Heather MacFadyen started yesterday in a ten-month term as the management and economics librarian at the Killam Library. She is not a new face at the Killam though, having just spent 15 months doing an internship which included providing research assistance, conducting web usability studies, and helping to build the scholarly communication infrastructure for online journals being published at Dalhousie.

Heather has a PhD in English literature from the University of Ottawa. She has worked in the telecommunications industry in a variety of communication and information management roles, producing everything from technical manuals to comics. She also managed projects in sales and employee communication units which provided up-to-date information to support the efforts of marketing and sales teams.

She returned home to study at Dalhousie and completed her MLIS at the School of Information Management this summer.

“September has always felt like the beginning of the year to me and I’m very happy to be starting my career as a librarian at Dalhousie this fall. Finding information to solve all sorts of problems was always one of the most enjoyable parts of my previous jobs. I’m very much looking forward to helping students find the information they need to support their learning,” says Heather.

Congratulations on your new position at the Killam, Heather!