n e w s l e t t e r

THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO

Spring 2011ISSN 1494-9849

I N T H I S I S S U E

2Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library Receives Japan Foundation Grant

3Library Offers Print-on-Demand Through U of T Bookstore Partnership

4Library Treasures Unveiled

5A Busy Winter at the Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library

6St. George’s Society Celebrates U of T Endowment SuccessFriends of Fisher Events

7Library Associates Luncheon / Lecture Series

8Familiar Faces, New Roles

9New Information Professionals

10University of Toronto Libraries Welcome Larry Alford

11And Bid a Fond Farewell to Carole Moore

12Exhibitions & Notices

THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTOTHE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTOLIBRARIES

Phase 1 of the Robarts Library Revitalization is complete! Celebrating at the portico opening reception on May 26, 2011 are Gary McCluskie, Principal, Diamond + Schmitt Architects Incorporated; Cheryl Misak, Vice-President and Provost; Russell and Katherine Morrison, Library Benefactors; Margaret Kim, Undergraduate Student Representative; and Carole Moore, Chief Librarian.

Robarts Library Porticos Unveiled and Renovations Continue

After months of hoardings,

construction activity and

detours to enter and exit

the building, visitors to

Robarts Library can finally feast

their eyes on the stunning trans-

formation of the second f loor. The

previously open walkways that

connect Robarts to the Thomas

Fisher Rare Book Library and the

iSchool have been enclosed to

form beautiful, multi-purpose

portico spaces. Users who once

braved icy gusts of wind as they

travelled between buildings will

appreciate the bright pendulum

light fixtures, large expanses of

glass wall, sleek terrazzo f looring,

eighty bar-type seats with outlets

for computers along the windows

and forty-eight kiosks.

The kiosks are structures

designed to fulfill one or more of

three functions at any time: verti-

cal poster display, horizontal object

display and touch screen computer

display. Other elements include

new digital wayfinding stations,

broadcast screens to promote

events, services and collections for

the Library as a whole and displays

for the iSchool in the north portico

and for the Fisher Library in the

south portico. The entrance to

each of these premises will become

more visually prominent with the

addition of two-storey high ban-

ner-like signs. All is now open for

use and feedback has been over-

whelmingly positive.

And the reshaping of Robarts

Library continues. We are in the

initial stages of planning for the

redesign of the Library’s fourth

f loor, which holds Reference and

Research Services and the Centre

for Teach ing Suppor t and

Innovation (CTSI). This project

will be a collaborative effort

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Top: Gary McCluskie with Russell Morrison. Bottom: The quest for knowledge starts early. Kielen Scrimgeour, daughter of Donna Scrimgeour, Senior Project Manager, Capital Projects, Real Estate Operations, University of Toronto, tries her hand at one of the library touch screens.

between the University of Toronto

Libraries and the CTSI. A key

objective of this work is the re-

imagining of classroom space on

this f loor to accommodate our

students better and make their

learning experiences the most

effective and enjoyable possible.

The creation of the Robert H.

Blackburn Conference Room will

be part of this phase of the renova-

tion.

Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library Receives Japan Foundation Grant

The Japan Foundation recently

awarded a $21,583 grant to

the Cheng Yu Tung East

Asian Library to host a two-

day workshop as part of the

annual Association for Asian

Studies Conference that will take

place in Toronto in March 2012.

Jun ior J apane se S t ud ie s

Librarians will have an opportu-

nity to learn and develop Japan-

related librarianship skills that are

not normally part of Master of

Library and Information Studies

programs. The instruction is

intended to enhance eff iciency,

improve library management skills

and knowledge, strengthen profes-

sional networks and increase the

ability to collaborate in projects at

a global level.

Twenty-four junior Japanese

and East Asian librarians managing

Japanese resources from different

parts of the world, including

Canada, the United States, Brazil,

Australia and New Zealand, will

take part in the workshop which

will emphasize hands-on learning

and active participation. Subjects

will include bibliographic (refer-

ence materials) instruction, collec-

tion development, cataloguing,

information literacy, archives and

non-traditional library practices.

Participants will also have an

opportunity to learn about North

American Coordinating Council

on Japanese Library Resources

(NCC) programs and initiatives,

see vendor presentations and attend

a session on voices of experience.

Six Japan-related library infor-

mation specialists in Canada initi-

ated the workshop idea, and, with

advice from the North American

Coordinating Council on Japanese

Library Resources, subsequently

formed a Junior Japanese Studies

Librarian Training Task Force to

develop the program.

At the University of Toronto,

Japan studies librarian, Fabiano

Rocha, led the effort in the Cheng

Yu Tung East Asian Library in

November 2010 to put together an

application to the Japan Foundation

to request funding support.

