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Copyright and Canadian Academic Libraries (with Alan G. Kilpatrick), OLA Super Conference 2013 (2013)
A current review of the state of copyright in Canadian Academic Libraries will be presented....
Effective Promotion Planning for Your Library (with Brittany Coulter), OLA Super Conference 2013 (2013)
Successful library events most often depend on deliberate and well-planned promotion. The backbone of planning...
Reframing "How We Done It Good" Research Publications (with Lise Doucette, Bruce Fyfe, Kristin Hoffmann, and Courtney Waugh), Canadian Library Association Annual Conference (2012)
"How I done it good" research papers, while important, often focus on a specialized local...
Too Taboo? Sex in LIS Education Texts (with Heather Hill), Canadian Association of Information Science (CAIS) (2012)
This paper examines the LIS teaching literature to understand how sexually-related materials are framed. The...
Five librarians walk into a bar... Keeping librarianship vital (with Courtney Waugh and Lise Doucette), OCULA-WYNO/ACRL Spring Conference 2012 (2012)
Often, the most important discussions are not the ones you have in scheduled meetings. In...
Observing Graduate Students' Use of Library Space (with Amanda Humphreys), Ontario Library Association / Super Conference 2012 (2012)
Based on a “sweeps” study in public libraries (Given & Leckie, 2003), this observational research...
Playboy @ Western Libraries, Progressive Librarians Guild - London Chapter / On the Edge: Sex in the Library/ The University of Western Ontario (2011)
This presentation discusses collecting a controversial donation in an academic library setting. Challenges in accepting,...
Mentoring in English Canadian Academic Libraries (with Elizabeth Marshall), Canadian Library Association 2011 Conference (2011)
Presented in Halifax at CLA's 2011 conference, this peer-reviewed research presentation presented preliminary data about...
Mentoring in Academic Libraries: A Canadian Perspective (with Elizabeth Marshall), Research Day (Arts & Humanities, FIMS, and Education) (2011)
This study is an exploration of mentoring in Canadian Academic Libraries, from expectations of recent...
Making Connections: Using Citation Analysis to Map the Literature of Migration & Ethnic Relations (with Bruce Fyfe, Courtney Waugh, and Stacey Wilson), Librarian & Archivist Presentations (2011)
This is the research question: How well are the collections at Western Libraries meeting the...
Embedded Information Literacy: An Arts & Humanities Model (with Christy Sich), Research Day (Arts & Humanities, FIMS, and Education) (2010)
With the installation of a new Arts & Humanities Dean and recognizing the need to...
Embedded Information Literacy: An Arts & Humanities Model (with Christy Sich and Fran Gray), Spring Perspectives 2010 (2010)
This material was presented at Spring Perspectives 2010. The presentation highlights the collaboration between the...
Information Literacy and Research-Intensive Graduate Students: Enhancing the Role of Research Librarians, Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian (2009)
This article investigates how psychology graduate students find information for coursework and research, who teaches...