Joanna Szurmak
University of Toronto at Mississauga Library, Hazel McCallion Academic Learning Centre
3359 Mississauga Road
Mississauga, ON
Canada L5L 1C6
2000 Master of Information Studies, Library and Information Science. Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1998 Master of Applied Science in Engineering. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1995 Bachelor of Applied Science, Engineering Science. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Professional Education
2014 ACRL Teacher Immersion Program. Champlain College, Burlington, VT (5 day immersive course; July 20-25, 2014).
2014 Using Drupal to Build Library Websites. ALA eCourse taught by Ken Varnum (6 week course; June 2 – July 20, 2014).
2013 Fundamentals of University Teaching. Centre for Teaching Support and Innovation (CTSI) and Prof. Susan McCahan, University of Toronto (8 week course; February 26 – April 16, 2013).
2012 Northern Exposure to Leadership (NEL) Institute. Emerald Lake, BC (February 15-21, 2012).
12/2015 - present Digital Initiatives and Liaison Librarian (Librarian III)
University of Toronto at Mississauga Library, Hazel McCallion Academic Learning Centre
3359 Mississauga Road
Mississauga, ON
Canada L5L 1C6
07/2010 – 12/2015 Science Liaison Librarian (Librarian III)
University of Toronto at Mississauga Library, Hazel McCallion Academic Learning Centre
3359 Mississauga Road
Mississauga, ON
Canada L5L 1C6
08/2007 – 06/2010 Science Liaison Librarian (Librarian II)
University of Toronto at Mississauga Library, Hazel McCallion Academic Learning Centre
3359 Mississauga Road
Mississauga, ON
Canada L5L 1C6
2000-2002 Reference and Liaison Librarian (Instructor level, tenure track position)
University Library, New Mexico State University (NMSU)
Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.
1999-2000 Cataloger
Materials Processing Department, University of Toronto Library, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1998-1999 Circulation Desk Assistant
Bora Laskin Law Library, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1995-1996 Engineering Associate, Engineering Assistant
Technology Engineering Department, Rogers Engineering, Toronto, Ontario.
1992 Research Assistant
Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.
1990, 1991 Research Assistant
Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.
“The future is already here; it’s just unevenly distributed.” ― William Gibson.