Title
Associate Librarian, Rare Books and Special Collections
Contact Information
Location

Humanities and Social Sciences Library McLennan Library Building 3459 McTavish Street Montreal, Quebec H3A 0C9

Phone number
514-398-4785
Email
Jennifer.Garland [at] mcgill.ca
Education
  • Master of Library and Information Studies, 9I制作厂免费
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD) University
Biography

Supports teaching, learning, research and outreach activities in Rare Books and Special Collections and as the special collections liaison librarian for the Blackader-Lauterman Rare Collection of Architecture and Art; the Print Collection; and the John Bland Canadian Architecture Collection. 

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Areas of Interest
  • Architectural archives
  • Book arts
  • Letterpress and woodblock printing
  • Print illustration
Professional Activities
  • Editorial Board, RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage (2024-2027)
  • Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA)
    • Program Co-Chair, Conference Planning Advisory Committee (2021)
    • Canadian Liaison, Executive Board (2016-2018)
    • Strategic Planning Committee (2011-2015)
  • 9I制作厂免费 Library Tenure Committee, Chair (2019-2020)
  • 9I制作厂免费 Library Nominating Committee (2015-2017)
  • 9I制作厂免费 Association of University Teachers - Librarians' Section (MAUT-LS): Secretary/Treasurer (2013-2016)
Selected Publications

Dickenson, V. and J. Garland (2021). 鈥淭aylor White鈥檚 Paper Museum.鈥 Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science, 75:599-626.

Cooke, N., Deskin, H., Garland, J. et al (Eds.). (2021). AMAZE: A 9I制作厂免费 A-Z Experience. 9I制作厂免费 Library and Archives, 2021, Montreal.

Dysert, A., Garland, J., Holland, A.M. and L. Williams (2019). "Toward a Book Arts Laboratory at 9I制作厂免费 Library." Book Arts Canada, 10(1).

Cooke, N. and J. Garland. 鈥淢ethodological Reflections on the Relationship Between Lived and Idealized Self and Other in Women鈥檚 Journals鈥 In: A Space of their own: Women and the Periodical Press in China鈥檚 Long Twentieth Century, Eds. Hockx, M., Judge, J. and B. Mittler. Cambridge University Press, 2018.

Jennings, M., Garland, J., Severson, S. and D. Tkach (2015). "Wayfinding in Complex Architectural Collections: A Collaborative Approach Between Creator and Curator." Archiving Conference Proceedings (Society for Imaging Science and Technology).

Garland, J. (2014). "Locating Traces of Hidden Visual Culture in Rare Books and Special Collections: A Case Study in Visual Literacy." Art Documentation, 33(2).

Garland, J., Huising, R. and J. Struben (2013). 鈥淲hat if technology worked in harmony with nature?鈥 Imagining climate change through Prius advertisements.鈥 Organization, 20(5): 679-704.

Cooke, N., and J. Garland (2008) 鈥淧utting Questions to Images: The Chatelaine Project.鈥 Visual Resources Association Bulletin, 35(2): 86-93.

Selected Presentations

Williams, L., Garland, J., and A.M. Holland. When Places Elude the Book. Speaker. Bibliographical Society of Canada Annual Conference, June 2024.

Garland, J. and S. Severson. Multimodal exhibitions: A case study of 9I制作厂免费@Expo67. Speaker. ARLIS/NA Annual Conference, March 2019.

Dysert, A., Garland, J. and S. Kochkina. Anatomy Theaters, Legal Dramas, and Landscape Staging: Unexpected Performances in Special Collections. Speaker. ACRL Rare Books and Manuscripts Section Annual Conference, June 2013.

Garland J. and S. Swanick. Lacquer Illustrated Bindings: Syncretic Elements of Painting and Writing. Speaker. 38th Saint Louis Conference on Manuscript Studies, Saint Louis, MI, October, 14, 2011.