This project is a collaborative

effort. Trainers will include Japan

studies specialists from Canada,

the United States and Japan. As the

host institution, the Cheng Yu

Tung East Asian Library at the

University of Toronto Libraries is

strongly committed to the success

of this venture. It will support the

workshop by providing the neces-

sary facilities and resources to

facilitate the training for partici-

pating librarians.

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The L i b r a r y a nd t he

Univer sit y of Toronto

Bookstore have entered

into a partnership to enable

print-on-demand for hundreds of

thousands of out-of-copyright

books from the Library’s collection

and for millions of books from

elsewhere.

BookPOD, the University of

Toronto Bookstore’s print-on-

demand machine, prints library-

quality paperbacks in about four

m inutes. The BookPOD i s

designed to let you purchase print

books when you need them—even

if they are not available on the

Bookstore shelves or in the Library.

The cost of BookPOD books is

low, depending on what you are

printing. For the University of

Toronto Library out-of-copyright

titles, the only charge is for the

actual printing of the books. Some

copyrighted books are subject to

royalty fees, so instead of an

amount per page the publisher sets

the price.

BookPOD offers three options:

• You can search the Bookstore’s

database of over four million

titles that are always in stock.

This includes rare books, out of

print books and contemporary

commercial books.

• You can search the Library cata-

logue. When you see the “print

book” icon, a printed copy is

just a few clicks away.

• You can self-publish your own

book, poetry, course notes,

reports, recipes, doodles or

whatever you want, one copy at

a time if you like.

For self-published books, the

Bookstore can provide assistance

in formatting your work for print-

ing. For custom course materials

the self-publishing service is avail-

able through the Bookstore’s sister

division, UTP Print. You can cre-

ate your own items and the

Bookstore can stock them on the

shelves and have them available to

print on demand in the store.

To print a BookPOD item

from the Library catalogue, click

on the “print book” icon and fol-

low the path to the BookPOD

service. After you give your ship-

ping and billing information, your

book should be ready in less than

48 business hours for pick-up or

direct delivery.

More information about the

partnership and

about the print-

on-demand ser-

vice is available at

ht tp ://bookpod.

uoftbookstore.com/

and http://discover.

library.utoronto.ca/

services/print-on-

demand/

P e t e r C l i n t o n

Click the “print book” icon and a window that offers printing options appears.

Library Offers Print-on-Demand Through U of T Bookstore Partnership

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Library Treasures Unveiled

December 2010 saw the

launch of a series of

lunchtime events for staff,

Showcasing the Collections

at the University of Toronto Libraries.

For one hour, participating librar-

ies presented materials from their

collections that visitors might not

ordinarily see.

The series started on December

8, 2010 with an array of seasonal

treasures from the collections of

the Thomas Fisher Rare Book

Library. Reference Librarian P. J.

Carefoote commented on the

highlights, which included a sec-

ond ed it ion of Dickens’s A

Christmas Carol that was printed

only a month after the release of

the first. The display also included

some important first editions of

folklore and literature written by

authors such as Washington Irving,

Lucy Maude Montgomery and

Margaret Laurence. Staff were able

to examine some fine manuscripts,

such as a thirteenth-century illu-

minated Bible from Bologna, as

well as English and Canadian rec-

ipe books dating from the eigh-

teenth and nineteenth centuries

that included numerous Christmas

treats.

At the Media Commons, Brock

Silversides, Director, and Rachel

Beattie, Assistant Media Archivist,

welcomed staff to Ice and Snow in

the Media Commons Theatre on

January 13, 2011. Two classic ice-

and snow-themed films from their

collections were screened during

th i s event . F i r s t wa s Pau l

Tomkowicz’s Street Railway

Switchman, a 1953 National Film

Board documentary short about a

Winnipeg switchman in the dead

of winter, followed by Nanook of

the North, Robert Flaherty’s 1921

documentary about an Inuit fam-

ily going about its daily activities.

Th i rd in the ser ie s wa s

Elementary Schools and Teachers in

Ontario, 1910–1915 and Today:

Collections in the OISE Library, held

on February 15 and 24, 2011.

Drawing on examples from the

Curriculum Resources collection

and the Ontar io Histor ica l

Educat ion Col lect ion,

Marian Press, Scholarly

Communications Librarian,

Kathy Imrie, Reference

Specialist and Monique

Flaccavento, Public Services and

Instructional Librarian, prepared

an informative and entertaining

series of short talks, designed to

highlight some of the differences

between elementary education in

present day Ontario and approxi-

mately a hundred years ago

(1910–1915).

After hearing the ringing of a

school bell and participating in

1911 Geography and Grammar

Ontario High School Entrance

examinations, staff explored a vari-

ety of treasures from the OISE

collections, including yearbooks,

teacher handbooks, examination

manuals, readers, class portraits,

regulations and more.

