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class Notes 1965, 1976 Mary Lou dickinson After publishing her first novel (One Day It Happens) in 2007, Mary Lou Dickinson (BLS ’65, MLS ’76), got right to work planning her second. May 2010 marked the publication of Ile d’Or. Published her first novel, One Day It Happens, in 2007, and her second book in May 2010, Ile d’Or. For full details, see article on page 7. 1975 susan Murray Susan M. Murray was appointed Head of the Life Sciences Library at McGill University in Montreal in August 2009. From 1992 to 2009, she was Manager of the Consumer Health Information Service based at the Toronto Public Library. Murray has spoken and written extensively on consumer health and is the author of a chapter on health literacy in the MLA Guide to Health Literacy at the Library. She lives near the foot of Mont- Royal in beautiful Montreal with her husband John and frisky cairn terrier, Tam. She keeps in touch with many of her library school classmates, but would love to hear from others at susan. murray@mcgill.ca ALUMNI BOOKS 1. mary lou Dickinson, Ile d’Or 2. Susan murray, MLA Guide to Health Literacy at the Library 3. Sandy Finlayson, Unity and Diversity. The Founders of the Free Church of Scotland 4. Susan (Davey) Barclay, A Bonny Blue Christmas appears in On a Cold Winter’s Night 28 informed | autumn 2010 1982 sandy Finlayson Greetings from Philadelphia! I graduated with an MLS in 1982 and since then have worked at the University of Saskatchewan Library from 1982-1991, was Library Director at Tyndale University College and Seminary in Toronto from 1991-2002, and moved to Westminster Seminary in Philadelphia in 2002, where I am currently Library Director and Professor of Theological Bibliography. I have recently published my first book within in the UK, Unity and Diversity the Founders of the Free Church of Scotland (Christian Focus Publications, 2010: ISBN: 13: 9781845505509) which examines the lives of ten key figures in the 19th-Century Free Church, beginning with Thomas Chalmers. My wife, Linda, and I have one son. 1989 susan (davey) Barclay I am very excited to announce that my short story, “A Bonny Blue Christmas,” appears in the Christmas-themed anthology, On A Cold Winter’s Night (Highland Press, 2009: ISBN: 098424994X). The story is about a self-satisfied restaurant owner who unexpectedly falls in love, only to discover hidden secrets about her new partner, which throw into question her ability to recover, trust, and truly love again. This is the second short story I’ve had published: “A Ray for Mary Jo” appeared in the anthology, No Law Against Love (Highland Press, 2006). Colleagues may visit my website at www.susan-barclay.ca. Regarding my librarianship, I am now, I am now working parttime at Waterloo Public Library, which serves a population of 117,000 people through its three branches. 1996 George Jacob Museum Studies alumnus George Jacob is heading Khalsa Heritage Centre, India’s largest museum complex in the making, designed by worldrenowned Canadian architect Moshe Safdie (known for his design of the National Gallery of Canada, and Yad vashem in Israel, among others). The spectacular 650,000 sq. ft. building is situated in the Himalayan foothills on a 100-acre complex. The exhibit experience at this facility is unique in the museum world and celebrates a 500-year-old living tradition of Sikhs. Present in large numbers in Canada, Sikhs live in BC, Ontario, and elsewhere. 1997 Ted Tjaden Ted Tjaden (MISt 1997) used the $3,000 he was awarded for the 2010 Denis Marshall Memorial Award for Excellence in Law Librarianship to attend and present papers on legal research and knowledge management at the annual conference of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries. Mr. Tjaden was an Adjunct Professor at the Sandy Finlayson george Jacob ted tjaden Faculty of Information from 1998 to 2004, when he taught Legal Literature and Librarianship. Now, alongside practicing law, he is the National Director of Knowledge Management at McMillan law firm where he provides research and information services to the firm’s lawyers and clients.
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 informed | autumn 2010 29
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