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
Liaison Librarian
Library Representative
Liaison Librarian
Library Representative
Department of Teacher Education
Karen Bordonaro (Jennifer Thiessen currently on sabbatical)
Liaison Librarian
Library Representative
Liaison Librarian
Library Representative
Liaison Librarian
Library Representative
Faculty of Social Sciences
Liaison Librarian
Library Representative
Applied Disability Studies
Colleen MacKinnon
Kimberley Zonneveld
Applied Linguistics
Karen Bordonaro
Rick Welland
Child & Youth Studies
Colleen MacKinnon
Richard Mitchell
Communication, Popular Culture and Film
Justine Cotton
Liz Clarke
Economics
Linda Lowry
Anthony Ward
Geography
Heather Whipple
Chris Fullerton
Intercultural Studies
Karen Bordonaro
Deborah Yeager
Labour Studies
Heather Whipple
Larry Savage
Political Science
Heather Whipple
Juris Dreifelds
Psychology
Colleen MacKinnon
Tanya Martini
Social Justice/Equity Studies MA
Laurie Morrison
Mary Breunig
Sociology
Laurie Morrison
Janet Conway
Tourism Management
Heather Whipple
David Fennell
Women’s & Gender Studies
Colleen MacKinnon (Jennifer Thiessen on sabbatical)
Ana Isla