Academic Librarianship – Page 4

Karen Meijer-Kline

she, her, hers

Scholarly Communications Librarian, Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Areas of expertise: Scholarly Communications in general, Open Access, Open Education, Open Pedagogy, Canadian copyright, fair dealing, library publishing, monograph publishing, journal publishing, Pressbooks, OJS, Islandora, institutional repositories, creative commons licensing, author rights
Can help with: Academic library questions, job applications, CV review, informational interviews, pep talks/general morale boosting/commiserating, lessons learned & pitfalls in publishing projects or platform use/setup
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: karen.meijer-kline@kpu.ca, @kmeijerkline

Kate Mercer

She/her

Liaison Librarian, University of Waterloo

Areas of expertise: Science, engineering, strategy. I also have a lot of experience with diverse career paths.
Can help with: CV review, interview questions, academic library environments, research, cross disciplinary collabora
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: Kmercer@uwaterloo.ca

Kathryn Barrett

she/her

Social Sciences Liaison Librarian, University of Toronto Scarborough Library

Areas of expertise: academic libraries, library consortia and consortial service delivery, coordination and project management, reference (traditional & virtual), liaison librarianship, training & instruction, mentorship, working with vendors
Can help with: Academic library questions, consortial library questions, CV and cover letter review, job interview questions
Can speak: English (native) & French
Can read: English (native) & French
Contact: kathryn.barrett@utoronto.ca

Katie Harding

she, her, hers

Learning Support Librarian for Engineering at McMaster University

Areas of expertise: Science and engineering librarianship; teaching & learning; academic librarianship
Can help with: CV and cover letter review, interview prep, academic library questions
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: kharding@mcmaster.ca

Katie Wilson

she/her

Biosciences Liaison Librarian and Scientific Data Curator at University of Minnesota, former Data Indexer at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

Areas of expertise: Research data management, scientific data curation (genomics, experimental, etc.), metadata capture and creation.
Can help with: Can take general questions on data management and data curation. Happy to talk about working in academia, early career researcher life, and liaising with subjects outside of your expertise (I am a humanities person currently working with STEM disciplines).
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: katiethewilson@gmail.com, @katiethewilson

Katrina Cohen-Palacios

she/her

Archivist at York University

Areas of expertise: emerging areas of expertise?: spreadsheet software (Excel, Libre Calc, Open Refine); tackling large processing projects including offsite moves and vendor digitization prep; Wikidata, Wikipedia, and Wikicommons
Can help with: graduate studies, academic archives, professional development, professional associations, resumes, interviews, documentation and policies, project management, imposter syndrome, and I’ll do my best to try and answer anything else
Can speak: English, French
Can read: English, French
Contact: kcohenp@yorku.ca / @katrina_cp

Kellie Barbato

she/her

Director, Lineberger Memorial Library at Lenoir-Rhyne University

Areas of expertise: Access services, library management, information literacy, leadership, academic librarianship, theological librarianship
Can help with: CV/resume review, cover letters, advice about anything library-related, pep talks, long-distance moves
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: kellie.barbato@gmail.com / @kelliecbarbato

Kristin Hoffmann

she, her, hers

Research and Scholarly Communication Librarian at University of Western Ontario

Areas of expertise: I am currently a scholarly communication librarian focusing on journal publishing with OJS, open access generally, and some support for the institutional repository and bibliometrics.
I was a subject librarian for most of my career, and I've been a department head (supervisor/manager). I'm an active researcher and journal editor, and I've delivered workshop and advised individuals about doing research and publishing as an academic librarian. I have held numerous positions with our faculty association, including serving on negotiating committees for collective agreements.
Can help with: I am happy to:
- give feedback on draft articles (one of my favourite things to do!)
- answer academic library questions in general
- talk about how to approach research projects
- talk about working in scholcomm and with journal publishing
- review job applications & resumes for academic library positions
- give advice about contract negotiating for a new position
Can speak: English, some French
Can read: English, French
Contact: khoffma8@uwo.ca , @KMHlibrarian

Kristin Kerbavaz

she/her

Assessment Librarian, Virginia Commonwealth University

Areas of expertise: Library assessment & planning
UX research
Academic library job searching & interview prep
Can help with: Job search support (reading & interpreting postings, writing cover letters & targeted CVs, describing transferable skills, preparing for interviews, etc.)
Informational interviews about academic libraries/assessment/UX
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: kerbavak@vcu.edu