Nathalie Soini
Expertise
Learning Commons
Modern Language resources in academic libraries.
Education
B.A. (Hons) in German and Spanish (Brock University)
M.A. in Spanish (University of Toronto)
MLIS (University of Western Ontario)
Affiliations
Member of:
American Library Association (ALA) 2006-present
- Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)
- Western European Specialized Section (WESS)- 2008-2020
- French and Italian Editor for WESS wiki - 2012-2018
- Western European Specialized Section (WESS)- 2008-2020
- Library Leadership and Management Association(LLAMA)- 2015-2021
Canadian Association of Professional and Academic Libraries (CAPAL) 2020-present
Ontario Library Association (OLA) 2003 - present
- Ontario College and University Library Association (OCULA) - 2010 Past-President
- Ontario Library and Information Technology Association (OLITA)
- Association des bibliothèques francophones de l'Ontario (ABO-Franco)
- Ontario Library Association, Mentoring Committee, Superconference planner, 2013-2015
- Ontario Library Association, Mentoring Committee, Chair 2016
Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials (SALALM) 2010-2020
- SALALM Scholarship Committee 2011-2013 (Chair, 2015-2016)
Committees
Current Committees:
Committee for International Student Success, 2022 - ongoing
Presentations
Selected presentations
Soini, N. and Vandenburg, MC. "Don't Blink or You'll Miss It." at WILU 2008, Acadia University, Wolfville NS, June 2008.
Mitchell, J and Soini, N "Evaluating Student Staff Training in the Library/Learning Commons" at the OLA Superconference, February 2, 2012.
Minshall, C. and Soini, N. "Preconference workshop: Training and Mentoring Peer Learning Assistants, Peer Tutors and Learning Commons Student Assistants" at the 7th Canadian Learning Commons Conference, Bishop's University, Sherbrooke, QC, June 9, 2014.
Bergart, R. and Soini, N. "How Hip is the Partnership?" at the Manitoba Libraries Conference. Winnipeg, MB; May 6, 2016.
Soini, N. Books@Queen's podcast: (Queen’s Library), on Louis Riel: A Comic Strip Biography, by Chester Brown, https://podcast.cfrc.ca/2018/04/booksqueens-nathalie-soini/ (2018-04-16)
Mills, M., Rettig, M., and Soini, N. 'Dance Me Through the Panic 'till I'm Gathered Safely In': Finding Respite During the Pandemic Through a Spontaneous Community of Practice at the Ontario Library Association Superconference. Toronto, ON; February 4, 2022.
Publications
Canadian Library Association, Working Group to Define a National Network for Equitable Library Service: Opening the Book: A Strategy for a National Network for Equitable Library Service for Canadians with Print Disabilities (2005), Canadian Library Association, http://cla.ca/wp-content/uploads/NNELS_FINAL_EN.pdf
Soini, N. "President's letter" InsideOCULA, Spring 2009, no. 37, http://accessola2.com/data/2/rec_docs/501_InsideOCULASpring09.pdf
Ibid. "President's letter" InsideOCULA, Fall 2009, no. 38, http://accessola2.com/data/2/rec_docs/604_InsideOCULAFall09.pdf
Ibid. "President's letter" InsideOCULA, Winter 2009. no. 39, http://accessola2.com/data/2/rec_docs/647_InsideOCULAWinter09.pdfhttp://accessola2.com/data/2/rec_docs/647_InsideOCULAWinter09.pdf
Ibid. "Interview with a New Librarian: OCULA President Nathalie Soini Interviews the OCULA New Librarian Resident Award Winner Monica Rettig." InsideOCULA, Winter 2009, no. 39,http://accessola2.com/data/2/rec_docs/647_InsideOCULAWinter09.pdf
Mitchell, J. and N. Soini. "Student Involvement for Student Success: Student Staff in the Learning Commons." College and Research Libraries. Vol. 75, July 2014, 590-609; doi:10.5860/crl.75.4.590
Soini, N. "How Hip Is the Partnership? The Value of a Generalist Journal in a Niche World." InsideOCULA, October 1, 2016. http://open-shelf.ca/161001-ocula-partnership-journal/
Bergart, R., L. Olson, and N. Soini. “Editorial: Charting the Course of Partnership. ”Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research, Vol. 12, no. 1, Aug. 2017, doi:10.21083/partnership.v12i1.3976.
Soini, N. "Organizational Renewal at Queen's University Library." InsideOCULA, December 3, 2018. http://open-shelf.ca/181201-ocula-organizational-renewal-at-queens-university-library/