Humanities and Social Sciences Library
McLennan Library Building
3459 McTavish Street
Montreal, Quebec H3A 0C9
Associate Librarian
Coordinator, Digital Scholarship Hub
Liaison Librarian to the School of Information Studies and the department of Hispanic Studies.
Education
- Master of Library and Information Studies, 海角社区, 2012
- Bachelor of Arts, Specialization in Journalism, Concordia University, 2007
Areas of Interest
- Information literacy
- Digital humanities
- DEI
Publications
Isuster, M.Y., & Langille, D. (2023). DH Eh? A Survey of Digital Humanities Courses in Canadian LIS Education. College and Research Libraries,听84(2).
Rod, A. B., Isuster, M. Y., & Chandler, M. (2021). Love Data Week in the time of COVID-19: A content analysis of Love Data Week 2021 events. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 47(6).
Isuster M.Y. (2020).听From students to authors: Fostering student content creation with Scalar.听College and Undergraduate Libraries, 27(2-4).听
Isuster, M. Y., & Greene, D. R. (2020). Survey of Digital Humanities Online Guides in Canadian Academic Research Libraries.听portal: Libraries and the Academy,听20(4), 733-748.听听听听
Isuster, M. (2020). Make your own mix:听Using social media stories to explore primary sources. In S.E. Morris (Ed.),听The critical thinking about sources cookbook. Chicago, IL: Association of College & Research Libraries.听
Kingsland, E. S., & Isuster, M. Y. (2020). A different ball game: Physical education students鈥� experiences in librarian-led Wikipedia assignments. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 46(1).听
Isuster, M.听(2018).听Beyond research: The library鈥檚 role in graduate student professionalization. In C. Renfro & C. Styles (Eds.),听Transforming libraries to serve graduate students听(pp. 333鈥�341). Chicago, IL: Association of College and Research Libraries.听
Presentations
Isuster, M.Y. (August, 2024). Building a professional digital humanities learning community among Spanish-speaking librarians. Oral presentation at DH2025, Online.
Rod, A.B., Isuster, M.Y., Shelton, A., Condon, P. B. (March, 2023) Love to love your data: Building data literacy through celebration. Panel presented at ACRL 2023, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.听
Rod, A.B., Isuster, M.Y., & Mawhinney, T. (November, 2022). Demystifying Qualitative Coding. Workshop presented at the Library Assessment Conference, Online.
Isuster, M.Y. (2022, July). Low-stakes activities for text analysis instruction in the undergraduate classroom. Oral presentation at DH2022, Online.
Isuster, M.Y. & Rod, A.B. (2022, July). The inevitability of a reproducibility crisis in the digital humanities. Poster session at DH2022, Online.
Isuster, M., Wheatley, A., & Hervieux, S. (2022, April). Managing sideways: Leveraging social capital skills for librarian peer leadership. Oral presentation at the Conference on Academic Library Management, Online.
Fuller-Gregory, T., Isuster, M., Puente, M., Moreno, T.H. (2021, June).听Cultural Proficiencies for Racial Equity Framework: An Update. Panel at ALA Annual, Online.听听听
Isuster, M. (2021, May). Empowering students as content creators with digital projects. Oral presentation at the LOEX Annual Conference, Online.
Isuster, M. & Garrett, J.(2021, April). The Cultural Proficiencies for Racial Equity Framework: Progress Report. Oral presentation at ACRL 2021, Online.
Isuster, M. (2020, April). Digital Inception: Building a digital scholarship/humanities curriculum as a subject librarian. Webinar for the Library and Information Technology Association, Online.
Isuster, M. & Hanz, K. (2020, January). If you can dream it, you can plan it: Organizing volunteer-run professional development events without losing your head. Oral presentation at the Ontario Library Association Superconference, Toronto, Ontario.
Isuster, M. (2019, May). Something old, something new, something borrowed, and something due: Using social media stories to decolonize rare books and special collections. Oral presentation at the Workshop for Instruction in Library Use (WILU), Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Isuster, M. (2019, May). Master manipulators: Using manipulatives for tactile and kinesthetic learning in the information literacy classroom. Workshop presented at the LOEX听Annual Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Isuster, M. & Groenendyk, M. (2019, February). Crowdsourcing social justice: Fostering and promoting inclusion in the academic library. Oral presentation at the Ontario Library Association Superconference, Toronto, Ontario.
Isuster, M. (2018, December). Bringing the library into service: Understanding service learning. Webinar for the Ontario Library Association.
Isuster, M. & Groenendyk, M. (2018, June).听Through time and space: Data as a narrative device.听Oral presentation at听International Association for Social Science Information Services and Technology (IASSIST) & Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives (CARTO) Conference, Montreal, Quebec.
