McLennan Library Building
3459 McTavish Street
Montreal, Quebec H3A 0C9
Subjects
- Classical Studies
Liaison Librarian
I support the teaching, learning, and research needs of the students and faculty members in the department of History and Classical Studies, Indigenous Studies program, and the School of Religious Studies. I am also an Associate Member of the department of History and Classical Studies.
Education
Master of Information Studies, 香蕉视频, 2022
Ph.D., History, University of Arizona, 2020
M.A., History, University of Arizona, 2014
B.A., History, Washington State University, 2012
Areas of Interest
- Information and archival literacy
- Creative uses of special collections
- Humanities researchers' use of digital surrogates
- Library ethics and principles
- Ethical use of information
Selected Publications
Sundberg, J. & Howard, K. (2024). Crafting connections: Bridging collections and communities with knitting.听RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage, 25(1).听听(open access).
Howard, K. (2023).听Digitization and exploitation: Acknowledging and addressing the use of exploitative prison labor by libraries and archives.听The Library Quarterly, 93(3).听
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Howard, K. (2023). Household and hospital: Negotiating social welfare and social discipline in Reformation Geneva. In T. Fehler & J. Thomley (Eds.),听听(pp. 171-89).听Manchester University Press.听
Howard, K.听(2020).听.听Doctoral dissertation, University of Arizona. UA Campus Repository.听
Selected Talks and Presentations
Howard, K. (2024, October).听From Cells to Servers: Exploitative Labour and the Digitization of Historical Documents.听Invited talk. Groupe d'Histoire de Montr茅al/Montreal History Group, hybrid. Duration: 45 minutes.
Howard, K.听(2024, June).听Crafting critical historians: Incorporating AI literacy into primary source literacy.听Lightning talk. Generative AI In Libraries (GAIL) Virtual Conference, virtual. Duration: 15 minutes. .
Howard, K.听(2024, May).听Charting the course: Embracing RUSA鈥檚 Guidelines for Secondary Source Literacy. WILU, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Metro-Vancouver, BC. Duration: 45 minutes. .
Howard, K.听& Tummon, N. (2024, May).听An initial investigation into student citation literacy.听Lightning talk.听WILU, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Metro-Vancouver, BC. Duration: 10 minutes. .
Howard, K. (2023, October).听Metadata justice and exploitative labor in libraries and archives. Keynote. ODNFest, State Library of Ohio, Columbus, Ohio. Duration: 1 hour & 30 minutes discussion.
Howard, K.听(2023, July).听Beyond exploitation: Metadata justice and prison labor. Metadata Justice in Oklahoma Libraries & Archives Symposium, virtual. Duration: 30 minutes.
Howard, K. & Sundberg, J. (2023, May).听Knitting natural HerStory.听ROAAr event, McGill Library, Hybrid. . Duration: 1 hour, 10 minutes.
Garlock, E.,听Howard, K., Monosky, M., Pecoskie, C., Rod, A.B., & Turp, C. (2023, May).听Building a literacy-informed technology training program for MLIS students with MLIS students. ABQLA 2023, Montreal, QC. Duration: 45 minutes.
Howard, K.听(2023, March).听Meeting students' information needs: Devising better research strategies for women's and gender history. AkLA 2023, Fairbanks, Alaska. Duration: 30 minutes.
Rod, A.B., Pecoskie, C., Howard, K., Desmeules, R., Desrochers, N., & Turp, C. (2022, October).听BiblioTECH: Building a collaborative future-oriented instruction program for information studies students. Access 2022, Virtual. Duration: 20 minutes.
Sundberg, J. & Howard, K.听(2022, October). Knitting together a community with special collections.听Lightning session presented at 2022 CRKN Conference, Virtual. Material prepared by K. Howard and J. Sundberg, presented by J. Sundberg. Duration: 10 minutes.
Howard, K. (2022, June).听Sketching and stitching in the stacks: Driving community engagement with creative projects.听Lighting talk presented at RBMS Conference, Virtual. Duration: 5 minutes.
Howard, K. (2022, May).听Magnifying the Royce Gale Miniature Book Collection. Invited presentation, Rare Books & Special Collections, McGill Library, Hybrid. . Duration: 30 minutes.
Howard, K. (2022, May).听Highlights from the Lilly Toth Miniature Book Collection. Invited presentation, Lilly Toth Memorial Event (part of the Festival d'Histoire de Montr茅al), Jewish Public Library and Montreal Holocaust Museum. Duration: 25 minutes.
Howard, K., & Paul, E. (2022, May).听A collection of curiosities: The Lilly Toth Miniature Book Collection. ABQLA Annual Conference, Virtual. . Duration: 40 minutes.
Howard, K. (2022, April).听Digitization and exploitation: Toward ending the exploitation of the incarcerated in memory work.听Concordia Library Research Forum, Virtual. . Duration: 20 minutes.
Howard, K. (2022, March).听Knitting in code. ROAAr event, McGill Library, Virtual. . Duration: 35 minutes.
Howard, K. (2022, February).听Social welfare and the hospital in Geneva. Invited presentation, Reformation Conference, Claremont McKenna College, Virtual. Duration: 30 minutes.
Howard, K. (2021, February).听Rare stitches: Knitting inspired by illuminated manuscripts.听ROAAr event, McGill Library, Virtual. . Duration: 25 minutes.
