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CATHERINE DAVIDSON | CURRICULUM VITAE
516 Scott Library, York University
4700 Keele St. Toronto ON M3J 1P3
Tel. 416.736.5601 | Fax. 416.736.5451
EDUCATION
Master of Library Science, University of Toronto, 1988
Bachelor of Arts, Honours, University of Western Ontario, 1986
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
CURRENT POSITION
Associate University Librarian, Collections & Research, York University Libraries,
Toronto, Ontario, 2005 – present
Work in close collaboration with the University Librarian, Associate University
Librarian, Information Services, Director of Library Computing and the Executive
Officer in developing all aspects of library planning, policy development, human
resources and financial management. Provide leadership to achieve York University
Libraries’ strategic goals of revitalizing library collections along with encouraging
innovation for traditional and emerging library and information services. Have
leadership, management and policy and planning responsibilities for collection
management functions across four libraries and work with five direct reports
(Acquisitions, Bibliographic Services, Archives & Special Collections, Library
Accessibility Services and Resource Sharing). Oversee $10M collections budget,
works with 25+ subject specialists. Recent additions to this portfolio include
Scholarly Communications, Assessment and Research.
PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
Visiting Librarian, Scholars Portal, Ontario Council of University Libraries (sabbatical)
Sep 2009 – Sep 2010
Sabbatical devoted to two major initiatives: Implementation of ARL MINES for
Libraries™ survey on use of electronic resources for Ontario Council of University
Libraries (OCUL) members as well as member of team that carried out an innovative
ebook patron-driven acquisition project involving 16 OCUL members.
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