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Class Notes continued Jessie Cunningham, MISt I have accepted a position with the Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion's Strategic Planning and Policy Branch as a policy analyst/librarian. The library portion of my job includes (but is not limited to) providing research and document delivery support as well as collection development, interlibrary loans, and cataloguing. Sonja El-Gohary, MISt I am currently working as a researcher for www.classifile.com. The founder is in the process of creating a new database that will provide access to supplementary resources for children, parents, and teachers in the United Kingdom. My job is to find age-appropriate websites that correspond with the national curriculum in each of the key stages. The founder of the website feels that this will provide equal opportunity to all children and parents regardless of their computer literacy. I am enjoying this job, and sadly, learning a great deal about subjects a 10-year old should know! Marcel Faulkner, MISt I'm now working as a contract librarian at the Saltfleet Library, part of the Hamilton Public Library system. Unfortunately, the job was slated to end in early August. Now that I have a little free time again, I'm playing in an ice hockey league for the first time since 1973. It is stupendously fun and, although I’m not that great a player, my goal is to make the NHL by the time I'm 60. Kathryn Fitzgerald, MISt My job as a Librarian I/Market Research Information Specialist Intern with the MaRS Venture Group is a one-year contract that will see me working out of the new MaRS building at College and University streets in Toronto. I am providing secondary research services to MaRS staff and clients, in particular the Innovations Group at U of T, which is the commercialization/technology transfer arm of the university. The Group is sponsoring my position through the University of Toronto Library system. It's rather complex with all the stakeholders — my position is a bit of an experiment — but it is a great experience! Alex Gates, MMSt I accepted a job offer as the first Director/Curator of the North Berrien Historical Society in Coloma, Michigan, and started in June. I am close to Chicago so it's a great location for a first job. The position offers a number of challenges and great opportunities for growth: I’m tackling all sorts of museum issues from collections management and curating exhibits, to making brochures and managing volunteers. Feel free to visit if you're in Michigan's Great Southwest! Kelly Holmes, MISt I'm working part-time as a Children's Librarian for the Downsview branch of the Toronto Public Library. I'm also living in the Beaches and reading Harry Potter with a view of Lake Ontario from my door! Amy Kaufman, MISt I'm now a Public Services Librarian at the Faculty of Law at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. As part of my job I will be teaching a new course, “Legal Research and Writing,” to all first year law students. I'd love to hear what my friends from FIS are up to! E-mail me at kaufman@queensu.ca. Yasmin Morais, MISt I have been offered a two-year residency at Georgetown University's Law Library in Washington, D.C., which began on July 2. I am very excited about the position as I am interested in law librarianship and specifically international law. All the very best to FIS staff and my classmates. Geoffrey Little, MISt Since June I've been working as Communications Coordinator and Adjunct Reference Librarian at Yale University Library in New Haven, Connecticut. I'm responsible for the library's communications and outreach