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City: Boston, MA
Telephone:
  1-617-447-5482

Teaching & Professional Interests

  • Knowledge / IR Management
  • LIS as a Profession
  • Pedagogy in LIS
  • Strategic Planning / Marketing / Lobbying

Research Interests

  • Academic Libraries
  • Continuing Education in LIS
  • Information Literacy and Instruction
  • Knowledge / IR Management
  • LIS as a Profession
  • Pedagogy in LIS
  • Reference and Information Services
  • Strategic Planning / Marketing / Lobbying

Dr. Debra Wallace

Lecturer

Deb Wallace is the Executive Director, Knowledge and Library Services at Harvard Business School in Boston. She is responsible for leveraging the world of business information to create an infostructure that supports the complex teaching, learning, and research environment at HBS. She implemented the Curriculum Service Group that partners with faculty to enhance, revise, or design courses based on a collaborative service model.

Deb began her career as a teacher-librarian then moved to the information industry, specializing in school library automation. After completing her doctorate, she worked at the Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto as assistant to the dean, knowledge management initiatives and established a consulting practice in organizational learning and knowledge strategies. After 8 years in private practice, Deb rejoined the academic community coming full circle to her teacher-librarian roots, but this time with an entrepreneurial focus and a business rigor.

Deb holds a Bachelor of Science from Moorhead State University, a Masters of Education from the University of Manitoba, and a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto.

Courses Taught

Education

  • Ph.D. (Education) University of Toronto (1999)
  • M.Ed. (Curriculum) University of Manitoba (1987)
  • B.Sc. (Education) Moorhead State University (1978)

Academic & Professional Experience

  • Executive Director, Knowledge and Library Services, Harvard Business School (2011 - present)
  • Managing Director, Baker Library Services, Harvard Business School (2005 - 2011)
  • Partner, TKG Consulting, Organizational Learning Practice Lead (2004 - Present)
  • Adjunct Faculty, Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science (2001 - 2003)
  • Learning Architect, Sun Life Financial, Canada (2001 - 2003)
  • Project and Research Manager, Clarica Life Insurance Company (2000 - 2001)
  • Assistant to the Dean, Knowledge Management Initiatives, Faculty of Information Studies, The University of Toronto (1997 - 2000)
  • Program Consultant, Office of the Provost, University of Toronto (1999 - 2000)
  • Adjunct Faculty, Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto, 2000
  • Manager, Business Development, ISM Library Information Services (IBM) (1987 - 1997)
  • Teacher-Librarian, St. Vital School Division, Winnipeg, Manitoba (1976 - 1986)

Selected Publications  (last five years only)

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

  • Churchwell, C., M. Stark, and D. Wallace (forthcoming). Refocusing Distinctive Capabilities: Strategic Shifts in Harvard Business School's Baker Library Services. In A. Woodsworth (Ed.), Advances in Librarianship. Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
  • Wallace, D. (2007). Collaboration and communities. In M. Kennedy, & J. Dysart (Eds.), Intranets for info pros (pp. 97). Medford, New Jersey: Information Today, Inc.
  • Wallace, D., Cullen, A., & Esty, B. (2007). Shifting gears: The role of reference and research services in curriculum design. The 5th Columbia University Libraries Reference Symposium, New York, NY.
  • Wallace, D., & Saint-Onge, H. (2004). Generating capabilities in communities of practice: The Clarica story. In C. Gorlick, N. Milton & K. April (Eds.), Performance through learning: Knowledge management in practice (pp. 231). Boston: Elsevier.
  • Wallace, P. H., & Wallace, D. (2004). Effective family law advocacy. Toronto: LexisNexis.
  • Wallace, D. (2003). Communities of practice: A strategic approach for generating knowledge capital. World Congress on Intellectual Capital, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario.
  • Saint-Onge, H., & Wallace, D. (2003). Leveraging communities of practice for strategic advantage. Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann.
  • Wallace, D., & Saint-Onge, H. (2002). Developing capabilities through virtual communities of practice: Clarica's experience with the agent network. In P. Phillips (Ed.), In action: Measuring intellectual capital (pp. 93). Alexandria, VA: ASTD.
  • Wallace, D. Curriculum development in library and information science programs: A design model. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 43(3), 283.

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