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Tammy Moorse is the Project Coordinator for the Red Book Community Information by Hamilton Public Library and was until recently one of HPL’s cataloguing & metadata librarians. Tammy has spent a lot of professional time working with subject headings, controlled vocabularies and taxonomies. She really does enjoy this aspect of librarian work. She knows that …
Teresa is a passionate community builder, a champion of customer service, an advocate of intellectual freedom, an imminent MLIS graduate who has been working with King Township Public Library as a Library Assistant since April 2019. Teresa worked for almost two decades in the music industry before finding a deep and meaningful professional purpose in …
Tim is the Director of Library and Information Services at the University Health Network in Toronto. There he leads a team of information experts supporting patient care, discovery and the ongoing learning of healthcare professionals. Tim’s interest in technology led him to healthcare. He originally joined UHN in 1999 as a project manager in the …
Tim began working at Brock University in 2006 and recently took on the position of Acting Head of the newly opened Digital Scholarship Lab. His research areas involve technology in the library and labour issues. Tim is a dog person.
Whether working with children or adult learners, Tina is passionate about engaging learners with current digital tools and seeing that spark from a meaningful learning moment. Tina is an avid user of social media, finding each platform can lead to new connections with educators both near and far. She pushes her own learning as she …
Todd Kyle is the CEO Newmarket Public Library. He is a Past-President of the Ontario Library Association and the 2019 Vice Chair of the Canadian Federation of Library Associations/Fédération canadienne des associations de bibliothèques.
Todd is the Manager of Sixteen Mile Sports Complex with the Town of Oakville. Todd is an avid recreation enthusiast with more than 20 years of municipal sector experience split between the City of Mississauga and the Town of Oakville. He believes that recreation and leisure activities unite communities and promote healthy minds and bodies. …
Tracey Donaldson has spent the majority of her 20 years of teaching with the TDSB as a Teacher Librarian. She strives to create a welcoming space for all users. Tracey uses Google Apps for Education in collaboration with the classroom teachers, sharing how to useonline resources and databases for inquiry. Picture books are her weakness!
Tracey Sinclair was born and raised in a small town in Northwestern Ontario. Tracey grew up enjoying family, friends, nature and of course a good book. This is what led her to her career of Librarian. With over 20 years of experience in the Children’s Library she has recently taken over as of CEO of …
Tracy Munusami is the Manager of Service Excellence at the Oshawa Public Libraries. Tracy has run Repair Cafe’s at two library systems, and has some experience tinkering to salvage broken items. Chair of the OPLA Community-Led Committee, she believes in bringing the community into collaborative programming to help people build stronger connections with each other.
Trina Grover works at Ryerson University Library as the Head of Cataloguing where she also provides research support to Ryerson researchers and investigates how to decolonize description. She is a member of the Canadian Committee on Metadata Exchange. Trina worked as a Creative Industries Liaison Librarian at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia in …
Trish holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Western University and has worked in the fields of marketing, public relations, employment services, and education since 2001. As a Director, Recruitment & Partnerships with Contact North | Contact Nord, she supervises a team of recruitment and student support professionals in five territories across Southwestern Ontario, develops …
Valeria Baxandale is a Library Technician at the Brantford Public Library where she has worked for the last 15 years as a Child and Youth programmer. Val is part of the library’s outreach efforts throughout Brantford schools and developed the library’s popular Getting Ready for Kindergarten program along with many other creative programs. In her …
Valentina Ly is an Information Specialist and Research Assistant with Sinai Health System in Toronto. Combining a background in medical research and an MLIS, her current work focuses on health information through the delivery of library services at Bridgepoint Active Healthcare’s Patient and Family Resource Centre and health policy and economics research at Mount Sinai …
Vickie Albrecht is a Science Librarian in the Sciences and Technology Library at the University of Manitoba. She has been a librarian since 2012 and prior to that a library technician for 3 years. She primarily works with science undergraduate student and a subject librarian for biological sciences. Her research interests includes mentoring, science information …
Vicki Berkeley draws from both her computer science degree and library technician diploma in her position as an ILS analyst at Hamilton Public Library. After several years in public service at the library, Vicki currently supports library staff who use the ILS as well as the devices and software that communicate with it.
