Walter W. Giesbrecht

BSc (Brock), MLIS (University of Western Ontario)

Data Librarian
102F Scott Library
York University
Toronto, ON M3J 1P3
Tel: +1 416 736-2100 ext. 77551
Fax: +1 416 736-5430

walterg@yorku.ca (personal)
datalib@yorku.ca (data reference questions)
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Picture of Walter Giesbrecht Walter is the Data Librarian at Scott Library, York University. Besides providing assistance to users of data and statistics, he is also the local Data Liberation Initiative (DLI) contact, as well as the Official Representative for the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR). His interests include: data accessibility, web design and usability, and many other things .

Memberships

CAPDU (Canadian Association of Public Data Users)
IASSIST (International Association for Social Science Information Services and Technology)
- Member of IASSIST Publications Committee
- Member of IASSIST Admininstrative Committee (Regional Member for Canada)
- Chairperson of IASSIST Conference Song Action Group

Publications

Articles

Corkum, R, Giesbrecht, WW, Bardsley T, Cherniak EA. 1986. Peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN) in the atmosphere at Simcoe, Canada. Atmospheric Environment 20(6): 1241-1248.
Duchesne RM, Giesbrecht WW. 1987. "CD-ROM: a brief introduction for librarians and information workers." ITA Working Paper #12 (Information Technology Assessment, National Library of Canada, December 1987). 18p.
Giesbrecht WW. 1987. "Comparison of three CD-ROM cataloguing tools: BiblioFile, LaserCat, LaserQuest." ITA Working Paper #11 (Information Technology Assessment, National Library of Canada, December 1987). 12p.
Duchesne RM, Giesbrecht WW. 1988. CD-ROM: an introduction. Canadian Library Journal 45(August):214-223.
Giesbrecht WW. 1988. Reading list: libraries and CD-ROM. ITA Working Paper #13 (Information Technology Assessment, National Library of Canada, JULY 1988). 9p.
Giesbrecht WW. 1988. Comparison of three CD-ROM cataloguing tools: BiblioFile, LaserCat, LaserQuest. School Libraries in Canada 9 (Fall):23-27.
Giesbrecht WW. 1988. CD-ROM: an introductory reading list for librarians. School Libraries in Canada 9(Fall):27-29.
Giesbrecht WW. 1990. Trio of DOS utilities makes life easier. Canadian CD-ROM News 5(1):18-19.
Giesbrecht W, McCarthy R. 1991. Staff resistance to library CD-ROM services. CD-ROM Professional 4(3): 34-38.
Giesbrecht W, McCarthy R. 1991. CD-ROM electronic conferences. CD-ROM Professional 4(6): 66-73.
Giesbrecht WW. 1993. CD-ROM electronic conferences.Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science 52: 34-46
Giesbrecht W, McCarthy R. 1994. How not to buy, sell, install, or use a CD-ROM - ten cardinal sins you'll want to avoid. CD-ROM Professional 7(3): p152
Giesbrecht, Walter. 1995. Under construction: running your own server.Information Highways 2(4): 29,31
Giesbrecht, Walter. 1995. Under construction: the language of design (design a home page). Information Highways 2(5): 31
Giesbrecht, Walter. 1995. Under construction: HTML editors. Information Highways 2(6): 29
Giesbrecht, Walter. 1995. Under construction: pages and pages (and pages and pages …). Information Highways 3(1): 29
Giesbrecht, Walter. 1995. Internet training resources. Information Highways 3(1): 32-3
Giesbrecht, Walter. 1995. Under construction: page layout and more on HTML editors. Information Highways 3(2): 31
Giesbrecht, Walter. 1996. Under construction: the final chapter? (web site statistic tools). Information Highways 3(4): 33-4
Giesbrecht, Walter. 1996. Darwinian theory and the Web browser: survival of the fittest. Information Highways 4(1): 24-6
Giesbrecht, Walter. 1997. Trend watch: does information want to be free - or merely freely available?. Information Highways 4(2): 39
Giesbrecht, Walter. 1998. Dark side of convergence (librarians in the role of technical support personnel). Information Highways 5(3):11
Giesbrecht, Walter. 2010. Data Reference in Depth: Sources of International Labour Data. IASSIST Quarterly Winter 2009 /Spring 2010 33(4)-34(1): 16-21.

