Research and Scholarly Communication
Our team collaborates with researchers across campus to advance the creation, management, dissemination, and preservation of your research and scholarship. We assist you with:
- Copyright
- Open access publishing
- GIS and statistical data
- Data management
- Researcher identifiers (e.g. ORCID)
- Research impact
- Systematic and scoping reviews
We're here to help with your research every step of the way.
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Staff Members
![Photo of Marisa Tippett](../../files/contact/staffphotos/MarissaTippet.jpg)
Marisa Tippett
Head - Research and Scholarly CommunicationsSpecialties
- Knowledge Syntheses - Systematic and Scoping Reviews
- Digital Scholarship
![Photo of Emily Carlisle-Johnston](../../files/contact/staffphotos/EmilyCarlisleJohnston.jpg)
Emily Carlisle-Johnston
Research and Scholarly Communication LibrarianSpecialties
- Open Educational Resources
- Open Access publishing
- Open licensing
![Photo of Elizabeth Hill](../../files/contact/staffphotos/LizHill.jpg)
Elizabeth Hill
Research and Scholarly Communication Data Librarian![Photo of Kristin Hoffmann](../../files/contact/staffphotos/KristinHoffmann.jpg)
Kristin Hoffmann
Research and Scholarly Communication LibrarianSpecialties
- Open Access
- Journal Publishing
![Photo of Roxanne Isard](../../files/contact/staffphotos/headshot-default.jpg)
Roxanne Isard
Research and Scholarly Communications LibrarianSpecialties
- Systematic Reviews / Knowledge Synthesis
- Health and Medicine
- Teaching and Learning
![Photo of Joanne Paterson](../../files/contact/staffphotos/JoPaterson.jpg)
Joanne Paterson
Research and Scholarly Communication LibrarianSpecialties
- Scholarship@Western
- Metadata
- Scholarly publishing
![Photo of Elizabeth Sutherland](../../files/contact/staffphotos/LizSutherland.jpg)
Elizabeth Sutherland (on leave)
GIS Technical SpecialistSpecialties
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- Cartography
- Geography and Earth Sciences
![Photo of Kristi Thompson](../../files/contact/staffphotos/KristiThompson.jpg)
Kristi Thompson
Data Management LibrarianSpecialties
- Research Data Management
- Finding data and statistics
- Quantitative and qualitative software
![Photo of Arielle VanderSchans](../../files/contact/staffphotos/ArrielleVanderSchans.jpg)
Arielle VanderSchans
Library AssistantSpecialties
- Digital Scholarship
- Scholarship@Western
- Research
![Photo of Courtney Waugh](../../files/contact/staffphotos/CourtneyWaugh.jpg)
Courtney Waugh
Research and Scholarly Communication LibrarianSpecialties
- Open Access Advocacy and Education
- Scholarship@Western
- Research Impact, Academic Profiles