Professional Role: Makerspace Librarian
My primary professional role is overseeing the TRU Library Makerspace, an active learning space and service I proposed in 2019 and formally launched in the s...
Annual Professional Activity Report (APAR) 2022-2024
This a public version of my 2022-2024 Annual Professional Activity Report (APAR). According to the collective agreement, the APAR is meant to be a:
formative tool for a Faculty Member to report on their current academic year’s activities, goals and outcomes as they relate to the Faculty Member’s research/ scholarship, teaching professional role, service, and professional development, as well as identify specific goals for the upcoming academic year
Since I received tenure in 2022, I am now only required to submit an APAR every two years. After doing this one, I do not recommend waiting 2 years.
This document represents two years of professional work, including some of the most meaningful work I’ve done.. This includes building the TRU Library Makerspace into a fully functional learning space and service, becoming co-chair of our department, and serving as the Treasurer of our faculty association. I decided to make this public because I think it is generally a good idea for people who work in academia to be transparent about the work they’ve done. I also hope that sharing things like this increases the chances of finding future collaborators or helps someone doing similar work.
The only major changes I made were to remove some documents that had personally idenfiable information and to fix a few small grammatical errors.
Professional Role: Librarians’ Department Co-Chair
As Co-Chair of the Librarians’ Department, I focus on fostering a collaborative, collegial environment, supporting faculty, and advancing departmental priori...
Professional Development
During the last two years my professional development included a successful sabbatical application focused on ecological thinking in makerspaces, a Faculty E...
Service
In my service role, I have contributed across multiple areas within the department and university. As a member of the Program Review Team and Chair of the UL...
Goals
Goals Last Year Goals Conduct an assessment project in the Makerspace in partnership with the Assessment Librarian Amy Patterson in order to investigate...