Valerie started teaching in the Library and Information Technician program in 2005. She is an instructor for two courses in the program — Classification and Serials.
She has a BA (English Literature) from Simon Fraser University and an MLS from the University of British Columbia and has worked in public and academic libraries in Ontario and BC. She is currently a reference librarian at Burnaby Public Library in BC where her interests lie in logical systems for knowledge arrangement and creating online information spaces that contribute to the development of underserved library populations in Burnaby.