Librarian; Martin Luther University College Librarian
- Departments:
- User Services
- Subjects:
- Service areas:
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- Instruction
- Research assistance
- Collection areas:
- Locations:
- Office:
- 303
- Office hours:
- I will be working remotely for the duration of the University closure, but will be checking my email throughout the day (and night :) I can make myself available through email, phone, or web meeting software. gsennema@wlu.ca
- Phone:
- 519-884-0710
- Extension:
- x3096
- Email:
- gsennema@wlu.ca
- Research areas:
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- Digital Humanities
- Primary sources (letters and diaries)
- World War II - daily life - Netherlands
- Publications and Presentations:
- "The Liberation of Groningen: The Diary Account of Theo Polman." Canadian Military History. v.26(2), 2017, Article 5.
- "Under the Floorboards." Canadian Journal of Netherlandic Studies. v37(2)
- "Five Years Yearning for Freedom." Nederlandse Courant. April 2015, p. 25ff.
- "The Future of Libraries in the Digital Age: Will Researchers Ever Need to Set Foot in a Library?" WLURA, 2015
- "The Changing Role of Libraries in the Digital Age." Kitchener Public Library "Ideas & Issues" Lecture Series, 2014
- "Academic Libraries: Tracking our Communications" (with Deborah Wills) Access v.18(1), 2012, pp 22-23
- POV: Interviews with Library Directors (column). Access 17(4) 2011 - 2012.
- "Building User-Centred Websites with Drupal." OLA SuperConference. Toronto, 2009.
- "Moving Forward Together: a Consortial Discovery Layer." Access Conference. Hamilton, 2008 (co-presented with Allan Bell).
- "Google: the new library vendor." ABQLA Conference. Montreal, 2008; OLA SuperConference, Toronto, ON 2008.
- "Using WordPress for our Library Blogs." Partnership: the Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research. 2(1), 2007.
- "Scholars Portal: Changing How We Do Research." Reaching Out - Integrating Technology into Teaching: Challenges and Opportunities. Wilfrid Laurier University. May 2007.
- "Using Macromedia Fireworks to create WebVoyage graphics." Endeavor EndUser. Chicago, 2007.
- "Library blogs using WordPress." OLA SuperConference. Toronto, ON 2007.
- "Timesaving shortcuts with Macro Express." OLA SuperConference. Toronto, ON 2007.
- "Web Trends & Libraries: Library 2.0, OpenSource and Code4Lib." (with Wayne Johnston). TUG Users Day, 2007.
- "Webmania: Realities in Practice." Exploring the (Neo)Millennial Student. Wilfrid Laurier University, 2006.
- "Library” column, Practices and Pathway. (Laurier Educational Development newsletter) 2005-2008.
- "Our E-journal Journey: Where to Next?" Serials Librarian. 47(3) 2005, pp. 35-43.
- "Developing a Digital Archive with Limited Resources." OCLC Systems and Services. 20(2) 2004, pp. 76-81.
- "Creating an Internal Content Management System." Computers in Libraries. 24 (1) 2004, pp. 8-13.
- "Managing the Reference Desk Online." Reference Services Review. 31(3) 2003, pp. 257-263.
- "The CRCPI: A Local Solution to Indexing Periodicals." Journal of Religious and Theological Information. 5(3/4) 2002, pp. 119-134.
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