Profiles of PhD Students and Alumni

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Cherry-Ann Smart

Cherry-Ann’s research interests are in the areas of library leadership and management, access to information, the scholarly communication process, and patron engagement with libraries, particularly in the context of the English-speaking Caribbean. Her research question looks at the student stakeholder and how they interact with the academic library, especially as it relates to the library meeting their needs and expectations towards a successful scholarly outcome.

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Cheryl Stenström

Cheryl is a full-time lecturer in the MLIS program at San Jose State University’s iSchool. Previously she was the Chief Librarian/CEO of South Shore Public Libraries in Nova Scotia. As a Consultant and Instructor, she has developed and delivered online and in-person training sessions to colleagues from across the continent on such diverse topics as legal information searching, services for patrons with print disabilities and web development.

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Virginia Tucker

Virginia Tucker is an associate professor at the School of Information, San Jose State University. Her career in information services began as head librarian at the Stanford University Physics Library. She was recruited by Dialog to their sci-tech client services and training group and eventually was promoted to manage client training programs worldwide. After many years working directly with end users and professional searchers, Virginia moved behind the scenes and worked as an information architect for commercial search engines.