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City: Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
Telephone:
  1-902-640-2265

Teaching & Professional Interests

  • Continuing Education in LIS
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Information Needs / Behaviors of Specific Groups
  • Information Systems and Technologies
  • Public Libraries
  • Reference and Information Services
  • Serving Disabled Populations
  • Strategic Planning / Marketing / Lobbying

Research Interests

  • Community Information Centers
  • Evaluation of Service
  • Libraries and Society / Culture
  • Philosophy / Values / Ethics of LIS
  • Public Libraries
  • Serving Disabled Populations

Cheryl L. Stenström

Lecturer

Cheryl Stenström is a Library Consultant based in Lunenburg, NS. Since receiving her MLIS from the University of British Columbia in 1997, she's developed and delivered online and in-person sessions to colleagues from across the continent on such diverse topics as legal information searching, services for patrons with print disabilities and web development. She also teaches in the Community Library Training Program, an online distance education program designed for staff, volunteers and boards of rural public libraries. She is currently enrolled in the San José/QUT Gateway PhD program.

Courses Taught

Education

  • MLIS University of British Columbia (1997)
  • BA (French and Spanish Linguistics) Simon Fraser University (1994)

Academic & Professional Experience

  • Lecturer, SLIS, San José State University (2007-)
  • Chief Executive Officer, South Shore Regional Library, NS (2007-2010)
  • Manager, Library Policy and Technology Systems/Library Consultant, Public Library Services Branch, BC (2004-2006)
  • Branch/Extension/Systems Librarian, South Shore Regional Library, NS (2002-2004)
  • Manager, Provincial Audiobook Program,Public Library Services Branch, BC (2000-2001)
  • Systems Librarian/Manager, Special Needs, Surrey Public Library, BC (1998-2000)
  • Reference Librarian, Surrey Public Library and Fraser Valley Regional Library, BC (1997-1998)

Selected Publications  (last five years only)

For other publications and presentations, see Curriculum Vitae PDF above.

  • Stenstrom, C. & Colborne, M. (2010). "The Future of Library Services for Nova Scotians with Print Disabilities." Feliciter. (June).
  • Stenstrom, C. (2008). "Coming to work: Disaster or delight?" Feliciter. (October).
  • Stenström, C. & Abbott, B. (2007). Alternate format production service in Nova Scotia: A university and community college collaborative study. Halifax: The Atlantic Centre of Research, Access, and Support for Students with Disabilities.
  • Wisniewski, J. & Stenström, C. (2007). Helping you buy: Library content managers. Computers in Libraries, 27(2). Republished in Library and Information Gazette (2007, June 15) as Content management is king, p. 2.

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