Community Engagement Librarian (Business Services)
Background
A proud alumnus to UBC, Aleha McCauley joined the Learning Centre in September 2008. Prior to that, she worked with the Vancouver Public Library as a Science and Business Reference Librarian, where her responsibilities included collection development, library instruction and tours, and in-depth business reference services. In 2007, she also managed the Italian Culture Centre Society Library (part-time), where she lead a small team of volunteers, oversaw the move of a collection of approximately 6000 items, and worked with various departments and committees to plan for the Library reopening for Spring 2009. Prior to completing her MLIS from the iSchool, Aleha was a conflict resolution counselor at the Better Business Bureau of Mainland BC.
Current Role and Responsibilities
As a Community Engagement Librarian at UBC’s Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, Aleha leads the Small Business Accelerator, is a founding member of the Making Research Accessible Initiative, and oversee’s the work of the Downtown Eastside Research Access Portal. She is UBC’s Librarian contact for the Community Scholars Program, and she recruits and supervises students working across the Learning Centre’s community engagement portfolio.Through these initiatives, Aleha collaborates with community and campus partners to improve access to research, information, and university resources for entrepreneurs, non-profit organizations, and other off-campus communities across British Columbia.
Aleha’s research focuses on community-engaged work in libraries and archives, equitable access to knowledge, institutional accountability, trustworthy community–university partnerships, and the supports practitioners need to sustain complex relational work. She contributes to Developing a Community for Community-Centred Vocabulary Work (3CV) and was previously a co-investigator on the SSHRC-funded Supporting Transparent and Open Research Engagement and Exchange (STOREE) project. View her publications on Google Scholar.
Contact:
Email: aleha.mccauley@ubc.ca
Phone: (604) 827-3906
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