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Tuesday, May 31 • 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Poster Presentations

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Our Poster Session is a forum for the exchange of information and a means to communicate ideas, research, and other initiatives. Make sure to stop by and show these poster presenters some love:

  • Mindsets in Libraries
    Alison Ambi, Science Research Liaison Librarian, Memorial University
  • Measuring the Impact of Mandatory Research Requirements on Medical Student Information Seeking Behaviour
    Leah Boulos, MLIS Grad, Dalhousie University
  • Health Sciences Library Employee Wellness Initiative
    Dion Fowlow and Karen Darby, Health Sciences Library, Memorial University
  • Undergraduate Students and Video Sharing Websites
    Jacob Ericson, MLIS Student, Dalhousie University
  • Evaluation of a decision aid for prescribing antidepressants to frail elderly with dementia
    Colleen Faulkner, MLIS Student; Program Coordinator, Continuing Professional Development, Dalhousie University; and Kassondra Torraville, MLIS Student, Dalhousie University
  • Paying Fines Forward All Year Long
    Corinne Gilroy, Manager of Access Services, Mount Saint Vincent University
  • The Ups & Downs of Online Relationships: Shifting Library Tours to the Digital Realm
    Lindsey MacCallum, Instruction & Education Services Librarian, UPEI
  • One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Meeting the Needs of Hospital Staff Through Interprofessional Collaboration and a Responsive Website Update
    Katie McLean, Librarian, Nova Scotia Health Authority

Speakers
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Alison Ambi

Head, Collections Strategies, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Alison Ambi joined the team of librarians at Memorial University inDecember 2014 after 7 years of techy adventures as a public librarian inHalifax. In her current role she is the physical sciences liaison and theinterim head of collections. Alison has recently become interested in... Read More →
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Leah Boulos

Recent MLIS Graduate, Dalhousie University
Leah Boulos (BMus, MLIS) is a recent graduate of Dalhousie University’s Master of Library and Information Studies Program. She comes to the field with a background in music, having completed her Bachelor of Music summa cum laude from Mount Allison University in 2010. Upon entering... Read More →
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Karen Darby

Library Assistant, Health Science Library, Memorial University
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Jacob Ericson

MLIS Student, Dalhousie University
Jacob Ericson is a first year student in the Masters of Library and Information Studies at Dalhousie University.  He completed his Bachelors of Arts in Medieval Studies at the University of Virginia in 2012.  While his main interests are usability, information hierarchies, and health... Read More →
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Colleen Faulkner

MLIS Student; Program Coordinator, Continuing Professional Development, Dalhousie University
As Program Coordinator at Continuing Professional Development, Colleen supports the delivery of educational programs to physicians and healthcare professionals. Academically, she has a background in nutrition and is currently a part-time student in the Master of Library and Information... Read More →
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Dion Fowlow

Information Resources Management, Health Science Library, Memorial University
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Corinne Gilroy

Manager of Access Services, Mount Saint Vincent University
Corinne Gilroy is the Manager of Access Services at the Mount Library. She holds a Library & Information Technology diploma from NSCC, and is working toward an M.A.Ed. in Lifelong Learning at MSVU.
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Lindsey MacCallum

Instruction & Education Services Librarian, Robertson Library
As acting Instruction & Education Services Librarian at UPEI's Robertson Library, I am heavily involved in first-year information literacy instruction and outreach. I have a background in archives and special collections, and I am currently managing the KindredSpaces Project, which... Read More →
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Katie McLean

Librarian Educator, Nova Scotia Health Authority
Katie McLean has been a librarian with Nova Scotia Health Authority for five years, and has been working in a variety of libraries for the past nine.  Katie is a graduate of McGill University’s Graduate School of Library and Information Studies and Nova Scotia Community College’s... Read More →
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Kassondra Torraville

MLIS Student, Dalhousie University
Kassondra Torraville is a second-year student at Dalhousie’s Master of Library and Information Science program. Kassondra graduated from the University of New Brunswick with a Bachelor of Arts (2012), Bachelor of Education (2013) and TESL Certification (2013). Kassondra is interested... Read More →



Tuesday May 31, 2016 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT
Commonwealth Ballroom Westin