Title
Outreach and Engagement Coordinator, Humanities and Social Sciences Library & Liaison Librarian for Management, Business, and Entrepreneurship
Amanda Wheatley is a young woman with long brown hair, she is standing against a leafy background
Contact Information
Location

McLennan Library Building 3459 McTavish Street Montreal, Quebec H3A 0C9

Phone number
514-398-3921
Email
amanda.wheatley [at] mcgill.ca
Education

Master of Library and Information Science, Western University, 2015

Creative Book Publishing Certificate, Humber College, 2014

Bachelor of Arts - English Literature and Language, University of Waterloo, 2014

Areas of Interest

Artificial Intelligence

Emerging Technologies

Entrepreneurship

Gamification

Information Literacy

Professional Activities

Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians (CAPAL)

  • Board of Directors, 2021-2024
    • Chair, 2022-2023
    • Vice-Chair, 2021-2022
  • Publications Committee
    • Member, 2022 - Present
    • Chair, 2018 - Present
  • Membership Committee
    • Member, 2018 - Present

L'association des bibliothècaires du Québec / Quebec Library Association (ABQLA)

  • College & Research Section
    • President 2020-2021
    • Vice-President - 2019-2020

National Entrepreneurship Librarians Group

Selected Publications

Hervieux, S. & Wheatley, A. (2022). The rise of AI: Implications and applications of artificial intelligence in academic libraries. Association of College and Research Libraries Publications.

Hervieux, S. & Wheatley, A. (2021). Perceptions of artificial intelligence: A survey of academic librarians in Canada and the United States. Journal of Academic Librarianship 47(1).

Wheatley, A. & Armstrong, S. (2021). Entrepreneurship research guide design at Canadian university libraries. Journal of Business and Finance Librarianship 26(1-2).

Wheatley, A., Chandler, M., & McKinnon, D. (2020). Collaborating with faculty on data: A case study. Journal of Business and Finance Librarianship.

Wheatley, A. & Hervieux, S. (2019). Artificial intelligence in academic libraries: An environmental scanInformation Services & Use 39(4). 

Selected Presentations

Wheatley, A. (2022, November). Sustainable solutions: Using the Impact Gaps Canvas as a Research Tool. Libraries Support Social Entrepreneurship Across the World. Entrepreneurship and Libraries Conference. Online.

Wheatley, A. (2022, May). There and back again: Adapting active learning instruction from in-person to remote to in-person once more. We Can Do It: Retooling Library Instruction for Today’s Learning Environments. LOEX Conference. Ypsilanti, MI.

Power, H. & Wheatley, A. (2022, March). Library support for engineering entrepreneurs: Fostering innovation and societal change. Mapping the New Open for Research Libraries. Research Libraries UK Conference. Online.

Hervieux, S. & Wheatley, A. (2022, March). Bias, ethics and artificial intelligence: Research libraries as a centre for community learning and discussion. Mapping the New Open for Research Libraries. Research Libraries UK Conference. Online.

Wheatley, A. & Hervieux, S. (2021, May). Keeping up with AI: Providing artificial intelligence literacy instruction in the library. Visions of the Possible. Workshop for Instruction in Library Use, Online.

Wheatley, A. (2019, May). Building Solid Foundations: Innovating Subject Guides to Enhance Student and Teaching Engagement. Peer reviewed session presented at Engaging Place & Practice. Workshop for Instruction in Library Use (WILU). Winnipeg, MB.

Wheatley, A & Hervieux, S. (2019, May). Need research? Ask Siri: Evaluating the impact of virtual assistant AI on the future of the research process. Plenary session presented at Artificial Intelligence: Finding Its Place in Research, Discovery and Scholarly Publishing. National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS), Alexandria, VA.

Warren, R. & Wheatley, A. (2019, January). Using games to teach library concepts. Workshop presented at Powered by the People. Ontario Library Association (OLA) Superconference, Toronto, ON.