Cathryn CopperProfile page
Head Librarian, Architecture Library
University of Toronto Libraries, Eberhard Zeidler Library
- Head Librarian, Architecture LibraryUniversity of Toronto Libraries, Eberhard Zeidler Library
BIO
Cathryn is an experienced academic librarian working at the intersection of architecture and technology. As the head of the Eberhard Zeidler Library at the University of Toronto, her current research explores technology and experimentation in libraries. She has spoken on the topic of experimentation at several national and international conferences including the Association of College & Research Libraries and SXSW EDU. Her talk on the use of artificial intelligence and augmented reality in libraries at SXSW EDU was featured as one of the “biggest and most pressing ideas”. She is currently authoring a book on experimentation in libraries under contract with ALA Editions.
She has produced and partnered on projects that range from collaborative approaches to architecture education to how libraries can better support women and other underrepresented groups in architecture. She has co-taught undergraduate degree project and graduate thesis preparation courses and is a contributing author to the book Art Librarianship and Social Justice. Previously, she was awarded the University Library Diversity Award for her sustained efforts to support EDI and social justice issues in libraries and architecture education.
She has produced and partnered on projects that range from collaborative approaches to architecture education to how libraries can better support women and other underrepresented groups in architecture. She has co-taught undergraduate degree project and graduate thesis preparation courses and is a contributing author to the book Art Librarianship and Social Justice. Previously, she was awarded the University Library Diversity Award for her sustained efforts to support EDI and social justice issues in libraries and architecture education.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Head, Eberhard Zeidler LibraryUniversity of Toronto, Toronto, Canada1 Jan 2022 - present
- Head, Art and Architecture LibraryVirginia Tech, Blacksburg, United States1 Apr 2018 - 1 Jan 2022
- LibrarianWoodbury University, Burbank, United States1 Oct 2010 - 1 Apr 2018
DEGREES
- Master of Library and Information ScienceUniversity of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- Bachelor of ArtsUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, United States
AVAILABILITY
- Collaborative projects
- Join a web conference as a panellist or speaker
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
- Media enquiries
- Membership of an advisory committee