Fully Loaded Version [July 2010]
This version (PDF) has all of the bells, whistles and painstaking detail required for those promotion and tenure meetings.
Base Model Version [July 2010]
This version (PDF) has the basics and with some careful driving it will get you to the same destination.
Fun Version [July 2010]
This version (below) is about as reckless as it gets (while still adhering to the rules of the road).
I started my university career close to home at the U of Western Ontario, where I spent the weeks sketching nudes (in class), dabbling in new media, reading obtuse art theory, and enjoying western literature. I graduated with a BA in English and Visual Arts and pretty much had no clue what I was going to do next. After my undergrad, I spent one year as a sales rep for a major soda beverage bottler (the blue guys), before deciding that shilling sugar-water wasn’t a career (at least for me). I decided to go to library school for reasons that still seem somewhat muddy, but Halifax and Dalhousie’s program were just what the doctor ordered. At DAL I helped launch the Prospectus project (our site is no longer active), I contributed to the History of the Book in Canada project, I worked as a library intern at the Sexton Design library, and I started an e-commerce venture selling library-themed t-shirts (LibrarianGear.com). Some of the designs are still available at: http://www.zazzle.com/librariangear
After library school I applied for postings all over the country, but ended up returning to Ontario to work at U of Guelph Library.
I started my career as the liaison librarian for marketing & economics. Over the last year we’ve done some organizational restructuring - to move away from the liasion model and toward a team-based model. When the dust settled, I landed on the Learning and Curriculum Support team (think: Information Literacy). In my career here, I’ve done the usual stuff (buying books, IL sessions, ref desk shifts, conferences, etc.), but I’ve also had the opportunity to participate in a number of innovative projects:
- a training program for reference staff (based on a Chinese food restaurant)
- a website promoting the profession (Info*Nation: more than you think)
- virtual reference promotional material (“It’s like having a librarian in your bedroom”)
- research outreach in campus residences (Research in your Pyjamas)
- an experimental training program for Web 2.0 technologies (Taste 2.0)
- a social experiment focused on innovative practice (Innovation Boot Camp)
My favourite part of working at Guelph, however, has been the opportunity to teach a full for-credit course in the Marketing and Consumer Studies department. The course is called Information Management and is a required class for the BComm degree. We tackle topics like: information ethics, privacy, intellectual property, database design, biometrics, & information systems. Let’s just say that preparing content for an entire course is a lot different than a 50-minute IL session (and a lot more rewarding!). Recently, I’ve taken over the online version of Information Management - and if I have my way, I’ll be jamming that experience chock full of interesting multimedia content. Stay tuned on that one…
For more (complete) details of my C.V. use one of the PDF links above.
