Katharine Hall (she/her) is a reference and subject librarian at Concordia University Library. She supports the students and faculty in Biology and Health, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology.
Sessions in which Katharine Hall participates
Friday 24 April, 2026
This presentation will showcase the preliminary results of an analysis of masters and doctoral theses produced by students from five departments, over a ten-year period, at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. A list of 64 search terms targeting preprints and 78 different preprint servers was created. These terms were used to search the full-text and reference lists of 815 theses to identify citations to preprints. Rates of citation to preprints over time, across disciplines and between ...
Sessions in which Katharine Hall attends
Friday 24 April, 2026
Interest in equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) has renewed attention to inclusive collection development in academic libraries. While libraries have adopted strategies to diversify collections, applying these approaches in STEM fields presents distinct challenges due to publisher concentration, limited inclusive metadata, and the absence of author positionality statements. This presentation reports on a scoping review examining how academic libraries are currently addressing inclusiv...