2012 | MLIS. Library and Information Studies, University of British Columbia
2010 | M.A. English / Cultural, Social, and Political Thought, University of Victoria
2007 | B.A. Honors English, Queen’s University
2022 - 2023 | Interim Associate Dean for Technology and Digital Scholarship, Florida State University
2018 - Present | Director, Office of Digital Research & Scholarship, Florida State University
2015 - 2018 | Scholarly Communications Librarian, Florida State University
2014-2015 | Managing Librarian, Chapman Learning Commons, University of British Columbia
2014 | Intellectual Property & Copyright Services Librarian, University of British Columbia
2013 | Faculty Course Associate, Scholarly Communications & Copyright Office, University of British Columbia
2012 | Faculty Course Support GA, Scholarly Communications & Copyright Office, University of British Columbia
2011 | Student Librarian, Information Services, Memorial University of Newfoundland
2010-2011 | Circulation & Shelving Assistant, University of British Columbia Law Library
2010-2011 | Research Assistant, Digital Information Interaction Group, University of British Columbia
2010 | Library Practicum Student, Digital Initiatives, University of British Columbia
Article | The Journal of Postsecondary Student Success: Lessons learned from launching a flagship journal Co-authored with Matthew Hunter and published in Case Studies in Library Publishing. Retrieved from https://cslp.pubpub.org/pub/k5byv38h
Article | Standing up vendor-provided web hosting services at Florida State University Libraries: A case study Co-authored with Matthew Hunter and Sarah Stanley and published in the code4Lib Journal. Retrieved from [https://journal.code4lib.org/articles/17766](https://cslp.pubpub.org/pub/k5byv38h)
Conference presentation | Supporting open pedagogy through academic web hosting. Presented at IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2023 satellite meeting, The Global Impact of Library Publishing, The Hague, The Netherlands.
Article | Ask the editors: Assessing the publishing needs of faculty editors Co-authored with Laura Miller, Liz Dunne, Camille Thomas, and Matthew Hunter and published in the Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.31274/jlsc.12912
Conference presentation and paper | Rethinking organizational structures to support digital innovation. Co-presented and co-authored with Lindsey Wharton. IATUL Annual Conference 2022, Miami, FL. Link to presentation. Proceedings available soon.
Conference panel presentation | Supporting equitable, quality education through the Journal of Postsecondary Student Success. Presented at IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2022, Dublin, Ireland. Link to presentation.
Article | Launching an institutional ORCID initiative at Florida State University. Co-authored with Kelly Grove. Article published in Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship 96. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.29173/istl2581
Conference poster presentation | Journey to the cloud: Lessons learned in legacy application migration. Co-presented with Favenzio Calvo and Louis Brooks. EDUCAUSE Annual Conference 2021, Pittsburgh, PA. Link to poster.
SPARC/COAPI Community Calls. Planned and facilitated with the Coalition of Open Access Policy Institutions (COAPI) Community Call Working Group: Carolyn Mills and Robin Sinn.
ASERL Scholarly Communication Unconference. Planned and facilitated with Zach Lukemire, ASERL Scholarly Communication Interest Group Co-chair, March 11-12. Program and collaborative notes.
ASERL Scholarly Communication Community Calls. Planned and facilitated with Zach Lukemire, ASERL Scholarly Communication Interest Group Co-chair:
Lightning talk | ORCID @ FSU: Connecting research and researchers. Presented at the Expertise Systems in Florida Universities virtual symposium. Slides.
Conference presentation | Ask the editors: Expanded uses for faculty needs assessments. Co-presented with Laura Miller, Liz Dunne, Camille Thomas, and Matthew Hunter. Library Publishing Forum 2020, virtual due to COVID-19 pandemic. Slides.
Report | Library publishing competencies. Co-authored with the Library Publishing Coalition Professional Development Committee: Allison Brown, Emily Cole, Adrian Ho, Amanda Hurford, Melanie Kowalski, Ally Laird, Jessica Lange, Carrye Syma, Ted Polley, Christine Fruin, and Melanie Schlosser. http://dx.doi.org/10.5703/1288284317123
SPARC/COAPI Community Calls. Planned and facilitated with the Coalition of Open Access Policy Institutions (COAPI) Community Call Working Group: Carolyn Mills and Robin Sinn.
