Position: Subject SpecialistDepartment: Research Support ServicesResearch Specialist: GeographyUrban StudiesEnvironmental StudiesHistoryOffice: ML 238Phone: 613-520-2600 x2018Email: emailAboutResearch Interests: Interested in motivating students with the 'spirit of inquiry' through information literacy Involved in collaborative efforts with Faculty to promote information literacy Helping faculty and graduate students navigate the new 'open access' publishing landscape Over 30 years reference experience and recent graduate of Honours History @ Carleton Awarded 'Excellence in Learning Support Award' in 2018 by Educational Development Centre @ Carleton Presentations and Publications: For Graduate Students & Faculty & Conferences & Presentations 2011 - 'Graduate Student Publishing' - Member of Panel Discussion with faculty, hosted by Dept. of Geography and Environmental Studies, 16/02/2011 2010 - (ongoing) Guest presenter for GEOG 5003, GEOG 6001and PECO 5001 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 lecturer for GEOG 6001 for Phd candidates and faculty, 30/01/2017 2017 - Co-presented 'Jump Start: Rethinking the Role of Academic Librarianship in Graduate Writing', CAPAL17 @ Ryerson University, 30/05/2017 2018 - Co-presented 'Designing and delivering effective academic skills session'; for Library and Centre for Student Academic Support staff, 22-24/10/2018 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: Active library instructor for Information Literacy for the FYSM, and all other levels of students Coordinator for 'Effective Searching and Writing Workshop' for Honours Earth Science students Library course co-ordinator of Enrichment Mini Course (EMCP) in 2010 & 2015 Coordinator of Geography Awareness Week exhibit (annual event, 2014-17) Partner with FGPA re TA Training for Graduate students (FGPA) Co-presenter for Thesis Jumpstart Workshops for Graduate students (FGPA) Attendee at theses defence for graduate students upon request
