2002

Master of Information Studies, University of Toronto

2000

Master of Arts (Medieval Studies), University of Toronto

1993

Bachelor of Arts (Honours, Classical Studies), Concordia University

“Bibliography of John Peter Somerset McLaren” 35(1) Canadian Law Library Review, 24. 2010.

“Review of The Grand Experiment: Law and Legal Culture in British Settler Societies. Edited by Hamar Foster Benjamin L. Berger, and A.R. Buck. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2009” 35(1) Canadian Law Library Review 33, 2010.

“Are Legal Texts Grey Literature? Toward a definition of Grey Literature that invites the Preservation of Authentic and Complete Originals” in D. Farace and J. Frantzen eds. Eleventh International Conference on Grey Literature, The Grey Mosaic, Piecing It All Together (Amsterdam: TextRelease, 2010).

“Review of Canada’s Trial Courts: Two Tiers or One? Edited by Peter H. Russell. Toronto: University of Toronto Press” 33(3) Canadian Law Library Review 360, 2008.

“Uncharted Territory: Researching Civil Justice Systems in Canada” Lawyers’ Weekly, July 21 2006.

“Empirical Study of Civil Justice Systems: A Look at the Literature” 42 Alberta Law Review 887, 2005.

“Are Legal Texts Grey Literature? Understanding and Preserving Grey Literature” presented at Eleventh International Conference on Grey Literature, The Grey Mosaic, Piecing It All Together. - Library of Congress, Washington D.C., USA, December 14-15, 2009.

“Scholarly Communications” a two-part Presentation to the University of Victoria Senate (with Inba Kehoe, Ken Cooley, Katy Nelson and Lisa Petrachenko), 2009.

“Thesaurus of Canadian Civil Justice System Terminology: Sources, Data Collection, and Technology.” Presentation at Canadian Association of Law Libraries Annual Conference, Edmonton Alberta May 7-10, 2006.

“A Thesaurus of Canadian Civil Justice Terminology,” Presentation to the Access Services and Resource Sharing S.I.G., Canadian Association of Law Libraries Annual Conference, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario: May 25-28 2003.

“Horizontal and Vertical Relations in the Regula Sancti Benedicti,” Paper presented at the SUNY (Buffalo) Classics and Medieval Studies Graduate Students’ Conference, 1998.

2009

University of Victoria Internal Research Grant for the creation of an online Bibliography of Canadian Legal History. $4000.00

2005

James D. Lang memorial Scholarship to take “Introduction to Parliamentary Procedure: Dynamics of Leadership” through University of Wisconsin - $250.00

2005-2006

Canadian Association of Law Libraries Research Grant for ‘Thesaurus of Civil Justice System Terminology – Sources, Data Collection, and Technology” - $4900.00

2003-2005

University of Alberta Humanities, Fine Arts, and Social Sciences Research Grant for “Access to Civil Justice Materials in Canadian Law Collections: Establishing the Need for a Bilingual Thesaurus of Civil Justice System Terminology in Canada” - $7160.00

2009

Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries Research Training Workshop, Vancouver, BC, Oct 19.

2009

Digitization Fundamentals and their Application, course offered at Digital Humanities Summer Institute, University of Victoria, June 8-12.

2009

Attended Computers in Libraries conference Washington DC, March 30-April 1.

2009

Web Design Construction for Libraries, Part 1: XHTML and CSS, an online course offered by the Association of College and Research Libraries and the American Library Association, May 1-30.

2008

New England Law Libraries Consortium International Fellow, April 30-May 14. I visited Cornell Law School Library to learn about how Law Librarianship is practiced there, and to report my findings back to my colleagues.

2005

Introduction to Parliamentary Procedure: Dynamics of Leadership” University of Wisconsin (online). Qualifies me to become a certified Parliamentarian through the American Institute of Parliamentarians.

2009 -

Co-Chair, University of Victoria Childcare Action Group

2008 -

Chair, Faculty Association Librarians’ Committee, University of Victoria

2007-2009

Vendor Liaisons’ Committee, Canadian Association of Law Libraries

2007- 2008

American Association of Law Libraries member

2005-6

President, Edmonton Association of Law Libraries

2005-6

Chair, Edmonton Association of Law Libraries Headstart Committee

2004-2006

Member, Trust Academics Steering Committee, University of Alberta (Committee to direct collective bargaining negotiations)

2004-2006

Chair, Database Design Special Interest Group, Canadian Association of Law Libraries

2002-

Canadian Association of Law Libraries member

2006-

Faculty and Student Services Librarian, Diana M. Priestly Law Library, University of Victoria.

• Coordinating and delivering reference services, including
  • Calling and Chairing reference librarian meetings
  • Liaison with University Library Reference Unit
  • Scheduling reference service staffing
  • Organizing peer training and ongoing professional development
• Coordinating and delivering Library instruction and orientation to faculty and students, including:
  • In-Class delivery of research training
  • Contributions to course and assignment design, working closely with Faculty Members
  • In-Library research training
  • Instruction and orientation to non-law Faculty and Students
• Initiating, developing, and delivering new services to Faculty and Students.
• Collection development policy and subject responsibilities.
• Law Library, University Library, and Faculty Association committee work.
• Research and writing in law librarianship.
• Special projects, with an emphasis on scholarly communications and digital initiatives
• Faculty and student outreach, including data collection.
• Website maintenance, design, and coding.

2004- 2006

CEO, Xylem Inc.

• Completed information management contracts for prominent Canadian justice bodies, including Alberta Justice and the Canadian Judicial Council.
• Team building and education in information management, including the information life cycle and other key concepts.
• Project management.
• Information technology evaluation.
• Consulting and communicating with clients and suppliers.
• Market research, promotions, and networking.

2002 - 2006

Law Librarian and Information Coordinator, Canadian Forum on Civil Justice, University of Alberta (see www.cfcj-fcjc.org)

• Initiating and coordinating information management projects, using XML and related technologies, including the creation of a RAD compliant and EAD-enabled archive of Forum business documents, and a variety of specialized and unique information sources based on documents not available elsewhere, partnering with other U of A information experts.
• Establishment of a Civil Justice collection development policy in consultation with the Board.
• Supporting Forum researchers and clients with innovative and convenient information services, including RSS feeds and other custom current awareness solutions.
• Consulting and liaising with strategic partners to improve information flow and sharing.
• Initiation, grant writing, and project management for two research projects to support the creation of an electronic Thesaurus of Canadian Civil Justice Terminology.
• Investigating and exploiting open standards including many forms of metadata, to improve information management.
• Website design, maintenance, and expansion
• Database creation and modification

2002 - 2005

• Development, delivery, and continual updating of a computer-mediated distance education course in law research and law libraries management.