Tutor profile: Pat S.

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Pat S.

Experienced Professional Reference and Distance Education Librarian, PhD Candidate

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About Pat

Professional librarian with more than a decade of experience helping students in university and college libraries in Canada, the United States and the Middle East. PhD Candidate undertaking qualitative research. Methodology: Think-aloud and expanded critical incident technique. Epistemology: Reflective Judgement Model Published scholarly writer; passionate about interactive information retrieval methods and dedicated to contributing ongoing research to information science community.

Teaching Experience

Classroom Instruction - Library Technicians Classroom Instruction - Information Literacy Online, Distance Education Tutor, 10+ years at SAIT Polytechnic

Education

Queensland University of Technology

Library and Information Science

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

2016 - 2023

University of Alberta

Library and Information Science

Master's Degree

1984 - 1986

Subjects

Library and Information Science

Work Experience

SAIT Polytechnic, Adjunct Instructor, Distance Education, Library Information Technology

2009 - Present

• Enable, administer, and support Internet-based learning for various LIS program courses, including Online Searching, Library Information Centre Management, Library Technical Services, Libraries in Society, Collection Development for Adults, Public Libraries, and Practicums. • Encourage academic advancement, integrity, and compliance by students. • Develop course content, deliver participative and interactive lessons, evaluate and assigned grades, custom-design programs for challenged students.

College of the North Atlantic, Reference and Instruction Librarian

2014 - 2017

• Provided information literacy instruction, and reference and research assistance, to technical college students in Engineering, Business, Information Technology and Health Sciences, as well as faculty. • Implemented and guided focused library staff upgrading programs. • Developed, implemented and delivered in-classroom instruction using a variety of pedagogies. • Selected and evaluated information resources culturally suitable for EFL students in a technical college. • Prepared accreditation documents for School of Health Sciences.

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