Rachel Isaac-Menard | Faculty Profiles

Diplomas/Degrees

MISt, Library & Information Science, University of Toronto (2010)

MA, Art History, University of Toronto (2007)

Bsc, Psychology Research, University of Toronto (2004)

Specialization/Interests

Subject specialist for the Anthropology Department and African, Black and Caribbean Studies. I am also the liaison for University College and the Levermore Global Scholars Program.

Research Interests

AREA 1. open access; new collaborative models between academics and librarians; scholarly communication
AREA 2. emerging technologies
AREA 3. art & architectural history

Chapters

Isaac-Menard, Rachel and April Grey (2015). Rethinking service models: Mobilizing library access for all platforms. In Eden, B. (Eds.). Creating the 21st century academic librarian. Rowman & Littlefield.

Articles

Isaac-Menard, Rachel (2015), Transferable Skills and the Nontraditional Workplace: A Case Study of Internships with an Art and Design Theory-Focused Journal. Art Documentation, 34, 339-348.

Isaac-Menard, Rachel and April Grey (2015), Database mobile accessibility assessment at Adelphi University Libraries. Journal of Web Librarianship, 9, 85-98.

Isaac-Menard, R. & Graham Cairns (2013), The Duke of Lerma, Equestrian as a Roman Imperial Image in the Court of Philip III of Spain: A Historiographical Reappraisal. Konsthistorisk tidskrift / Journal of Art History, 82, 81-98.

Conference Presentations

Isaac-Menard, Rachel and April Grey. (2016). Hack the Library 2015 - an App-Building Competition for Generating New Ideas and Engaging Students at Adelphi University Libraries. In Library Information Technology Association (LITA) Forum. Fort Worth, Texas.

Isaac-Menard, Rachel and April Grey. (2016). Hack the Library: Organizing a student programming competition. In South Carolina Library Association Conference. Columbia, South Carolina.

Isaac-Menard, Rachel and Stan Bogdanov. (2015). Hack the Library: App building competition. In Internet Librarian. California, Monterey.

Isaac-Menard, Rachel and Noreen Whysel. (2015). Social media and an architecture journal’s digital archive. In Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York, Inc. Symposium: Architecture & Archives.. New York.

Isaac-Menard, R. & Cairns, G. (2013). Using e-publishing as the foundation for the printed word. In Association of Architecture School Librarians. San Francisco, CA.

Isaac-Menard, R. & Harbour, C. (2012). Using current technologies to build relationships with academic staff. In Librarians’ Information Literacy Annual Conference (LILAC). Glasgow, United Kingdom.

Invited Presentations

Isaac-Menard, R. & Cairns, G. (2013, March). Archizines, blogs, web portals! Current architectural publishing trends and information access challenges for the educational market. Association of Architecture School Librarians (AASL), San Francisco, CA.

Other Work

Isaac-Menard, Rachel and Stan Bogdanov (2016). Hack the library: Organizing Adelphi University Libraries’ first hackathon. College & Research Libraries News. 77(4): 180-183.

Honors and Accomplishments

American Library Association (ALA) Carnegie-Whitney Grant 2013
Association of Jewish Libraries Scholarship 2010
ARLIS/NA Judith A. Hoffberg Student Award for Conference Participation 2010
Open Fellowship, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto 2008-2009
Rheinische Friedrick-Wilhelms-Universität Research Scholarship 2007
Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) 2006
Dr. J. A. & C. P. Dickson Scholarship in the Sciences & Mathematics 2004

Professional Activities

Co-Founder/ Head of Research Support, Architecture_MPS architecturemps.com 2012-
Peer-reviewer. Art Documentation journal 2012-
Peer-reviewer. Evidence-based library and information practice journal 2010-

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Library Association
Chartered Institute of Library & Information Professionals (Chartered Member)