Sandy Hervieux
ALA Divisions:
Curious, resourceful, hard working.
I just finished “Portrait of a Thief” by Grace D. Li which was very entertaining but also underlined important issues related to colonialism in museums. I’m about to start “Skin of the Sea” by Natasha Bowen and the audiobook for Simu Liu’s biography “We Were Dreamers”. I’m also looking forward to reading “Invisible Women; Data Bias in a World Designed for Men” by Caroline Criado Pérez and “Uncanny Valley: A Memoir” by Anna Wiener.
Community, collaboration, growth.
I appreciate the opportunity to connect with other members and learn from them. I became involved with PPIRS (Politics, Policy and International Relations Section) after becoming a Political Science liaison librarian and it helped me greatly to acquire subject-specific expertise. I really enjoy working with the members of that section and building connections to librarians who share similar responsibilities.
My main role is to support student learning as well as faculty teaching and research which I do by offering reference, information literacy sessions and individual consultations. I’m also responsible for the virtual reference service which provides assistance to members of the university community and general public.
One of my favorite parts of being an academic librarian is the opportunity to collaborate with colleagues who have different expertise than I do. I’ve enjoyed working with other liaison librarians to create information literacy sessions and developing programming and research projects with colleagues in other units. I enjoy learning and as a librarian we have the opportunity to continue engaging with learning throughout our careers. I also appreciate how engaging with students can change how we think of certain topics or issues. For example, my research partner (Amanda Wheatley) and I offer workshops on artificial intelligence and the discussions we have had in these sessions have helped us think about future research avenues.
Credentials:MLIS
Title:Liaison Librarian and Virtual Reference Coordinator
Workplace:McGill University Library
Location:Montreal, Canada