Article | Taking OER abroad with library-led partnerships. Co-authored with Lindsey Wharton. Article published in International Journal of Open Educational Resources 2(1). Retrieved from https://www.ijoer.org/taking-oer-abroad-with-library-led-partnerships-doi10-18278-ijoer-2-1-4/
Roundtable discussion | Collaborating to align journal licensing practices around open principles. Panhandle Library Access Network Academic Libraries Conference 2019, Tallahassee, FL. Discussion document
Conference poster presentation | Librarians as OER advocates and leaders. Co-presented with Talea Anderson, Christopher Barnes, Will Cross, Stephanie Quail, Michelle Reed, and Elaine Thornton. Association of College and Research Libraries 2019, Cleveland, OH. Digital poster
Conference presentation | Know your copyrights: News from the front. Co-presented with Rory Grennan. Tampa Bay Library Consortium Annual Conference, Plant City, FL. Slides
Conference presentation | The library’s role in research information management systems. Co-presented with Mike Conlon, Anne Rauh, and Jan Fransen. National Forum on Expert Finder Systems, Orlando, FL. My slides
Invited lecture | Scholarly communication issues in research data management. Guest lecture for LIBR 559S, Research Data Management for Information Professionals, UBC School of Library, Archival, and Information Studies. My slides
Invited lecture | The ethics of open access. Guest lecture for IFS2041, Information Ethics, FSU School of Information. My slides
Invited lecture | Protecting your designs, inventions, and writing: An intellectual property primer. Guest lecture for Responsible Conduct of Research course, FSU Graduate School. My slides
Webinar | Creating a professional social identity. Co-presented with Denise Wetzel. Panhandle Library Access Network. Webinar recording and slides
Report | FSU Faculty Senate Open Access Policy: Three-year report, 2016-2018. Co-authored with Rachel Smart and Laura Miller. Full report
Article | Changing the default to support open access to education research. Co-authored with Alysia Roehrig, Bradley Cox, & Gloria Colvin. Article published in Educational Researcher 47(7). https://doi.org/10.3102%2F0013189X18782974
Conference presentation | Can I use this? A framework for making copyright determinations in 21st-century libraries. Leading Edge Libraries Conference, Orlando, FL. My slides
Presentation | From OER to open pedagogy: An introduction to teaching and learning in the open. Invited presentation at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University’s 2018 Provost’s Digital Learning Initiative. My slides
Presentation | Finding ancillary materials to support open textbook adoption. Invited presentation at TCC Online’s OER Summer Institute. My slides
Symposium | Florida State University Open Education Symposium. Led planning team for one-day symposium on OER and open pedagogy, featuring a keynote presentation by Dr. David Wiley, CAO of Lumen Learning. Secured funding, venue, and speakers; created event program and website; promoted event to faculty, staff, and students at FSU, local higher education institutions, and the broader OER community. Symposium website, recordings, and OSF instance with outputs and planning materials.
Book chapter | Expediting OER on campus: A multifaceted approach. Co-authored with Lindsey Wharton & Jeff Phillips. Published in The Evolution of Affordable Content Efforts in the Higher Education Environment, edited by Kirsti Jensen and Shane Nackerud. http://open.lib.umn.edu/affordablecontent/
Panel presentation | FSU Libraries Digital Publishing Colloquium. Co-presented with Cheryl Ball, Renaine Julian, Ann Rowson Love, Sarah Everly, and Roxann Mouratidis. Colloquium website and my slides
Research study | Assessing faculty and student readiness for textbook affordability initiatives at FSU. Working with Dr. Marcia Mardis (co-PI) and two Undergraduate Research Opportunity students, conducted literature review, developed survey instruments (4) and semi-structured interview script, and obtained IRB approval. Data collection and analysis ongoing. OSF project instance
Research study | Assessing the publishing needs of faculty editors. Working with Matt Hunter and Liz Dunne, conducted literature review, developed survey instrument, and obtained IRB approval. Data collection and analysis ongoing.
Fellowship | SPARC Open Education Leadership Program. Selected for pilot cohort of 14 fellows from SPARC member libraries. Published several blog posts on open education for postsecondary instructors:
Conference presentation | Doubling down: Bootstrapping an OER program through faculty- and student-focused initiatives. Co-presented with Lindsey Wharton & Jeff Phillips at the 14th Annual Open Education Conference, Anaheim, CA. Slides available here.
Webinar | Islandora Scholar and the landscape of open source options. Co-presented with Bryan Brown. Webinar information and slides.
Book review | Open Access and the Future of Scholarly Communication: Implementation. Review published in Technical Services Quarterly 35(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/07317131.2017.1385329 (open access version)
Article | On passing an open access policy at Florida State University: From outreach to implementation. Scholarly Communication Column in September 2017 issue of College & Research Libraries News. https://doi.org/10.5860/crln.78.8.432
Article | De-centering and recentering digital scholarship: A manifesto. Co-authored with Carolyn Moritz, Rachel Smart, Aaron Retteen, Matthew Hunter, Sarah Stanley, & Micah Vandegrift. Journal of New Librarianship 2(2) https://newlibs.org/index.php/jonl/article/view/615
Discussion series | FSU Libraries Scholarly Communication Cafes, Fall 2017.
