Research highlights 2024-2025

This report provides an overview of research-related initiatives at Concordia Library, including funding awarded to Concordia librarians and research dissemination activities. Concordia Library is an active participant in scholarly research and is committed to supporting the research activities of its team.

Library Research Forum

Concordia's 23rd Annual Library Research Forum was held on April 25th, 2025. The forum was held as an in-person event at the Loyola campus and was free to all who registered. Presentations covered open access, collection evaluation, scoping reviews, academic librarians’ working conditions, online access to archives, library history, community building, and visual media.

The keynote speaker was Dr. Sophie Montreuil, Executive Director of Acfas, the Association francophone pour le savoir. Her presentation was titled: L’Acfas, les bibliothèques et la recherche : une alliance au profit de la communauté scientifique.

The Library Research Forum Committee for 2024-2025 was composed of Ellen Wright (chair), Tomasz Neugebauer, Kate Ripley, and Pat Riva.

Publications and Scholarly Presentations by Members of the Concordia Library Team

Books

Jones, W. (2025). Chronicles of the forest: From the Walbran to Fairy Creek, what the forest needs, our heart needs (J. Latour, Ed.). Elastic Spaces Press. ISBN 978-1-5251-1494-6.

Latour, J. (2025). A history of ARLIS/NA MOQ = >Un historique d’ARLIS/NA MOQ . John Latour. ISBN 978-0-9911973-8-0. https://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/id/eprint/995121/

Smith, C.F. (Ed.). (2025). Platform power and libraries. Litwin Books. Series on critical information organization in LIS, 3. 162 pp. ISBN 978-1-63400-156-4 (print). e-version available in Spectrum: https://dx.doi.org/10.11573/spectrum.library.concordia.ca.00995573

Riva, J.F.V., con prefazione di Riva, P. (2025). Emigranti di Voltago e Digomàn verso gli Stati Uniti d’America, con ricerca sui luoghi e la vita dei protagonisti. (P. Riva, L. Rivis, & L. Carniel, Eds.). Belluno, Italy: Bellunesi nel Mondo Edizioni. 225 pp. ISBN 978-88-94514-2-3.

Book Chapters

Carr, C., Keenan, T., & Oliver, C. (2024). Accessibility metadata and library catalogs: Current outlooks and initiatives. In A. Billey, E. Nelson, and R. Uhl (Eds.), Inclusive cataloging: Histories, context, and reparative approaches (pp. 73–88). ALA Editions.

Donnell, A., Mohabir, N., & MacHattie, A. (2025). J is for Barbara Althea Jones (1936-1969). In A. Donnell (Ed.), Lost and found: An A-Z of neglected writers of the anglophone Caribbean. Papillote Press.

Smith, C.F. (2025). Platform power and libraries. In C.F. Smith (Ed.), Platform power and libraries (pp.1–22). Litwin Books. https://dx.doi.org/10.11573/spectrum.library.concordia.ca.00995573

Peer-Reviewed Articles

Aalberg, T., Riva, P., & Žumer, M. (2024). Presenting compounds to end users in search results. Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, 62(3/4), 349–387. https://doi.org/10.1080/01639374.2024.2369903

Alexander, K.L., Hall, K., & Chen, Y.M. (2024). Librarian involvement on knowledge synthesis articles and its relationship to citation counts and Journal Impact Factor. Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association, 45(3), 137–146. https://doi.org/10.29173/jchla29798

Cohen-Palacios, K., & Lake, S. (2024). Leveraging technology to facilitate access: Automated description of the Mariposa Folk Festival’s born-digital performance recordings. Archivaria, 98, 72–101. https://archivaria.ca/index.php/archivaria/article/view/13991

Deck, L. (2024). A case study in migrating open orders. Technical Services Quarterly, 41(4), 351–374. https://doi.org/10.1080/07317131.2024.2394914

Fitzgibbons, M., & Lei, C. (2024). What is ideal EDI learning for academic librarians? Discovering EDI learning stories through appreciative inquiry. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 50(5), 102908. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2024.102908

Gamache, É., Power, H., & Jones, R. (2025). Summer of writing: Supporting the research and publishing needs of academic librarians. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 51(3), 103028. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103028

Lasou, P., Neugebauer, T., & Carson, P. (2025). Identifying socio-technical risks in open-source software for scholarly communications: Tools, metrics, and opportunities for libraries to support sustainable development. Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 20(1), 20–48. https://doi.org/10.18438/eblip30630

