Wendy Newman

Contact Information
Email: 
wendy [dot] newmanatutoronto [dot] ca
Phone: 
416-978-8876
Room: 
BL 325D
Wendy Newman
Senior Fellow & Lecturer
Education: 
 
MLS – Library Science - University of Toronto, 1985
BLS – Library Science - University of Toronto, 1969
BA - Queen's University, 1968
 
Administrative responsibilities: 
 
Faculty of Information
  • Life and Times Committee
     
Past responsibilities: 

 

 
Faculty of Information
  • Executive committee of the Faculty council, 2008
  • LIS curriculum committee

 

Biography: 
 
Wendy Newman joined the Faculty in 2004 and was appointed Senior Fellow in 2006. As a Lecturer, her primary roles are teaching and mentoring students in the library and information science stream and serving as a liaison between the Faculty and the professional and employer communities. With an extensive background in public, university, and educational librarianship as well as public policy advocacy, she has taught Advocacy and Library Issues for several years, additionally offering the course online jointly to other Canadian library and information faculties. Currently she also teaches a Special Topics course - Issues in Children’s and Young Adults’ Services -  at the Faculty.

Wendy Newman is former President of the Canadian Library Association and the Canadian Association of Public Libraries. She was awarded the Ontario Public Library Association Lifetime Achievement Award in January 2009, and in 2004 received both the CLA’s Outstanding Service to Librarianship Award and the Faculty of Information Alumni Jubilee Award. She also holds a Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal (2003) for community service.
 

Honours & awards: 
  • Ontario Public Library Lifetime Achievement Award, 2009
  • Canadian Library Association, Outstanding Services to Librarianship Award, 2004.
  • Faculty of Information, University of Toronto, Alumni Jubilee Award, 2004
  • President, Canadian Library Association, 2002-2003
  • Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Commemorative Medal, 200
  • President, Canadian Association of Public Libraries, 1999-2000
     
Selected publications: 

Book

In progress: two books on library advocacy advocacy for Greenwood Press (Libraries Unlimited) jointly with K. Haycock.

Conference Papers

“Retire and go back to work.”  Ontario Library Association SuperConference.  2009.

“Third generation public libraries.”  Ontario Library Association SuperConference.  2009.

“Third generation libraries.”  Brampton, ON, Brampton Library Staff Development Conference.  November 2008.

“The Power of Citizen Input” (with P. Cavill). Toronto, Ontario Library Association Conference, Toronto, Jan. 2009; Jasper, Alberta Library Conference, April 2008

“If libraries are so smart, why aren’t they rich?  Public library advocacy in Canada. “ Quebec, International Federation of Library Associations Conference, August 2008.

“Human resources in Canadian law libraries: 8Rs study.”  Ottawa, Canadian Association of Law Libraries Conference, May 2007.

“National Broadband Task Force: Influencing the Public Agenda.”  London, University of Western Ontario, April 2007.

“So What Are We DOING About It?  The CLA President’s Council on the 8Rs.”  Ottawa, Canadian Library Association Conference, June 2006.  (with S. Abram and C. Steeves).

Ten Surprising Things About Marketing.  Toronto, Ontario Library Association SuperConference, January  2006 and Jasper, AB, Alberta Library Conference, April 2006.

Library Leadership Development in Canada.  Manchester, UK, Umbrella Conference of CILIP [Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals], June 2005.

The Role of Libraries in a Learning Society: A Multi-perspective Research Forum.  Public Libraries in a Learning Society.  Calgary, Conference of the Canadian Library Association, June 2005.

Unveiling the Solution: Introduction.  Calgary, Annual Conference of the Canadian Library Association, June 2005.

The Role of Partnerships in the Public Library of the Future of Public Libraries.  Halifax, Public Libraries of the Future Conference, January 2005.

Leadership in Libraries.  Victoria, BC, Canadian Library Association Conference, June 2004 (with A. Symons, A. Nussbaumer, and W. Maes)

Marketing Matters.  Jasper, Alberta Library Conference, April 2004.  (with P. Cavill)

Project CEO.  Toronto, Ontario Library Association SuperConference, January 2004.

Library Board Recruitment and Development.  Toronto, Ontario Library Association Superconference, January 2003.  (with B. Hodgson)

The New National Dream: Networking the Nation for Broadband Access - The Report of the National Broadband Task Force.   Toronto, Ontario Library Association Superconference, February 2002.

The National Broadband Task Force Report.  Edmonton, NetSpeed Conference, October 2001.

Public Libraries as Leaders and Catalysts in Telecentre Development: Brantford Public Library Case Study. Boston, International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Annual Conference, August 2001.

UNET (UNESCO Model Library Network): the Canadian Experience.  Ottawa, International Federation of University Women Annual Conference, August 2001.

UNET: the UNESCO Model Library Network.  Winnipeg, Canadian Library Association Annual Conference, June 2001.

Telling the Best Kept Secret in Canada: Brantford Public Library Web site promotion.  Winnipeg, Canadian Library Association Annual Conference, June 2001.

The National Broadband Task Force.  Niagara on the Lake, Partnering in Broadband Community Networks in Ontario Conference, June 2001.

The Canadian Library Association’s Position Statement on Internet Access.  Jasper, Alberta Library Conference, April 2001.

Women as Library Leaders.  Jasper, Alberta Library Conference, April 2001.

Miscellaneous Publications

Newman, W.  (2008).  Using epresence in distance learning.  OCULA journal.