Training series | Know Your Copyrights! Planned and delivered with Rory Grennan, Aaron Retteen, & Mackenzie Lightfoot. Copyright workshop series for local library staff, based on materials from Kyle K. Courtney’s Copyright Workshops at Tulane University.
Conference presentation | Islandora as a data repository. Presentation at Islandoracon, the bi-annual meeting of the Islandora Foundation, Hamilton, ON, May 17. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.5028302.v1
Workshop series | Alternative Textbook Grants Y1 instructor workshops. Two workshops attended by the winners of FSU Libraries’ Alternative Textbook Grants program:
Conference panel presentation | Data as intellectual property. Co-presented with Melanie Kowalski & Dave Feardon at the Research Data Access & Preservation Summit, Seattle, WA. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4981751.v1
Blog post | #TextbookBroke FSU. On a student-focused outreach event to raise awareness about OER and gather feedback on textbook affordability concerns. Includes results from a survey of 350 FSU students. https://fsulib.wordpress.com/2017/04/07/textbookbroke-fsu/
Symposium presentation | Be visible or vanish: Promoting your research using social media. Co-presented with Kyung Kim at the Florida State University Libraries’ Social Media and Research Symposium, Tallahassee, FL. http://bit.ly/2mQbGVT
Resource | Federal Open Policies Operation (FOP-Op). Collaborative project of FSU Librarians and interns with documents, slides, and other materials for constructing an outreach program about federal public access mandates. osf.io/nvujj/
Unconference presentation | Campus open access policies: Development, adoption, and implementation. Presentation at the bi-annual Association of Southeastern Research Libraries Scholarly Communication Unconference, Atlanta, GA. http://bit.ly/2jowKV9
Blog post | Open access policies: Protecting authors’ rights. Co-authored with Paolo Mangiafico & Kevin Smith. Response to Ilya Kapovich’s letter in Science, published on In the Open.
Webinar panelist | SPARC webcast on public access policy compliance. Co-presented with Micah Vandegrift and Renaine Julian. Webinar information and slides.
Workshop series | Open Access Week @ Florida State University. Workshop series repeated annually to celebrate International Open Access Week.
Discussion series | FSU Libraries Scholarly Communication Cafes, Fall 2016.
Resource | Public COAPI toolkit of open access policy resources. Developed with Vika Zafrin, Anali Perry, Ruth Lewis et al. Toolkit for developing, promoting, and implementing an institutional Open Access Policy, featuring resources contributed by Coalition of Open Access Policy Institutions (COAPI) members. http://dx.doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/VHW6D
Presentation | What is an institutional repository? Invited presentation at the Florida Virtual Campus Islandora Institutional Repository Camp, Gainesville, FL. http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1482356832
Conference presentation | What should a data repository do? Co-presented with Bryan Brown at the Mississippi State University Scholarly Communications Summit, Starkville, MS. http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1469633084
Policy document | Florida State University Public Access to Research Publications Policy. Co-authored with Diana Key & Renaine Julian. Policy text available here.
Roundtable discussion | Methods for evaluating and communicating the impact of institutional repositories. Led discussion at the bi-annual Florida Scholarly Communications Interest Group Unconference, Orlando, FL. Notes available here.
Conference presentation | Migrating to an open source institutional repository. Co-presented with Bryan Brown at the annual University of Southern Mississippi Institutional Repository Conference, Hattiesburg, MS. http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1462290278
Website | Open Access @ FSU. Website to house information and resources about the FSU Faculty Senate Open Access Policy, including an FAQ, submission form, waiver generator, support contacts, and implementation plan. http://openaccess.fsu.edu/
Invited lecture | Copyright and fair use in documentary film. Guest lecture for undergraduate film seminar. Offered again in 2017. Slides and lesson plan.
Presentation | Florida State University Faculty Senate Open Access Policy. Co-presented with Alysia Roehrig & Gary Burnett. Presentation to FSU Faculty Senate on February 17, 2016, directly prior to unanimous vote to adopt a Harvard-Model Open Access Policy. http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1456162450
Institute | Florida State University Institute on Copyright in Higher Education. Led planning team for one-day, grant-funded copyright institute featuring Kyle K. Courtney, Copyright Advisory at Harvard University. Secured funding, venue, and speakers; created event program and website; promoted event to regional libraries. Total attendance of 437 (in-person and remote). Institute website and recording.
