Librarian and Archivist Profiles
Listed below are the current members and research interests of librarians and archivists at York University Libraries.
In October of 2009 they unanimously agreed on the York University Open Access Policy for Librarians and Archivists.
| Librarian | Research interests |
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| Allison-Cassin, Stacy BMus (WLU), MMus (Duq), MISt (Toronto) Cataloguing Librarian, Bibliographic Services sacassin@yorku.ca |
Knowledge organisation; communication; information technology; popular music; semiotics. |
| Archer, Cynthia University Librarian, University Librarian’s Officecarcher@yorku.ca |
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| Bristow, Timothy Assistant Librarian, Scott Library timothyb@yorku.ca |
Political science. |
| Bury, Sophie BA (Trinity College Dublin) MLIS (University College Dublin) Business Librarian and Information Literacy Librarian, Bronfman Business Library sbury@yorku.ca |
Information literacy assessment; faculty perspectives/habits/practices in the realm of information literacy; university students’ research habits/skills. |
| Cao, Haiyun B.E.E (HIT), M.E. (HIT), MLIS (McGill) Cataloguing Librarian, Bibliographic Services hcao@yorku.ca |
Metadata; controlled vocabulary; East Asian materials cataloguing. |
| Coysh, Sarah BEd (Queen’s), MEd (Queen’s), MISt (Toronto) E-Learning Librarian, Frost Library scoysh@yorku.ca |
Online learning; information literacy; emerging technologies; secondary school music education. |
| Craig, Dana MI (Toronto) Environmental Studies Librarian, Scott Library dcraig@yorku.ca |
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| Davidson, Catherine MLS Associate University Librarian, University Librarian’s Office cdavids@yorku.ca |
Innovative collection development practices, assessment and evaluation and work-life balance. |
| Denton, William MISt (Toronto) Web Librarian wdenton@yorku.ca |
Augmented reality; information visualization; mathematics and LIS; library history; the One Big Library; the Semantic Web; linked data. |
| Drexler, Julianna BA (Hons) (York), MLS (Toronto) Head, Frost Library drexler@yorku.ca |
Bibliography; indexing. |
| Dubeau, Suzanne MISt (Toronto) Assistant Head, Clara Thomas Archives and Special Collections sdubeau@yorku.ca |
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| Duerr, Peter BA, MLIS Government Information Librarian (Domestic), Scott Library pduerr@yorku.ca |
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| Dupuis, John BCompSci (Concordia), MLIS (McGill) Science Librarian, Head, Steacie Science Library jdupuis@yorku.ca |
Use of Web 2.0 by scholarly publishers (and by scholars in general); blogging as a professional development tool for librarians; future trends in academic science libraries. |
| Elder, Kathryn BA (Hons) (McMaster), BLS, MLS (Toronto) Head, Sound & Moving Image Library kelder@yorku.ca |
Avant-garde media; media preservation; art history. |
| Fernandez, Leila BSc, MSc, MLS Physical Sciences Librarian, Steacie Science Library leilaf@yorku.ca |
Scholarly communication issues in the sciences; particularly pertaining to developing countries. |
| Fraser, Heather BA (Hons), MLS Head, Bibliographic Services, Scott Library hfraser@yorku.ca |
Technical services workflow; metadata schemas; emerging technologies and cataloguing trends. |
| Giesbrecht, Walter BSc, MLIS Data Librarian, Scott Library walterg@yorku.ca |
Web design; data dissemination; emerging technologies in libraries. |
| Grewal, Kalina BA, MA, MEd, MLIS Anthropology, Sociology, Women’s Studies Librarian , Scott Library kgrewal@yorku.ca |
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| He, Ling Digital Services Librarian (adjunct), Bibliographic Services linghe@yorku.ca |
Open repositories; digital preservation; Semantic Web; digitization; metadata. |
| Holland, Julia BA, MISt (Toronto) Adjunct Archivist, Clara Thomas Archives and Special Collections jholland@yorku.ca |
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| Kandiuk, Mary BA, MA, MLS Theatre, Visual Arts Librarian, Scott Library mkandiuk@yorku.ca |
Canadian literature bibliography; diversity and librarians. |
| Kosavic, Andrea BSc (Hons), MISt Digital Initiatives Librarian, Bibliographic Services Blog | akosavic@yorku.ca |
Repositories; open access; author rights; new publishing models; open source; interoperability; Semantic Web; digitization; metadata. |
| Li, Xuemei MLIS, PhD, MSc Assistant Librarian, Bronfman Business Library lixuemei@yorku.ca |
Data librarianship; information-seeking behaviour; social media; scholarly communication. |
| Lupton, Aaron BA, MA, MLS Electronic Resources Librarian, Bibliographic Services aalupton@yorku.ca |
Electronic resource access and management; library-vendor relationships; embedded library services; electronic resource evaluation and assessment; electronic collection development. |