initiatives, publications, and exhibits within the Sterling Memorial Library, Yale's stunningly beautiful central research library. Despite some initial misgivings about moving to the United States, and a steep learning curve, I can't think of a better place to be. Not only am I engaged in library activities involving students, faculty, staff, and members of the New Haven community, but I also get to work with Yale's exceptional collections, resources, and incredibly talented professional staff. I miss my friends and family back in Toronto (I also missed my Convocation), but this experience is an incredible – and often challenging – opportunity to be involved in the administration of a major international research library. Jessica Posgate, MISt After an increasingly discouraging job hunt, I landed a dream contract: Digitization Project Facilitator at the Grey Highlands Public Library, in South Grey County, Ontario. The library has three branches, in Flesherton, Kimberley and Markdale. The aim of the project is to digitize two local newspapers and create a website dedicated to local hero, Agnes Macphail. Aside from working with wonderful people — public librarians! — I am living in one of the most spectacular corners of Ontario and enjoying every day at on the job and in the countryside. My work draws on almost every course I took at FIS, but I am finding that some of my best resources are my colleagues from school. That's where the treasure is. Jill Ruby, MISt I am the new Knowledge Management Policy Analyst at the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, on a nine-month contract to March 2008. The Ministry is conducting evidence-based research into the future human capital needs of Ontario, so I will take the lead role in developing, implementing, and maintaining a knowledge management strategy for the duration of the project. Some of my responsibilities include developing and implementing policy, procedures, tools, and staff training to effectively manage the information assets of the project, including processes for information storage, retrieval, and dissemination. Norah Xiao, MISt Currently I am a Librarian at the Science and Engineering Library at the University of Southern California. Within the team, I provide all types of information services to the USC science and engineering community, such as reference and research, collection development, information literacy training, etc. My subject-specialized areas are chemistry (physical sciences), aerospace engineering, and mechanical engineering. I also work on leveraging new technologies to connect our users to our library services and resources, which is very fun and challenging! I can be reached at norah_xiao@yahoo.com. 18 informed | september 2007
Thank you to our Donors We gratefully acknowledge the alumni, friends, faculty, staff, foundations, and corporations listed below that have generously donated to the Faculty of Information Studies, as well as those who wish to remain anonymous. You have a special relationship with us and we appreciate your devotion to advancing education, to supporting our students, and to strengthening the practices and communities of Information and Museum Studies. Presidents’ Circle Member ($1,827+) The Presidents’ Circle is the Leadership Annual Giving Society for the University of Toronto. The new giving level of $1,827 is historically relevant as it reflects the year, 1827, in which the University of Toronto was granted its Royal Charter. Professor Mavis O.M. Cariou Professor Derrick de Kerckhove Ms. Judy Dunn Toronto Public Library Board Dean’s Circle Member ($1,826-$1,000) Professor Margaret E. Anderson Professor Lynne C. Howarth