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alumni News iscHooL ALuMNus rEcEiVEs PrEsTiGious LAW LiBrAriANsHiP AWArd Ted Tjaden (MISt ’97) has been awarded The Denis Marshall Memorial Award for Excellence in Law Librarianship 2010 from the Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL). He received $3,000 plus expenses to present papers on the topic of legal research and knowledge management at the Canadian Association of Law Libraries annual spring conference. A practicing lawyer and law librarian, Mr. Tjaden is the National Director of Knowledge Management at McMillan law firm, where he provides invaluable research and information services to lawyers and clients, and manages the firm’s knowledge management initiatives as well as its print and online library. Mr. Tjaden was previously an Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Information (1998-2004), where he taught Legal Literature and Librarianship. Established by LexisNexis Quicklaw, the award recognizes a current CALL member for continued excellence in law librarianship, and for an innovative spirit. PuBLisHiNG HisTory WEBsiTE LAuNcHEd Carl spadoni (‘80), Judy donnelly (’87), Anne dondertman (’87), and Linda Quirk (’05) were main players in the development team for the research website Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing (hpcanpub. mcmaster.ca) launched last October and funded by the Canadian Culture Online Program of the Department of Canadian Heritage. The site features ninety essays written by established and emerging scholars on various aspects of Canadian publishing, based on archival collections at McMaster University, Queen’s University Archives, and the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library at U of T. Letters, diaries, marketing materials, book jackets, and manuscripts – several thousand documents in all – were digitized for the site. Topics include a description of the 18th-century paybook kept by Quebec printer John Neilson (essay by iSchool Professor Emerita Patricia Fleming), an examination of Nellie McClung’s literary legacy (by Linda Quirk), an overview of Grey Owl and his publishers, the impact of CBC’s Canada Reads competition, and the history of hockey books in Canada (by Carl Spadoni). Other iSchool authors on the site are: Prof. sandra Alston ‘73, P.J. carefoote ‘02, Leanne Hindmarch ‘05, Prof. richard Landon, dr. Leslie McGrath ’05, John shoesmith ‘05, donna Thomson ‘81, and doctoral candidate Von Totanes. GrAduATE PuBLisHEs sEcoNd BooK: Ile d’Or Mary Lou dickinson (BLS ’65, MLS ’76), author of the short-story collection One Day It Happens (2007), published her second book, Ile d’Or (ISBN: 1-926708-13- X / 9781926708133, approx. $22.95), this past spring. Ile d’Or is a novel about gold, greed, renewal, and hope. Set shortly after Quebec’s first referendum, the story unfolds as four characters revisit Ile d’Or, the northern Quebec mining town where they grew up. Each must reconcile with their pasts of alcoholism, scandal, suicide, ethnic and linguistic tensions, as well as violence and divorce, to move on with their stalled lives. The novel also explores how language relates to power and class. Ms. Dickinson’s first book was reviewed in the Globe and Mail and was nominated for a ReLit Award. Her fiction has been published in numerous Canadian literary journals and broadcast on CBC Radio. cLAirE LysNEs ’04 HoNourEd By uNiVErsiTy For dEdicATioN Last fall, University of Toronto President dr. david Naylor and chancellor david Peterson, awarded claire Lysnes (MISt ’06) the prestigious Arbor Award, recognizing her committed volunteerism to the 6 informed | autumn 2010
Faculty of Information over the past five years. In 2005, Claire joined the Faculty of Information Studies Alumni Association as a Director, and became a member of the Faculty Council a year later, as a representative of Information professionals. In 2006, she became President of the Alumni Association board, the first person to hold this position for a two-year term. Throughout 2009, she pioneered many transformations and initiatives including a “road show” to meet with alumni in several cities across Ontario, changing the Association name to reflect the new name of the Faculty, helping to start a program offering conference grants to students, and increasing the number of Directors of the Association. Under Claire’s direction, the Association further attracted alumni to its Facebook and LinkedIn groups, and established a Twitter account that has helped foster a tight social community of alumni who continue to feel connected to the Faculty. Claire accomplished all of this while serving as President-elect of the Toronto chapter of the Special Libraries Association, donating her personal time in order to enrich the alumni experience. FiAA ouTsTANdiNG ALuMNi AWArd 2010 WiNNEr Toronto Public Library’s Anne Bailey (MLS ’75), Director of Branch Libraries, has been awarded the Faculty of Information Alumni Association’s (FIAA) 2010 Outstanding Alumni of the year. Each year, the Faculty of Information chooses a distinguished anne Bailey graduate for the Outstanding Alumni Award (formerly Jubilee Award), which recognizes an individual’s contributions to innovation or leadership in libraries, information management, professional organizations, publications/research, or the community at large. Ms. Bailey is known not only for her dedication to and passion for public library services, but also for hard work and innovative contributions throughout her career. Her nominators all noted her inspirational leadership, teambuilding efforts and strategic thinking rendering the best possible results. “It is very humbling to receive this award, and I am very appreciative of this recognition. I have always found that we have such excellent colleagues with many fine achievements in FIAA,” Ms. Bailey says. She strongly believes that libraries must consult with their patrons concerning services, with a focus on the branch experience. As a result, the libraries that have been built and renovated under Ms. Bailey’s guidance welcome and accommodate people of all ages, and have become well-used, well-loved focal points of their communities. Moreover, Ms. Bailey has served as a mentor to many within and outside her workplace. Her early achievements include leading the successful implementation of the first integrated library information system at the Etobicoke Public Library. She currently oversees ninety-six locations and the planning of two new branches in Toronto. ALuMNus JoHN PAPAdoPouLos (MisT ’97) LANds ToP LAW LiBrAry JoB A 1997 graduate and former adjunct instructor, John Papadopoulos, became Chief Librarian at U of T’s Bora Laskin Law Library in November 2009. After graduating from U of T law school, Mr. Papadopoulos realized he loved research and the process of law more than its practice, and worked in libraries and knowledge management at several Toronto law firms, obtaining his Master of Information Studies degree. By 2003, he was back at U of T – but on the other side of the library counter. claire lysnes John Papadopoulos JourNAL HoNours ProF. NANcy WiLLiAMsoN Faculty of Information Professor Emerita, Nancy Williamson, was honoured with a Festschrift in Cataloguing & Classification Quarterly: Vol. 48, Issue 1. This edition is titled, “Special Issue: Is There a Catalog in Your Future? Celebrating Nancy J. Williamson: Scholar, Educator, Colleague, Mentor.” The introduction is written by the Faculty’s dr. Lynne Howarth, and the book includes articles by several professors, including the iSchool’s clare Beghtol. Former student, William denton, writes in a blog: “When I arrived at library school in 2001, Nancy Williamson had mostly retired… I learned a lot, and I knew I was getting one of the last chances to learn from one of the greats.” nancy Williamson alex trebek, autumn haag 2007 GrAduATE WiNs sPoT oN JeOpardy! GAME sHoW Graduate Autumn Haag was chosen to compete in the popular American television show, Jeopardy! Hosted by Canadian Alex Trebek, the June 22 episode of the show featured Ms. Haag, who works at the Massachusetts Archives as a Reference Archivist. Originally from the U.S., she received her undergraduate and graduate degrees in Canada, com pleting a Master of Information degree in 2007. informed | autumn 2010 7
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