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Alison Foster

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Instructional Design Librarian, MacEwan University, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Areas of expertise: academic librarianship, information literacy, assessment and evaluation, instructional design, elearning tools, open educational resources (OERs).
Can help with: academic library questions, professional development recommendations. Questions about information literacy/instructional design in libraries
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: fostera25@macewan.ca

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Associate University Librarian, Collections, Technology, Scholarly Communication, uWaterloo Library

Areas of expertise: library consortia, management, recruitment, working with vendors, managing cross-departmental services, facilitation, cataloguing, linked data, discovery and access
Can help with: academic library consortia questions, hiring process, technical services questions, why go into management questions, general mentorship
Can speak: English
Contact: ahitchen@uwaterloo.ca, twitter: @ahitchens

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Digital Scholarship Librarian, Digital Humanities Innovation Lab & Manager, Knowledge Mobilization Hub at Simon Fraser University

Areas of expertise: scholarly communications, digital scholarship, digital humanities, research impact, online presence, knowledge mobilization, supporting graduate students as researchers, partnering with faculty researchers
Can help with: CV review, job interview questions, academic library questions, questions about working on contracts, generally open to chatting about past roles, expertise, librarianship in BC, etc.
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: ajm30@sfu.ca / @ali_j_moore

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Health Sciences Librarian, Horizon Health Network, Miramichi, NB, Canada

Areas of expertise: Health sciences librarianship, solo librarianship, literature searching, searching for patient care, instruction, information literacy, working in special libraries
Can help with: Pep talks, becoming a manager right out of the gate, being a solo librarian, multigenerational workplaces, challenging traditional views of what a library is, juggling all the operations of a library, diving into health sciences when you don't have a health sciences background at all
Can speak: English
Can read: English, French
Contact: alison.manley@dal.ca @alisonburnis

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Rare Book Cataloguer at Type Punch Matrix

Areas of expertise: special collections librarianship, social media, engagement, material culture, book history, illuminated manuscripts, communication, history of conservation, late 19th/ early 20th century bookbinding, natural history rare books, history of science, museum libraries, bookselling
Can help with: CV review, job interview questions, career advice, research
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: alexandra.k.alvis@gmail.com / @book_historia

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Pre-Sales Solutions Consultant at SirsiDynix

Areas of expertise: Academic librarianship, reference, instruction, instructional design, liaison librarianship, outreach, e-learning/online learning, information literacy, applying and interviewing for jobs (I've done it a lot!), transitioning out of academia, vendor relations, being a librarian outside of a library, non-traditional career paths
Can help with: Cover letter review, academic library questions, general job interview questions, questions about working in the private sector or working with/for vendors.
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: allisonrand94@gmail.com, @allisonrandom on Twitter

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Access Services Supervisor, George Washington University

Areas of expertise: hiring & managing paraprofessionals, circulation, reserves, ILL, academic librarianship, access services
Can help with: advising on general professional development, giving feedback on cover letters/resumes/library school applications, protecting patron privacy, smashing the patriarchy
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: aldarby@gwu.edu, @librarianbug

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Information Specialist/Research Fellow, Community and Primary Care Research Group, University of Plymouth, United Kingdom

Areas of expertise: Medical librarianship, academic librarianship, professional association librarianship, Systematic reviews/scoping reviews/realist reviews/evidence synthesis in general
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: @v_woolf, Amandathinks@gmail.com

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Data and GIS Librarian, Scholars Portal, Ontario Council of University Libraries

Areas of expertise: consortial data services, social science survey data, Data Documentation Initiative (DDI), ISO 19115, data repositories, data preservation, Census of Canada, public opinion data, GIS, historical data, data citation, Dataverse, geoportals.
Can help with: general questions, cover letters & cv, job shadowing, advocating for Open access/data/education/research (copied from Heather ;))
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: amber.leahey@utoronto.ca