Courses Taken • Assignments • Co-op • Research Papers • Web Content
Courses Taken
Graduate Courses in Library & Information Science
Cataloguing
- Organization of Information (required) 85%
Collection Development
- Collection Development 85%
- Open Access: Implications for Academic Libraries and Librarians (individual study) 86%
Librarianship (misc.)
- Academic Libraries 82%
- Perspectives on Library and Information Science (required) 83%
- Placing Users First: Designing for Real People (distance ed.) 87%
- Research Methods and Statistics (required) 85%
Management
- Human Resources Management 88%
- Managing and Working in Information Organizations (required) 82%
Reference and Instruction
- Information Sources and Services (required) 85%
- Information Sources for Business and Industry 77%
- Instructional Strategies for Information Professionals 90%
Technology
- Open Source Software for Libraries 81%
- Social Software and Libraries (distance ed.) 85%
- Web Design and Architecture 82%
Graduate Courses in Sociology & Social Anthropology
- Anthropological Theory 80%
- Diversity and Social Equality 85%
- Ethnographic Perspectives on Gender and Immigration (reading course) 88%
- Gendered Perspectives on Immigration (reading course) 92%
- Making Beds, Making Change: Hotel Workers Rising in Toronto (Major Research Paper) 94%
- Qualitative Research Methods 80%
- Work and Change in Global Context 87%
Other
- University Teaching: Theory and Practice (course offered by Teaching Support Services, University of Guelph)
Assignments
Collection Development
Opening day collection on Multiculturalism in Canada for a community college library. Budget: $2200.
- Annotated bibliography of selections (PDF)
- Budget form (PDF)
Pathfinders
Presentations
- Curriculum Integrated Library Instruction in XYZ University’s Four-Year Bachelor of Nursing Program (PDF)
- Marketing Resources (PDF)
- Social Sciences & Humanities Resources (PDF) Handout (PDF)
- User Centred Design Site Review: Thode Library’s Learning Commons, McMaster University (PDF)
- WordPress & Libraries (PDF)
Co-op
End-of-Term Co-op Report (PDF): Reflections and recommendations based on my experiences working as a library co-op student at McMaster University Library (August 2008-April 2009).
To see some of the work assignments I completed while at McMaster, refer to my Professional Contributions.
Research Papers
Independant Studies
- MLIS Individual Study: The Open Access Librarian: Educating and Advocating for Change. Unpublished research paper, The University of Western Ontario. 2009. Download Abstract & Excerpt (PDF)
- Graduate Major Research Paper: Making Beds, Making Change: Hotel Workers Rising in Toronto. Unpublished Major Research Paper, University of Guelph, Ontario. 2007. Download Abstract & Excerpt (PDF)
- Undergraduate Thesis: The Lure of South Korea: Exploring the Contact Zones of Teaching English Abroad. Unpublished Undergraduate Thesis, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS. 2004. Download Abstract & Excerpt (PDF)
Select Short Essays (if interested, please contact me for a copy)
Library and Information Science:
- Computer Servers and Kiosks?: Envisioning the Library of the Future
- Dewey Decimal Classification and its Treatment of “Leprosy”
- Embracing the Role of Librarian as Educator
- Information Literacy 2.0: How Social Scholarship Is Opening Doors to Understanding
- Investigating Innovation: How Academic Journals Speak to McMaster University Library’s Strategic Directions
- Open Borders to Education: Providing library instruction to international MBA students (research proposal)
- The Vanishing Academic Reference Librarians (?)
- What makes a good manager?
- What the Maclean’s Rankings Do Not Reveal About Libraries
Sociology & Social Anthropology:
- Fashioning Viable Dissent: An Exploration of Community Unionism, Im/migrant Women and Homeworkers in the Canadian Garment Industry
- The Global Citizenship Divide: Exploring the Construction of Non-Citizen Migrant Workers in Canada
- No History Is an Island: Exploring Structural Theory in the Works of Marshall Sahlins
- The Precarious Place of Immigrant Women’s Labour in the Canadian Workforce
- Working for Change in the Global Economy: Ethnographic Perspectives on US Im/migration
Web Content
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Social Software Blog: Blog entries compiled for a course on social software in libraries. Weekly contributions reflect on the content of the course, including reviews of a variety of readings, case studies and Web 2.0 technologies. Click to visit site
MLIS 2.0: Social networking site created by myself and three fellow MLIS students using Ning.com as part of a course project. Click to view larger image
The Frugal Library Student: Photo depicts the preliminary design for a Web site created for a web design course. Though no longer hosted online, the site was created using Dreamweaver, and provided library students with tips about ways to save money and still have fun.
