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Library Representatives

Your role as the Library’s Representative in your department is critical to facilitating communication and collaboration between the Library and academic units.

Library Representatives ensure their academic areas are aware of relevant Library resources and services, while also informing Liaison Librarians of important issues related to curriculum, research and scholarship.

Specifically, your role is:

To facilitate communication between members of your department and the Library
To collaborate with your Liaison Librarian regarding research and teaching initiatives

We ask that you:

Inform your Liaison Librarian regarding curriculum changes, new faculty hires, emerging research interests
Contact your Liaison Librarian with requests for new Library materials
Ensure that members of your department are aware of relevant Library services
Invite your Liaison Librarian to regularly attend departmental meetings to report on Library initiatives and discuss Library-related issues
Attend meetings hosted by the Library to discuss major Library developments, provide feedback, and ask questions
Distribute information from your Liaison Librarian to your departmental colleagues

Current Library Representatives

Faculty of Applied Health Sciences

Liaison Librarian

Library Representative

Health Sciences

Elizabeth Yates

Kinesiology

Elizabeth Yates

Nursing

Elizabeth Yates

Recreation & Leisure Studies

Elizabeth Yates

Erin Sharpe
Garrett Hutson

Sport Management

Elizabeth Yates

Faculty of Education

Liaison Librarian

Library Representative

Education

Karen Bordonaro (Jennifer Thiessen currently on sabbatical)

Renee Kuchapski

Aboriginal Studies

Karen Bordonaro (Jennifer Thiessen currently on sabbatical)

Department of Teacher Education

Karen Bordonaro (Jennifer Thiessen currently on sabbatical)

Jennifer Rowsell

Faculty of Humanities

Liaison Librarian

Library Representative

Canadian Studies

Karen Bordonaro

Classics

Karen Bordonaro

Katharine Von Stackelberg

Dramatic Arts

English Language & Literature

Andrew Pendakis

French Studies

Karen Bordonaro

Renee-Claude Breitenstein

GAME

Hispanic & Latin American Studies

Karen Bordonaro

History

Elizabeth Neswald

Interactive Arts & Science

David Hutchison

Interdisciplinary Humanities PhD

Italian Studies

Karen Bordonaro

Carmela Colella

Liberal Arts

Laurie Morrison

Michael Driedger

Medieval & Renaissance Studies

Andrew McDonald

Music

Philosophy

Brian Lightbody

Studies in Arts & Culture

Studies in Comp. Lit. & Arts MA

Karen Bordonaro

Cristina Santos

Studies in Comparative Literatures & Cultures

Karen Bordonaro

Cristina Santos

Visual Arts

Goodman School of Business

Liaison Librarian

Library Representative

Accounting

Parunchana Pacharn

Finance, Operations and Information Systems

Marketing, International Business & Strategy

Organizational Behaviour, Human Resources, Entrepreneurship & Ethics

Faculty of Mathematics and Science

Liaison Librarian

Library Representative

Biochemistry

Oenology & Viticulture

Biological Sciences

Andrew Renyolds

Biotechnology

Chemistry

Melanie Pilkington

Computer Science

Robson De Grande

Earth Sciences

Daniel McCarthy

Mathematics and Statistics

Physics

Neuroscience

Cheryl McCormick