Matt Thomas (he/him)

Matt Thomas received his Master of Library and Information Science from University of Western Ontario (London, ON) in 2000.  Before joining the Laurier community in 2011, he was the Collections Librarian at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (Thunder Bay, ON), a Health Sciences Librarian at Queen's University (Kingston, ON), and the Librarian Supervisor, Cyber Center at Queensborough Public Library (Jamaica, NY).  Although he has a range of experience in librarianship, his professional and academic focus is on access to resources, technological or otherwise.

Matt has been Head, Information Resources since 2025, providing leadership and oversight for the planning, development, and management of information resources and associated metadata in support of the teaching, learning and research needs of the University. Previously he was Temporary Head, Information Resources from August 2023 until April 2025, and Temporary Head, Collection Development & Acquisitions January to December 2021.

Matt started at Laurier as Electronic Resources Librarian (or eResources Librarian) in 2011, being responsible for managing and ensuring access to the electronic resources in Laurier Library's collection, and will continue in this role until the a replacement position is filled.