Panel presentation | Book publishing across the disciplines. Co-presented with Melissa Gross, Thomas Joiner, & David Kirby. Invited panel presentation for Florida State University Office of Proposal Development, Tallahassee, FL. Recording available here
Blog post | How does open access relate to subscription journal pricing?. Retrieved from https://fsulib.wordpress.com/2015/10/30/oajrnlprice/.
Discussion series | FSU Libraries Scholarly Communication Cafes, Fall 2015.
Panel presentation | Open access goes mainstream: Supporting the Tri-Council Harmonized Open Access Policy. Co-presented with Leigh Anne Swayne, Valerie Irvine, Leah Vanderjagt, and Christina Winter. Invited panel presentation at the annual meeting of the Canadian Library Association, Victoria, BC. http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4491353.v1
Conference presentation | Supporting MOOC development at UBC: The copyright and licensing landscape. Presentation at the annual ABC Copyright Conference, Victoria, BC. http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4491386.v1
Article | The Copyright Modernization Act: A guide for post-secondary instructors. Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.5206/cjsotl-rcacea.2013.1.2
Article | Green libraries on the cheap. Co-authored with Sarah Fallik and Kaitlyn Sparks. Pacific Northwest Library Association Quarterly, 77(1). http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1892
Member, International Federation of Library Associations Library Publishing Special Interest Group (2022- )
Member-at-Large, ACRL Digital Scholarship Section Executive Committee (2021-2023)
Co-Chair, Association of Southeastern Research Libraries Scholarly Communications Interest Group (2020-2022)
Member, Expertise Systems in Florida Universities Virtual Symposium Steering Committee (2020)
Past-Chair, Coalition of Open Access Policy Institutions (COAPI) Steering Committee (2019-2020)
Chair, COAPI Community Call Working Group (2019-2021)
Member, International Open Access Week Advisory Committee (2019)
Mentor, SPARC Open Education Leadership Program (2019-2020)
Member, Library Publishing Coalition Professional Development Committee (2018-2020)
Chair, COAPI Steering Committee (2018-2019)
Vice-Chair, COAPI Steering Committee (2017-2018)
Member, Florida Virtual Campus Textbook Affordability and OER Standing Committee (2017-2020)
General Reviewer, Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication (2017- )
Member, Florida State University System Board of Governors OER/eText Coordinating Committee (2017-2019)
Member, Glasstree Academic Advisory Board (2017)
Member, COAPI Steering Committee (2016-2017)
Founding member, Florida Islandora Institutional Repository Transformation (FLIIRT) Project (2016-2017)
Chair, COAPI Toolkit Working Group (2016-2017)
Islandora Release Teams:
Senator, Florida State University Faculty Senate (2021-2023)
Chair, Florida State University ORCID Task Force (2020-2024)
Member, Florida State University Research Exposure Strategies Team (2020-2022)
Member, Florida State University Faculty Development Research Team (2018-2020)
Chair, Florida State University Open & Affordable Textbook Initiative (2016-2019)
Co-Chair, Florida State University Open Access Advisory Board (2016-2019)
Co-Chair, Florida State University Faculty Senate Scholarly Communications Task Force (2015-2016)
Chair-Elect, Florida State University Libraries Faculty Assembly Executive Committee (2021-2022)
Chair, Florida State University Libraries Faculty Evaluation Committee (2020-2021)
Member, Florida State University Libraries Collections Services and Strategies Committee (2020- )
Vice Chair, Florida State University Libraries Faculty Evaluation Committee (2019-2020)
Member, Florida State University Libraries Strategic Planning Team (2019-2020)
Chair, Florida State University Libraries Research Data Services Planning Team (2019)
Member, Florida State University Libraries LibTEAM (2018- )
Alternate, Florida State University Libraries Faculty Promotion Committee (2018, 2020)
Member, Florida State University Libraries Professional Development Symposium Planning Team (2017-2018)
Member, Florida State University Libraries STEM II Balanced Scorecard Initiative (2017)
Parliamentarian, Florida State University Libraries Faculty Assembly Executive Committee (2016-2017)
Member, Florida State University Libraries Instruction Balanced Scorecard Initiative (2016)
Chair, Florida State University Libraries Copyright Committee (2015-2020)
Member, Florida State University Libraries DigiNole Working Group (2015- )
Member, Florida State University Libraries Research Repository Working Group (2015- )
Chair, Florida State University Libraries Open Access Week Planning Team (2015-2017)
Co-Chair, University of British Columbia Library Copyright Advisory Group (2014)
Co-Chair, University of British Columbia Library Copyright Working Group (2013-14)
Chair, University of British Columbia Library Open UBC Planning Committee (2013-14)