On March 17, 2011 Jonathan

Bengtson, Director of Library and

Archives at St. Michael’s College,

guided UTL staff on a tour of

treasures housed at the Pontifical

Institute of Mediaeval Studies

library and the St. Michael’s

College John M. Kelly Library.

Included in the tour was a visit to

the St. Michael’s Printing Room

that is used by students in the Book

and Media Studies Program.

Including the 1895 Reliance press

located in the library’s foyer, the

Printing Room boasts of five nine-

teenth- and early twentieth-centu-

ry printing presses. It also holds

binding equipment, wood and

metal type and a collection of

unusual documents.

April 19, 2011 saw library staff

stopping by the Faculty of Music

Library for Music Notation from

Hildegarde to Stockhausen. Music

Librarian Kathleen McMorrow

presented the varied visual repre-

sentations of musical sounds over

the last 1,000 years through exam-

ples from the collections, from

neumes on parchment to software

programs, including tablature,

shape notes, Tonic Sol-fa, micro-

tonal inf lections, charts and graph-

ics, as well as conventional staff

notation used in unconventional

ways.

The Showcasing the Collections

series will recommence in the fall.

If you would like to host an event

in your library, please contact

Richard Hydal at richard.hydal@

utoronto.ca.

Students in St. Michael’s College’s Book and Media Studies Program use the heritage printing presses in the Kelly Library’s Printing Room.

Left: Samples of Ontario examinations from 1915. Right: Opening screen from Nanook of the North.

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DistingUisheD Visitors AttenD

JAnUAry symPosiUm

On January 31, 2011, about 100

scholars and guests who are inter-

ested in the Basic Law and the

future of Hong Kong gathered at

the Richard Charles Lee Canada-

Hong Kong Library to take part in

the symposium, 20 Years after the

Promulgation of the Basic Law: The

Road Ahead for Hong Kong.

Chief Librarian Carole Moore

introduced Senator Vivienne Poy,

who welcomed guests and deliv-

ered opening remarks. The key-

note speech was given by Maria

Wai-chu Tam, ex-legislator of

Hong Kong and the Deputy of the

National People’s Congress of

PRC. Tam’s speech provided the

audience insights on history and

the future of Hong Kong as Basic

Law is applied in governance,

political reform and economic

development. Ming K. Chan from

Stanford University, Kui-Wai Li of

City University of Hong Kong,

Eilo Yu from the University of

Macau and Eric Fong from the

Department of Sociology at the

University of Toronto had a round

table discussion on the impact of

the 50 year implementation of the

Basic Law leading up to 2047.

They discussed the political, eco-

nomic and sociological impact of

the implementation of Basic Law

in Hong Kong, as well as Hong

Kong immigrants in Toronto.

Jack Leong, Director of the

Richard Charles Lee Canada-

Hong Kong Library, concluded the

pane l d i s cu s s ion w ith the

presentation and launch of the

Hong Kong Handover digitization

project, which was a collaborative

project between U of T Library,

Simon Fraser University Library

and Multicultural Canada. The

Canada-Hong Kong Library has

digit ized and made avai lable

online more than 17,000 pages of

materials pertaining to the 1997

Hong Kong handover, including

books, magaz ines , pol it ica l

cartoons, newsletters, community

reports, pamphlets and legal

documents. For more information

about this symposium and the

online collection, visit the Library’s

website at http://www.library.

utoronto.ca/hongkong/.

Professor loUis W. PAUly DeliVers

mArCh seminAr

On March 22, 2011 a seminar

titled, Between Integration and

Autonomy: The Future of Hong Kong

as an International Financial Centre,

was held at the Richard Charles

Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library.

The seminar, given by Professor

Louis W. Pauly, Director of the

Centre for International Studies at

the Munk School of Global Affairs,

was followed by an enthusiastic

discussion led by Professor Kui-wai

Li, a visiting scholar from the City

University of Hong Kong. A

diverse audience attended the

seminar, including faculty mem-

bers and students from U of T,

senior off icials from the Hong

Kong Economic and Trade Office,

members of the Chinese commu-

nity and news reporters. In the

seminar, Pauly asserted the secu-

r i t y of Hong Kong a s an

International Financial Centre

(IFC) and discussed its strengths

and weaknesses, in light of recent

developments on the mainland and

in Singapore.

seVentieth AnniVersAry of BAttle

for hong Kong CommemorAteD

On March 31, 2011, Canadian and

Hong Kong veterans, military his-

torians, scholars and students came

together at the Richard Charles

Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library

for a symposium called, The Battle

for Hong Kong: Days of Infamy. This

symposium marked the seventieth

anniversary of the Battle, which

took place in December 1941.

