Tania Alekson, Librarian, Capilano University Library, North Vancouver, B.C.

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Introduction

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Tania Alekson graduated from UBC's School of Library, Archival and Information Studies (SLAIS) in June 2010. She is currently the Borrower Services Librarian at Capilano University. Previously, she was Learning Commons Coordinator at Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas, where she conducted numerous experiements using social media in higher education and for staff communication.

As an MLIS student, Tania worked with Xuemei Li (supervised by Allan Cho) on using web 2.0 tools in higher education (environmental scan, development and delivery of learning opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students). My social media focus has been on what benefits students can gain from these new technologies and acting as an evangelist to help them integrate web 2.0 into their academic lives.

Contact

  • tania.alekson@gmail.com

Research interests

  • social media applications/use in higher education, library/faculty collaboration, learning commons, library-as-place, university library marketing

Presentations

  • Library 3.0: Student Views: “Historical Collections 2.0: From Information to Understanding”. Paper delivered at Canadian Library Association Conference 2008
  • This Is Your Life 2.0: Using the New Web for Personal Organization. Workshop at Student Leadership Conference, UBC, 2009
  • UBC Digital Media Project: Bringing Academic Relevance to the New Web; Panel at British Columbia Library Association Conference 2009

Publications

  • Alekson T, Bezanson M, Lai A, Li X. Web 2.0 in action. Wired West. 2009;12(2).
  • Alekson Tania. Historical collections 2.0: from information to understanding. Library 3.0: Student Views. CASLIS, Oct 2008
  • Alekson T, Bezanson M, Lai A, Li X, Cho A, Freund L, Neame S, Rasmussen E. Digital media internships: LIS education 2.0. (poster paper) Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. Vancouver, B.C. 2009.

Collaboration with other librarians
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