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Wired West: Volume 11, no. 3

Member News

New Members

The Western Canada Chapter welcomes all new and returning members. If you are a new member, please take a moment to send a short bio to Anne O'Shea, Bulletin Editor, which will be published in the next issue of Wired West.

Heather Acton is the Research Officer/Librarian at the Centre for the Study of Co-operatives at the University of Saskatchewan. Her work involves managing the Centre's library as well as promoting it to U of S students and the co-op sector. She balances that work with her other responsibility as project administrator for a multi-year SSHRC grant. She leads the Centre's web initiatives and produces two blogs associated with the Centre. Prior to this, Heather has managed the libraries of two law firms, worked in the library for the Saskatchewan Research Council, a high school library, two University libraries and has established libraries for several small not-for-profit organizations.

John Alexander is the Cataloguing Technician at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, (formerly known as Kwantlen University College). Also works as an Auxiliary Library Technician at the Vancouver Public Library, mainly in Special Collections or the Newspapers and Magazines Division. John is a graduate of the Langara College Library Technician Program in 2003 and has a BA in History from the University of British Columbia, 2000. Currently serves as a part of the executive committee of the Library Technician and Assistants Group (LTAIG) of BCLA.

Brenda Alm is the Information Specialist at Angiotech located in Vancouver, where she helps researchers with their scientific information needs. She has been at Angiotech for five years and has been running the library solo for the past year and a half.

Louise Archibald is a Senior Library Technician for Fisheries and Oceans Canada in Vancouver where she has worked since 1999. Previous to this she was the librarian for Triton Environmental Cons. Ltd. for 10 years. She also worked in the UBC library system for 10 years in Government Publications, Interlibrary Loans and in the Fine Arts Library. She received her Library Technician Diploma in 1994. Louise is also a member of IAMSLIC: International Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries and Information Centres.

Elena Bianco is the new public services librarian at Vancouver Community College. Her areas of focus are allied health and information literacy. Elena graduated with an MLIS degree from the University of Washington in 1996. For the past 10 years, she was the information literacy and allied health services librarian at Shoreline Community College in Shoreline, Washington. Having recently moved to BC and become an SLA WCC member, she is looking forward to meeting other members and participating in events.

Katie Edwards earned her MLIS from the School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS) program at the University of Alberta in April 2008. At SLIS, she chaired the Career Resources and Partners’ Week Committees. She moved the Partners’ Week marketing and sign-up process to a digital platform, cutting costs and increasing participation by both students and professionals. In May, she is beginning her professional career at Calgary Public Library, as an Outreach Librarian.

Michelle Mallette is currently the Student Services Coordinator for the School of Library, Archival & Information Studies at The University of British Columbia in Vancouver. She is responsible for recruitment and alumni relations, as well as student placements in library and archival information centres. She is also an adjunct instructor in the Library & Information Technology program at Langara College, and has worked in both public and special libraries. Prior to her career in libraries, she worked as a journalist and editor for several Lower Mainland community newspapers, where she and her staff earned several awards. She is also a member of the BC Library Association, and is once again active in the SLAIS Alumni Association. Among her greatest achievements are growing artichokes from seed to harvest in a single season, and a B+ in introductory calculus, ten years after she finished Grade 12 math.

Publications

Schachter, Debbie. "Look for the Coachable Moment To Improve Staff Performance." Information Outlook 12.05 (2008).

-----. "Managing Your Talent Will Ease The Looming Rush to Retirement" Information Outlook 12.04 (2008).

Wood, Emma. "When Distance Gets in the Way: Barriers to Recruitment in Rural and Remote Libraries." Feliciter 54(2) (2008): 54-56.

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