Victoria Owen, Information Policy Scholar-Practitioner in the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto, has a background in library administration at the University of Toronto and in special and public libraries, including the CNIB Library for the Blind. Victoria holds a Master’s in Library Science and a Master’s in Law, specializing in intellectual property. …
Scott Turner is the newly appointed Science Librarian at Carleton University, formerly Subject Specialist for Journalism and Communication. Scott began his career with Carleton University as a student employee, became full time, completed his MLIS at Western University in London, Ontario, and this will be his first conference presentation.
I have over 20 years’ public library experience in TPL at all levels from page to services specialist. I am currently a Youth Service Specialist at Maria A. Schucka Library. My priority and goal at TPL has been to encourage and develop diverse and reflective programming for youth. As such I developed an all black …
Dr. Bedi works at the University of Victoria as both Director, Academic Commons and Strategic Assessment with the Libraries as well as University Director, Office of Student Academic Success. Shailoo holds a PhD in Education, Curriculum and Instruction, and is an adjunct professor with UVic’s Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies department. Her research interests include …
Sharon Munro is an Information Services librarian at the Leddy Library, University of Windsor, with primary responsibility for Social Work and Human Kinetics.She founded the library’s Public Relations Committee, and is currently an active member.
Sharon Wagenaar is a Youth Services Assistant at the Owen Sound & North Grey Union Public Library. She graduated from the Library & Information Technician Program through Mohawk College and has been employed by the Library for 15 years. Programming is a large part of her position and the Owen Sound Mini Comicon is a …
Shelley McKay is a marketing and fundraising executive with 25 years of communications leadership with organizations across the US and Canada. Shelley joined Hamilton Public Library (HPL) in 2018 to lead communications and outreach initiatives for the system. Prior to joining HPL, she built and managed brands for agencies, non-profit organizations and corporations. Shelley serves …
Spending over 25 years in leadership roles at UTML (one of the busiest libraries at UofT), Shelley served as Coordinator of Collection Management and Associate Librarian, Collections and Scholarship before becoming Chief Librarian. As Chief Librarian, Shelley leads an exceptional team of librarians and staff in the provision of library services and programming which support …
Sherrill Sherwood is the Collection Development Coordinator at Haliburton County Public Library. Sherrill values her role in helping to serve and enrich Haliburton County with a balanced and diverse collection. Sherrill has found it rewarding both personally and professionally to be part of the HCPL team, which has partnered with Registered Social Worker Barb Fraser …
As a member of Hamilton Public Library’s Senior Leadership Team, Sherry oversees the Digital Technology and Communications Departments. She has more than 30 years of experience in the private and public sectors, focusing on innovation, digital literacy, marketing and process improvements. Sherry graduated with an Engineering Degree in Architecture in 1984, a Master in Public …
Siobán Linnen is the Projects and Communications Coordinator at the Ontario Colleges Library Service. She is currently serving as Project Manager for the Library eResources Accessibility Project (LEAP) alongside her colleague Corinne Abba. Siobán can be reached at slinnen@ocls.ca.
Sophie Middleton is a Neighbourhood Services Manager at Vancouver Public Library. She is responsible for five community branches and various system wide projects. Sophie recently led VPL’s strategic initiative to refresh the customer service training for staff. Her commitment to social justice has inspired her throughout her career at VPL to champion extraordinary patron-centred service. …
Stacy Allison-Cassin is an Associate Librarian in the Department of Student Learning and Academic Success at York University. She has been an active member of the Wikimedia community since 2015 where she primarily contributes to the GLAM and Wikidata communities. Allison-Cassin is a citizen of the Métis Nation of Ontario and is a member of …
Stephanie Perrin is a data protection expert and the President of Digital Discretion, a privacy consulting firm. Her PhD from the University of Toronto focused on privacy issues. Dr. Perrin was one of the first federal Access to Information and Privacy Coordinators, giving her deep expertise in the interpretation of data protection law and protection …
Stephanie is an intermediate Science teacher in Whitby. She is a strong advocate for women in STEM, student voice and empowering the leaders of tomorrow.
