Position: Subject SpecialistDepartment: Research Support ServicesResearch Specialist: Civil and Environmental EngineeringEarth SciencesEnvironmental StudiesGeographyUrban StudiesArt HistoryOffice: ML 238Phone: 613-520-2600 x2018Email: emailBlog: http://geogenvirospecialist.wordpress.com/AboutResearch Interests: Interested in motivating students with the 'spirit of inquiry'. Involved in collaborative efforts with Faculty to promote e-resources & information literacy. Wordpress Blogger 'geogenvirospecialist', helping grad students and faculty keep connected to the library. Helping faculty and graduate students navigate the new 'open access' publishing landscape. 30 years reference experience Graduate of Honours History @ Carleton Presentations and Publications: For Graduate Students & Faculty & Conferences 2011 - 'Graduate Student Publishing' - Member of Panel Discussion with faculty, hosted by Dept. of Geography and Environmental Studies, 16/02/2011 2010 - (ongoing, once per term) Guest lecturer for GEOG 5003, GEOG 6001and PECO 5001 'Qualitative Inquiry' on Graduate Student Publishing 2012 - 'COS Pivot - Finding Research and Funding Opportunities' - Professional Skills Workshops for Graduate Research Students, 31/01/2012 2014 - 'Conducting Literature Reviews' - Professional Skills Workshops for Graduate Research Students, 12/02/2014 2016 - 'Literature Review Jump Start' - Professional Skills Workshops for Graduate Research Students, 18/11/2016 2017 - 'Publishing your work' - Guest lecture for GEOG 6001 - for Phd candidates and faculty, 30/01/2017 2017 - 'Jump Start: Rethinking the Role of Academic Librarianship in Graduate Writing, CAPAL17 @ Ryerson University, 30/05/2017 Publications "Library Collaboration and Carleton's ArtsOne Program" in Feliciter, Vol. 57, No. 6 (2011). "Publishing Graduate Student Research in Geography: The Fundamentals" in Journal of Geography in Higher Education (2012) http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2012.729815 "Publishing partnership a win-win" in Inside OCULA, January (2013) http://www.accessola.org/OLAWEB/InsideOCULA/Articles/2013/FTRteamwork.aspx “The benefits of an Enrichment Mini Course for millennials in the library’s Discovery Centre” (2016) CURVE link: https://ir.library.carleton.ca/pub/10695 Projects and Partnerships: ArtsOne Program Effective Searching and Writing Workshop for Honours Earth Science students Enrichment Mini Course Program, 2010 & 2015 Geography Awareness Week (annual event) Geography and Environmental Studies Honours Research Workshops Civil and Environmental Engineering Honours Research Workshops TA Training for Graduate students (FGPA) Thesis Jumpstart Workshops for Graduate students (FGPA)