Smith, C. (2024). Lack of collections as data: Making meaning out of the films we cannot see. Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science, 47(3), 11–20. https://doi.org/10.5206/cjils-rcsib.v47i3.18988

Non-Peer Reviewed Articles

Jensen, K. (2025). Place name change and GIS: A review of recent literature. Bulletin –Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives (ACMLA), 175, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.15353/acmla.n175.6386

Riva, P. (2024). LRMoo, the essentials. IFLA Metadata Newsletter, 10(1), 26–31. https://repository.ifla.org/handle/20.500.14598/3447

Riva, P. (2024). LRMoo, the object-oriented version of the IFLA Library Reference Model. IFLA Standards Newsletter, 2(1), 22–23. https://repository.ifla.org/handle/20.500.14598/3413

Riva, P. (2024). Now available: Object-oriented LRM conceptual model. IFLA Newsletter, 4(12). https://www.ifla.org/news/newly-available-object-oriented-lrm-conceptual-model/

Riva, P. (2024). Revising the IFLA Professional Statement on Universal Bibliographic Control. IFLA Metadata Newsletter, 10(2), 14–15. https://repository.ifla.org/handle/20.500.14598/3724

Riva, P. (2024). Standards process for minor revisions. IFLA Standards Newsletter, 2(2), 14–16. https://repository.ifla.org/handle/20.500.14598/3782

Wright, E. (2024). Standards and best practices for assigning subject headings to moving images - presented by Scott Dutkiewicz, Cataloger, Tomeka L. Jackson, Library Resident, and Jen M. Jones, Metadata Specialist, Clemson University Libraries. [conference report] OLAC Newsletter, 44(4), 68–69. https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/olac-newsletters/vol44/iss4/1/

Book Reviews

Rivosecchi, M. (2024). Unframing the Visual: Visual Literary Pedagogy in Academic Libraries and Information Spaces, by M. Murphy, S. Beene, K. Greer, S. Schumacher, & D. Statton Thompson (Eds.). Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship, 10, 1–3. https://doi.org/10.33137/cjal-rcbu.v10.44001

Smith, C.F. (2025). Practicing Privacy Literacy in Academic Libraries: Theories, Methods, and Cases, edited by Sarah Hartman-Caverly and Alexandria Chisholm. Information & Culture, 60(1), 97–98. https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/lac.00007

Exhibitions

Latour, J. (Curator). (2025, January-June). From the ARLIS MOQ archives – the early years = À partir des archives d’ARLIS MOQ – les premières années. National Gallery of Canada, Library and Archives reading room, Ottawa.

Presentations

Berrizbeitia, F., Libertad Suárez, M., & Carson, P. (2025, April 25). The case of Zulima: Supporting global equity in documentary heritage with a free, minimal computing solution for creating sustainable and accessible digital exhibitions. Concordia University’s 23rd Library Research Forum, Montréal.

Berrizbeitia, F., Libertad Suárez, M., & Carson, P. (2025, May 28). The case of Zulima: Supporting global equity in documentary heritage with a free, minimal computing solution for creating sustainable and accessible digital exhibitions. 53rd Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Information Science, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Breier, S., Hall, K., Karunanayake, K., & MacHattie, A. (2024, June 14). Support for change: A survey of gender diversity training for Canadian academic library workers. Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies Colloquium 2024, Princeton, New Jersey.

Brennan, S., Whyte, P., Smith, C., & Wheaton, C. (2024, November 22). State of videos in libraries in Canada [panel].Canadian Library Video Conference (Online).

Brousseau, H., Botter, K., & Harland, A. (2025, April 25). Visual media at Concordia University: Managing physical media collections for film studies in the digital age. Concordia University’s 23rd Library Research Forum, Montréal. https://library.concordia.ca/about/staff/forum/files/2025/Visual%20Media%20at%20Concordia%20University_2025%20Library%20Research%20Forum.pptx

Brousseau, H., Carr, C., & Oliver, C. (2025, On-demand sessions). The IFLA Accessibility Metadata Network: Advocating for an inclusive and equitable resource discovery experience for all library users. OLA Super Conference 2025, Toronto.

Carr, C. (2025, February 19). Vocabulary challenges that arise when mapping from schema.org and ONIX to MARC21. IFLA Accessibility Metadata Network Meeting (Online).

