Hailey Siracky
she/her
Hailey Siracky
she/her
Education:
MI, University of Toronto
BA (English), University of Alberta
Hailey is the liaison librarian for the Department of Psychology and the School of of Communication Studies, and the Information Literacy Instruction Coordinator for General Education. She supports the Undergraduate Research Leadership Program and researches information behaviour and neurodiversity. Her work explores how people find meaning through information, and how identity, lived experience, and creativity shape their information practices.
Professional and Scholarly Interests:
- Information behaviour in personally meaningful contexts
- Everyday information practices of neurodivergent adults
- Reflexive and identity-informed research approaches
- Visual communication and creative methods for knowledge translation
- Critical information literacy
- Transparent and student-centered information literacy instruction
Selected Publications and Presentations:
Siracky, H. (2025). Review of: Making the library accessible for all: a practical guide for librarians. Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association, 46, 39–41. https://doi.org/10.29173/jchla29880
Hartel, J. and Siracky, H. eds. (2022.) Joy of Information. [Special Issue.] Library Trends. Vol. 70 (4). https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/49935
Hartel, J., Latham, K.F., Tench, B., Samson, H., Siracky, H., and Chabot, R. (8 June 2021). Finding sanctuary and strength in the LIS classroom. [Panel.] Canadian Association of Information Science. Edmonton, AB., Canada. https://www.cais2021.ca/talk/9.hartel/
MI, University of Toronto
BA (English), University of Alberta
Hailey is the liaison librarian for the Department of Psychology and the School of of Communication Studies, and the Information Literacy Instruction Coordinator for General Education. She supports the Undergraduate Research Leadership Program and researches information behaviour and neurodiversity. Her work explores how people find meaning through information, and how identity, lived experience, and creativity shape their information practices.
Professional and Scholarly Interests:
- Information behaviour in personally meaningful contexts
- Everyday information practices of neurodivergent adults
- Reflexive and identity-informed research approaches
- Visual communication and creative methods for knowledge translation
- Critical information literacy
- Transparent and student-centered information literacy instruction
Selected Publications and Presentations:
Siracky, H. (2025). Review of: Making the library accessible for all: a practical guide for librarians. Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association, 46, 39–41. https://doi.org/10.29173/jchla29880
Hartel, J. and Siracky, H. eds. (2022.) Joy of Information. [Special Issue.] Library Trends. Vol. 70 (4). https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/49935
Hartel, J., Latham, K.F., Tench, B., Samson, H., Siracky, H., and Chabot, R. (8 June 2021). Finding sanctuary and strength in the LIS classroom. [Panel.] Canadian Association of Information Science. Edmonton, AB., Canada. https://www.cais2021.ca/talk/9.hartel/