Elisa Sze, RSC Education and Orientation Officer

Elisa is a Metadata Librarian at the University of Toronto Libraries, where she supervises cataloguing of English language resources. She also teaches at the University of Toronto Faculty of Information (iSchool) as a sessional lecturer, leading a cataloguing course within their Master of Information program. From 2008 to 2019, she worked as Collections and Public Services Librarian at the iSchool, overseeing and managing a collection dedicated to library and information studies resources. 

She has presented for the IFLA Asia-Oceania Regional Division; Encuentro de Educación sobre Organización de la Información hosted by Escuela de Bibliotecología, Documentación e Información de la Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica; Encuentro Latinoamericano de Catalogación y Metadatos; PCC Phase 1 Introductory RDA Training webinar series; ALA Core Competencies and Education for a Career in Cataloging Interest Group; and the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE). She has published peer-reviewed articles in Cataloging and Classification Quarterly and Information & Culture. She was a co-instructor for the ALA eLearning course, "A Practical Approach to Cataloguing with the New RDA" (2022), and has co-taught RDA workshops annually for the Ontario Library Association Super Conference pre-conference program. Elisa is also active on the Canadian Committee on Cataloguing, OCATS: Ontario Cataloguing and Technical Services Interest Group, and the RDA Training in Canada Working Group.  

Elisa joined the RSC in the newly-formed co-opted post of Education and Orientation Officer in 2022. After a two-year co-option, the role became a permanent position on the RSC in 2024. As Education and Orientation Officer, Elisa facilitates effective RDA instruction relating to the RDA Toolkit and encourages and supports communities in their adoption of RDA.  This role has included liaising with LIS education communities to build an informal network of RDA educators/experts, identifying opportunities for RDA education and orientation internationally, and collaborating on the creation of general orientation and instructional materials. The Education and Orientation Officer is an ex-officio member of the Examples Working Group.  

Elisa holds Master of Information Studies and Honours Bachelor of Arts degrees from University of Toronto, and an Associate Diploma in piano performance from the Royal Conservatory of Music (Toronto). 

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Image: Elisa in November 2024 at the RSC Meeting in Washington. Photo by Anne Welsh

News Items About Elisa

• 21 November 2024: New Download: Slides for Educators
• 5 April 2024: RDA Handout for Educators and Trainers
• 4 January 2024: Starting 2024 with a Permanent RSC Education and Orientation Officer
• 7 March 2023: Teaching RDA in the LIS Classroom
• 8 September 2021: Education and Orientation Officer Appointed

Presentations and Outreach by Elisa