Carr, C. (2025, March 17). Metadata provenance: Building trust in accessibility metadata in MARC21. Accessibility Metadata Network Meeting, IFLA Standards and Metadata Mid-year Meeting and Symposium, Athens, Greece.

Carr, C. and Toye, M. (2025, May 9). Equitable discovery of accessible resources: The IFLA Accessibility Metadata Network. British Columbia Library Association Conference, Nanaimo, British Columbia.

Chalifour, J., Berrizbeitia, F., Fitzgibbons, M., Majerczyk, A., Stouhi, Y., & Charbonneau, O. (2024, October 22). Beyond the AI hype: Deploying and evaluating a conversational agent using LLMs in an academic setting. Access 2024, Montréal. https://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/id/eprint/994745/

Charbonneau, O. (2024, October 3). Institutions de mémoire et exceptions en matière d’éducation: Quelle est la portée, pour les activités éducatives des institutions de mémoire, de l'exception d'utilisation équitable et de l';exception spécifique qui vise les établissements d'enseignement ? Mini-Colloque Association littéraire et artistique internationale (ALAI) et Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec: Droit d’auteur, IA et Institutions de mémoire, Montréal.

Charbonneau, O., & de Saint-Amand, A. (2024, June 4). Chapitre 5 : Les enjeux des données ouvertes et des contenus libres pour les institutions culturelles. Leçon 6: Explorer les enjeux liés aux droits d’auteur. MOOC Rendre visibles vos contenus culturels : les clés de la découvrabilité. Ministère de la culture [France], ministère de la Culture et des communications [Québec]. https://www.fun-mooc.fr/fr/cours/rendre-visibles-vos-contenus-culturels-les-cles-de-la-decouvrabilite/

Clark, D.S. (2024, October 22). Supporting access to immersive technologies in libraries. Access 2024, Montréal.

Clarke, E., & Giffin, M. (2025, April 25). Quantitative methods for assessing eBook frontlist use at a university library. Concordia University’s 23rd Library Research Forum, Montréal. https://library.concordia.ca/about/staff/forum/files/2025/Quantitative%20Methods%20for%20Assessing%20eBook%20Frontlist%20Use_LRF%202025%20FINAL.pptx

Deck, L. (2025, April 28). Bulk record updates with OCLC APIs. OCLC DevConnect 2025 (Online). https://community.oclc.org/t5/devconnect-recordings/bulk-record-updates-with-oclc-apis/ta-p/57779

Fitzgibbons, M. (2025, February 20). Sparking AI learning at Concordia. Winterfest: Teaching & Learning Festival, Centre for Teaching & Learning, Concordia University, Montréal.

Gamache, É., & Labelle, P. (2025, April 25). Finding solutions to dysfunctions in libraries: A scoping review. Concordia University’s 23rd Library Research Forum, Montréal. https://library.concordia.ca/about/staff/forum/files/2025/Gamache_Labelle_Forum2025_FindingSolutionsToDysfunctionsInLibrariesAScopingReview.pdf

Guindon, A. (2025, February 21). Inventory. Canadian Census Data Discovery Partnership Symposium, Ottawa.

Guindon, A. (2025, February 21). Related research use cases: Census landscape paper [panel]. Canadian Census Data Discovery Partnership Symposium, Ottawa.

Harris, R., Lange, J., & Lasou, P. (2025, April 25). Sustainable open access in Quebec and Canada? The impact of Plan S on FRQ-funded researchers. Concordia University’s 23rd Library Research Forum, Montréal.

Harris, R. , Lange, J., & Lasou, P. (2025, May 14). Sustainable open access in Quebec and Canada? The impact of Plan S on FRQ-funded researchers. CRKN Virtual Conference: Open Knowledges and Sustainable Futures (Online).

Hervieux, S., Cmor, D., Fitzgibbons, M., & Hanz, K. (2025, May 16). Knitting together expertise: A cross-institutional AI literacy initiative. LOEX, Pasadena, California.

