Virginia Sytsma
Academic Success Librarian
Research & Outreach Services
Contact Information
(307) 766-5164vsytsma@uwyo.eduCoe Library, Room 304G
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Virginia Sytsma is the Academic Success Librarian at the University of Wyoming Libraries. In this role, Virginia supports new students to achieve success in the early years of their academic journey.
Prior to joining University of Wyoming, Virginia worked at Queen’s University in Canada
in the university innovation centre. Prior to that, she worked as an Information Services
Librarian for the Belleville Public Library and in project management for the Centre
for Equitable Library Access, a national organization in Canada that creates and distributes
library materials for individuals with print disabilities.
Virginia’s research interests center around experiences of library employees with
disabilities, and simplified search techniques for STEM students. She currently serves
on several Association of College and Research Libraries Committees, as well as the
Journal of Rare Books and Manuscripts editorial board. She is a lifelong equestrian,
avid gym rat, and lover of cats.
Education:
- University of Western Ontario; Master of Library and Information Science; London, Ontario, Canada
- McGill University; Master of Arts, History of Medicine; Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Loyalist College; Graduate Certificate in Project Management; Belleville, Ontario, Canada
The University of Wyoming has earned its Research Level 1 (R1) status from the Carnegie
Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, placing Wyoming's only four-year
university among the top research universities in the United States.
The University of Wyoming Libraries has been a Federal Depository Library since 1907. The collection comprises approximately 1.5 million print and microfiche
items in Coe Library and Library Annex, as well as maps, aerial and infrared photographs,
and geological publications housed in the Brinkerhoff Geology Library. The Federal
Document Library Program is changing from physical to digital distribution of government
information; UW Libraries provides access to online publications available from the
Federal Depository Library Program through the library catalog.