A passionate advocate for libraries and literacy, Sue teaches in the face-2-face LIT program offered at Durham College in Oshawa. Sue’s past work experiences include UOIT/Durham College as a reference librarian and information literacy lead, Brock Township PL as a branch head and CEO, and Durham DSB as media librarian. Check out her website https://librarytechniciansatdurham2018.wordpress.com/ …
Ms. Susan E. Cleyle is University Librarian at Memorial University, Newfoundland and Labrador. Prior to this, Ms. Cleyle served as the Director of the Centre for Innovation in Teaching and Learning, Memorial University, and held other library leadership roles. Ms. Cleyle is currently the chair of The Partnership, the network of provincial, regional and territorial …
Salma Nakhuda is a Teacher-Librarian in Cornell Junior PS in the TDSB. This is her fourth year as a TL. She has been fortunate to have a collaboration program as part of her Library schedule. She collaborates with teachers from all grades K to 6, across the curriculum areas in the Library Makerspace. The Makerspace …
Sam Bird is Anishinaabe, Swiss-German, and a member of Peguis First Nation. She grew up in Kitchener-Waterloo, and completed schooling in Toronto and Regina, before moving to Thunder Bay. She was hired to lead the Thunder Bay Public Library in its decolonization process.
Samantha Mills, B.Ed., MLIS is Assistant Manager, Program Planning and Evaluation at Vancouver Public Library. She has worked at VPL for five years, in both Digital Services and Programming & Learning. She is passionate about supporting library staff, and about connecting library patrons with the learning opportunities they need to improve their lives. She loves …
Samantha is an avid reader of middle grade and young adult fiction. She is a co-chair for the Forest of Reading Red Maple Committee and an active member of OLA Best Bets. She has worked in youth services at Caledon Public Library for the past 5 years and has a special interest in connecting young …
Sandi Hall is a Grade 8 Teacher in Ajax. Loves books, STEM, empowering young leaders, and playing ultimate frisbee.
Sandra has served KTPL with an efficient diligence and passion since starting in 2001. She has witnessed a great deal of change which has only served to add to her breadth of knowledge with public libraries. She has touched all areas of operations for a Library Assistant including circulation, programming, interlibrary loan and technical services.
Sandy Hervieux is the Liaison Librarian for Political Science, Philosophy, and the School of Religious Studies at McGill University’s Humanities and Social Sciences Library in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She received her MLIS from McGill University in 2014. Her research interests include reference services, information literacy, and the impact of artificial intelligence on user services.
Sarah Shujah is a Liaison Librarian and Entrepreneurship Librarian at the University of Toronto Scarborough Library. She is also currently a SPARC Open Education Fellow. Her work focuses on information literacy, entrepreneurship literacy, open educational resources (OER), and advocacy. You can get in touch with her at sarah.shujah@utoronto.ca.
Sarah Stacy is the manager of Bibliographic Description Section at Library and Archives Canada.
Sarah Harrison is a customer and community service specialist at the East Gwillimbury Public Library, a small, two-branch library system located about 45 minutes north of Toronto. She has a Masters in Library and Information Science and also one in Museum Studies, both from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Information. Her research interests include …
Sarah Ziolkowska is currently the Youth Librarian at Halifax North Memorial Public Library, where she has helped to implement the library’s FoodSmart Project. Before joining Halifax Public Libraries she was a School Librarian in the United States.
Sarah Goodyear has worked as a Library Technician at the Ontario Legislative Library since 2016. She also currently serves as the Promotions Coordinator for the Legislative Library and Research Services. Prior to her role at the Legislative Assembly, Sarah worked in the Library Learning Commons at George Brown College. Sarah earned her Library Technician diploma …