Lisa Sloniowski
BA (Hons) (Queen's), MA (York), MISt (UofT) 
Toronto, ON M3J 1P3
Tel: +1-416-736-2100 ext. 20072
Fax: +1-416-736-5920
Lisa
Sloniowski was hired at York University in 2005 as the
Information Literacy Program Coordinator and in that role
was the principal author of the York Libraries inaugural
program policy and planning document - the Information
Literacy Manifesto. Prior
to York University, Lisa was the Information Literacy
Librarian at the University of Windsor. She began her
academic library career as a Librarian Intern at the
University of New Brunswick (Fredericton). Since
2008 Lisa has been the English Literature Liaison
Librarian at York University Library. In this role she
builds literary collections and offers research
instruction and assistance to faculty and students
in English, Creative Writing and Professional Writing. She has recently been
appointed chair of York Libraries' Special Collections
Working Group.
Lisa’s research interests surround feminist
archives and special collections, literary archives and
special collections, information literacy for citizenship
and advocacy for librarians.
She also thinks about the role of libraries in the
public sphere and in the formation of counter-publics. In
2009 Lisa co-founded the Feminist Pornography Archive and
Research Project with Dr. Bobby Noble, Associate Professor
of Sexuality and Gender Studies in the School of Women’s
Studies. This project was awarded a three year Social
Science and Humanities Research Council standard research
grant in 2010. Lisa is currently a member of the Canadian
Association for Cultural Studies, the Canadian Women's
Studies Association, the Ontario Library Association, and
the Progressive Librarians Guild (Toronto Chapter).
Publications (Selected)
- "In the Stacks of Barbara Godard or Do Not
Confuse the Complexity of this Moment With Chaos." In Trans/acting
Culture, Writing, and Memory: Essays in Honour of
Barbara Godard. Ed. Eva C. Karpinski, Jennifer
Henderson, Ian Sowton, and Ray Ellenwood. Waterloo:
Wilfred Laurier Press. (forthcoming, Winter 2013)
- “The Public Academic Library: Creating Friction in the
Teflon Funnel.” in Information
Literacy and Social Justice: Radical Professional Praxis.”
Eds Shana Higgins and Lua Gregory. Duluth,
Minnesota: Library Juice Press. (forthcoming, Spring
2013). Co-authored with Patti Ryan.
-
"Social Justice Librarianship for the 21st
Century." Access: The
Magazine of the Ontario Library Association. 18:3
; (Summer 2012). Co-authored with Mita Williams.
- “This
is Not a Love Story: Libraries and Feminist Porn”.
Access: The Magazine of
the Ontario Library Association. 18.2 (Spring
2012).
- “Building
a National Information Literacy Online Repository for
Learning Objects: The CORIL Story.” Inside OCULA. (Summer
2006).
- Samek, Toni. “Intellectual
Freedom and Social Responsibility in American
Librarianship, 1967-1974.” Elan 40. (Fall 2006).
(book review).
- "Finding your Way in Cyberspace." Canada Online: The
Best of Canada on the Web. Supplement to Canadian Geographic.
Nov/Dec. 2000. and 2001.
- Reprinted in Foundations
of English 12. Ed. Doug Hilker and Sue Harper.
Toronto: Harcourt Canada, 2002.
- "She was Framed: an Analysis of Hothead Paisan." Siren 1.1 (April/May 1996).
Presentations
(Selected)
- “The Collector is Dead: Feminist Archives, Subjectivity
and the Question of Provenance.” Canadian Women's Studies
Association 2012. Panelist with Professor Bobby Noble
(York). May 2012.
- “Embodying the Archive: The Noisy Feminist Challenge.”
interPLAY. (York University) Panelist. March 2012.
- Building Solidarity in Academic Librarianship. Ontario
Library Association Superconference 2012. Panelist with
Dr. Sam Trosow (Western) and Francesca Holyoke (UNB).
February 2012.
- “Vexing the Library: The Feminist Porn Archive and
Research Project” invited presentation at “On the Edge: Sex and the
Library” a Progressive Librarians Guild
(University of Western Ontario chapter) event. November
2011.
- “The Collector is Dead: Feminist Archives, Subjectivity
and the Question of Provenance.” Canadian Association of
Cultural Studies 2011. Panelist with Professor Bobby Noble
(York) and Professor Kate Eichorn (The New School).
October 2011.
- Be it resolved the physical reference desk is not dying.
It's dead.” The CLA's Great Debate. Canadian Library
Assocation 2010. Co-argued the affirmative of the
resolution with Anne Smith, Acadia. Opponents were Krista
Godfrey (McMaster) and Mary Jane Bilsland (Edmonton Public
Library).
- “Digital Outreach and Social Engagement: Connecting With
Users.” Umbrella 2007 (University of Hertfordshire).
Co-presenter with Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe. June
2007. (Invited Speaker. Umbrella is the semi-annual
conference of the Chartered Institute of Library and
Information Science Professionals in the United Kingdom)
- “Be it resolved we teach them nothing: Library
instruction doesn’t work.” The CLA’s Great Debate.
Canadian Library Association 2005. Co-argued the negative
of the resolution with Mita Williams of the University of
Windsor. Opponents were Melody Burton and Nancy McCormack
from Queen’s University. June 2005. (Invited Speaker)
- “Media Rich, Information Poor.” WILU 2005. May 2005.
Grants and Awards
- SSHRC Standard Research Grant. "The Feminist Porn Archive and Research Project." Co-investigator. 2011-2014.
- York University Libraries Research Release Award. 2012.
- York University Libraries Research Release Award 2011.
- York University Merit Award. 2006.
- York University Libraries Minor Research Grant 2006.
- York University Merit Award. 2005.
Research Guides (Selected)
- Violence
Against Women Research Guide. (with Patti Ryan).
- Occupy
Your Mind Research Guide. (with Patti Ryan).
- Nineteenth
Century Resources
- Literature
Research Guide
- Iraq 2003:
Sources of News (with Mita Williams)