Newman, W.  (2007).  Advocacy and the Compleat FIS Graduate.  Informed. (Faculty of   Information Studies, University of Toronto.   9 September 2007.

Newman, W.  (2005). Library Education at 100: Still Hazy after All These Years? [Guest editorial]  Feliciter, 51, 16-17.

Newman W. and Bauer, V.  (2005).  Incitement to Advocate: Advocacy Education of Future Librarians at University of Toronto’s Faculty of Information Studies.  Feliciter, 51, 41-43.

Newman W.  (2004). We STAND for something. Access: the Magazine of OLA, (Winter 2004) 14-15.

Gillham V., Newman W., Bury S., and Madden A.  (2003).  Wilfrid Laurier University and the Brantford Public Library: a Unique Exercise in Joint Service Provision. Feliciter, 49, 298-301.

Newman, W.  (2003). CLA President’s Program, Toronto, June 2003. Feliciter, 49, 182-3.

Newman, W.  (2003).  The right decision for the right reasons. [column]  Feliciter, 49, 112-113.

Newman, W.  (2003).  Are you a techno-fetishist or a New Age fuzzy bunny? [column]  Feliciter, 49, 54-55.

Newman, W.  (2003).  Mentor alert!  Please share this with a student or new librarian. [column]  Feliciter, 49, 4-5.

Newman, W.  (2002).  All together now: innovation! [column]  Feliciter, 48, 208-209.

Newman, W.  (2002).  CLA President’s inaugural. [column]  Feliciter, 48, 152-153.

Newman, W.  (2002).  The National  Library of Canada: is it ‘history’? [column]  Feliciter, 48, 4-5.
 

Presentations

The CLA President’s Council on the 8Rs. Ottawa, National Summit on Library Human Resources, October 2008.

Pan-Canadian collaboration in LIS education. Ottawa, National Summit on Library Human Resources, October 2008.

Public Libraries and Community Development. Ontario Library Service North. September 2008.

Library Advocacy Now! For the Future of Canada’s Libraries and Librarians. [multiple presentations of this training program across Canada, 1996-2008, most recent occasions listed below]

  • Jasper, Alberta Library Conference (with P. Cavill), April 2008
  • Vancouver, Canadian Library Association (with P. Cavill), May 2008
  • Mississauga Public Library, Staff Conference, September 2007
  • St. John’s NF, Canadian Library Association Conference (with P. Cavill), June 2007
  • Toronto, ON, Ontario Association of Library Technicians, May 2007
  • Jasper, AB, Alberta Library Conference (with P. Cavill), April 2007
  • Ottawa, ON, Canadian Library Association Conference (with P. Cavill), June 2006
  • Jasper, AB, Alberta Library Conference, April 2006 (with P. Cavill)
  • Amherst, NS, Conference of the Nova Scotia Library Association and the Library Boards Association of Nova Scotia, October 2005. (with E. Nason)
  • Calgary, Canadian Library Association Conference, June 2005 (with P. Cavill)

Ten Things I Wish ‘They’ Had Told Me. London, University of Western Ontario, April 2007.

National Broadband Task Force: Influencing the Public Agenda. London, University of Western Ontario, April 2007.

Libraries: heart of the community. Kelowna, British Columbia Library Trustees Association, April 2007.

Advocacy 101. London, Faculty of Information and Media Studies, University of Western Ontario, April 2006.

The CLA President’s Council on the 8Rs. London, Faculty of Information and Media Studies, University of Western Ontario, April 2006. (class presentation)

Building Trustee Leadership: Ethics. Burnaby, BC, Conference of the British Columbia Library Association and British Columbia Library Trustee Association, April 2005.

What I Wish “They” Had Told Me When I Started Out in Librarianship. Toronto, Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto, March 2005.

Raising the Profile of Your Library. Brampton, Southern Ontario Library Service, April 2004.

The National Broadband Task Force: an Example of Library Advocacy in Public Policy Development. London, University of Western Ontario, Faculty of Information and Media Studies, Information Policy Course, March 2004.

Market Research: Public Libraries in Ontario. [3 presentations] Presentations to librarians organized by members of the UNESCO Model Library Network in Ljusdal Sweden; Porto, Portugal; and Seixal, Portugal. September 2003.

Brantford Public Library: Past, Present, and Future. [3 presentations] Presentations to librarians organized by members of the UNESCO Model Library Network in Ljusdal Sweden; Porto, Portugal; and Seixal, Portugal. September 2003.

The Public Library and the Brave New World: Children and the Internet [3 presentations]. Brantford, Women’s Probus Club, Rotary Club of Brantford, and Men’s Probus Club, January – May 2003.

Ontario’s Public Libraries. Toronto, Ontario Ministry of Culture, Heritage and Libraries Branch, February 2003.

Library Service Partnerships: Wilfrid Laurier University and Brantford Public Library. Toronto, Ontario Library Association Superconference, January 2003.

Project Reports

“Third generation libraries: visionary thinking and service development in public libraries (to 2020) and potential application in Ontario. Prepared for the Ontario Ministry of Culture, 2008.

“Conceptual Framework:  National Role of Library and Archives Canada and its Partnership with the Library and Archival Network”.  For Library and Archives Canada, 2005.

“Public Libraries in the priorities of Canada: Acting on the Assets and Opportunites” Prepared for the Provincial and Territorial Library Directors Council, July 2004.
   
 

Year joined the iSchool: 
2004