| Maimets, Ilo-Katryn BSc (Hons), BEd, MSc (York), MISt (Toronto) Science Librarian, Steacie Library ilo@yorku.ca |
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| Majekodunmi, Norda Bell BA (York), MISt (Toronto) Social Work Librarian, Scott Library nordam@yorku.ca |
Accessibility of library resources (especially electronic resources) and services to users with disabilities; scholarly communication issues including the open access movement and the scholarship of academic librarians and their information use; application of Web 2.0 technologies (e.g. blogs, wikis, social tagging software) to libraries. |
| Matesic, Maura BA, MA, MLS Social Sciences Librarian, Scott Library mmatesic@yorku.ca |
Teaching with technology; peer learning and collaborative learning initiatives; Victorian social history. |
| McLaren, Scott BA, MISt, PhD (Toronto) Humanities & Religious Studies Librarian, Scott Library scottm@yorku.ca |
Book history and print culture; North American religious history; Bible societies; religion and literature. |
| Mgwigwi, Thumeka BA, BLIS, MLIS Health Studies Librarian, Scott Library thumekam@yorku.ca |
Information literacy and assessment. |
| Moir, Michael BA (UofT), MA (Guelph) University Archivist, Head, Clara Thomas Archives & Special Collections mmoir@yorku.ca |
History of shipbuilding and waterfront development in Canada, especially Toronto. |
| Monty, Vivienne BA (Hon.), MLS Senior Librarian, Frost Library vmonty@yorku.ca |
Effective teaching and reference; faculty-librarian cooperation; first-year experience. |
| Nariani, Rajiv MES (York), MISt (Toronto) Science Librarian, Steacie Science Library rajivn@yorku.ca |
E-Books and their uptake by the research community; using technology tools in promoting resources at the libraries; collection development in the sciences. |
| Orlandini, Rosa BSc (Winnipeg), MLIS (McGill) GIS and Map Librarian, Head, Map Library rorlan@yorku.ca |
Geographic Information Literacy; Cartography; ethnicity mapping; GIS; metadata |
| Robertson, Mark BA (UofT), MA (McMaster), MISt (Toronto) Associate University Librarian (Information Services), University Librarian’s Office markr@yorku.ca |
Library as place; learning environments; learning commons; integration of information literacy within the curriculum; virtual reference. |
| Ruest, Nick BA, MLIS Digital Assets Librarian, Bibliographic Services ruestn@yorku.ca |
Archives, Copyright, Data Management, Digital Preservation, Institutional Repositories, Intellectual Freedom, Linked Data, Metadata, OAI, Open Repositories, Scholarly Communication, Semantic Web |
| Ryan, Patti BA, MLIS, MA Political Science and Reference Collection Librarian, Scott Library pryan@yorku.ca |
Women and politics; feminist theory; critical pedagogy; socio-political dimensions of information literacy. |
| Salmon, Marcia BSc (Hons) (Toronto), MLIS (Western) Cataloguing Librarian, Bibliographic Services msalmon@yorku.ca |
Cataloguing training; providing access to electronic content; open access and institutional repositories. |
| Savard, Dany BA (UofT), MA (Ryerson), MLIS (Western) Reference Librarian, Frost Library dsavard@yorku.ca |
Assessment, public administration. |
| Scott, Tom BA, MA, MLIS Head, Reference Department, Scott Library History and Economics Librarian, Scott Library tscott@yorku.ca |
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| Sloniowski, Lisa BA, MA, MISt English Literature Librarian, Scott Library lisasl@yorku.ca |
Feminist archives and special collections; literary special collections, information literacy for citizenship; advocacy for librarians; the role of libraries in the public sphere and in the formation of counter-publics. |
| St. Onge, Anna Archivist, Digital Projects and Outreach, Clara Thomas Archives & Special Collections astonge@yorku.ca |
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| Stymest, Kim Adjunct Librarian, Peter F. Bronfman Business Library stymest@yorku.ca |
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| Taves, Adam Reference & Instruction Librarian (Psychology & Linguistics), Scott Library taves@yorku.ca |
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| van der Bliek, Rob BFA, MFA, MLIS Music Librarian, Sound & Moving Image Library bliek@yorku.ca |
Jazz and popular music analysis and history; theoretical implications of storage and retrieval issues for digital audio databases; preservation of sound through digitization; practical interests include the guitar issues in collection development, and web technology. |
| Warren, Peggy BA, MLIS, Cert. pédagogie, Cert. estudios hispánicos, Cert. langues et litt. françaises Education / Romance Languages & Literatures Librarian, Scott Library pwarren@yorku.ca |
Learning Commons teaching collaborations |
| Watson, ElizabethHead, Bronfman Business Librarywatson@yorku.ca |
