Ryan Rabie
Digital Initiatives and User Services Librarian at Huron University- Claim this Profile
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LinkedInSep, 2019- Nov, 2024
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Huron University
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Canada
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Higher Education
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200 - 300 Employee
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Digital Initiatives and User Services Librarian
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Oct 2017 - Present
-Plan, organize, and provide web services and lead digital initiatives within the Library and Learning Services (LLS) unit in support of the teaching and learning, and research mandates of Huron University College. This includes uploading and curating faculty and student works to our institutional repository, digital publishing of student works (using Digital Commons and Open Journal Systems), supporting and creating an online space for course-specific digital projects (using WordPress and Omeka), assessment and sourcing of new hardware and software to be used in teaching and learning, and supporting these new tools through tutorials and workshops, both in and out of the classroom.-Contribute to the planning and implementation of Huron Library’s user services and policies. This includes a focus on user-centered design philosophy and reviewing of current library trends in service to meet the contemporary needs of the Huron community. In this role, I oversee access services and our front-facing staff, including the Coordinator, User Services, two Library Assistants, and several Student Assistants. I work with the Director, Library and Learning Services and the Coordinator, User Services to plan for the revision of current services, or the implementation of new services within the library.
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Coordinator, Access Services
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Nov 2015 - Oct 2017
-Primarily responsible for directing and managing activities associated with circulation and stack maintenance functions. This included supervising one Library Assistant and eight Student Library Assistants as well as developing and delivering training for staff on all aspects of access and user services. Duties also included managing course reserves, assigning duties to staff, producing statistical and other reports on collection and service activities to help inform both collection development and user services within the library.-In addition to the above, I contributed to reference services, provided technical support for faculty and staff to find creative solutions for digital scholarship needs, evaluated new technologies that would be used for digital projects in teaching and learning, and provided expertise in formulating guidelines in the use of new digital scholarship tools.
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Fanshawe College
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Canada
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Library Technician
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Aug 2015 - Nov 2015
-General Reference services - including reference desk, research lab and virtual reference services via the AskOn platform.-Troubleshooting of student software issues within the library, both on Windows and OSX platforms.-Updating library research guides. -Involved in various special projects including a review of bibliographic software and creating an in-depth spreadsheet based around librarian classroom statistics. -General Reference services - including reference desk, research lab and virtual reference services via the AskOn platform.-Troubleshooting of student software issues within the library, both on Windows and OSX platforms.-Updating library research guides. -Involved in various special projects including a review of bibliographic software and creating an in-depth spreadsheet based around librarian classroom statistics.
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University of Windsor
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Canada
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Research Assistant
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May 2015 - Sep 2015
Communications, Media and Film Dept.-Research was focused on databases, newspapers, archives, and city records.-Area of focus was the Detroit-Windsor area.-Synthesizing and summary of relevant resources, with personal recommendations.
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Co-op Librarian
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Jan 2015 - Apr 2015
Leddy Library- General Reference services - including reference desk and virtual reference services.- Created physical and digital content used for advertising resources by the University of Windsor, digital collections and databases, as well as other initiatives within the library.- Uploading to, and curation of digital content on Scholarship @ UWindsor as well as open access initiatives via Open Journal Systems – this also included copyright management on behalf of the authors.- Completed literature searches and reviews for faculty and staff.- Weeding library collections.- Class based instruction on information literacy.
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Huron University
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Canada
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Higher Education
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200 - 300 Employee
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MLIS Student Librarian
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Sep 2014 - Dec 2014
Huron University College Library.- General and Reference services.- Created an in-depth spreadsheet of Western’s Christian literature holdings to help with Huron’s review for accreditation in their Master of Divinity program.- Updated the library website and research guides. - Curation of the Scholarship @ Western Huron site. Huron University College Library.- General and Reference services.- Created an in-depth spreadsheet of Western’s Christian literature holdings to help with Huron’s review for accreditation in their Master of Divinity program.- Updated the library website and research guides. - Curation of the Scholarship @ Western Huron site.
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Student Teacher (Practicum)
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Mar 2012 - May 2012
- Gr. 10 Civics CHV2OUsed similar variety of teaching methods as at Sir Wilfrid Laurier, however, I also experimented a bit more with online resources and incorporating different websites into the classroom which also included interactive knowledge-based games and videos.- Gr. 12 History CHY4UUsed a variety of different methods within the classroom; however, more focus was given to classroom events or “simulations” of real world events. Gave further focus to classroom debates and using, in some cases, university level material to great effect.Due to this being a university level class, a bit more focus was also given to lectures and creating materials to assist in teaching the students not just course material, but also on how to take proper lecture notes and how to condense material into key points.- Resource AreaIn the resource area I dealt with many students in a more one-on-one setting. Students often had minor learning disabilities or behavioral problems and required special attention to finish assignments or understand course content.
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Student Teacher (Practicum)
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Oct 2011 - Nov 2011
- Gr. 10 History CHC2D, CHC2P, LDCCTaught using a variety of different methods across all three courses, focusing on differentiated instruction as well as the more traditional lecture style.Created a variety of instructional materials to meet the students’ needs including handouts, assignment sheets, lecture slides (using both Prezi and PowerPoint) and jigsaw style group work activities. - Gr. 10 History CHC2D, CHC2P, LDCCTaught using a variety of different methods across all three courses, focusing on differentiated instruction as well as the more traditional lecture style.Created a variety of instructional materials to meet the students’ needs including handouts, assignment sheets, lecture slides (using both Prezi and PowerPoint) and jigsaw style group work activities.
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Education
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2014 - 2015
Western University
Master of Library & Information Science (MLIS), Library and Information Science -
2011 - 2012
Western University
Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.), Intermediate Senior, History and General Social Sciences -
2007 - 2011
University of Windsor
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.H.), History, Classical Civilization -
2002 - 2005
St. Clair College
Advanced Diploma, Graphic Design
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