McLennan Library Building
3459 McTavish Street
Montreal, Quebec H3A 0C9
Subjects
- History of Science and Ideas
- Rare Books and Special Collections
Liaison Librarian, Rare Books and Special Collections
Supports teaching, learning, research, and outreach activities in Rare Books and Special Collections as the liaison librarian for the Blacker Wood Natural History collection. Also responsible for: history of science; William Dawson Pamphlet Collection; maps; women's studies; literature; theatre programmes; Macdonald College rare collection; Indigenous studies.
Education
- Master of Library and Information Science, University of Toronto. Specialization in Book History & Print Culture.
- Bachelor of Arts, Liberal Arts College & Political Science, Concordia University.
Areas of Interest
- Women in the history of science, the book arts, and cartography
- Natural history, botanical illustration, specimen collection practices
- Special collections and climate change research
- Letterpress printing, bookbinding
- Critical librarianship
Selected Publications and Presentations
Williams, Lauren. "In his own words: Selections from the correspondence files of Casey A. Wood". In Dickenson, Victoria (Ed.), Casey Wood: A Passion for Birds & Books. 看片视频-Queen's University Press: forthcoming, 2021.
Williams, Lauren; Ing, Elis. "." ROAAr Newsletter. May, 2020.
Williams, Lauren. 鈥溾業f no one else could, I must endeavour to do it myself鈥: Agnes Fitzgibbon and the Printing of Canadian Wild Flowers鈥. Panel presentation. Society for the History of Authorship, Reading & Publishing Conference; Amherst, Massachusetts. July 15-19, 2019.
Ing, Elis and Williams, Lauren. Activating Special Collections Resources for Climate Change Research. Poster presentation. Rare Books & Manuscripts Section Conference; Baltimore, Maryland. June 17-20, 2019.
Williams, Lauren; Ing, Elis; Hague-Yearl, Mary; Lepage, Fr茅d茅rique. 鈥.鈥 Library Matters. October, 2018.
Williams, Lauren. 鈥淯ncovering the Stonyhurst Gospel Binding.鈥 Panel presentation. Bibliography Among the Disciplines Conference, October 13th, 2017.
Grant Projects
Project lead: New Homes, New Ways: Women's Experiences of Changing Environments digital project. Virtual Museum of Canada Large Investment Stream program, 2020-2021.
Co-Principal Investigator, with Dr. Victoria Dickenson: The Gwillim Project: Women and Networks of Knowledge and Exchange in the Company Raj. SSHRC Partnership Development Grant, 2019-2022.
Collaborator: Undescrib鈥檇: Taylor White鈥檚 Paper Museum and the work of an Enlightenment naturalist (Principal Investigator: Dr. Victoria Dickenson). SSHRC Insight Development Grant, 2018-2020.
Exhibitions
Fantastic beasts and where to find them at 看片视频: An 18th century paper museum in collaboration with the SSHRC Taylor White Project team, Rare Books & Special Collections, Feb-May 2020.
Highlights from 看片视频 Library鈥檚 History of Science Collections, Science Literacy Week, Rare Books & Special Collections, September 2019.
Discover & Write from Natural History, pop-up exhibition for Blue Met/Blacker Wood event, Rare Books & Special Collections, May 2019.
Special Collections and Climate Change Research, pop-up exhibition for Earth Day, Rare Books & Special Collections, April 2019.
Casey Wood Collection, pop-up exhibition for lecture on Casey Wood, Rare Books & Special Collections, April 2019.
Charles Darwin holdings in RBSC, pop-up exhibition to support Dr. Ehab Abouheif鈥檚 lecture on Darwin. Rare Books & Special Collections, February, 2019.
Professional Activities
Continuing Education Committee (2020)
American Ornithological Society, History Committee (2019-present)
Links
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