Rate My Professor Kate Knox

Kate Knox is a Subject Librarian in the Commerce & Humanities division at the University of Otago Central Library, located in the Information Services Building, 65 Albany Street, Dunedin. She provides essential research support, consultations, and information literacy services to academic staff and students across several disciplines in the Humanities, including Classics, History, Peace and Conflict Studies, Philosophy, Politics, and Social and Community Work. Knox maintains comprehensive subject-specific LibGuides on the University of Otago Library website, curating key resources such as databases, journals, books, and research tools tailored to these fields. She offers personalized assistance for finding and evaluating scholarly materials, developing research strategies, and navigating academic publishing. Additionally, she delivers workshops on topics like thesis writing guides and researcher profiles through the library's LibCal system, supporting postgraduate students in their scholarly pursuits.

Knox earned her Master of Information Studies, specializing in Library Science, Archives, and Records Management, from Victoria University of Wellington between 2016 and 2022. She completed a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in History at the University of Otago in 2015, with her honours thesis titled 'Apathetic altruism: New Zealand's reception of refugees from Southern China, 1939-1940'. Prior to that, she obtained a Diploma for Graduates in Anthropology and a Bachelor of Arts in History and Classics from the University of Otago between 2011 and 2014. In her career at the University of Otago, she has served as Subject Librarian since 2020, with an earlier stint from 2016 to 2017. Knox has contributed to special library initiatives, including caretaking Special Collections during transitions, participating in Rare Book School to study early printing techniques in 2023, and supporting public events such as the presentation of Frenchman's letters from the Otago goldfields. She has also chaired sessions at academic conferences, such as the 2021 CfB Programme.