A f t e r i n t r oduc t ion s by

University Chief Librarian Carole

Moore, Senator Vivienne Poy

called for a minute of silence to

commemorate the victims in the

War and the more recent disasters

in Japan. Mr. George MacDonell,

Sergeant of the Royal Rif les, was

among the two thousand Canadian

troops sent to defend Hong Kong.

He presented on the topic of The

Geopolitics in Asia before the Battle of

Hong Kong. MacDonell was fol-

lowed by Dr. Terry Copp, Professor

Emeritus and Director, Laurier

Centre for Military Strategic and

Disa rmament Stud ies , f rom

Wilfrid Laurier University, who

discussed the decision to send

Canadian soldiers to Hong Kong.

Mr. Vince Lopata, C. D., Historian

of the Winnipeg Grenadiers, talk-

ed about the structure of the two

Canadian infantry battalions at the

Battle of Hong Kong.

Dr. Nathan Greenfield, author

of The Damned: The Canadians at

the Battle of Hong Kong and the

POW Experience, 1941–45, dis-

cussed the violation of Japan’s

pledge to abide by the Geneva

Convention during and after the

Battle of Hong Kong. Dr. Neville

Poy, Honourary Colonel Emeritus

of the Queen’s York Rangers,

shared memories of the battle from

his perspective as a child as well as

some personal family photographs.

Dr. William Rawling, author of

La mort pour ennemi (Death their

Enemy) and a historian for Canada’s

Department of National Defence,

concluded the symposium with an

account of medical challenges that

the POWs faced.

Following the symposium Mr.

Mike Babin, Ontario Regional

Director for the Hong Kong

Ve t e r a n s C om memor a t i ve

Association, mediated a lively dis-

cussion between the speakers and

the audience.

J A C K l e o n g

A Busy Winter at the Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library

Left to right: Neville Poy, Nathan Greenfield, William Rawling, Vince Lopata, Senator Vivienne Poy, Carole Moore, George MacDonell, Terry Copp, Jack Leong

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On March 23, 2011, Toronto’s oldest charity, the

St. George’s Society, celebrated a milestone in

their University of Toronto endowment at a recep-

tion held at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library.

The evening began with an opportunity for

guests to view the current exhibition, Great and

Manifold: A Celebration of the Bible in English. This

was followed by a short talk by the exhibition’s

curator, Pearce J. Carefoote.

Guests then mingled at the $1/2 Million

Reception to celebrate the 500,000th dollar in

student assistance generated from the St. George’s

Society endowment at the University of Toronto.

Professor Elizabeth Legge, University of Toronto

Art Department Chair, expressed thanks to the

Society on behalf of the University and the Dean

of Arts and Science.

Friends of Fisher Events

St. George’s Society Events Chair Sandra Comisarow (left) with Professor Elizabeth Legge

exhiBition

Great and Manifo ld: A Celebration of the Bible in English

Commemorating the four hundredth anniversary of

the first printing of the King James Bible, Great and

Manifold: A Celebration of the Bible in English, opened at

the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library on February 8,

2011. Opening remarks were by Richard Landon,

Director of the Fisher Library; the Most Reverend

Colin Johnson, Archbishop of Toronto and Metropolitan

of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario; and Pearce J.

Carefoote, the exhibition’s curator. Support for the

printing of the catalogue was generously provided by

Janet Dewan and Barbara Tangney in memory of their

parents, Marian and Harry Ade, who were enthusiastic

longtime supporters of the Fisher Library. You can purchase the catalogue for $30. To obtain

a copy, write to darlene.kent@utoronto.ca.

thirD AnnUAl leon KAtz memoriAl leCtUre

Canadian Wildflowers by Cather ine Par r Trail l and Agnes F i t zGibbon

Alexander Globe, Professor Emeritus of English at the

University of British Columbia, delivered the Leon

Katz Memorial Lecture on March 2, 2011 to an over-

f lowing and very appreciative audience. One of the

most beautiful books created in nineteenth-century

Canada, Canadian Wild Flowers still commands admira-

tion. Globe gave a fascinating talk on the background

to the book and the trials and tribulations of Catherine

Parr Traill and Agnes FitzGibbon in their efforts to

publish it. This annual lecture is generously endowed by Johanna Sedlmayer-Katz.

seVenteenth AnnUAl gryPhon leCtUre

Book Reviewing for a New Age

Linda Hutcheon gave the Gryphon Lecture on the

History of the Book on March 30, 2011. She dis-

cussed whether the nature and function of the book

review has actually changed with the arrival of web-

based blogs and commercial sites.

University Professor Emeritus of English and

Comparative Literature, Linda Hutcheon is a specialist

in postmodern culture and critical theory. This annual

lecture is generously endowed by George Kiddell.

