Stacy Allison-Cassin
Department of Student Learning & Academic Success
Scott Library, York University
4700 Keele Street
Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3
416-736-2100 x 20461
www.yorku.ca/sacassin
sacassin@yorku.ca
Current Professional Appointment
Digital Pedagogy Librarian (Associate Librarian), Research and Collections Department, Scott Library, York University, Toronto, ON. 2018-Present
Past Professional Appointments
W.P. Scott Chair in E-Librarianship (Associate Librarian), Liaison for Philosophy. Research and Collections Department, Scott Library, York University, Toronto, ON. 2015-2017
Digital Humanities Librarian (Associate Librarian), Liaison for Philosophy, Research and Collections Department, Scott Library, York University, Toronto, ON. 2014-2015 (Secondment)
Music Cataloguer, Bibliographic Services, Scott Library, York University, Toronto, ON 2005-2017 (on secondment as of 2014-2017) 2005-2014
National Librarian, Canadian Music Centre, Toronto, ON. 2004-2005
Education
Ph.D., Humanities, York University. In progress.
Master of Information Studies, Library Stream, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON. 2004.
Master of Music, Performance, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA. 2002.
Advanced Certificate in Music Performance, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON. 1999.
Honours Bachelor of Music, Performance, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON. Minor: English Literature. 1997.
Refereed Publications
Allison-Cassin S. (2019) “Bodies, Brains, and Machines: An Exploration of the Relationship Between the Material and Affective States of Librarians and Information Systems.” Library Trends. Forthcoming.
Allison-Cassin, S., & Scott., D. (2018). Wikidata: a platform for your library’s linked open data. The Code4Lib Journal, (40). Retrieved from https://journal.code4lib.org/articles/13424
Allison-Cassin, S. (2016). A Scenes Approach to Metadata Models for Music. Journal of Library Metadata, 16(3-4), 181–201. https://doi.org/10.1080/19386389.2016.1258891
Allison-Cassin, S. (2012) “The Possibility of the Infinite Library: Exploring the Conceptual Boundaries of Works and Texts of Bibliographic Description” Journal of Library Metadata 12.2-3
Allison-Cassin, S. Investigating the Value of Scholarly Book Reviews for the Work of Academic Reference Librarians“. The Journal of Academic Librarianship32.5 (2006): 452-66. Co-authored with: J. Dilevko (Principal author), B. McMillan, C. Mauro, J. Aspinall. doi:10.1016/j.acalib.2006.07.001 ISSN 0099-1333
Other Publications and Writing
Whitepaper. Allison-Cassin, S. et al. (2019) ARL White Paper on Wikidata: Opportunities and Recommendations. Association of Research Libraries, April 18, 2019
Book Review. Allison-Cassin, S. (2018). Book Review: Leveraging Wikipedia. The International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion, 2(4). Retrieved from https://publish.lib.umd.edu/IJIDI/article/view/558
Blog Post. Allison-Cassin, S. (2017). Research libraries and Wikimedia: A shared commitment to diversity, open knowledge, and community participation – Wikimedia Blog. Retrieved from https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/10/04/libraries-wikipedia-york-university-project/
Podcast. Lih, A., Allison-Cassin, S., Wyatt, L., Stephenson-Goodknight, R., & Fernandez, R. (2017). Wikipedia Weekly Podcast: WikidataCon 2017. Retrieved from: http://wikipediaweekly.org/
Book Chapter. Allison-Cassin, S. (2014). The Possibility of the Infinite Library: Exploring the Conceptual Boundaries of Work and Texts of Bibliographic Description. In S. D. Miksa (Ed.), Functional future for bibliographic control: transitioning into new communities of practice and awareness. London: Routledge.
Article. Allison-Cassin, S. (2009). “One Big Library Unconference” with William Denton (York University) AccessOLA Winter 2009. ISSN 1201-0472
Whitepaper. Allison-Cassin, S. and Williams, M. (2007) “Scholr 2.0” Scholars Portal Whitepaper. http://hdl.handle.net/10315/2878
Book Review. Allison-Cassin, S. (2006). Frank Welsman: Canadian Conductor (Book Review). CAML Review / Revue de l’ACBM, 34(3). Retrieved from https://caml.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/caml/article/view/1316
Book Review. Allison-Cassin, S. (2005). Traveling Music: Playing Back the Soundtrack to My Life and Times (Book Review). CAML Review / Revue de l’ACBM, 33(3). Retrieved from https://caml.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/caml/article/view/1394