Library Work

Experience

 

Carleton University (University Librarian, 2014-2019)

Carleton University (Associate University Librarian, Collections and Library Development, 2011-2014)

Queen’s University (Head, Collection Development and E-Resource Management, 2010-2011)

Queen’s University (Head, Central Technical Services, 2004-2010)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Head, Serials Cataloging Section, 1996-2001)

National Library of Canada (Leader, Serials Team, 1989-1996)

National Library of Canada (Serials Cataloguer, 1985-1989)

Library, Ontario Ministry of the Solicitor General (Cataloguer, 1985)

Scientific Information Centre, RCMP (Cataloguer, 1985)

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Publications

 

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Books

  • Editor, E-Journals Access and Management (Routledge, 2008)
  • Editor, E-Serials: Publishers, Libraries, Users, and Standards (Haworth Press, 2nd ed., 2002)
  • Co-Editor, E-Serials Cataloging: Access to Continuing and Integrating Resources Via the Catalog and the Web (Haworth Press, 2002)
  • Chief Editor, Cataloging the Web: Metadata, AACR, and MARC 21 (Scarecrow Press, 2002)
  • Editor, E-Serials: Publishers, Libraries, Users, and Standards (Haworth Press, 1st ed., 1998)
  • Editor, Serials Canada: Aspects of Serials Work in Canadian Libraries (Haworth Press, 1995)

Journal Editing

  • Member, Editorial Board, New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2017-2020
  • Co-editor of special issue of New Review of Academic Librarianship on modern special collections, v. 21, issue 2 (2015)
  • Associate Editor (Articles), Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 2012-2013
  • Editor-in-Chief of Access, the official magazine of the Ontario Library Association, 2007-2011
  • Served in various capacities for the peer-reviewed journal Serials Librarian, including senior editor, 1995-2003; columnist, 1999-2002; and member of the editorial board, 2004-2007

Articles

peer-reviewed journals, books, and websites

  • “Deciding Crises in Academic Libraries,” MediaTropes, v. 5, no. 2 (2015), http://www.mediatropes.com/index.php/Mediatropes/article/view/26423
  • co-author, “70% and Climbing: E-Resources, Books, and Library Restructuring,” Collections Management, v. 39, issue 2/3 (2014)
  • “Editing Books,” in Carol Smallwood, Writing and Publishing: The Librarian’s Handbook (American Library Association, 2010)
  • “Editing a Library Association Magazine,” in Carol Smallwood, Writing and Publishing: The Librarian’s Handbook (American Library Association, 2010)
  • “How to Write Right,” Informed Librarian Online (May 2005)
  • “Publish the Thought: Writing for the Professional Literature,” in Priscilla K. Shontz, The Librarian’s Career Guidebook (Scarecrow Press, 2004)
  • “A Personal Mini-History of E-Serials Cataloging,” Serials Librarian, v. 43, no. 3 (2003)
  • “How to Do It Not Badly,” Serials Librarian, v. 43, no. 2 (2002)
  • “Getting Published,” LIScareer.com, Dec. 2001
  • “More Than One Record,” Serials Librarian, v. 41, no. 1 (2001)
  • “This In-Between Time,” Serials Librarian, v. 39, no. 3 (2001)
  • “Dublin Core and Serials,” Journal of Internet Cataloging, v. 4, no. 1/2 (2001)
  • “Added Entries When Piggybacking,” Serials Librarian, v. 39, no. 2 (2000)
  • “E-packages,” Serials Librarian, v. 39, no. 1 (2000)
  • “Gimme a C!: MIT’s Experience with Core Cataloging of Serials,” Serials Librarian, v. 37, no. 3 (2000)
  • “Access to Government Serial Information in a Digital Environment,” report on workshop held at 1998 NASIG conference, Serials Librarian, v. 36, no. 3/4 (1999)
  • “Canadian Library Association, Serials Interest Group Program, June 1996,” Serials Review, v. 22, no. 3 (fall 1996)
  • “We Need Those E-Serial Records,” Serials Review, v. 21, no. 4 (winter 1995)
  • Co-author, “Intégration des formats et catalogage des publications en série,” Documentation et bibliothèques, v. 40, no 3 (juill./sept. 1994)
  • Co-author, “Format Integration and Serials Cataloguing,” Serials Librarian, v. 25, nos. 1/2 (1994)
  • Co-author, “The Cataloguing of Serial Microform Reproductions at the National Library of Canada,” Serials Librarian, v. 22, nos. 1/2 (1992)
  • “Dubious Definitions,” Canadian Library Journal, v. 45, no. 1 (Feb. 1988) [Reprinted in: AALT Technician, v. 15, no. 2 (Oct. 31, 1988)]
  • Co-author, “Bilingual Serial Cataloguing at the National Library of Canada,” Serials Librarian, v. 12, nos. 1/2 (1987)

