Staff Profiles
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Sophie Bury, Head of Library – sbury@yorku.caSophie Bury commenced her role as Head of the Bronfman Business Library on July 1st 2012. She has worked as a business librarian at the Bronfman Business Library since May 2003. She also served in the role of Information Literacy Librarian at York University Libraries from May 2010 to June 2012 which included chairing the Libraries’ Information Literacy Committee. Formerly she was the Business/Economics and Special Projects Librarian at Wilfrid Laurier University Library. She has an BA (Hon) from Trinity College, Dublin and an MLIS from University College Dublin, Ireland. |
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David Clink, Circulation/Reserves Supervisor – dclink@yorku.caDavid Clink is the Circulation Coordinator at the Peter F. Bronfman Business Library. He also served in this same position in the now defunct Business and Government Publications Library, York University. He is also a published poet. He has a BA from York University. |
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June Hill, Reference Assistant – jhill@yorku.ca June Hill is a Reference Assistant at the Peter F. Bronfman Business Library. June has a BA from the University of Toronto and an MLIS from the University of Western Ontario. Prior to coming to York, June worked in the Toronto & Richmond Hill Public Libraries, and in corporate and government libraries. June has also worked as an Information Architect at a major bank and for a web marketing agency. |
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Xuemei Li, Business Librarian – lixuemei@yorku.caXuemei Li has an MLIS from University of British Columbia, PhD (Webometrics) and MSc (Computing) from University of Wolverhampton, UK and B.A (Economics) from China. Xuemei has recently worked at Saint Mary’s University as the Digital Services Librarian. She has years of international trade experience in China. Xuemei is an active Webometrics researcher and is also interested in research impact evaluation. |
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Dat Ngo, Circulation Assistant – datngo@yorku.ca Dat Ngo is a circulation assistant at the Peter F. Bronfman Business Library. He is the evening supervisor, where he supervises and instructs Unit2 staff, and resolves issues that arise of a circulation nature . He maintains the reserve collection, by placing (and removing) print and electronic materials on reserve at the request of faculty and librarians, conducting an annual review of the collection, and handling patron questions/complaints from faculty, staff and students regarding reserves. In addition, Dat also supports the Inter-Library Loans (ILL, also known as Resource Sharing) service in this library, and processes Inter-Campus Borrowing (ICB) requests. |
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Savitree Puran, Circulation Assistant – spuran@yorku.caSavi Puran is a circulation assistant at the Peter F. Bronfman Business Library. Savi conducts book searches when items are not located by patrons. She also handles queries regarding overdue items. She is responsible for receiving and processing the new book acquisitions and for maintaining the new book display area. In addition, she maintains the reference collection. |
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Kim Stymest, Business Librarian – stymest@yorku.ca Kim Stymest is a business librarian at the Peter F. Bronfman Business Library. She has worked in government and academic libraries since her graduation from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Information with an MISt.She holds a BA (Hon) from York University. Her special area of responsibility is outreach and communications. |
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Dennis Skinner, Circulation Assistant – dgskinn@yorku.caDennis Skinner is a circulation assistant in the Peter F. Bronfman Business Library. He is responsible for binding the current periodicals. |
| Colin Deinhardt, Part-Time Business Reference Librarian, deinhard@yorku.ca | |
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Toni Olshen, Librarian (Emeritus) |
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Elizabeth Watson, Librarian (Emeritus) |
Please refer to the following list to identify the business librarian assigned to collections development and instruction in your subject area. Contact the appropriate librarian to request specific materials, or to make general recommendations for the library collection in a specific subject area, to enquire about library instruction, to book a research appointment or with any other subject related queries. For more information please see Your Liaison Librarian and You.
Area 1 Collection Librarian: Sophie Bury, S237B SSB, ext. 66951, email: sbury@yorku.ca
- Business Ethics
- Business History
- Business & Sustainability
- Consulting
- Entrepreneurial Studies
- Health Administration
- Human Resources
- Management & Strategic Management
- Marketing
- Organizational Behaviour
Area 2 Collection Librarian: Xuemei Li, S237W, ext. 88865, email: lixuemei@yorku.ca
- Finance
- Financial Engineering
- Financial Services
- Business Economics
- International Business
- Quantitative Methods and Business Statistics
- Operations Management and Information Systems
- Real Estate & Real Property Development
Area 3 Collection Librarians: Kim Stymest, S237V, ext 22747 , email: stymest@yorku.ca
- Accounting & Auditing
- Arts & Cultural Management
- Corporate Governance
- E-Business & Information Technology (Business)
- Nonprofit Management & Leadership
- Taxation
- Tourism
Updated July 2012











