Category: Scholarly Communication Librarianship

Lisl Schoner-Saunders

she, her, hers
Academic Librarian, Algoma University
Areas of expertise
mental health, accessibility, collection & electronic resources management, information literacy, reference & research help, open access & open educational resources, knitting, tea
Can help with
CV & Resume review, academic librarianship questions, networking, work/life balance, career goals/paths, pep talks & morale boosts, anything that involves drinking tea
Can speak
English
Can read
English
Contact
lisl.schoner-saunders@algomau.ca / @lisl.bunhead

Margaret Janz

she/hers
Scholarly Communications & Data Curation Librarian
Areas of expertise
data management, open research, open government data, workshop planning, STEM librarianship
Can help with
general questions, professional development, being a team of one, working in a newly created position, CV/cover letter help, presentation rejection/acceptance support, working with anxiety/depression, being a STEM librarian without a STEM degree
Can speak
English
Can read
English
Contact
mjanz@upenn.edu / @MargaretJanz on twitter
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Melissa Seelye

she, her, hers
Scholarly Publishing & Systems Librarian, University of Michigan Law Library
Areas of expertise
scholarly publishing, open access, library and research systems (Innovative's Sierra ILS, Digital Commons, SSRN, OJS, ILLiad, LibApps, homegrown Excel/Access databases), usage statistics, altmetrics

I am also an editorial team advisor of Western University's student-run Emerging Library & Information Perspectives journal (https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/elip) and teach a corresponding MLIS course on scholarly communication and open access publishing.
Can help with
job application review, interview prep and mock interviews, academic/law library questions, advice on gaining applied experience in library school, student publishing initiatives
Can speak
English
Can read
English
Contact
seelyem@umich.edu / @melissa_seelye

Rebekah Kati

she/her/hers
Institutional Repository Librarian at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Areas of expertise
institutional repositories, open access, digital publishing, university press publishing, project management, scholarly communications, web development, virtual reference, online librarianship
Can help with
resume/CV review, cover letters, academic library questions, for-profit library questions, vendors
Can speak
English
Can read
English
Contact
rkati@email.unc.edu

Roger Gillis

he/him
Copyright & Digital Humanities Librarian, Dalhousie University Libraries
Areas of expertise
Digital Humanities/Digital Scholarship, Archives, Copyright, Creative Commons/Open licensing, Digital Project Management, Library Publishing
Can help with
Academic libraries, Job application/interviewing advice, General career advice
Can speak
English
Can read
English
Contact
roger.gillis@gmail.com

Sarah Crissinger

she, her, hers
Scholarly Communication Librarian, Indiana University
Areas of expertise
OER, library publishing, open access, library instruction, reference
Can help with
academic library questions, job applications, resumes, mock interviews and interview prep, conference presentations (proposal, creating a poster, etc.)
Can speak
English
Can read
English
Contact
secrissinger@gmail.com , @sarahehare
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Sarah Severson

she, her, hers
Digital Initiatives Project Librarian, University of Alberta Library
Areas of expertise
Digitization, scholarly communications, Wikipedia
Can help with
job search and interview questions, changing jobs, starting up as a (middle) manager, project and service management, digitization, digital collections, scholarly communications, publishing, OJS
Can speak
English, French
Can read
English, French
Contact
sarah.severson@ualberta.ca , @sarah0s

Shanna Hollich

they/them or she/hers
Interim Director of Library Services and Collections Management Librarian, Wilson College / Government Documents Librarian, NOAA / Technical Services Assistant, Adams County Library System / Library Media Specialist, Montgomery County (VA) Public Schools
Areas of expertise
Collection management, collection development, cataloging, electronic resources management, acquisitions, systems, reference/instruction, information literacy, scholarly communication, digital humanities, administration and management, budgeting and finances.
Can help with
I'm happy to do CV/resume reviews, basic interview advice/prep, or just general questions about the profession. I'm currently working at a small academic library but also have experience as a federal contractor working for a mid-size federal library, public library experience, and I started my career as a middle school / high school librarian. So I have a varied background and am happy to answer any questions I can, or direct people to colleagues of mine who can answer questions that I can't.
Can speak
English
Can read
English
Contact
shollich@gmail.com / Twitter: @srhlib

Sonya Betz, MA, MLIS

she, her, hers
Head, Library Publishing and Digital Production Services, University of Alberta
Areas of expertise
library publishing, open access, open education, digital repositories, web and user experience, project management, liaison librarianship, instruction, collective agreements / negotiating
Can help with
resume/CV/application review, cover letters, academic library questions, professional involvement/service, tenure/continuing appointment dossier prep
Can speak
English
Can read
English
Contact
sonya.betz@ualberta.ca, @sfbetz

Stephen Spong

he, him, his
Director, John and Dotsa Bitove Law Library and Copyright Officer (Western University)
Areas of expertise
copyright, OA, OER, law librarianship, accessibility, management
Can help with
general questions, mock interviews, cv review
Can speak
English
Can read
English
Contact
sspong@uwo.ca; @stephenspong