Ian Fraser

Head of Reference and Instruction

Ian is the functional lead for the library's Reference and Instruction units. His focus is on educating student, faculty, and community researchers on how information is organized and accessed – both in the academic library and society at large. While at UWinnipeg - including as a student long ago - he has developed professional expertise is in the areas of information literacy, information behaviour, and academic integrity and misconduct. Ian is currently a member of the Senate Academic Standards and Misconduct Committee (SASMC) and the Academic Integrity Working Group. In his personal life, Ian is a musician, hockey player, gardener, and parent to two children.

Subject and Collections Librarian for:

• Conflict Resolution Studies (CRS)
• Developmental Studies (DEV)
• Education (EDUC)
• Human Rights (HRS)
• International Development Studies (IDS)
• Rhetoric and Communications (RHET)

Credentials

• Master of Library and Information Studies (MLIS), McGill University, 2008
• Bachelor of Arts (4-Year), Economics (BA), University of Winnipeg, 2005

Expertise and Research Interests

Critical information literacy; instructional design; learning theory; misinformation; academic integrity; generative AI; library decolonization; evidence synthesis/systematic reviews.

Featured Scholarly and Professional Work

• Button, B. L., Fraser, I., Ouellette, C., Torres, S., Carruthers, P., Martin, G. (2023). Exploring the Impact of Weather on Outdoor Recess and its Effects on Children: A Scoping Review. Manuscript submitted for publication.
• Fraser, I. (2023, May 15). ChatGPT: What is it good for? [Conference presentation]. ACRL ND-MB Symposium 2023, Winnipeg, MB.