Title
Discovery Systems Librarian
Clara Turp is a smiling woman with long hair and glasses.
Contact Information
Location

550 Sherbrooke West, West Tower 6th floor, suite 680 Montreal, Quebec H3A 1B9

Phone number
514-398-6969
Email
clara.turp [at] mcgill.ca
Biography

As part of Digital Initiatives, I am involved in managing, configuring, and integrating selected library systems, including, but not limited to the Library's Discovery layers. 

Areas of Interest
  • Linked data
  • Ethical implications of algorithms in libraries in higher education
Professional Activities
  • Code4Lib Montreal (Since June 2018)
  • Portage, Data Discovery Expert Group (since February 202)
Selected Publications
  • McKinnon, D., Turp, C. (2022). 鈥淎re library vendors doing enough to protect user? A content analysis of major ILS privacy policies鈥. The journal of Academic Librarianship, 48(2). DOI:
  • Desmeules, R., Turp, C., & Senior, A. (2020). 鈥淓xploring methods for linked data model evaluation.鈥 Journal of Library Metadata, DOI:
  • Turp, C., Wilson, L., Pascoe, J. & Garnett, A. (2020). 鈥淭he Fast and the FRDR鈥. Publications, DOI:  
Selected Presentations
  • Sway, H. & Turp, C. (2021, March 22). It鈥檚 all about perspective! Rethinking how we work with an API-first mindset. Presentation at Code4Lib 2021, Online. Duration: 20 minutes.
  • Turp, C. & Kiester L. (2021, March 22). Ethics of AI algorithms: looking into PubMed鈥檚 鈥淏est Match鈥 Algorithm. Presentation at Code4Lib 2021, Online. Duration: 20 minutes.
  • Turp, C., Kiester, L., Sampson, M. (2020, November 20) New PubMed, the Good, the Bad, and the Missing. CHLA-ABSC Webinar. Duration: 1 hour.
  • Turp, C. (2020, March 10). Migrating clean data: Two stories from mess to success. Presentation at Code4lib 2020, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Duration: 15 minutes.
  • Garnett, A., Wilson, L., Turp, C. & Pascoe, J. (2019, June 11). The Fast and the FRDR. Presentation at Open Repositories 2019, Hamburg, Germany. Duration: 30 minutes.
  • Desmeules, R., Senior, A., Trudeau, C. & Turp, C. (2019, March 4). Investigating linked data for student newspapers: Exploring the challenges. ER&L 2019 Conference Short Talk, Austin Texas. Duration: 15 minutes.
  • Turp, C. (2019, February 21). Automating link management: When institutional infrastructure works against you. Presentation at Code4lib 2019, San Jos茅, California. Duration: 20 minutes