Community / Student / User Engagement / Outreach Librarianship

Alexandra Yarrow

she/her

Manager, Alternative Services, Ottawa Public Library (bookmobile, homebound, kiosk, accessibility)

Areas of expertise: General public library advice, Quebec and Ontario PLs, programming, outreach, services for older adults, kids, readers’ advisory, HR/staff training and development, leading teams.
Can help with: Above plus interviewing!
Can speak: English, French
Can read: English, French
Contact: Alexandra.Yarrow@Ottawa.ca; @alexyarrow; https://ca.linkedin.com/in/alexandrayarrow

she/her/hers

Pre-Sales Solutions Consultant at SirsiDynix

Areas of expertise: Academic librarianship, reference, instruction, instructional design, liaison librarianship, outreach, e-learning/online learning, information literacy, applying and interviewing for jobs (I've done it a lot!), transitioning out of academia, vendor relations, being a librarian outside of a library, non-traditional career paths
Can help with: Cover letter review, academic library questions, general job interview questions, questions about working in the private sector or working with/for vendors.
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: allisonrand94@gmail.com, @allisonrandom on Twitter

she/her/hers

Student Success Librarian, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Areas of expertise: undergraduate student outreach/programming; first-year experience outreach/programming; outreach/programming to non-academic units on campus (housing, student organizations, writing center); event planning (Banned Books Week, finals week de-stressing, welcome week).
Can help with: job application process (cover letter/resume), academic library questions, questions about these types of jobs.
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: powell.charissa@gmail.com; @CharissaAPowell

Sher/Her/Hers

Scholarly Communication Librarian for Research Infrastructure at University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Areas of expertise: Institutional repositories, Open Access, Research Impact, Reputation Management, Bibliometrics (metrics), Altmetrics, ORCID, Metadata, Data curation, Research Data Management, Citation tracking
Can help with: Academic library job interviews, interview presentations, CV review
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: christina.miskey@unlv.edu / @VulcanLibrarian

Grants and Awards Librarian, University of Victoria Libraries

Areas of expertise: Grants, awards, scholarships, development, research, special projects related to community outreach and engagement, events, publications
Can help with: Grants, awards and scholarship applications
Can speak: English
Can read: English, some French
Contact: cwalde@uvic.ca

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Lecturer, School of Library and Information Science, University of Iowa

Areas of expertise: I worked for 10 years as a special collections librarian and curator. Now I welcome the students into the program at Iowa, teaching the intro course, as well as Literacy & Learning (a teaching course) and courses related to academic libraries and special collections.
Occasionally, I teach in the summer for San Jose State's program.
Can help with: special collections
library instruction, especially special collections
management
informational interviews
how to pick a graduate program
Can speak: English, easy Japanese
Can read: English
Contact: colleen-theisen@uiowa.edu; @libcolleen on Twitter

he/him/his

Head, Foundational Instruction & Community Engagement

Areas of expertise: community outreach & engagement; media literacy; hip hop pedagogy; co-curricular programming; program ideation, realization, and maintenance; event planning and promotions; outreach and programming with non-academic units (student media, cultural centers, student organizations, etc.); studio spaces/music production in libraries; experiential learning in libraries; teaching; public/academic library partnerships
Can help with: academic library questions
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: crarthur@vt.edu / @nicestlibrarian

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Undergraduate Experience Librarian, University of Washington, Seattle

Areas of expertise: undergraduate student outreach and programming, first year student outreach and programming, outreach program assessment, event planning, outreach to non-academic/student support offices/departments (international student office, diversity office, undergraduate research program), teaching & learning with emphasis on inclusive teaching, partnership development
Can help with: academic library questions, job search, understanding, UE, FYE, student success library positions
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: vrbancic@uw.edu

she, her, hers

Student Engagement & Outreach Librarian, Penn State University, University Park campus

Areas of expertise: In the Student Engagement & Outreach Librarian position, I do liaison work with non-academic units on campus (Student Affairs, undergraduate research, University Fellowships Office, etc), collaborate with Penn State librarians across the Commonwealth to help create networks of support and aligned approaches to student engagement, and work closely with student employees in the library to ensure the work they do is meaningful. My research interests revolve around student engagement within higher education, reference services, peer-to-peer services in academic libraries, digital and information literacy, and undergraduate research.
Can help with: Talking about student engagement, CVs and cover letters, supporting undergraduate research, and building peer-to-peer services
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: hailley.fargo@gmail.com or on Twitter @hailthefargoats