About the Research Forum

Since 2002, Concordia's Library Research Forum has provided librarians, archivists, graduate students, teaching faculty, and information professionals with an opportunity to describe and promote their completed or in-progress research, practical case studies or projects. The Forum also provides a venue for researchers to seek suggestions for enhancing their research interests, to identify potential new partners for projects, to test the effectiveness of their undertakings, and to promote research in academic libraries.

Registration for Concordia University Library’s Annual Research Forum is full.

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Registration is free and includes a light breakfast and lunch.

See our past Forums.

2019 Research Forum Program

Concordia University Library's 17th Annual Research Forum
Loyola Jesuit Hall and Conference Centre, Loyola Campus
Friday, April 26th 2019
8:30am to 4:45pm

Program subject to change. Times and details forthcoming.

Keynote:

Camille Callison, Tsesk iye (Crow) Clan of the Tahltan Nation, is the Learning & Organizational Development Librarian and a PhD student (Anthropology) at the University of Manitoba. Camille is Past Chair of the Indigenous Matters Committee and a Copyright Committee member of the Canadian Federation of Library Associations (CFLA-FCAB). She chaired the CFLA-FCAB Truth and Reconciliation Committee and is an Indigenous Partner on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Taskforce. Camille is a member of IFLA Indigenous Matters Section Standing Committee and the Canadian Commission for UNESCO Memory of the World Committee and Sector Commission on Culture, Communications & Information.

Program:

Welcome and Opening Remarks
Michelle Lake: Chair of the Librarian's Forum Steering Committee, Concordia University

Liberating Knowledge at the Margins: Towards a Discursive-Transactional Research Paradigm in LIS
Michael Dudley: Community Outreach Librarian, University of Winnipeg

"The Exhibition of the Library"
Greg Nightingale: LIS PhD Candidate, University of Western Ontario

Conceptions of Research among Academic Librarians and Archivists
Kristin Hoffman: Research and Scholarly Communications Librarian, University of Western Ontario
Lise Doucette: Independent Researcher

Emerging Online Roles for Academic Librarians in Canada
Heather McTavish: Graduate student, University of Ontario Institute of Technology

"Babe… You’re a Bit of a Know it All": Student Love and Break-up Letters to a Library Research Skills Tutorial
Danielle Dennie: Research Data Librarian, Concordia University
Susie Breier: Teaching & Learning Librarian, Concordia University

Subject Coordinator: A New Role to Support Team-based Research Services
Joel Rivard: Subject Coordinator, Carleton University
Aleksandra Blake, Carleton University
Heather MacDonald, Carleton University

Lifting the Fog of Confusion: The Development of a New Workshop on Demystifying Systematic Reviews
Andrea Quaiattini: Liaison Librarian, McGill University
Lucy Kiester: UGME Librarian, McGill University

Who Was Who Was Who in Contemporary Canadian Art – Designing a Hybrid Artists' Biographical Dictionary of Pseudonyms and Alter-Egos
John Latour: Teaching & Research Librarian – Fine Arts, Concordia University

Closing Remarks
Guylaine Beaudry: Vice-Provost, Digital Strategy & University Librarian, Concordia University

Poster viewing:

Are University Libraries Supporting Medical Student Wellness? An Exploration of Library Social Media
Lucy Kiester: UGME Librarian, McGill University

Conceptions of Research among Academic Librarians and Archivists
Kristin Hoffman: Research and Scholarly Communications Librarian, University of Western Ontario
Lise Doucette: Independent Researcher

Empowering Information Professionals to Confront Legal and Policy Issues
Rebecca Katz: PhD Candidate, McGill University School of Information Studies

Hacking the Textbook for Student Success
Lusiella Fazzino: Assistant Professor/ eRepository Librarian, St. John's University

Hey Librarian, Where Can I Get Help with My Stats?
Kevin Manuel: Data Librarian, Ryerson University

How a Semantic MediaWiki Archive Can Support Interdisciplinary Creative Research
Catherine Henderson: Archivist, Matralab, Concordia University

Instruction for All: Applying the Universal Design for Learning Framework to Information Literacy
Carrie Hanson: MISt Candidate, McGill University

Libraries Reborn: A Historical Analysis on the Evolution of Library Destruction & Restoration During Times of Conflict
Jennifer Embree: Psychology and Biology Subject Librarian, Binghamton University (SUNY)

Do We Go Big, or Do We Stay Home?: Needs Assessment for a Systematic Review Service
Krista Alexander: Applied Human Sciences, Chemistry & Biochemistry and Physics Librarian, Concordia University
Katharine Hall: Biology and Health, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology Librarian, Concordia University

Where Have all the Good Tweets Gone? An Examination of the Information Policies at Play in Twitter Archiving
Georgia Westbrook: MLIS Student, Syracuse University

Les bibliothécaires universitaires et le processus d’évaluation périodique des programmes : cas d’étude à l'Université Saint-Paul
Jairo Buitrago Ciro: Etudiant au doctorat, Université d'Ottawa

Location and directions

The 17th Annual Research Forum will be held at the Loyola Jesuit Hall and Conference Centre, located on Concordia’s Loyola Campus in west-end Montreal.

Concordia’s Loyola campus: 7141 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal H4B 2B9

The Conference Centre is "RF" and can be reached via the main Administration Building, "AD". View AD and RF building location details on our campus map.

Getting to Loyola campus

By Bus/Metro/Train

Universite Concordia/Campus Loyola bus stop (53806) is on Sherbrooke Street West in front of the AD building.

• From Metro Vendome (orange line), take the 105 Sherbrooke, direction West.
• Bus lines: 105 Sherbrooke; 162 Westminster. Within walking distance of: 90 Saint-Jacques/Elmhurst; 51 Édouard-Montpetit.
• Walking distance from RTM (Réseau de transport métropolitan) trains via Montreal West Train Station.

More information

Michelle Lake
Chair, 2019 Research Forum Steering Committee
michelle.lake@concordia.ca

2019 Research Forum Steering Committee members:
Dr. Guylaine Beaudry: Vice-Provost, Digital Strategy & University Librarian
Joshua Chalifour: Digital Scholarship Librarian
John Latour: Teaching & Research Librarian – Fine Arts