People News - Queen’s University
Monday, November 5th, 2007Matthew Thomas has been appointed to a non-renewable replacement appointment as a Public Services Librarian in Bracken Health Sciences Library until June 30, 2008. He has been working at Bracken on term appointments since September 2005. Before coming to Queen’s, Matthew was employed by the Queen’s Borough Public Library, New York City, initially as a librarian in the Social Sciences Division, then as a CyberLibrarian in the Cyber Centre and finally, as the supervisor of the Cyber Centre. Matthew is a graduate of the University of Waterloo (B.A., Philosophy, 1999) and he obtained his MLIS from the University of Western Ontario in 2000.
David Burke has been appointed Research and Instruction Librarian until April 30, 2008. He will act as library liaison to the departments of French Studies, Languages & Linguistics, German, Italian, Spanish and Latin American Studies. He will also provide reference services, participate in collection development and management activities and provide library instruction. David has a B.A. in History (Carleton University), a B.Ed. (University of British Columbia), an M.A. in Latin American Studies (London School of Economics), a Post Baccalaureate Diploma in Applied Information Technology (Information Technology Institute) and an MLIS (University of British Columbia). Prior to pursuing a library career, David taught high school in British Columbia. He has been a reference librarian at the University of New Brunswick Library, Saint John campus. Most recently, he has worked as Corporate Records Manager for the City of Saint John, where he designed, developed and implemented the roll-out of a records management solution for the city. His work for the City of Saint John includes the development and delivery of records access instructional programs and reference services, and the implementation of a program to digitize Council minutes.
Lesley Wilde has been appointed to the position of Continuing Teacher Education Reference Librarian in the Education Library. This is a two-year, non-renewable appointment until August 31, 2009. Lesley holds a B.A. Honours (History), a B.Ed., and an M.A. (History) from the University of Toronto. She received her MLIS from the University of British Columbia. Lesley is an experienced Ontario secondary school teacher and Ontario curriculum writer. Since acquiring her MLIS, she has been the Head of Library at the Dr. G.W. Williams Secondary School in Aurora. In this position, Lesley used her consultative skills to develop and implement a user friendly website focused to meet students’ and teachers’ information needs.
Ellen Symons