Panelist Biographies
Information Technologies and Professionals 10:45am -12:15pm
Panelist Biographical Information
- Moderator, Dr. Kevin Quigley, School of Public Administration, Dalhousie University
Kevin Quigley teaches and publishes in the areas of public sector risk management, strategic management and critical infrastructure protection. He is the principal investigator for the research initiative, Critical Infrastructure Protection in Comparative Perspective, which is supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. He is also a co-investigator for Dalhousie University's CIP Initiative, which is supported through the Canada School of Public Services Innovative Public Management Fund, and editor of the newsletter, The CIP Exchange. In 2008 he published, with Palgrave MacMillan, Responding to Crises in the Modern Infrastructure: Policy Lessons from Y2K.
- Kate Greene Stanhope, Regional Knowledge Management Librarian, McInnes Cooper Laywers
Kate joined McInnes Cooper in 2003. She holds a Masters of Library and Information Studies and LL.B. from Dalhousie University, and a B.A. from Saint Mary's University. Before joining Library Services, Kate worked at McInnes Cooper as a summer law student in 1999 and articled with us in 2000/2001.
Kate is responsible for managing the firm's collection; giving direction to lawyers, clerks and students on alternative sources of information; improving and developing the research skills of lawyers, clerks and students (both computer-based and traditional) and responding to requests for legal research from lawyers. Kate has recently undertaken work in the area of Knowledge Management.
Kate is a member of the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society and the Canadian Association of Law Libraries. She served two terms as Co-Chair of the Halifax Area Law Libraries. Kate was involved with the Dalhousie School of Library Studies Students' Association and the Dalhousie Journal of Legal Studies. She has also volunteered with the Legal Information Society of Nova Scotia and the Metro Food Bank Society (now recognized as Feed Nova Scotia).
- Grace Paterson, Assistant Professor, Medical Informatics and Division of Medical Education
Grace Paterson, PhD, holds a full-time academic appointment in Dalhousie's Faculty of Medicine. She teaches graduate and undergraduate students in Health Informatics. Her principal interest is boundary objects, such as classification systems, electronic medical records, policies and health information standards. Boundary objects support communication across contexts. She is actively involved in planning the 7th Annual Canadian Cochrane Symposium to be held in Halifax March 11-12, 2009.
- Kelli WooShue, Halifax Public Library, Spring Garden Branch
Kelli WooShue is the manager of Reference Services at the Spring Garden Road Memorial Public Library and Reference Services Resource Manager for Halifax Public Libraries. In addition to an MLIS, she holds an undergraduate degree in Information Technology.
Technology Petting Zoo 12:15pm-1:45pm
Biographical Information
- Wii Demonstration- Kathleen Gadd and Emily Blackmore, Dalhousie MLIS Students
- Sony Reader- Dr. Bertrum, Associate Dean, Research, School of Information Management
- AIBO Dog Demonstration- Chris Maxwell, Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie
- CFAME Services- Pamela Erikson, Implementation Specialist, Customer Success Department, EBSCO Publishing
- EBSCO Online instruction- Courtesy of the Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University
Geographic Information Systems Panel 1:45pm-3:15pm
Panelist Biographical Information
- Moderator, James Boxall, Director of the GIS Centre and Curator of the Map Collection, Dalhousie University
James Boxall is the Director of the GIS Centre and Curator of the Map Collection, Dalhousie University. He is a past-president of the Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives and he presently is President of the Geomatics Association of Nova Scotia. He sits on the ILFA Geography and Maps Section, and is a member of review boards for three journals. In addition, James is active on national and local geomatics and geography committees, and has been a consultant to numerous geographic associations. James has published widely on geography and map libraries in a range of journals including Government Information Quarterly. He was recently named a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers).
- Rebecca Bartlett, Librarian, Parrsboro Regional Elementary and High Schools
Rebecca Bartlett is a 2006 graduate of Dalhousie's School of Information Management and she also holds a B.A. from the University of Prince Edward Island. Her student employment included working at libraries at Dalhousie, Mount Allison, and the Halifax Citadel, and she is currently the librarian at the two schools in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia.
- Graham Nickerson, Highland Geo Solutions
Being a native Nova Scotian, Graham Nickerson has had a long relationship with the sea. Having completed an electronic engineering technician‘s diploma in 1999 he worked in marine seismic acquisition for Halliburton Geophysical Services. In 1990 he completed a BSc. (Hon) in Geology/Geography. This was followed by a MSc Eng from the University of New Brunswick in 2002. Graham‘s professional career has been diverse, ranging from data acquisition for oil and gas, environmental restoration and Cable surveys. He has also worked as a software consultant for industry leading companies designing data processing and visualization software.
In 2006 Graham started his own survey services company with the philosophy that technology could and would allow small businesses to reap benefits from being located in rural environs and that these companies could compete in the international market. Graham has been a dedicated activist for the environment and issues facing rural communities in New Brunswick.
- Paul Boudreau, Project Manager, Coastal and Ocean Information Network
Mr. Paul Boudreau presently works in the Atlantic Coastal Zone Information Steering Committee (ACZISC) Secretariat at Dalhousie University as the project manager for the Coastal and Ocean Information Network Atlantic (COINAtlantic: http://COINAtlantic.ca).
Mr. Boudreau has worked on a number of issues throughout his career including:
- research on habitat and population production in freshwater, estuarine, and marine ecosystems;
- environmental impact assessment; and,
- mapping of marine benthic habitats.
He has held numerous committee positions including membership on:
- ICES Working Group on Marine Habitat Mapping; and,
- the U.S. National Academy of Science Committee on National Needs for Coastal Mapping and Charting.
He has worked for three years at a global change project office in The Netherlands looking at the flux of materials from land, through the coastal zone into the coastal oceans.
Much of his work has involved building stronger links between science and managers.
The COINAtlantic project is an initiative that is working to improve the links between existing internet technologies, available on-line information and the people who are involved in coastal and oceans management.
- Corey Nelson, Account Manager, Atlantic Region, ESRI Canada Ltd.
- Biography Coming Soon