Experience

Education

Postgraduate Certificate, Learning Design University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies 2020

Master of Information, Library & Information Science University of Toronto Faculty of Information 2016

Honours Bachelor of Arts, English, Writing & Rhetoric University of Toronto Faculty of Arts & Science 2014

Employment

Curator of Digital Experience (Librarian), University of Toronto Libraries, 2021 - present

Manager, Digital Access and Open Educational Resources, eCampusOntario, 2020 - 2021

Instructor: Introduction to OER, Library Juice Academy, 2020 - 2021

Digital Access & Open Educational Resources Lead, eCampusOntario 2019 - 2020

Program Coordinator, eCampusOntario 2018 - 2019

Research & Scholarly Communications Librarian, Western University Libraries 2017 - 2018

Donald E. Moreland Library Fellow/Librarian, North Carolina State University Libraries 2016 - 2017

• Copyright & Digital Scholarship Centre
• User Experience Department

Institutional Repositories GSLA, University of Toronto Libraries 2015 - 2016

• Information Technology Services Department

Scholarly Communications and Copyright GSLA, University of Toronto Libraries 2014 - 2016

• Scholarly Communications and Copyright Office, Office of the Chief Librarian

Access and Information Services SLA, University of Toronto Libraries 2013 - 2015

Grants, Scholarships, & Awards

2018 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Scholarship, Open Textbook of Scholarly Communication Librarianship Unconference - SPARC/ACRL

2017 Exploring Emerging Mobile Technologies for Libraries’ Teaching, Outreach, and Communication, Grant - NCSU Libraries Good Idea Grant, Co-Investigator ($4,250.00)

2017 Open Textbook Toolkit, Grant- Institute of Museum & Library Services (IMLS LG-72-17-0051-17), co-author ($49,958.00)

2016 Second Runner Up, World Usability Day, Triangle User Experience Professionals Association

2016 OpenCon 2016 Scholarship, Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition

2016 Staff Team Appreciation and Recognition Award, Ongoing Excellence (TSpace Team), University of Toronto Libraries

2016 Outstanding Student Contribution Award, Faculty of Information Alumni Association

Professional Service

National/International

• Canadian Association of Research Libraries
  • Open Education Working Group (ex-officio)
  • Open Education Librarian Leadership Planning Group
  • Strengthening Capacity Committee’s Core Competencies Working Group
• The Idealis
  • Contributing Editor
• OpenCon, SPARC & Right 2 Research Coalition**
  • Satellite organizer, OpenCon 2017: NC Student Leaders, April 2017
  • Application review team, OpenCon 2017
• Triangle Scholarly Communications Institute, Mellon Foundation
  • Staff and facilitator (2016 Triangle SCI)
• Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication, Ubiquity Press
  • Reviewer

Local/Regional

• Ontario Consortium of University Libraries
  • OER White Paper Working Group
• Western University
  • Open Education Working Group Co-Chair
• Western Libraries
  • Scholarly Communication Subcommittee Co-Chair
  • Research Metrics Subcommittee
  • Research Support Standing Committee
• NCSU Libraries
  • Instruction & e-Learning Team
  • User Research Team, Principal Investigator
  • Staff Learning and Development Committee, Staff to Committee
• Alt-Textbook Committee
  • Co-chair
  • Open Education Expert
• University of Toronto Faculty of Information
  • iSchool Student Conference: 2016 Conference Co-Chair: Marketing and Online Communications
  • Admissions: Invited speaker and student life rep – Prospective & Admitted Student Days.
  • Mentoring @ iSchool Program Co-Chair, Mentor (2015-16)
  • Master of Information Student Council
    • Academic Affairs Chair (2015-16)
    • Social Committee Co-Chair (2015-16)
    • Graduate Student Union Representative - UTGSU Grievance Working Group (2014-15)
    • Class Representative (2014-15)
• University of Toronto Libraries
  • 2015 Copyright in Canada Conference, Organizing committee

Additional Training

• Agile Project Management: Global Knowledge Toronto
• Google Analytics Masterclass: The Knowledge Academy
• Creating Accessible Word/PDF Documents: Accessibility Ontario
• Creative Commons Certificate (Beta): Creative Commons
• Automate the Boring Stuff with Python: Udemy
• A Crash Course in Data Science: Johns Hopkins University on Coursera
• CopyrightX: HarvardX/Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society
• Introduction to User Experience: Girl, Develop It! Raleigh-Durham Chapter

Skills

Technical Skills

• Content Management Systems, including Drupal, Wordpress, and Cascade.
• Digital Repository Systems, including DSpace and bePress
• HTML, CSS, and Markdown proficiency.
• Data Analysis and visualization tools, including OpenRefine, R, NVivo, and Tableau.

Transferable Skills

• Experienced in agile project management.
• Grant writing for local and federal grants.
• User experience and user research methodologies.
• Proven success building community partnerships through outreach initiatives.
• Curriculum design & instruction experience for in-class, virtual, and workshop-based instruction.