Cleire Lauron

Metadata and Discovery Librarian

EDUCATION
M.L.I.S., University of Alberta
B.A. (Psychology), Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Diploma - Library and Information Technology, Langara College

Cleire is responsible for the creation, maintenance, and enrichment of library metadata representing physical and digital collections. Her areas expertise include cataloguing, subject analysis, classification and name authorities management.

PROFESSIONAL AND SCHOLARLY INTERESTS
- EDI in metadata
- Resource description and access
- BIBFRAME
- Database management
- Linked and open data
- Open education

AWARDS
BC Cataloguing and Technical Services Interest Group
J. McRee Elrod Leadership Award
KPU Technical Services Team (Cleire Lauron, Brigette Liang, Nicole Von Kledtke,
Leona Wei Li, and Judy Taylor)
Presented at the 2024 BCLA Conference (Vancouver, BC)

NASIG (North American Serials Interests Group)
Equity and Inclusion Award
Presented at the 2023 NASIG Conference (Pittsburgh, PA)

PUBLICATIONS
Edwards, A., Lauron, C., and Hockin, T. (Forthcoming). Where do not-librarians fit in? Autoethnographic reflections on our journey from library technician, to librarian, to library technician educator. In M. Vrkljan and S. Bond (Eds.), Staff to librarian: Shifting in the academic library. ACRL Press.

Casenas, C., Lauron, C., and Gillies, M. (2025). Reframing with abundance: Critically examining our professional practice. In M. Kumaran and B. McNeil (Eds.), Leading in Libraries. ALA Editions.

Chong, R., Edwards, A., and Lauron, C. (2025). Breathing new life into information organization: Brian Deer Classification in two academic libraries. International Indigenous Librarians’ Forum 2023 Proceedings.