User Experience / Assessment Librarianship

Alex (Alexandrina) Hanam

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Senior Librarian, Knowledge Resources at Global Affairs Canada

Areas of expertise: special librarianship: how to do UX and assessment, outreach, training, programming
federal government librarianship
best practices for multilingual and transnational library services
Can help with: anything listed above!
advice on federal government job processes (applications, language testing)
resume/cover letter review
working in a multilingual and multicultural workplace
transitioning from library technician to librarian
Can speak: English, French
Can read: English, French
Contact: alex.hanam@gmail.com

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Assessment and User Experience Librarian, Thompson Rivers University

Areas of expertise: assessment--critical assessment, regular library metrics, various types of user studies,
liaison work--feminist and critical pedagogical approaches, English and humanities liaison,
e-resource management--troubleshooting, working with vendors, some copyright and licensing
web publishing--web usability, libguides
library labour--collective bargaining, interpreting collective agreements, collegial governance
Can help with: - general academic library questions--work environment, hiring process, ongoing and emerging issues, collegial governance
- job applications, resumes, cv help, interview tips
- professional development opportunities and mentorship--how to find and approach
- interpreting collective agreements
giving pep talks about imposter syndrome
Can speak: English, bad French
Can read: English, French
Contact: apaterson@tru.ca , @shalihavmydwarf

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Web Content Strategist, Iowa State University Library

Areas of expertise: UX research, usability testing, digital accessibility, academic librarianship, training, project management, winding career paths
Can help with: resume/CV/application review, cover letters, academic library questions, transferable skills, job search process and being a new librarian
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: barearick@gmail.com, @ferenjamin

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Service Design Librarian and Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University

Areas of expertise: project management, user experience, accessibility, instructional design, training, meeting management, academic librarianship
Can help with: project planning, generating buy-in, leading from the middle, tenure
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: egerman@tamu.edu, @eligerman

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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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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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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

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Curator of Digital Experience, University of Toronto Libraries

Areas of expertise: User Experience, Accessibility, Web Services Librarianship. Experienced with academic librarianship and nontraditional librarianship.
Can help with: informational interviews, mock interviews, career change support, job talk review, CV review.
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: lillian.hogendoorn@gmail.com, @l_hogendoorn, lillian-hogendoorn.info

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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

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User Experience Librarian at Western University, Ontario

Areas of expertise: UX research methodologies, front-end development, cataloguing and metadata, being a US immigrant to Canada, being a new librarian
Can help with: discussing job-seeking process and challenges of being a new librarian.
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: mbarry23@uwo.ca / @revanar