OTTAWA, March 6, 2017 – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries is pleased to announce the selection of participants for the CARL 2017 Librarians’ Research Institute (LRI) is now complete.
The LRI is a 4-day intensive workshop designed to help participants take current research projects to the next level. It also provides librarians with the opportunity to meet other researching librarians from across Canada. Participants are guided through the workshop by peers from amongst CARL member libraries who have a proven research record and an active, sustained research agenda. This year’s slate of participants is:
| First Name | Last Name | University |
|---|---|---|
| Krista | Alexander | Concordia University |
| Michelle | Brown | University of Ottawa |
| Scott | Cowan | University of Windsor |
| Saran | Croos | University of New Brunswick |
| Kate | Cushon | University of Regina |
| Lise | Doucette | Western University |
| Naomi | Eichenlaub | Ryerson University |
| Cecile | Farnum | Ryerson University |
| Meredith | Giffin | Concordia University |
| Roger | Gillis | Dalhousie University |
| Krista | Godfrey | Memorial University of Newfoundland |
| Aditi | Gupta | University of Victoria |
| Jeremy | Heil | Queen’s University |
| Janet | Hempstead | Carleton University |
| Maha | Kumaran | University of Saskatchewan |
| Erica | Lenton | University of Toronto |
| Sean | Luyk | University of Alberta |
| Andrea | Miller-Nesbitt | McGill University |
| Leanne | Olson | Western University |
| Ariane | Parayre | Université de Montréal |
| Sarah | Parker | University of British Columbia |
| Melanie | Parlette-Stewart | University of Guelph |
| Leeanne | Romane | McMaster University |
| Sarah | Simpkin | University of Ottawa |
| Stephen | Spong | Centennial College |
| Jessica | Thorlakson | University of Alberta |
| Laura | Thorne | University of British Columbia-Okanagan |
| Ali | Versluis | University of Guelph |
| Jennifer | Whitney | Carleton University |
| Dee | Winn | Concordia University |
| Elizabeth | Yates | Brock University |
This year’s Institute is co-sponsored by Western Libraries and CARL.
More information about the CARL Librarians’ Research Institution is available on the CARL website.
The Canadian Association of Research Libraries is the leadership organization for the Canadian research library community. CARL’s members include 29 major academic research libraries across Canada, as well as Library and Archives Canada, and Canada’s National Science Library. CARL provides leadership on behalf of Canada’s research libraries and enhances capacity to advance research and higher education. It promotes effective and sustainable knowledge creation, dissemination, and preservation, and public policy that enable broad access to scholarly information.
For more information contact:
Vivian Lewis
Chair, Strengthening Capacity Committee
905.525.9140 ext. 23883
Kristin Hoffmann
Chair, LRI Program Committee
519.850.2319 ext. 84823
Katherine McColgan
Manager, Administration and Programs
CARL-ABRC
613.482.9344 ext. 102
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