Pearce J. Carefoote, Colin Johnson and Richard Landon

Johanna Sedlmayer-Katz with Alexander Globe

Linda Hutcheon

St. George’s Society Celebrates U of T Endowment Success

“ Thanks to the generosity and vision of the

St. George’s Society, more than 470 students

have received awards since the fund was

established in 1997. It is impossible to

overstate the impact that these awards have

had on the lives and academic careers of our

students…” e l i z A B e t h l e g g e

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Why We Watch Trudeau

On November 24, 2010 Professor

John English spoke about the

second volume of his biography of

one of Canada’s most memorable

Prime Ministers. Published in

2009, Just Watch Me: The Life of

Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 1968–2000,

was nominated for the 2010

Governor General’s Award for

English non fiction.

Eng l i sh shared deta i l s of

Trudeau’s political and personal

lives, revealing the acute calcula-

tion behind every seemingly spon-

taneous word spoken and gesture

made by Canada’s former Prime

Min ister. Anecdotes of the

Trudeau family were followed by

English’s acknowledgement of

their generosity in sharing their

time and their papers during the

writing of this book.

Currently a Distinguished

Senior Fellow at the Munk School

of Global Affairs and General

Editor of the Dict ionary of

Canad ian Biog raphy at the

University of Toronto, John

English is a member of the Order

of Canada and a fellow of the

Royal Society of Canada. He

retired from the University of

Waterloo in 2009 as University

Professor of History and Political

Science. He has also served as

President of the Canadian Institute

of International Affairs, Chair of

the Board of the Canad ian

Museum of Civilization and the

Canadian War Museum, Director

of the Centre on Foreign Policy

and Federalism and Executive

Director of the Cent re on

I n t e r n a t ion a l G ove r n a nce

Innovation.

A World Transforming: Why Canada Needs to be a G iraffe

Professor Janice Gross Stein was

guest speaker on January 25,

2011. Her account of some ways in

which the world is transforming

itself brought context to current

accounts in the media. As always,

when we listen to Stein talk or

read her works, we realize what an

abbreviated version of world

events we get from the various

media outlets. Context and analy-

sis are everything, and Stein is

expert at both.

Janice Gross Stein is the

Belzberg Professor of Conf lict

Management in the Department of

Political Science and the Director

of the Munk School for Global

Affairs at the University of Toronto.

She is a Fellow of the Royal

Society of Canada and an Honorary

Foreign Member of the American

Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Toronto Rare Books that Changed my Path

Natalie Zemon Davis took a

turn at the lectern on April 13,

2011. The author of eight books,

all of them translated into various

foreign languages, Davis was also

historical consultant for the 1982

film Le Retour de Martin Guerre.

Her book, The Return of Martin

Guerre, followed in 1983.

Davis spoke of her use, for

forty-nine years, of rare book col-

lections, including those at the

University of Toronto, and how

some of her best historical insights

have come while exploring these

riches. Notable volumes included

Observations diverses,

a 1609 medica l

treatise on child-

birth and women’s

illnesses by royal

midwife Louise

Bourgeois; Arrest

memorable, Jean de

C o r a s ’ s 1 5 61

account of the

Mar t in Guer re

affair; and two cal-

endars: the 1567

Calendrier historiel

and the 1499 Shepherdesses Calendar,

each with a gift signature.

Natalie Davis has taught at the

Univer s it y of Toronto, the

Univer s it y of Ca l i forn ia at

Berkeley and Princeton University.

A former president of the American

Historical Association and vice-

president of the International

Commission of Historical Sciences,

Davis is also a Fellow of the

American Academy of Arts and

Sciences, a corresponding fellow of

the British Academy and Chevalier

de l’Ordre des Palmes Académique.

She is the recipient of various

international prizes (including

most recently the 2010 Ludwig

Holberg International Prize) and

honorary degrees from many pres-

tigious universities.

Top of page: John English and Janice Gross Stein. Above: Natalie Zemon Davis.

Library Associates Luncheon / Lecture Series

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Effective January 1, 2011, Julie

Hannaford has been appointed to

the position of Associate Librarian

for Humanities and Social Sciences

for a f ive year term. Julie has

worked at the Ontario Institute for

Studies in Education (OISE)

Library since 2003 as Digital

Services Librarian and as the

Director for the last two years. She

will continue to serve as the

administrative head of the OISE

Library, in her new role. While at

OISE, Julie has also led two major

external projects, e-Learning

Ontario with the Ontario Ministry

of Education and the development

of the Child Welfare Database

with the Faculty of Social Work.

She previously worked at the

Bibliocentre and with the City of

Toronto, Social Services Division.

