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Phone

250-852-7832

Email

apaterson@tru.ca

Ms Amy McLay Paterson

Librarian

University Library

Summary

I have an MA (SFU, 2008) in English Literature, specializing in Chaucer. I have an MLIS (Dalhousie, 2011) and have worked in both academic and public libraries starting in 2001. I currently work in User Experience fields, as TRU's Electronic Resources and Assessment Librarian.

Expertise, interests and research

  Libraries/Archival Studies    Literature/Creative Writing

Languages

English, French


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