Barbara Whiston

Assistant Librarian at Loyola High School of Montreal
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Westmount, Quebec, Canada, CA
Languages
  • French Native or bilingual proficiency
  • English Native or bilingual proficiency

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Experience

    • Canada
    • Primary and Secondary Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Assistant Librarian
      • Sep 2019 - Present

    • United States
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    • Information Management, Community Building & Communications
      • Aug 2010 - Present

      By providing a wide range of services, I help SMEs realize their mission and vision.I have helped organizations in a wide range of industries, including education, non-profit, financial and health.

    • School Librarian
      • Jan 2019 - Sep 2019

    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Librarian, Community Builder, and MINIBIBLIOplus Programme Coordinator
      • Aug 2017 - Jan 2019

      With great pride, I help the Fraser Hickson promote literacy in our community by cultivating the innovative and successful outreach programme, MINIBIBLIOplus. I oversee collection development and operations, recruitment of new partners, and our precious volunteers.

    • Online Community Facilitator | Modérateur de la plateforme des connaissances
      • Feb 2016 - Jul 2017

      I provide training and support to the members of Konnect, the SERENE-RISC online knowledge sharing platform. As moderator, my focus is to cultivate the community by promoting the resource, managing membership, supporting members, and providing training. I tripled membership on Konnect in seven months, and increased engagement.

    • Library Technician
      • Sep 2010 - Jun 2012

      All aspects of high school library operations.

    • Canada
    • Higher Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Communications & Research Assistant, Graduate Student
      • Sep 2004 - May 2008

      As a graduate student in the School of Information Studies at McGill University, I fulfilled several mandates including1. Researcher for the Human Resources research group at the Conference Board of Canada, where I conducted secondary research and prepared reports and presentations.2. Research assistant for the Oxfam Quebec project, in which I performed qualitative and quantitative analysis of questionnaires in English and French.3. Proofreader for the Office of Student… As a graduate student in the School of Information Studies at McGill University, I fulfilled several mandates including1. Researcher for the Human Resources research group at the Conference Board of Canada, where I conducted secondary research and prepared reports and presentations.2. Research assistant for the Oxfam Quebec project, in which I performed qualitative and quantitative analysis of questionnaires in English and French.3. Proofreader for the Office of Student with Disabilities, in which I acted as a writing coach for students in need of various types of accommodation and support. Show more Show less

    • Canada
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Assistant to the Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
      • 2001 - 2005 4 years , Montreal , Established the academic administration service that oversaw graduate program delivery in more than eighty (80) departments.

    • Administrative Officer, Department of Philosophy
      • 1998 - 2001 3 years , Montreal , Improved service to students and staff by successfully and singlehandedly lobbying for a 50% increase in support staff at a time of austerity and budget cutbacks. Lead a community of practice.

    • Administrator and Programme Coordinator, Admissions and Placement, Faculty of Law
      • 1997 - 1998 1 year , Montreal , Recruitment, alumni relations, outreach and event planning.

    • Administrator and Graduate Programme Coordinator, Department of Mechanical Engineering
      • 1992 - 1997 5 years , Montreal , I established and lead a community of practice, streamlined the processes, developed and implemented improvements in communications and developed document management strategies that facilitated operations and reporting.

    • Administrator and Programme Coordinator, Admissions and Placement, Faculty of Law
      • 1991 - 1992 1 year , Montreal, Canada Area

    • Administrator
      • Sep 1990 - 1991 1 year , Montreal, Canada Area

Education

  • McGill University School of Information Studies
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  • McGill University
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  • Marianopolis College
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  • West Hill High School
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