Focus - Fall 2012, Vol. 30, No. 1

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materials. Tourino is a member of the American Library Association, the Vancouver Science Librarians Group, and the Special Libraries Association, Advertising and Marketing Division. He is the creator of “African Canadian Cinema Weblog: A Guide to African Canadian and African Diaspora Cinema.” Tourino holds the Master of Information Studies from the University of Toronto and the Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies from the University of Windsor, Ontario. He earned the Certificate in Business Writing, Public Relations and Marketing Communication from Simon Fraser University and is currently a candidate for the Doctorate in Philosophy at the Simon Fraser University School of Communication.

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initiatives, including the development of GroupFinder, Citation Builder, LOBO tutorial, and the implementation of the Summon search tool. He holds the Master of Science in Library Science and the Bachelor of Arts in English with Honors in Creative Writing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Greg Tourino joins us as associate director, Textiles Library and Engineering Services. Tourino shares responsibility for planning, delivering, and managing library services to the large and growing number of faculty and students in the Colleges of Engineering and Textiles on Centennial Campus. He provides much-needed information and research services to students and faculty, and leads ongoing initiatives in curriculum-integrated instruction, including the development of instructional materials and assessment methods. Tourino brings a strong background in science and engineering libraries, with a focus on instructional technology, to this position. As a science librarian he has extensive experience coordinating and conducting library and technology workshops, training seminars, and instruction sessions. He has developed collections in a range of science disciplines including engineering, computer science, statistics, mathematics, and astronomy. With a background in communications, Tourino has been actively involved with the design of websites, online and streaming video tutorials, and library promotional

David N. Woodbury has been appointed to the position of Director of Learning Commons Services. In this role, Woodbury will plan, manage, and deliver services in the Libraries’ learning spaces, including the D.H. Hill Learning Commons, the Technology Sandbox, and new learning commons spaces in the Hunt Library. He will manage student engagement initiatives, programming for the Learning Commons, and participate in the development and adoption of new tools and methods for the delivery of information and services.

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