Cataloguing / Metadata Librarianship

Amy Lorencz

she, her, hers

Metadata and Copyright Librarian at Saint Mary's University in Halifax

Areas of expertise: I oversee the Cataloguing and Metadata Systems Department (what was once know as Technical Services). I also work with Copyright within the University and regional committees. I work a lot with Government Documents in the collection, too.

My strengths and expertise are : Managing a department of dedicated cataloguers, collection evaluation and maintenance, link resolvers and troubleshooting, eBooks and batch records, Currently growing in the area of Research Data Management.
Can help with: I'd be happy to help go over any CVs and any questions you may have.
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: alorencz@gmail.com

Catie Sahadath

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Can speak: English, French, German, Italian
Can read: English, French, German, Italian
Contact: catelynne.sahadath@uottawa.ca , @metacatie

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Head, Discovery, Description, & Metadata, Metadata Management Librarian, Western Libraries, Western University; Formerly Acting Head, Metadata Access, Western Libraries, Western University; Formerly Authority File Maintenance Librarian for University of Waterloo/TUG

Areas of expertise: Authorities (Canadiana, LCSH, Name Authorities, MESH, applying other controlled vocabularies to your system/records), cataloguing, MARC, linked data, data munging, administrative management duties, metadata crosswalking, translating cataloguing speak into regular speak, discovery layers, link resolvers, project management
Can help with: my expertise in the above listed areas, job applications, cover letter advice, CV writing, when to say no to a job offer, interview questions, decoding job ads, workload planning, academic librarianship/research in an unpopular subgenre, project management
Can speak: English
Can read: English, French
Contact: czorici@uwo.ca, @Libraried

Christy Bailey-Tomecek

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Project Archivist, Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University

Areas of expertise: Metadata, arrangement and description, oral histories, project management, ArchivesSpace, vicarious trauma, supervising student workers, academic libraries.
Can help with: Informational interviews about the profession and job competencies, questions about the above subject areas. I sometimes have time to review things like resumes and cover letters too, but please ask before sending on materials.
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: christy.bailey-tomecek@yale.edu / @GothArchivist

Devon Elizabeth Stivers

Just call me Devon. I'm not big on pronouns.

Electronic Records Archivist at the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives

Areas of expertise: Government Records, Born-Digital collection Management, Metadata, Archives and Museum Artifacts collection management, Graphic artist.
Can help with: CV Review, Digitization, Artifact (especially Art) Handling, Troubleshooting ideas about digital preservation concerns. Ohio River Valley Local History.

I love helping if I get advanced notice.
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: @lizbeth0255 / archivistfox.wordpress.com / devonstivers55@aol.com

Evan Schilling

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Architecture Librarian at University of Waterloo

Areas of expertise: liaison librarianship (architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, and design); information and visual literacy; copyright/fair use, and creative commons licensing; citation management software; cataloguing; critical research methods; knitting and foraging
Can help with: CV review; job interview questions; mock interviews; career changes; academic and museum libraries; presentation preparation; professional associations
Can speak: English, Greek, easy French
Can read: English, French, easy Greek
Contact: evan.schilling@uwaterloo.ca

Jacob Ratliff

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User Experience Specialist

Areas of expertise: UX, Information Architecture, Taxonomies, Metadata, Information Management, Special Libraries
Can help with: Happy to talk through anything.
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: jaratliff13@gmail.com / @Gameronomist

John Dewees

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Digital Asset Management Lead, University of Rochester - River Campus Libraries

Areas of expertise: project management, digitization, digital libraries, metadata, US copyright law, policy development, public libraries, Omeka, CONTENTdm, Internet Archive, Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), Preservica, Python a bit of data visualization, and enough IIIF to make me dangerous
Can help with: CV/resume review, cover letter review, interview preparation, getting involved with professional organizations/service, presentation preparation, developing portfolios, DAM/digital libraries/digital preservation, getting started in coding, just being a sounding board for whatever you've got going on
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: john.dewees@rochester.edu (preferred), john.dewees@gmail.com, @johndewees, johndewees.com (updated 2022-03-11)

Jordan Hale

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Digital Repositories Librarian, University of Waterloo

Areas of expertise: repository management, metadata, cataloguing, GIS/map/data librarianship, scholarly communications, labour relations, research design, grant writing, media archives, digitization, digital scholarship, DSpace, OJS, cat petting
Can help with: CV and interview questions, surviving library school and the world beyond, making connections
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: jordan.hale@uwaterloo.ca / @jordanclaire

Kara Handren