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Sonia Smith

Sonia.Smith [at] mcgill.ca 514-398-4715 x09177

Nahum Gelber Law Library
3660 Peel Street Montreal
Quebec H3A 1W9

Nahum Gelber Law Library

Subjects

  • Jewish Studies
  • Law

Liasion Librarian

Responsible for the provision of a range of library and information services and collections to support teaching, learning, and research taking place at the Law Faculty, Graduate Diploma in Legal Translation and Jewish Studies.

    Education

    • Master of Library and Information Studies, Montreal University
    • Bachelor of Library Science, National University of Mexico

    Professional activities

    • International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) - Law Libraries Section, Secretary 2023-
    • International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) - Law Libraries Section, Information Coordinator 2019-2023.
    • Canadian Federation of Library Associations - F茅d茅ration canadienne des associations de biblioth猫ques (CFLA/FCAB), Board of Directors, Quebec Representative 2019-2021.
    • Association des biblioth茅caires du Qu茅bec - Quebec Library Association (ABQLA), Board of Directors, 2018-2020.

    • Canadian Federation of Library Associations听- F茅d茅ration canadienne des associations de biblioth猫ques (CFLA/FCAB), Interim Board of Directors听2016 - 2017

    • Association des biblioth茅caires du Qu茅bec - Quebec Library Association (ABQLA),听 Past-President, 2016 -2017

    • Association des听biblioth茅caires du Qu茅bec -听Quebec Library Association (ABQLA), 听President, 2015-2016

    Selected publications

    • Smith, S. and Rogers-Butterworth, A. (2024)听.听Canadian Law Library Review, 49听(1)

    • Smith, S and Bozic, M. (2020) Canadian Law Library Review, 45 (1). Winner of the 2021 Canadian Law Library Review Feature Article.

    • Smith, S. (2019) . Canadian Law Library Review, 44 (1).

    • Smith, S. (2017). Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research. 12 (1).

    • CFLA/FCAB (2017)听 (Truth & Reconciliation Committee Member).

    • Zhao, J., Smith, S. and Torabi, N听(2016). International Journal of Information, Diversity, and Inclusion.听1. 听听

    • Smith, S. (2015). Library Instruction for Romanized Hebrew. , 41(2), 197-200.

    • Smith, S. (2014).听Joe Fishtein Collection of Yiddish Poetry. In J. Tomm and R. Virr (Ed.) .听(pp. 206-207). Montreal : 平特五不中 Library and Archives.

    • Smith, S. (2014). Norman H. Friedman Arthur Szyk Collection. In J. Tomm and R. Virr (Ed.) (pp. 120-121).听Montreal: 平特五不中 Library and Archives.
    • Smith, S. (2014). Saul Shapiro Collection of Anglo-American Judaica. In J. Tomm and R. Virr (Ed.)听 (pp. 188-189). Montreal: 平特五不中 Library and Archives.
    • Smith, S. (2013).听Soomekh, Saba. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 2012. Woman in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal,听vol.10 (2)听听听听听
    • Smith, S. (2010). AJL Conference Proceedings. 45th Annual Convention, Seattle, Washington, 2010.听听听听听

    Presentations

    • Smith, S. (2019). And the Seed of a Bequest Sprouted: The Wainwright collection of the Nahum Gelber Law Library at 平特五不中.听IFLA World Library and International Congress. August 23-30, Athens, Greece.

    • Smith, S., Carr, Ch. & Kasirer, K. (2019). Canadian Federation of Libraries Associations Panel Update. Quebec Library Association Conference.听Montreal, QC.

    • Smith, S.,听Canuel, R. Kohn, A. & Carr, Ch. (2018). Canadian Federation of Libraries Associations Panel Update. Quebec Library Association Conference.听Montreal, QC.

    • Smith, S. (2017). Library Exhibit Going Touch: Bringing the History of Criminal Law and the Holocaust to Library Users through a Multimedia Experience. (Poster Presentation). IFLA World Library and International Conference. August 19 鈥� 27, Wraclow, Poland.

    • Smith, S. (2017). The CFLA/FCAB Truth and Reconciliation Committee.听Association of Canadian Archivists Annual Colloquium, Montreal,QC.

    • Smith, S. (2016).听Merging Collections for User鈥檚 benefit.听Association of Jewish Libraries Annual Convention. Charleston, SC, USA.
    • Smith, S. (2013).听Student鈥檚 difficulties searching romanized access points in the library catalogue.听World Union of Jewish Studies Congress.听 Jerusalem, Israel.听
    • Smith, S.听and other Librarians (2011). Judaica Collections at the Rare Books Department at 平特五不中. Organizer of visit and moderator. Association of Jewish Libraries Annual Convention. Montreal, QC.
    • Smith, S. (2010).听Reference Services at 平特五不中: Reaching out!. Association of Jewish Libraries Convention.听 Seattle, Washington.听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
    • Smith, S. (2007)听The Jewish Public Library in a Multi-ethnic enclave: Adapting to Changes.听Association of Jewish Libraries Convention. Scottsdale, Arizona.听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听

    Languages

    • English, French, Spanish, Hebrew and Yiddish

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