Julie received an Honours BA in

Psychology from the University of

Water loo and a Ma ster of

Information Studies from the

University of Toronto.

As of March 1, 2011 Sandra

Langlands, Director, Gerstein

Science Information Centre, was

appointed Director (act ing),

Science Libraries at the University

of Toronto. In this capacity she

will be responsible for the five

central science libraries: Dentistry,

Earth Sciences, Engineering &

Computer Science, Gerstein and

Mathematical Sciences. She will

also liaise with other science

libraries and librarians at the

University and assume some other

administrative duties at the library.

Sandra returned recently from a

six month research leave investi-

gating e-science/health science

research data management, pres-

ervation and storage in research

libraries.

Chris Finley is Supervisor,

Licensed Software Office (LSO).

The new role he occupies will

involve managing the LSO as it

operates today, and moving it

towards an increasingly online

operation. Chris’s educational

background includes both a

Commerce degree from U of T

and a computer systems technolo-

gy diploma from Durham College.

He has been with the Library’s

Information Commons since 2004,

initially providing primary techni-

cal support, and more recently as a

senior technologist. Chris is

known within the department and

the wider library community for

consistently responsive customer

service and solid technical exper-

tise—traits which will be of great

use in his new role.

John Shoesmith has been

appointed to the position of

Outreach Librarian at the Thomas

Fisher Rare Book Library, effec-

tive February 1, 2011. John has

been working at the Fisher Library

since graduating from the Faculty

of Information in 2005, primarily

as an Archivist. Previously he was

a journalist, writing and editing for

a variety of publications, including

The Globe and Mail and Canadian

Business magazine. In his new role,

he will be working to promote the

Fisher Library’s collections, ser-

vices, exhibits and events.

Un ive r s i t y o f To ron t o

Administration recently asked the

Library to appoint someone to take

responsibility for answering copy-

ing questions pertaining to the use

of library materials. Since the

C o l l e c t i o n D e v e l o p m e n t

Department is responsible for

negotiating licence agreements

and has provided the information

about digital rights now seen in the

library catalogue, Department

Head Caitlin Tillman has accepted

this task. She will be assisted by

Weijing Yuan, Joan Links and Sian

Meikle. Please refer any copyright

questions to Caitlin at 416-946-

3856 or caitlin.tillman@utoronto.ca.

Library Professionals on the Move

Familiar Faces, New Roles

Chris Finley John ShoesmithJulie Hannaford Sandra Langlands Caitlin Tillman

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Libraries Welcome

New Information ProfessionalsMaria Buda has accepted the

Librarian II permanent-status

stream position at the Dentistry

Library. Since joining the Dentistry

Library in 2008, Maria has demon-

strated a strong and positive work

ethic with a dedication to different

library services. Her efforts have

produced high quality results. She

has also been an active participant

in committee activities in the cen-

tral library system and the iSchool

at U of T. Her contributions have

been greatly appreciated by the

Dentistry Library and the com-

munity.

Megan Campbell has been

appointed Associate Director,

Advancement for the University of

Toronto Librar ies , ef fect ive

December 13, 2010. In this role

Megan will provide leadership in

all aspects of the library’s fundrais-

ing programs, with a special

emphasis on major gift fundraising

initiatives and capital campaign

goals.

Megan brings to the position

an impressive development back-

ground with advanced skills in

major giving. Her previous roles

have included that of Senior

Director, Development at the

Royal Conservatory of Music,

Vice-President, Administration for

the Community Foundations of

C a n ad a , t he D i r e c t o r o f

Development at St. Joseph’s Health

Centre Foundation, as well as

appointments with the Community

Foundation of Oakvi l le, the

Hil l f ield-Strathal lan Col lege

Foundat ion and The Grand

Theatre in London, Ontario.

Megan has an Honours BA

from Queen’s University, an MBA

from York University and an MA,

Journalism from the University of

Western Ontario.

Nicole Carter has joined the

Reference & Research Services

Department at Robarts Library as a

librarian on a one-year contract,

beginning January 3, 2011. She has

worked at the Library of Parliament,

Algonquin College, Carleton

University, UBC and other organi-

zations. Nicole has a strong interest

in instruction and information lit-

eracy and has presented her research

in this area at WILU. Nicole will

be involved in communication,

staff development and project work

in addition to her reference service

and instruction duties.

Ravit David has joined Scholars

Portal in the position of Digital

Production Content Manager.

Ravit will focus on developing

procedures and practices that

ensure the efficient, timely and

accurate loading of content onto

the eBooks platform and will be

responsible for communicating

progress and identifying issues

with staff at member libraries.

