these presentations have continued through 2005. For the latest presentation, please follow this link.]
- 2001: Remarks upon receiving Eleanor Blum Distinguished Service To Research Award from the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.
- 2001: National Press Club presentation for the Oral History Committee (Nov. 28) in Washington, DC
- 2002: Presentation Speech of Henebry Roll of Honor Award to Jim Hunter in Los Angeles
- 2003: Presentation Speech of Certificate of Recognition Award to James S. Scofield in New York City
- 2004: Remarks upon receiving the John Cotton Dana award for exceptional service to special librarianship (June 6 ) in Nashville, TN
- 2005: Workshop session on Fact Checking for Knight Copy Editors' Institute
- 2005: Presentation Speech to Kathleen A. Hansen of David A. Rhydwen Award for Outstanding Scholarly Contributions in News Librarianship, Toronto Canada.
- 2007: Presentation to students UNC-CH School of Information and Library Science.
- 2007: Presentation speech to Carolyn Hardnett Robinson of Joseph F. Kwapil Memorial Award, Denver, CO.
- 2007: Remarks upon receiving the David Rhydwen Award for scholarly contributions to the field of news librarianship, Denver, CO