Master of Information Studies, McGill University, 2022
Ph.D., History, University of Arizona, 2020
M.A., History, University of Arizona, 2014
B.A., History, Washington State University, 2012
I support the teaching, learning, and research needs of the students and faculty members in the department of History and Classical Studies, Indigenous Studies program, and the School of Religious Studies. I am also an Associate Member of the department of History and Classical Studies.
- Information and archival literacy
- Creative uses of special collections
- Humanities researchers' use of digital surrogates
- Library ethics and principles
- Ethical use of information
Howard, K. & Tummon, N. (2025). Understanding student citation literacy: A multi-method approach. Public Services Quarterly, 21(2), 85-103. https://doi.org/10.1080/15228959.2025.2467715
Sundberg, J. & Howard, K. (2024). Crafting connections: Bridging collections and communities with knitting. RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage, 25(1). https://doi.org/10.5860/rbm.25.1.13 (open access).
Howard, K. (2023). Digitization and exploitation: Acknowledging and addressing the use of exploitative prison labor by libraries and archives. The Library Quarterly, 93(3). https://doi.org/10.1086/725070
Available open access on McGill eScholarship here.
Howard, K. (2023). Household and hospital: Negotiating social welfare and social discipline in Reformation Geneva. In T. Fehler & J. Thomley (Eds.), Do good unto all: Charity and poor relief across Christian Europe, 1400-1800 (pp. 171-89). Manchester University Press. Available open access on McGill eScholarship here.
Howard, K. (2020). "A House Dedicated to God": Social Welfare and the General Hospital in Reformation Geneva, 1535-1564. Doctoral dissertation, University of Arizona. UA Campus Repository.
Howard, K. (2024, October). From Cells to Servers: Exploitative Labour and the Digitization of Historical Documents. Invited talk. Groupe d'Histoire de Montréal/Montreal History Group, hybrid. Duration: 45 minutes.
Howard, K. (2024, June). Crafting critical historians: Incorporating AI literacy into primary source literacy. Lightning talk. Generative AI In Libraries (GAIL) Virtual Conference, virtual. Duration: 15 minutes. Slides.
Howard, K. (2024, May). Charting the course: Embracing RUSA’s Guidelines for Secondary Source Literacy. WILU, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Metro-Vancouver, BC. Duration: 45 minutes. Slides.
Howard, K. & Tummon, N. (2024, May). An initial investigation into student citation literacy. Lightning talk. WILU, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Metro-Vancouver, BC. Duration: 10 minutes. Slides.
Howard, K. (2023, October). Metadata justice and exploitative labor in libraries and archives. Keynote. ODNFest, State Library of Ohio, Columbus, Ohio. Duration: 1 hour & 30 minutes discussion.
Howard, K. (2023, July). Beyond exploitation: Metadata justice and prison labor. Metadata Justice in Oklahoma Libraries & Archives Symposium, virtual. Duration: 30 minutes.
Howard, K. & Sundberg, J. (2023, May). Knitting natural HerStory. ROAAr event, McGill Library, Hybrid. Recording. Duration: 1 hour, 10 minutes.
Garlock, E., Howard, K., Monosky, M., Pecoskie, C., Rod, A.B., & Turp, C. (2023, May). Building a literacy-informed technology training program for MLIS students with MLIS students. ABQLA 2023, Montreal, QC. Duration: 45 minutes.
Howard, K. (2023, March). Meeting students' information needs: Devising better research strategies for women's and gender history. AkLA 2023, Fairbanks, Alaska. Duration: 30 minutes.
Rod, A.B., Pecoskie, C., Howard, K., Desmeules, R., Desrochers, N., & Turp, C. (2022, October). BiblioTECH: Building a collaborative future-oriented instruction program for information studies students. Access 2022, Virtual. Duration: 20 minutes.
Sundberg, J. & Howard, K. (2022, October). Knitting together a community with special collections. Lightning session presented at 2022 CRKN Conference, Virtual. Material prepared by K. Howard and J. Sundberg, presented by J. Sundberg. Duration: 10 minutes.
Howard, K. (2022, June). Sketching and stitching in the stacks: Driving community engagement with creative projects. Lighting talk presented at RBMS Conference, Virtual. Duration: 5 minutes.
Howard, K. (2022, May). Magnifying the Royce Gale Miniature Book Collection. Invited presentation, Rare Books & Special Collections, McGill Library, Hybrid. Recording. Duration: 30 minutes.
Howard, K. (2022, May). Highlights from the Lilly Toth Miniature Book Collection. Invited presentation, Lilly Toth Memorial Event (part of the Festival d'Histoire de Montréal), Jewish Public Library and Montreal Holocaust Museum. Duration: 25 minutes.
Howard, K., & Paul, E. (2022, May). A collection of curiosities: The Lilly Toth Miniature Book Collection. ABQLA Annual Conference, Virtual. Recording. Duration: 40 minutes.
Howard, K. (2022, April). Digitization and exploitation: Toward ending the exploitation of the incarcerated in memory work. Concordia Library Research Forum, Virtual. Recording. Duration: 20 minutes.
Howard, K. (2022, March). Knitting in code. ROAAr event, McGill Library, Virtual. Recording. Duration: 35 minutes.
Howard, K. (2022, February). Social welfare and the hospital in Geneva. Invited presentation, Reformation Conference, Claremont McKenna College, Virtual. Duration: 30 minutes.
Howard, K. (2021, February). Rare stitches: Knitting inspired by illuminated manuscripts. ROAAr event, McGill Library, Virtual. Recording. Duration: 25 minutes.