Ms. June E. Munro Ontario Library Association Ontario Genealogical Society Faculty Patron ($999-$500) Ms. Lenora G. Aedy Ms. Ariana Y. Bradford Professor Wendy Duff Mr. Ian R. Dutton Ms. Norma Huber Professor R. Brian Land Ontario Genealogical Society, Ottawa Branch Ms. Karen A. Wierucki Friend of the Faculty ($499-$250) Ms. Patricia L. Belier British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa Mrs. Catherine A. Crocker Ms. Carol Germa Mr. Alan D. Husdal Mr. Kenneth F. Ladd Ms. Laurie Ann McNeice Mr. Casian Moscovici Mrs. Miriam J. Simpson Faculty Supporter (up to $249) Ms. Andrea Aitken Allen County Public Library Employees Mrs. Nancy A. Alzo Ms. Maureen Anderson Miss Rita Aquan-Yuen Association of Professional Genealogists, Ontario Chapter Miss Effie C. Astbury Mrs. B. Lynn Austin Mr. Terry E. Baker Ms. Carol A. Barber Ms. Gillian G. Shields Barbery Ms. Catherine L. Barrette Ms. Rhoda K. Baxter Ms. Rosalie Beauchamp Mrs. J. Merlyn Beeckmans Ms. M. Ruth Bennett Ms. Judith A. Benninger Mrs. Ruth L. Benton Ms. Ada Berti Ms. Marjorie G. Bethune Ms. Judith A. Bialkowski Mr. Grant F. Birks Miss Marie Boehm Mrs. Margaret H. Boehnert Ms. Gloria Boudreau Mrs. Margaret Boyd Mrs. Jennifer Mary Brajcich Mrs. Ilze Bregzis Mr. Ritvars Bregzis Ms. Margaret A. Brennan Mrs. Marianne E. Brett Ms. Sharona Brookman Mr. James Kellond Broughton Dr. Cheryl C. Buchwald Ms. Camrose Burdon Ms. Donna M. Burton Ms. Sheila A. Burvill Ms. Malgorzata L. Bylinska Ms. Catherine M. Cain Mrs. Barbara J. Cameron Ms. Elva Wynette Cameron Mr. Ryan and Mrs. Kathy Carpenter Ms. Marney Cathers Mrs. Jean E. Cawkwell Dr. Bruce Chan Ms. Beverly Chandler Ms. Anne Chapman Mrs. Beverly A. Chataway Mr. Morley E.R. Chesher Mrs. Frances E. Clee Ms. Gillian Ruth Clinton Miss M. Elizabeth Colley Miss Alison J. Colvin Ms. Carole A. Compton-Smith Mr. Owen A. Cooke Mrs. Betsy R. Cornwell Ms. Christine Corston Ms. Laura Helen Cowie Ms. Sandra L Craig Dr. Richard Crouch Ms. Judith A. Curry Mrs. Linda J.E. Davis Ms. Wendy A. Davis Mrs. Patricia L. Desaulniers Mrs. Linda Claire Deterville Mrs. Joan Devlin Professor Martin R. Dowding Ms. Suzanne Therese Dubeau Ms. Sylvia J. Duffus Ms. Christine Louise Dujmovich Ms. Mary Joan Dunn Ms. Angela M. Eady Miss H. Mavis Eastham Ms. D. Louise Edwards Mrs. Joan M. Fairfield Miss Elizabeth A. Fenton Mr. Earle C. Ferguson Mrs. Olga M. Filipowich Professor E. Patricia Fleming Ms. Barbara Fox Mrs. Elayne B. Freeman Miss Sheila J. Gann Ms. Bessie Gannon Ms. Betty Gazdik Ms. Judith M. Gauthier Mr. Leonard Russell Geddie Mr. Abdurraouf Gehani Mrs. U. Christine Gerth Ms. Lynne Gibbon Miss Patricia M. Giesler Mrs. Eleanor B. Gilbert Ms. Sandra B. Goble Ms. Annette Y. Goldsmith Miss Mavis E. Gray Mrs. Tannis Eileen Gretzinger Mrs. Norma Ruth Grech Ms. Sandra Guillaume Mrs. Edith E. Gvora Mr. Robert Halfyard Hamilton Civic Hospital Class of '63 Mrs. Arlene R. Hammer Mr. Mark K. Hand Ms. Laura Hanowski Mrs. Olga K. Heisler Mrs. Pauline M. Henaut Mrs. S. Diane Henderson Ms. Michelle M. Hendley Ms. Jill T. Hertzman Ms. Peggy W. Ho Miss Susan J. Hoffman Ms. Frances Hoffman Mr. David William Hook Dr. Richard Hopkins Mrs. Keiko Horton Mr. Bede M. J. Hubbard Ms. Susan M. Humphries Ms. Kimberly A. Huntley Ms. Patricia Hursti Mr. William D. Hyndman Mrs. Barbara E. Irwin Ms. Edythe A. James Mrs. Susan Johnston Mr. Paul Jones Ms. Rebecca J. Jones Mrs. Cynthia Joseph Ms. Malva Kannins Mr. Glen J. Kelly Mr. Donald W. Kilpatrick Ms. Heather R. V. Kilpatrick Mrs. Mary A. King Mr. Jeffrey J. Kraegel Ms. Susan Agota Kun Mrs. Katherine L. Kurceba Mrs. Ann Large Mrs. Elizabeth M. Learmouth Mrs. Helen D. Lee Mr. Val K. Lem Mr. Thomas Kim Kwong Li Ms. Roselyn