Shawn is Toronto Public Library’s (TPL) Director, Policy, Planning & Performance Measurement where he is responsible for leading TPL’s strategic planning, policy, research, evaluation, privacy & risk, AI, data governance & analytics and performance measurement portfolios. Prior to this role, Shawn was the acting Director, Collections & Membership Services at TPL. Before joining TPL, Shawn held a number of senior leadership roles in the Ontario Government and Government of Canada, working to advance social policy, research, evaluation and data analytics for children and youth in Canada. Shawn is also an active elected member of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)’s North American Regional Division Committee and IFLA’s Statistics and Evaluation Committee. Shawn is truly passionate about measuring the transformative impact of public libraries and will continue to advance research in this area throughout his doctoral journey.

Proposal Title: Evaluating Impact in Canadian Public Libraries: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Contemporary Assessment Practices

SJSU Supervisor: Anthony Bernier

MMU Supervisor(s): Jenny Kanellopoulou

Education:

• Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS), San Jose State University, California, USA
• Masters Certificate in Public Management, Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto, Canada
• Master of Arts (MA), Immigration and Settlement Studies, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Canada
• Bachelor of Arts (BA), Anthropology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada

Current or Most Recent Position:

Director – Policy, Planning and Performance Measurement, Toronto Public Library, Ontario, Canada