Isuster, M.听& Lange, J. (2018, May). Finding acceptance: Tips and tricks for getting your work out there. Oral presentation at the L鈥檃ssociation des biblioth茅caires du Qu茅bec - Quebec Library Association Annual Conference, Montreal, Quebec.
Isuster, M.听& Kingsland, E. (2018, April).听Let it be (a Wiki): Speaking words of wisdom about Wikipedia assignments in university courses. Oral presentation听at the Librarians' Information Literacy Annual听Conference, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Isuster, M. (2018, April).听Stories-telling: Harnessing the power of social media stories for teaching, learning, and outreach. Workshop presented at the Librarians' Information Literacy Annual听Conference, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Isuster, M. (2017, October). Getting Started with Scalar: A free, open-source platform to publish born-digital scholarship online. Workshop presented at Salem State University, Salem, Massachusetts.听
Isuster, M. (2017, June) Kill the research paper. Oral presentation at the Humanities Intensive Teaching and Learning Ignite Talks, Austin, Texas.听
Isuster, M. (2017, February). Researching the zombie apocalypse: Incorporating Fantasy, Fiction, and Fun Into Information Literacy Instruction. Oral presentation at the Ontario Library Association Superconference, Toronto, Ontario.听
Kingsland, E. & Isuster, M. (2016, November). La conception universelle dans les bibliotheques. Oral presentation at Congr猫s des professionnels de l'information, Montreal, Quebec.
Kingsland, E. & Isuster, M. (2016, May). May the resource be with you: Free online tools to improve service and rule the empire. Oral presentation at L鈥檃ssociation des听biblioth茅caires听du Qu茅bec - Quebec Library Association Annual Conference, Montreal, Quebec.
Fahey, C. & Isuster, M. (2016, March). Playing for keeps: Game design and implementation for long-term learning. Workshop presented at the Librarians' Information Literacy Annual听Conference, Dublin, Ireland.
Isuster, M. (2015, November). Preaching beyond the choir: Advocacy for ourselves, our jobs and our institutions. Workshop presented at the Congr茅s de milieux documentaires du Qu茅bec, Montreal, Quebec.
Jensen, E., & Isuster, M. (2015, June). Moving the threshold: Meeting students where they are.听Workshop presented at the New England Library Instruction Group Annual Conference, Smithfield, Rhode Island.
Fitzpatrick, T., Zoppel, C., Isuster, M., & Dennis, N. (2015, May). Beyond bricks & books: Forging unique campus partnerships. Poster session at the Association of College and Research Libraries - New England Chapter Annual Conference, Worcester, Massachusetts.
Isuster, M., Fitzpatrick, T. K., Fahey, C., Dennis, N.C., Brown, R.E.,听Chenault, T.G., & Coleman, L.J. (2015, June).听Embedded librarianship: Librarian and faculty perspectives.听Contributed paper presented at Special Libraries Association Annual Conference, Boston, Massachusetts.
Isuster, M. & Fahey C. (2015, May). Bewitching the town: Community collaborations in academic libraries.听Oral presentation at L鈥檃ssociation des听biblioth茅caires听du Qu茅bec - Quebec Library Association Annual Conference, Montreal, Quebec.
Fahey, C., Fitzpatrick, T.K., & Isuster, M. (2014, December). Embedded librarianship across disciplines. Webinar for the Reference and User Services Association, Online.
鈥�Dennis, N., Fahey, C., Fitzpatrick, T., George, N., Isuster, M. Newell, Z., Soohoo, J., & Zoppel, C. (2014, June). Making magic in Witch City: Improving information literacy at Salem State University. Poster session at the American Library Association Annual Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada.听
Professional Activities
2023-2025 - ACRL Diversity Alliance Committee, Member and EDI Committee Representative
2023-2025 - ACRL Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee, Member
2023-2026 - ACRL New Publications Advisory Board, Member
2022-2023 - ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee, ACRL Representative
2021-2023 - ACRL Professional Values Committee, Chair
2021-2023 - ACRL DSS Professional Development Committee, Member
2021-2023 - WILU 2023, Co-chair
2020-2022 -听Building Cultural Proficiencies for Racial Equity Framework Task Force, Co-Convener
2020-2021听- ACRL EBSS Education Committee, Member
2019-2021 - ACRL Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee, Member
2019-2021 - ACRL EBSS Higher Education Committee, Member
2019-2021 -听听ACRL IS Peer-Reviewed Instructional Materials Online (PRIMO) Committee, Member
2019-2021 - ABQLA, Director
2018-2019 - ABQLA College and Research Section , President
2018 -2019 - ABQLA Conference Committee, Programs Chair
2017-2018 - ABQLA College and Research Section , Vice-President
2017-2018 - ABQLA Conference Committee, Programs Chair
2016-2017 -听ABQLA Conference Committee, Programs
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