Sophie Bury
B.A. Hons (Trinity College Dublin), MLIS (University College Dublin)
Information Literacy Librarian
Bronfman Business Library
Schulich School of Business
Toronto, ON M3J 1P3
Email: sbury@yorku.ca
I am a business
librarian at the Bronfman
Business Library at the Schulich
School of Business. My key duties include providing reference and research
assistance
to business students and faculty, giving information literacy sessions,
and looking after collections in specific business areas including accounting,
business ethics, business and sustainability, corporate social responsibility, emergency
management, human resources management, and
taxation. Before working at York University I was Business/Economics & Special
Projects Librarian (1999-2003) at Wilfrid
Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario.
I currently chair the Libraries' Information Literacy Committee and assume the associated title of information literacy librarian. I have been active as a member of this committee since it was founded in 2004, including assuming the role of assessment lead and a period as Chair (18 months during 2007-2008).
I've also enjoyed serving on a number of University committees including the Academic Policy and Planning Committee (member, 2008-09), Ad Hoc Research Committee, the Senate Committee on Teaching and Learning (member, 2004-2006; chair, 2006-2007), Senate Executive Committee Sub-Committee on Equity (member, 2004-2006), York University Senator (2006-2007).
I have a strong interest in information literacy related issues, especially the area of assessment.
Publications
Articles [Published]
Bury, Sophie and Amanda Wakaruk (2007). “Are You Prepared? Emergency and Disaster Service Web Resources”. AccessOLA 13.2: 42-43.
Bury, Sophie. “EBSCO’s Serials Directory and Ulrichsweb.com” (A Comparative Review). The Charleston Advisor 6.3 (2005): 21-2
Gillham, Virginia, Wendy Newman, Sophie Bury et al. “Wilfrid Laurier University and the Brantford Public Library: A Unique Exercise in Joint Service Provision”. Feliciter 49. 6 (2003): 298-301.
Articles [In process]
Bury, Sophie. "Faculty Attitudes, Perceptions and Experiences of Information Literacy: A Study Across Multiple Disciplines at York University, Canada." Author plans to submit this manuscript to the editor of a peer-reviewed library journal in August 2010.
Reports
Bury, Sophie. Continuing
Professional Development and Irish Libraries: Report of Key Survey Findings.
Executive Summary. January 2010.
This is a summary of the full report written and based on survey research
carried out over the months of July to December 2009 by Sophie Bury, while
in the role of Visiting Professional Scholar at the School of Information
and Library Studies (SILS), UCD. The primary goals of this study were to
gather and analyse data in order to provide an overview of key trends and
developments in the current Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
landscape for Irish library professionals. It was also designed to obtain
insights on a desired future role for the School of Information and Library
Studies at UCD in the CPD arena in Ireland. This executive summary of the
full report was shared with Irish library professionals who participated in
the research study.
Presentations
Presentations in Role of Visiting Professional Scholar at the School of Information Library and Information Studies (SILS), UCD
I was in the role of Visiting Professional Scholar at SILS, UCD from July-December 2009 as part of my sabbatical leave from York University.
Bury Sophie. Information Literacy Assessment. Guest Lecture to
MLIS students, as part of an elective course taught by Claire McGuinness
titled The Teaching Librarian (IS40480). School of Information and
Library Studies, University College Dublin. April 9th 2010.
Slides
Information Retrieval. Guest Lecture to undergraduate students
studying Information Studies, as part of a course taught by Nuala Connolly
titled Introduction to Information Studies (IS10010). School of Information
and Library Studies, University College Dublin. November 6th 2009.
Slides
Bury Sophie. Future Forward: Reflections on New and Emerging Service
Directions in Canadian Academic Libraries.
Community Guest Lecture. School of Information and Library Studies,
University College Dublin. November 30th 2009.
Slides and
audio and bibliography.
Information Literacy & University Faculty
Bury, Sophie. An Investigation of the Information Literacy
Practices, Attitudes and Knowledge of University Faculty: Findings and
Recommendations Based on Survey and Interview Research at York University.
Presented at the LILAC Conference,
Limerick, Ireland. March 29th 2010.
Slides
Bury, Sophie. An Investigation of the Information Literacy
Practices, Attitudes and Knowledge of University Faculty: Results of a
Web-based Survey at York University Canada.. Centre of Information
Literacy Research Event. Department of Information Studies. Sheffield
University. October 27, 2009. Invitation by Sheila Webber to give a guest
lecture.
Slides and
audio file
Information Literacy Assessment
When the Time Comes, Will You Be Ready? Strategies and Tools to Build
a Framework for Information Literacy and Assessment
Three hour workshop, co-presented with Colleen Bell (University College
of the Fraser Valley), and Thumeka Mgwigwi (York University), at Workshop
on Instruction in Library Use (WILU), UBC Okanagan, Kelowna, B.C., May
2008
Slides
Inside Out: Library Services At Point Of Need
Co-presented with Ilo Maimets (York University), and Sharon Munro (University
of Windsor), at Ontario Library Association (OLA) Super Conference, Toronto,
Ontario, 2008.
Note: My contribution to this presentation outlined how focus
groups with graduate students at York University played an important
role in guiding the future directions of instructional services at York
University.
Slides
Charting the Course
of Information Literacy with SAILS
Co-presented with Ilo Maimets, Jennifer Dekker, and Tom Adam (Information
Literacy Coordinator, University of Western Ontario). Ontario
Library Association (OLA) Super Conference, Toronto, Ontario, 2006.
Slides
Designing Library Research Assignments: Co-operating with Instructors
to Create Successful Assignments.
Co-presented with Diane Wilkins and
Hélène Le Blanc, Wilfrid Laurier University Library,
at Ontario Library Association (OLA) Super Conference, Toronto, Ontario.
2004.
Slides
“
But Is it Really Working?” Assessing Information Literacy Instruction.
Co-presented with Janet Goosney, Memorial University, and Barbara Kobritz,
SUNY, at Workshop on Instruction in Library Use (WILU), University
of Windsor, Windsor, ON, May 2003.
My slides (panel presentation)
Bury, Sophie. “
But How Do We know It’s Working?” Designing Effective Evaluation
of Web-Based Information Literacy Instruction. Presented at Pennsylvania
Library Association Conference, Hershey, PA, November 2002.
Slides
Other
Library
Service Partnerships.
Co-presented with Virginia Gillham, formerly Wilfrid
Laurier University Library, Angela Madden, formerly Wilfrid
Laurier University Library, and Wendy Newman, formerly Brantford Public
Library,
at Ontario Library Association (OLA) Super Conference, Toronto, January
2003
