Prof. Lynne Teather - Faculty of Information - University of Toronto

gillian clinton alison Stirling luanne Freund
2000
Gillian clinton
My information business, Clinton
Research (www.clintonresearch.
ca), has taken me in unexpected
directions over the past couple
of decades. I’ve researched
refrigerated foods, green roofs
for transit terminals, comparative
statistics on violent crime,
and many other esoteric topics.
I’ve also worked in academic
and corporate libraries where
I’ve honed my reference skills,
taught information literacy,
catalogued multimedia works,
initiated document control systems,
and become an expert at
proposal writing. In my “copious
spare time” I love to dine out with
friends, read, and travel: I have
just returned from Iceland; next
up are Ottawa and vancouver.
2006
Alison stirling
On my graduation day, I joined
the iSchool Alumni Association
executive, three library associations,
and returned to my
non-profit organization, Health
Nexus, in a new role as Knowledge
Developer, responsible for
health promotion knowledge
resources, products, and information
management systems.
My project management and
research contracts with the
Canadian Best Practices Portal
have led to a new half-time
interchange position with Health
Canada for two years to manage
the national portal. At home,
my spouse and I enjoy our cozy
cottage, two cats, bicycling,
good food, guests, and travel.
Contact me at alison.stirling@
utoronto.ca.
2008
Luanne Freund
Luanne Freund (PhD, Information
Studies, ’08) happily
received the ProQuest Doctoral
Dissertation 2009 Award. Her
dissertation, “Exploiting Task-
Document Relations in Support
of Information Retrieval in the
Workplace” was cited as “an
elegant example of the integration
of information behavior
and interactive information
retrieval research to design a
system that is seated in human
behavior, and influenced by the
real-world context.” Luanne’s
dissertation committee included
Elaine Toms and Brian Cantwell
Smith as co-supervisors, and
members Prof. Chun Wei Choo
and Mark Chignell. She is now
an Assistant Professor at the
School of Library, Archival and
Information Studies (SLAIS),
University of British Columbia.
christina Hwang
Since the fall of 2009, Christina
has been an Instruction Librarian
and Biological Sciences Liaison
at the University of Alberta.
She is responsible for instructional
initiatives and development,
provides expertise in the
use of technology, and liaises
with the Biological Sciences
department. In her liaison role,
she provides instruction and
reference services and develops
collections for the BioSci department.
On the research and
professional development front,
she is currently spearheading
a research project revolving
around the next generation’s
use of mobiles and mobile
learning with faculty members
on campus, and is currently
the vice-President and incoming
President of the Greater
Edmonton’s Library Association
(GELA). Upon relocation, Christina
has been enjoying skateboarding
summer-long in sunny
cool “cottage country weather”
in Alberta, and exploring new
ways to engage young people
in the community. If you would
like to get in touch with her,
feel free to drop her a line at
christina.hwang@ualberta.ca.
dr. Herman A. van den Berg
After graduating from the PhD
program, Dr. Herman A. van
den Berg took up a position as
an Assistant Professor at the
Faculty of Business Administration
in Lakehead University,
Orillia. More recently, Dr. van
den Berg’s doctoral dissertation
(supervised by Professor Chun
Wei Choo), “Knowledge-Based
vertical Integration: The Nature
of Knowledge and Economic
Firm Boundary Location,” was
recognized with the 2009 Emerald/EFMD
Outstanding Doctoral
Research Award in the Knowledge
Management category. His
prize earns him a Highly Commended
Award certificate.
2009
Meghan Ecclestone
I recently finished up a year-long
contract at York University, and
have taken on a new position
at the University of Ottawa
as a Management Librarian.
Although it was hard to leave
Toronto behind, I’m having a
fabulous time in our nation’s
capital. My boyfriend and I
are looking forward to some
weekend retreats throughout
Quebec and Eastern Ontario.
I’ve recently signed up for a
librarian knitting club in Ottawa,
though meetings are held at a
pub, so I’m not sure how much
I’ll actually learn about knitting.
Feel free to visit me at my blog,
www.meghanecclestone.com
Adam Fiser
The year 2009 was a busy one
for Dr. Adam Fiser. In October
he successfully defended his
PhD dissertation, “The K-Net
Broadband Governance Model:
How Social Enterprise Integrated
Public, For-Profit, and
Not-for-Profit Institutions to
Enable Broadband Community
Networking in Canadian
Aboriginal High Cost Serving
Areas (circa 1997 to 2007).” Dr.
Fiser also co-taught the first
year of FI’s INF1001 with Prof.
Andrew Clement, and assisted
the Federal Department of Indian
Affairs on an internal study
of its First Nations SchoolNet
program. Following up on his
success, Dr. Fiser began a
SSHRC post-doctoral fellowship
in July 2010. He is working with
Dr. Catherine Middleton at the
Rogers School of Information
Technology Management, Ryerson
University. In this capacity
he will be researching the
influence of socio-economic and
political factors in next generation
networks.
christina hwang Dr. herman a. van den Berg meghan ecclestone adam Fiser
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