Engineering / Science Librarianship

Ali Versluis

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Acting Head, Research and Scholarship Team at the University of Guelph

Areas of expertise: open education, open access, scholarly communications, conference and event planning (grassroots and association based), hiring committee perspectives, advocacy and organizing, middle management, union work, mentorship, systematic and research synthesis reviews, Engineering and STEM liaison work, college librarianship
Can help with: academic library questions, job applications, CV review, informational interviews, mock interviews and interview prep, presentation preparation, pep talks/general morale boosting
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: versluis@uoguelph.ca , @aliversluis

STEM/Engineering Librarian at the University of Maryland, College Park

Areas of expertise: engineering and computer science reference, research assistance, and collection development; liaising with STEM departments; information literacy instruction for STEM and international student populations; managing student employees and paraprofessional staff; interlibrary loan and resource sharing; circulation and access services
Can help with: cover letter and CV feedback; tips for interviews; developing confidence within STEM librarianship when you have no STEM background; being your cheerleader!
Can speak: English
Contact: esoergel@umd.edu, elizsoergel@gmail.com, @elizsoergel

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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

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STEM and Data Librarian at Ontario Tech University

Areas of expertise: Academic librarianship, STEM/Data/Business librarianship, data and research data management, information literacy instruction, scholarly communications, liaison librarianship, collection development
Can help with: Happy to answer questions about academic librarianship (with particular focus on STEM, Data, and Business librarianship), early career librarianship, anything related areas of expertise listed above
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: kaelan.caspary@ontariotechu.ca

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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

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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

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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

Librarian for electrical engineering, computer science & research data, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Areas of expertise: engineering, computer science & physical sciences sources & collections; reference, liaisonship and outreach in the sciences and engineering; research data management reference & instruction; conference planning; open science, open access; Wikipedia.
Can help with: eng/cs/phys sci reference question advice; cover letters; Wikipedia questions; introductions at conferences, usually; advice about the University of California and/or MIT; time management sympathy; advice on running groups/conferences; making you sound like a superstar in academic-ese.
Contact: psayers@mit.edu, @phoebe_ayers

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Associate Director of STEM Libraries / STEM Data and Research Librarian

Areas of expertise: research data management, instruction, management/leadership
Can help with: review job application materials, networking, professional development, transition into academic life (first generation college graduate)
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: rjulian@fsu.edu @Renaino

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Research librarian for life sciences and research metrics

Areas of expertise: liaison work, data management, reproducibility, academic librarianship, research impact and metrics, science librarianship, health science librarianship
Can help with: CV review, job interview question, academic library questions
Can speak: English
Can read: English, Spanish
Contact: tishamentnech@gmail.com, @tishamentnech