Mary Kandiuk
BA MA MLS (University of Toronto)
Toronto, ON M3J 1P3
Tel: +1-416-736-2100 ext. 88890
Fax: +1-416-736-5920
Mary Kandiuk is the Visual Arts, Design & Theatre Librarian for York University
Libraries where she is responsible for collections, liaison and information
literacy. She holds a Master of
Arts in English and a Master of Library Science from the University of
Toronto. She is the author of French-Canadian Authors: A Bibliography of
Their Works and of English-Language Criticism published by Scarecrow Press
in 1990. Her most recent work, Caribbean and South Asian Writers in Canada: A
Bibliography of Their Works and of English-Language Criticism,
was published by Scarecrow Press in 2007. Her research interests include
bibliographical scholarship in the field of Canadian Literature and recruitment
and retention practices for academic librarians from equity seeking groups. She
is the recipient of the 2005 Canadian Association of University Teachers
Academic Librarians' Distinguished Service Award and a past Chair of the Ontario
Chapter of the Art Libraries Society of North America. She is currently the
Editor of the Innovations in Practice Section for Partnership: The Canadian
Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research. She is a member of the
Art Libraries Society of North America, the Bibliographical Society of Canada
and the Ontario Library Association.
Publications
Books
- Caribbean and South Asian Writers in Canada: A Bibliography of Their Works and of English-Language Criticism. Lanham: Scarecrow Press, 2007. 235 p.
- French-Canadian Authors: A Bibliography of Their Works and of English-Language Criticism. Metuchen: Scarecrow Press, 1990. 221 p.
Articles
- "Academic Librarianship: A Crisis or an Opportunity?" With Diane Granfield and Harriet Sonne de Torrens. Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research 6.2 (2011) http://journal.lib.uoguelph.ca/index.php/perj/article/view/1678/2239
Reviews
- Rev. of The Handbook of Art and Design Librarianship, edited by Amanda Gluibizzi and Paul Glassman. Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research 6.2 (2011) http://journal.lib.uoguelph.ca/index.php/perj/article/view/1598/2277
- Rev. of The Global Africa Project, edited by Lowery Stokes Sims and Leslie King-Hammond. ARLIS/NA Reviews May/June 2011 http://www.arlisna.org/pubs/reviews/2011/05/stokes-sims.pdf
- Rev. of In Allan Fleming's Archive, edited by Martha Fleming. Spec. issue of The Devil's Artisan (DA): A Journal of the Printing Arts 63 (2008) and Allan Fleming's Many Worlds, edited by Martha Fleming. Spec. issue of The Devil's Artisan (DA): A Journal of the Printing Arts 62 (2008). Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada 48.1 (2010): 203-06. http://devilsartisan.porcupinesquill.ca/blog/?p=1
- Rev. of A Bibliography of Theatre History in Canada: The Beginnings to 1984, edited by John Ball and Richard Plant. CTR: Canadian Review 84 (1995): 75-77. (Invited Review)
Papers and Presentations (Selected)
- "Digital Images in Teaching and Learning at York University: Are the Libraries Meeting the Needs of Faculty in Fine Arts?" TRY Library Staff Conference, Toronto, Ontario 2011 (Co-presenter with Aaron Lupton)
- "The Evolving Practice of Bibliography," 4th National Conference on the State of Canadian Bibliography, Bibliographical Society of Canada, Montreal, Quebec, 2007
- "Best Practices for Recruiting for Diversity," Canadian Library Association National Conference, St. John's, Newfoundland, 2007
- "Affirmative Action and Academic Librarians - Recruitment, Retention, Support," Ontario Library Association Superconference, Toronto, Ontario 2007
- "Recruiting for Diversity: Affirmative Action and Academic Librarians," Canadian Association of University Teachers Librarians Conference, Ottawa, Ontario 2005
Profiles
Pitt-Clark, Jenny. "Librarian's Bibliography Offers Research Treasure Trove." 6
July 2007. Y-File: York's Daily Bulletin. York University.
http://www.yorku.ca/yfile/archive/index.asp?Article=8746
