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John Jackson

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Head of Outreach and Communications, Loyola Marymount University

Areas of expertise: [c] faculty and staff outreach; collaborating with external units; social media; communicating library values; library publications; project management; event planning and programming; assessment;
Can help with: academic library questions; private or religious school questions; anything related to outreach and programming
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: @johnxlibris

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Digital Repositories Librarian, University of Waterloo

Areas of expertise: repository management, metadata, cataloguing, GIS/map/data librarianship, scholarly communications, labour relations, research design, grant writing, media archives, digitization, digital scholarship, DSpace, OJS, cat petting
Can help with: CV and interview questions, surviving library school and the world beyond, making connections
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: jordan.hale@uwaterloo.ca / @jordanclaire

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Deputy Chief Librarian, University of Toronto Libraries

Areas of expertise: Organizational coaching; team coaching; library administration; career discussions; work-integrated learning (WIL); internship program development; human Resources; recruitment; interview preparation; CV reviews
Can help with: I really enjoy chatting with people who are interested in entering academic librarianship or who are new to the profession. I am open to whatever topic people would like to bring. If I don’t know the answer, I will find someone who can!
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: j.hannaford@utoronto.ca

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STEM and Data Librarian at Ontario Tech University

Areas of expertise: Academic librarianship, STEM/Data/Business librarianship, data and research data management, information literacy instruction, scholarly communications, liaison librarianship, collection development
Can help with: Happy to answer questions about academic librarianship (with particular focus on STEM, Data, and Business librarianship), early career librarianship, anything related areas of expertise listed above
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: kaelan.caspary@ontariotechu.ca

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Digital Projects Librarian at Scholars Portal

Areas of expertise: web development, programming, web accessibility, user experience, documentation, software management, research data management software, open source software & communities, technical support, scholarly publishing software (OJS/OMP), library carpentry/software carpentry
Can help with: academic library/consortium questions, resumes and cover letters, job shadowing, professional development advice, interview prep, technical skills development, web/portfolio development
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: kaitlin@scholarsportal.info, @kaitlinnewson

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Metadata Librarian, Scholars Portal, Ontario Council of University Libraries

Areas of expertise: Geospatial metadata creation, eJournals/eBooks publisher source data and conversion (JATS/BITS), metadata automation projects, linked data, academic librarianship.
Can help with: job applications, cover letter/resume feedback, academic library/consortium questions, general career questions
Can speak: English and French (rusty!)
Can read: English and French
Contact: kara@scholarsportal.info

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Information Specialist, Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Areas of expertise: solo librarianship, managing digital collections, library services across geographically scattered locations, digital repositories, public health/international aid, Medical Subject Headings, PubMed/MEDLINE, grey literature, balancing on-demand and proactive research, literature monitoring
Can help with: CV review, job search tips, informational interviews, new job jitters, professional development, professional organizations, general questions
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: librarian@frenchu.com; @Kinthelibrary

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Scholarly Communications Librarian, Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Areas of expertise: Scholarly Communications in general, Open Access, Open Education, Open Pedagogy, Canadian copyright, fair dealing, library publishing, monograph publishing, journal publishing, Pressbooks, OJS, Islandora, institutional repositories, creative commons licensing, author rights
Can help with: Academic library questions, job applications, CV review, informational interviews, pep talks/general morale boosting/commiserating, lessons learned & pitfalls in publishing projects or platform use/setup
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: karen.meijer-kline@kpu.ca, @kmeijerkline

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Coordinator, Mass Digitization, CBC

Areas of expertise: Audio-visual collections, transfer of legacy physical formats to digital, DAMs, MAMs, metadata
Can help with: workflow processes, team engagement and motivation, managing expectations, working lean
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: karen.tiveron@cbc.ca