other

  • Co-author, “Sex, Violence, and Videogames: Collecting Controversial Materials in an Academic Library,” Freedom to Read Kit 2015
  • Interviewee, “Making Access,” Access, v. 20, no. 1 (winter 2014)
  • “What’s Happening to My Printed Journals?” Queen’s Gazette, v. 38, no. 18 (Dec. 10, 2007)
  • Co-author, “Get It! @ Queen’s Makes Journal Searching Easier,” Queen’s Gazette, v. 35, no. 19 (Nov. 22, 2004)
  • “The Impact of Metadata on Searching the Internet,” report on program held at 2001 ALA conference, ALCTS Newsletter Online, v. 12, no. 3 (fall 2001)
  • Co-author, “New Web Interface for Databases & E-Journals: Vera,” MIT Libraries’ News, v. 12, no. 1 (spring 2000)
  • “E-Serials Cataloging at MIT: Eight Things We’ve Done and Learned,” CONSERline, no. 13 (Jan. 1999)
  • “E-Serials: Publishers, Libraries, Users, and Standards,” CLA Serials Interest Group Electronic Newsletter, Mar. 1998
  • “Canadian Library Association Conference Report,” NASIG Newsletter, v. 11, no. 4 (Sept. 1996)
  • “Cataloguing of Online Serials: An Update,” National Library News, v. 28, nos. 7/8 (July/Aug. 1996)
  • “Online Electronic Serials: How Do You Catalogue Those Things, Anyway?,” National Library News, v. 27, no. 5 (May 1995)
  • “Directors of ISSN Centres Meet at National Library of Canada,” National Library News, v. 26, nos. 2/3 (Feb./Mar. 1994)
  • “ISSN Canada,” National Library News, v. 25, no. 5 (May 1993)
  • “The CONSER Abstracting and Indexing Project,” National Library News, v. 22, nos. 7/8 (July/Aug. 1990)
  • “Greetings,” Special Issues, v. 1, no. 1 (May 1989)

Book Reviews

  • Developing and Managing Electronic Collections: The Essentials, by Peggy Johnson, in Feliciter, v. 60, no. 2 (2014)
  • The Laughing Librarian: A History of American Library Humor, by Jeanette C. Smith, in Feliciter, v. 59, no. 2 (2013)
  • The Challenge of Library Management: Leading with Emotional Engagement, by Wyoma vanDuinkerken and Pixey Anne Mosley, in Feliciter, v. 58, no. 4 (2012)
  • No Shelf Required: E-Books in Libraries, ed. Sue Polanka, in Feliciter, v. 57, no. 2 (2011)
  • Licensing Digital Content: A Practical Guide for Librarians, by Lesley Ellen Harris, in Feliciter, v. 56, no. 1 (2010)
  • Unofficial Wisdom: Selected Contributions to Feliciter 1995-2009, by Guy Robertson, in Feliciter, v. 55, no. 4 (2009)
  • Handbook of Electronic and Digital Acquisitions, ed. Thomas W. Leonhardt, in Library Resources & Technical Services, v. 52, no. 3 (July 2008)
  • Collaborative Electronic Resource Management: From Acquisitions to Assessment, by Joan E. Conger, in Serials Librarian, v. 49, no. 4 (2006)
  • Indexing: The Manual of Good Practice, by Pat F. Booth, in Serials Librarian, v. 43, no. 4 (2003)
  • Towards a Worldwide Library: A Ten Year Forecast, ed. Ahmed H. Helal and Joachim W. Weiss, in Serials Librarian, v. 35, no. 3 (1999)
  • The Future of Serials, ed. Patricia Ohl Rice and Jane A. Robillard, in Canadian Library Journal, v. 49, no. 1 (Feb. 1992)