For the past number of years,

Ravit has worked in the field of

computational humanities, con-

tributing to collaborative projects

across Canada. Before that, she was

an adjunct professor in the Library

and Information Department at

the University of Haifa, Israel,

where she taught core courses in

Collection Development and Web

infrastructure. Her professional

experience also includes academic

librarianship in the Periodicals

Department at the University of

Haifa Library, and management of

a special library at one of the inter-

national training centres of the

Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Bret t Lavoie joined the

Information Commons as a LAN

Administrator on November 15,

2010. Brett had been working as a

Network Administrator at New

College since 2005 and his experi-

ence working with students, aca-

demic and administrative staff will

be a valuable addition to the

Operations Support Team. Brett

assumes various responsibilities in

the many Computer Access

Facilities and Instruction Labs sup-

ported by the IC in the central and

federated college libraries.

Jennifer Robertson joined the

C o l l e c t i o n D e v e l o p m e n t

Department (CDD) on February

28, 2011. Jennifer has a Bachelor of

Mathematics from the University

of Waterloo, a Post Graduate

Cer t i f ica te i n In format ion

Technolog ies f rom Sher idan

College and a recent MLS from

the University of Western Ontario.

Jennifer comes to us from Wilfrid

Laurier University where she has

just f inished a fourteen-month

contract as the Electronic Services

Librarian. Jennifer will be helping

CDD with the implementation of

Serials Solutions and working with

selectors on the assessment and

evaluation of electronic resources.

Paulina Rousseau has been

appointed Digital Scholarship

Librarian at the University of

Toronto Scarborough Library.

Paulina brings a strong back-

ground in collections, project

management, and instruction. Her

research and study of digital schol-

arship will be a valuable asset to

the library’s future development.

Paulina will be working with and

reporting to Elizabeth O’Brien to

establish a digital scholarship unit

in the library.

Jenaya Webb joined the OISE

Library in February, 2011 as a

Public Services Librarian on a one-

year contract. Jenaya is a recent

graduate of the iSchool. From the

iSchool’s Inforum, she provided

reference and access services, deliv-

ered workshops (NVivo, blogging,

RSS) and did a significant amount

of work in promotion and out-

reach. She also has library experi-

ence from her work at the ROM.

Jenaya has worked as a teaching

assistant and has an interesting

professional background from the

non-profit sector. In her new role,

she will be providing reference

services and instruction, assisting

with the coordination of access and

information activities and assisting

with marketing and outreach ini-

tiatives.

Maria Buda

Brett Lavoie

Megan Campbell

Jennifer Robertson

Nicole Carter

Paulina Rousseau

Ravit David

Jenaya Webb

10

University of Toronto Libraries Welcome Larry Alford

The Agenda Committee of the

Academic Board has approved

the appointment of Mr. Larry

P. Alford as Chief Librarian

effective no later than August 1,

2011 and ending June 30, 2018.

Larry Alford is internationally

recognized as a leader in library

science, first at the University of

North Carolina at Chapel Hill and

then at Temple University, where

he has been Vice Provost for

Libraries and University Librarian

since 2005 and Dean of University

Libraries since 2007. In this posi-

tion, he was responsible for a

library system that includes the five

libraries of the Paley library system,

the Ginsburg Health Sciences

Library, and the Podiatric Medicine

Library and also for the Temple

University Press which publishes

approximately 60 scholarly mono-

graphs per year.

His engagement in numerous

library operations, including the

development of print and elec-

tronic collections, library services

and the renovation and building of

libraries, has resulted in a superb

vision for research libraries in the

twenty-f irst century. He has a

lengthy and successful record of

leadership in cooperative activities

among libraries, f irst in North

Carolina and then nationally and

globally, culminating in his chair-

ing for the last four years the Board

of Trustees of OCLC (Online

Computer Library Center), a

global library cooperative that

serves 72,000 libraries. He is pas-

sionate about libraries as partners in

research and learning and over the

last six years he has been leading a

transformation of the libraries at

Temple.

Mr. Alford, who holds a BA

and MLS from the University of

North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has

been a member of the American

Library Association (ALA) and has

served as cha ir of the ALA

Directors of Large Research

Libraries Discussion Group. From

2004–2006 he served as chair of

the Collection Management and

Development Sect ion of the

Association for Library Collections

and Technical Services and from

2005–2009 as an elected member

of the Scholarly Publishing and

Academic Resources Coalition

(SPARC) Steering Committee. He

is a member of the Association of

Re sea rch L ibr a r ie s Spec i a l

Collections Working Group and

the ARL Committee on Statistics.

Mr. Alford expressed his excite-

ment and honour at the appoint-

ment in an email message to library

employees, and followed this with

a two-day visit to Toronto where

he visited the campus libraries and

met with staff.

“Larry Alford is internationally recognized as a leader in library

science, first at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

and then at Temple University, where he has been Vice Provost

for Libraries and University Librarian since 2005 and Dean of

University Libraries since 2007.”

