Library Consortia

Amy Greenberg

Assistant Director at Scholars Portal, Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL)

Areas of expertise: Project management, training, administrative/HR stuff, working in an academic & IT environment
Can help with: academic library consortia questions, resumes & cover letters, interview prep, general questions / sympathetic ear
Can speak: English, Hebrew, minimal French
Can read: English, Hebrew, some French
Contact: amy@scholarsportal.info , @auntie_amy

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Scholarly Resources Librarian, Scholars Portal, Ontario Council of University Libraries

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Services and Communications Coordinator, askON Manager at Ontario Colleges Library Service (OCLS)

Areas of expertise: Starting and managing library services, conducting pilot projects, collaborative service models, virtual reference, project management, marketing and communications, leadership and management, conference and event planning, safe spaces and codes of conduct, usability testing
Can help with: Consortia, college library sector, job applications, resumes
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: jdawson@ocls.ca , @nunanishi

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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

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Online Learning & Accessibility Librarian, Scholars Portal, Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL)

Areas of expertise: library consortia, leadership in higher education, developing and managing new services, high level research and development of toolkits and supporting research materials, external relations, copyright and accessibility, open education, OER
Can help with: mentorship and advice in areas of academic librarianship and leadership, strategies for effective interviews and cover letter writing, cutting edge librarianship competencies and female leadership in higher education.
Can speak: English, Russian
Can read: English, Russian, Ukrainian, German
Contact: katya@scholarsportal.info, @socialbrarian

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Client Services & Assessment Librarian at Scholars Portal/Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL)

Areas of expertise: Working at library consortia, assessment and evaluation (especially for e-resource and consortial services), marketing/communications for a library consortium, committee work
Can help with: General questions, resume and cover letter advice, event planning, collaboration, usage statistics (& Excel life hacks), #consortiumlife
Can speak: English & French
Can read: English & French
Contact: sabina@scholarsportal.info, @spagotto

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Director of Services at the Ontario Colleges Library Service (OCLS)

Areas of expertise: library consortia, management, collaboration between libraries, working with vendors and partner libraries, budgeting & managing shared services, project management, Ontario college libraries
Can help with: academic library consortia questions, job applications, resumes, interview prep, international experience
Can speak: French, English, German
Can read: French, English, German
Contact: tguignard@ocls.ca, @timtomch