Reviews

Giesbrecht WW. 1988. The British Library's Compact Disc Experiment (book review). Canadian Library Journal 45(October):335.
Nicholls P, Giesbrecht W. 1992. First Canadian shareware disc from Betacorp. Canadian CD-ROM News 6(2): 1-2.
Giesbrecht W. 1992. North American Indians on CD-ROM. Canadian CD-ROM News 6(4): 8-9.
Giesbrecht W. 1993. GIGABYTE GOLD. CD-ROM Professional 6(2): 144-145.
Giesbrecht W. 1993. Chemistry Citation Index. CD-ROM Professional 6(2): 160-161.
Giesbrecht W. 1993. Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia. CD-ROM Professional 6(5): 166-167.
Giesbrecht W. 1994. Masterclips -- The Art of Business. CD-ROM Professional 7(1): 179-180.
Giesbrecht W. 1994. 1000 of the World's Greatest Sound Effects. CD-ROM Professional 7(3): 151-152.
Giesbrecht W. 1994. Electric Science Fiction: 1993 Hugo and Nebula Anthology. CD-ROM Professional 7(3): 145-146.
Giesbrecht W. 1994. Canada's Visual History. Information Highways 2(2): 28.
Giesbrecht W. 1994. CHOICE Reviews on Silverplatter. CD-ROM Professional 7(6): 152-153.
Giesbrecht W. 1995. Gale guide to Internet databases. Information Highways 3(1): 37-8.
Giesbrecht W. 1996. SoftQuad HoTMetal PRO 2.0. Information Highways 3(3): 36

Presentations

"Local Area Networks" (Ontario College and Universities Library Association Winterbreak Conference, Toronto, 1989)
"Touring the World on the Internet" (Environment Canada, Toronto, 1993)
"The Internet" (Ontario Association of Library Technicians, Toronto, 1994)
"How to Teach Others What No One Taught You: Designing an Internet Training Program" (with V. Monty and P. Warren-Wenk)
- FIS workshop (Toronto, 1994, 1995)
- Metro Reference Library (Toronto, 1995)
- Internet World (Toronto, 1996)
"Internet Resources for Librarians Serving Persons with Disabilities" (Ontario Library Association, Toronto, 1995)
"Weaving a Website"
- Seneca College Library (1996)
- Ontario Association of Archivists (Toronto, 1996)
"Notes on serving Beyond 20/20 format files in a WWW server environment" (with Laine Ruus, UofT; DLI Training - Ontario region, Guelph, 2000)
"Designing Web pages" (with Elizabeth Watson and Maura Matesic; CST workshop, May 2000)
"View from the front: dealing with information technology in an academic library" (Ontario Library Association, Toronto, 2001)
"Next on Oprah: Bringing Data Out of the Closet" (with Jeff Moon, Queen's University; Ontario Library Association, Toronto, 2002)
"The Gender & Work Database website" (GWD project consultation, Toronto, 2002)
"The Gender & Work Database website" (presentation to president of SSHRC, Ottawa, 2003)
"Doing data at the reference desk: (some of) what you'll need to know" (Ontario Library Association, Toronto, 2003)
"The Gender and Work Database" (poster session at IASSIST conference, 2005)
"Once more with meaning: the semantic web" (with Andrea Kosavic, York University; Ontario Library Association, Toronto, 2009)
"Using National Labour Data in Cross-National Comparative Studies on Precarious Employment" (IASSIST, Ithaca, 2010)
"Data Reference in Depth: Sources of International Labour Data" (IASSIST, Ithaca, 2010)
"Delving into data: a guide to aggregate statistics and microdata" (Managing Research Data & Communicating Research Findings series, 2012.01.23)
"Dataverse - a tool for managing, maintaining and sharing research data" (Managing Research Data & Communicating Research Findings series, 2012.02.13)

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