C. Lilleniit Mr. Nathan E. Loeppky Ms. Janice M. Long Ms. Doris H. Low Miss Mary Low Ms. Linda D. Lowry Ms. Helen I.E. Lukacs Ms. Magdalen Lukacs Ms. Carrol D. Lunau Miss Clare-Marie Lyons Mrs. Halia M. Lypka Mr. Alan MacDonald Mr. Vernon S. MacKelvie Mr. Robert James Harold MacNabb Steven Miss Karin P. Manley Mrs. Marion Matthias Mrs. M. Patricia McCrimmon Ms. Rosemary McGuire-Herman Mrs. Anne E. McGaughey Miss Katherine D. McKinnon Ms. Lori P. McLeod Mrs. E Cheryl McTait Miss Elise Hugh Mei Chien Ms. Karen E. Melville Mr. Cesar Eduardo Mendoza Mrs. Brenda Merriman Ms. Donna Metcalfe Mrs. Janine L. Miller Miss Clara G. Miller Mr. Richard Mills Miss Victoria E. Milnes Ms. Noreen M. Mitchell Mr. Warren E. Mizener Mr. Ian Montgomery Mrs. Frances Morrison Miss Shelley J. Mortensen Mrs. Catherine J. Moulder Ms. Margaret V. Muir Ms. Barbara A. Murphey Mr. Donald G. Mutch Ms. Cheryl Nailor Ms. Diane Nailor Ms. Kaja L. Narveson Mr. John G. Nesbitt Dr. Kirsti Elizabeth Nilsen Ms. Jacqueline Norris Ms. Rosemary F. O'Donnell Mrs. Aiko Okada Mr. Dennis E. Oliver Mrs. Susan D. Omnet Ontario Genealogical Society, Halton-Peel Branch Ontario Genealogical Society, Hamilton Branch Ontario Genealogical Society, Nipissing District Branch Ontario Genealogical Society, Waterloo Region Branch Ontario Genealogical Society, Wellington County Branch Ontario Genealogical Society, York Region Branch Miss Maureen R. O'Reilly Ms. Jennifer Jane Osther Ms. Hilary Anne Palmer Mr. Andre W. Paradis Ms. June Partridge Ms. Flora E. Patterson Ms. Gwyneth Pearce Mrs. Cecilia L. Peterson Ms. Beatrice M. Pickett Mrs. Rachel C. Pitch Mrs. Isabel F. Pitfield Mrs. Lynn Poth Mrs. Susan B. Potter Mrs. Joanna B. Prager Ms. Shirley R. Presland Miss Elizabeth A. Puckering Ms. Elizabeth Ann Reid Mr. Robert E. Renaud Mr. Ronald Reynolds Mr. Robert B. Richards Mrs. Dorothy C. Rogers Ms. Muriel Rogers Mrs. Wendy B. Ross Mr. W. Wray Roulston Mr. Wilfrid C. Rudy Mr. John S. Russell Ms. Doreen E. Rutherford Ms. M. Louise Rutherford Miss Tatana Sahanek Mrs. E. Barbara Samson-Willis Mr. Eric V. Sangwine Mr. Roderick Giles Sawyer Mrs. Marie V. Scheffel Ms. Lorraine M. Scott Mr. Girdhar Shingala Mrs. Cyrele Shoub Ms. Shirley Sills Ms. Margaret R. Sinclair Ms. Jean M. Smart Ms. H. Marie Smibert Mrs. Sheila M. Smolkin Ms. Carol Snell Professor Barbara J. Soren Mr. M. Ardean Stairs Ms. Louise St. Denis Ms. Laurena Storey Mrs. Celia D. Streit Mr. Chun-Lan Sun Ms. Marcia Sweet Ms. Susanne Tabur Mr. Nigel J. Tappin Mrs. Karen Ann Tarbox Mr. Douglas Taylor Ms. Jane Taylor Mrs. R. Velma Taylor Ms. Karen H. Teasdale Ms. J. Lynne Teather Mrs. Nancy W. Thurston Timelines Genealogical Research Toronto Area Archivists Group (TAAG) Mrs. Margaret Jane Turner Mr. Donald Vanstone Mrs. Marianne Vespry Ms. Sherri Vokey Mr. Bill V. Vrantsidis Ms. Snezana Vukelic Mr. Karl Heinz Wahl Ms. Esther Wan Mrs. Betty B. Warburton Mr. John B. Warrener Ms. Jane Watt Mrs. Shirley E. Weatherbee Ms. M. Susan Webb Mrs. Jean Weihs Mr. William Sandford Wheeler Mrs. Carol S. Williams Mrs. Dorothy L. Wilson Mr. Ian Wilson Ms. Elsie Jean Wright Ms. Eva P.H. Wu-McDonald When planning your estate, please remember that you can support FIS through a bequest or other future gift to the University of Toronto. Friends and alumni who confirm such a gift are invited to join the King's College Circle Heritage Society. For more information, please contact Kathleen O’Brien at 416.978.7184 or alumni@fis.utoronto.ca. Every effort has been made to ensure the proper recognition of each donor. The listings include donations received from July 2, 2006 to July 1, 2007. informed | september 2007 19
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