11

And Bid a Fond Farewell to Carole Moore

Carole Moore retires as

Chief Librarian of the

University of Toronto

Libraries in June 2011

after 25 years of dedicated service

and visionary leadership. The

words of Professor Sedra, above,

are echoed by many others who

have worked with her, learned

from her, been encouraged by her

and benefited from her excellence

as an academic librarian and leader.

Under Carole’s leadership, the

University of Toronto Library

system has ranked in the top five

in the North American rankings

of University libraries. The Library

has a worldwide reputation for

excellence in collections, services,

scholarship and digital leadership.

It ref lects the best of what a great

academic library should be to pre-

serve the past, ref lect the present

and provide leadership for the

future.

This has not come about by

accident. Carole would give credit

to her academic colleagues for the

support and direction they have

provided; to her library staff for

their dedication and expertise; and

to faculty, staff and students for

having such high expectations for

excellence in all areas of library

services and collections. Working

in partnership, always listening

“Carole Moore has been a tremendous and visionary leader not only for the U of T library system but also for University libraries in Ontario and Canada.”Professor Adel SedraUniversity of Toronto Provost, 1993–2002

and sharing her wisdom with oth-

ers, Carole has combined a sharp

intellect with diligence, hard work

and a persistent optimism that have

allowed the University of Toronto

Libraries to thrive and succeed in

its mission of service to the aca-

demic community. The success of

the University of Toronto Libraries

is a ref lection of Carole’s great

leadership and of the personal and

professional qualities she has

brought to the position of Chief

Librarian.

Carole’s legacy and contribu-

tion is felt not only by the

University of Toronto community.

She has worked tirelessly at the

provincial, national and interna-

tional levels to ensure that all aca-

demic libraries could benef it

together by working cooperatively.

She is recognized as a leader and a

mentor in the Association of

Research Libraries and by aca-

demic library leaders worldwide.

In 2008 she was awarded the

Canadian Association of Research

Libraries Award for Distinguished

Service to Research Librarianship

and was acknowledged for her

many contributions, including her

key roles in digital preservation

and dissemination of Canadian

heritage publications; her visionary

leadership in establishing collabo-

rations among Canadian universi-

t ies to achieve regional and

national l icences to scholarly

resources published electronically;

and her initiation and involvement

in the creation of a national infra-

structure for the open access pub-

lication of Canadian research out-

puts.

Carole’s legacy is large and will

be felt for many years. She has

made a difference as a senior

administrator, academic and citi-

zen of the University. She has set a

positive course for the future of the

academic library at the University

of Toronto through service and

far-reaching vision.

Carole has transformed the

University of Toronto Libraries to

meet the diversity of academic

information needs in a world

where change is exponential and

the value of what has gone before

is paramount.

Top: Carole with speaker Natalie Zemon Davis and guests at a 2011 Library Associates Lunch. Above left: Carole has seen a great deal of technological change in the libraries, and here chats with ITS Director Peter Clinton at a 2004 event marking the removal of the old VAX serv-er. Above right: An enthusiastic supporter of events for staff, Carole joins Pam Reynolds, Judy Snow, Solange Silverberg and Stephen Hong at the 2006 outing to the off-site storage facility in Downsview.

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Exhibitions

Remembering Ralph : Highlights of the Stanton Donations, 1988–201011 July–16 September 2011Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library

The Life and Work of Derek Walcott11 October 2011–January 2012Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library

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The Robarts Book Sale Room continues to thrive thanks to the

support of library friends who donate materials of resale value and

mostly in pristine condition and to a growing number of customers.

The Book Room is managed entirely by volunteers. It is open

to the public on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00

p.m., except during the month of August and the latter part of

December.

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The next few years will see a

magnificent new addition to

Roba r t s L ibr a r y. The

streetscape will be trans-

formed with the construction of a

Pavilion on Huron Street. The

Pavilion is the signature project of

the Robarts renewal, adding 1,200

new work and study spaces to the

bu i ld ing. These have been

designed with the highest stan-

dards to ref lect the diverse ways in

which today’s students use the

library. Each f loor will possess

design characteristics most benefi-

cial to students: natural light, sub-

tle task lighting, ample workspace,

comfortable seating and full con-

nectivity. In addition, the Pavilion

will introduce a number of impor-

tant amenities to enhance the

quality of student life on campus,

including a café that opens up into

an outdoor plaza.

Help us move forward with

this vitally important space for

students.

For more information about

the project or to donate, please

contact Anna Maria Romano of

Library Administration by tele-

phone at 416-978-3600 or by email

at annamaria.romano@utoronto.ca .

To donate online, visit

https://donate.utoronto.ca/libraries .

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