Hipsagh, A. (2025, April 25). A case study for community building in an academic library context: The evolution of the Fibre Arts Technology Club (FAT club) before, during and after COVID: building community through creativity and healing. Concordia University’s 23rd Library Research Forum, Montréal. https://library.concordia.ca/about/staff/forum/files/2025/ArianaHipsaghLibraryResearchForum.pptx

Jensen, K. (2024, June 29). Duplicate records in WorldCat for 20th-century American, British, and Canadian books: A comparison of duplication rates and causes. Association of College and Research Libraries, Technical Services Interest Group annual meeting, ALA Annual Conference, San Diego, California.

Jensen, K. (2024, July 12). Duplicate records in WorldCat for 20th-century American, British, and Canadian books: A comparison of duplication rates and causes [invited presentation]. Library and Archives Canada Afternoon of Discovery (Online).

Jensen, K. (2025, April 30). An introduction to cataloging rare maps [webinar]. ACRL Rare Books and Manuscripts Section, Bibliographic Standards Committee. https://hdl.handle.net/11213/22968

Lake, S. (2024, November 21). Preserving open research and unique archival materials: Archivematica implementation at Concordia University Library [lightning talk]. @Risk North 3, Gatineau, Québec.

Latour, J. (2025, May 22). Sabbatical Brown Bag: A history of ARLIS/NA MOQ. Concordia University, Montréal.

Latour, J. (2025, May 30). From the ARLIS MOQ archives: An exhibition in the reading room of the NGC’s Library and Archives. ARLIS/NA MOQ Spring Meeting (Online).

Lei, C., Teboul E., & Fitzgibbons, M. (2024, August 15). A critical toolkit for navigating post-truth information. 10th Digital Pedagogy Institute Conference 2024 (Online).

MacHattie, A., & Rivosecchi, M. (2024, October 22). Mapping digital competencies in academic library makerspace workshops: Exploring strengths and opportunities.Access 2024, Montréal.

Mills, A., & Lake, S. (2024, November). Building and preserving community-centered literary audio collections: Processes and possibilities at Concordia’s Special Collections and Archives. SpokenWeb Futures, Concordia University, Montréal.

Neugebauer, T., Lasou, P., & Carson, P. (2024, June 5). What are the characteristic community smells influencing the sustainability of open-source repository software communities? International Conference on Open Repositories, Gothenburg, Sweden. https://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/id/eprint/993971/

Riva, P. (2025, April 9). LRM and RDA. In Take a bite of the Official RDA Toolkit: Part 1 [webinar].ABQLA Cataloguing and Technical Services Section.

Rivosecchi, M., & Brousseau, H. (2024, June 4). Experiential & immersive learning at the library: Navigating opportunities of course-integrated VR. SALTISE 13th annual conference, Montréal.

Smith, C.F. , & Rioux, V. (2024, November 7). Vers des codes de meilleures pratiques pour l’utilisation équitable des œuvres médiatiques dans les établissements d’enseignement supérieurs: Présentation d’un projet de recherche pancanadien en cours.> Congrès des professionel-le-s de l’information, Montréal.

Sujir, L., Latour, J., Turner, S., & Zavagno, J. (2025, March 17). Forest documents: a reading room immersed within an old-growth forest [panel]. In.Site2 and Sustainability across Disciplines Symposium, Concordia University, Montréal.

Whitehead, J.L., Andersen, J., Hanstke, T., & Smith, C.F. (2024, June 16). Best practice copyright codes for media reuse. Annual Conference of the Film and Media Studies Association of Canada (FMSAC), Montréal.

Whitehead, J.L., Andersen, J., Smith, C.F., Taylor, A., & Graham R. (2024, June 18-21). Copyright codes of best practice for media reuse. Canadian Communication Association (CCA) Annual Conference, Montréal.

Wright, E. (2024, October 9). Retro revival: Cataloguing obsolete media formats as a new cataloguer [lightning talk]. OLAC 2024 Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Online).

Wright, E., & Guevara, J. (2025, April 9, 23, & May 7). Take a bite of the Official RDA Toolkit [webinar series].ABQLA Cataloguing and Technical Services Section.

Reports

Riva, P., Le Bœuf, P., & Žumer, M. (2024). IFLA Library Reference Model: A conceptual model for bibliographic information. Endorsed by the IFLA Professional Committee, August 2017. As amended and corrected through July 2024. 101 pp. International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. https://repository.ifla.org/handle/20.500.14598/40.2

Research data

Smith, C. (2024). Cataloguing Code of Ethics Review. https://doi.org/10.5683/SP3/BCG4HZ, Borealis, V1