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college archive, information literacy programs, external
LINKEDIN TESTIMONIALS accreditation preparation and web services
o Lead library’s digital initiatives to support teaching, learning
“Tony is one of the brightest, most and research including repository development, OJS and E-
energetic people I know. He is a born book publishing, digitization, discovery access and mobile
inventor and entrepreneur, finding learning
ways to apply technology solutions to o Evaluate and implement innovative services to engage users
a host of business and educational in a culture of continuous improvement using statistical data
challenges. If he can't find a solution, and analytics
he creates one!” o Serve as college library liaison to faculty, staff and students,
including support for faculty research and grant writing,
Dr. Marie Gervais, library orientation, class instruction and academic fluency
President, ShiftWorkplace.com training
o Function as the copyright officer to manage college’s
copyright clearance and liaise with database vendors to
“One of his greatest strengths is ensure that contract terms and the library needs are met
working across departments and
faculties and building strong, diverse Notable achievements:
teams… managing to bring out the • Won national and international awards for mobile
best in everyone he works with.” academic integrity project
• Achieved highest circulation of any university
Colin Eliot college libraries on the Waterloo campus
Director of Applied Research, Libraries • Rated highest in satisfaction in recent college
& Emerging Technologies at Coast resident survey
Mountain College • Implemented mobile information literacy App with
innovative program to train 1,400 plus students
“Tony is one of those directors who Head, Digital Initiatives and Electronic Resources,
also naturally serves as an inspiring Athabasca University, Athabasca, Alberta
mentor to his students.” 2007 - 2013
o Provided leadership for Library’s digital initiatives and
Andrew Wu supervision of the Digitization Unit with 15 FT employees
Software Development Engineer at o Prepared, monitored, approved a $700K unit budget
Amazon o Evaluated and supported online information literacy and
library instruction program, including development of
instructional materials in various formats (print, web,
multimedia)
o Led implementation, management and evaluation of
Library’s digital initiatives including development of a
digitization portal website, coordination of digitization
projects (art images, special collections, audio and video
formats), digital object management and services, and
liaison with community and regional groups
o Represented Library on provincial, national and consortium
committees (LHCADL, Synergies, COPPUL) and provided
technical leadership for digital initiatives
o Provided oversight of the library web presence, including
coordination of a large complex database-driven library
website which serves as a “Gateway” to all library resources
and services, oversaw e-course reserve and AUSpace
repository in support of teaching, learning, research, and
scholarly communication
Notable achievements:
• Won national and international awards for mobile
ESL and OERKnowledge Cloud project
• Developed an e-course reserve system to increase
the use of e-resources by 90% and save $1M by
replacing the printed-based model
• Won University Award for Service Excellence for
provision of quality library services
