The Dalhousie Libraries are pleased to welcome Lindsay McNiff to the new role of Learning and Instruction Librarian.

Lindsay originally came to the Dalhousie Libraries from Toronto in the summer of 2012. She started as a limited term librarian, spending five months at the Killam and five months at the Kellogg. Eventually, her term was extended, giving her some new subject specialist areas of responsibility such as dentistry, management, and economics.

In her new role, Lindsay’s subject areas are social work, information management, and dentistry. To fulfil the learning and instruction aspect of her position, she will be providing systemwide support for various instructional initiatives with online and classroom learning. Lindsay will be advocating for active (hands-on) and experimental learning techniques in the classroom, regular assessment of library instruction, inventive uses of technology for online and face-to-face learning, and faculty outreach. She will also continue to manage the Dal Libraries’ collection of online tutorials.

This fall, Lindsay will again be working closely with the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FASS) as part of their First Year Seminar Pilot Project. This is the second year for the two-year pilot project that offers small seminar sections on a variety of intriguing topics to first year students with the goal of fostering engagement and academic socialization. Lindsay and three other Dalhousie librarians, Oriel MacLennan, Dominic Silvio, and Karen Smith, will work with the professors and students to weave 21st century fluencies into the course content.

Lindsay will be spending her time at the Kellogg and Killam Libraries. If your areas of study include social work, dentistry, or information management, you can schedule an appointment for research assistance with her at Lindsay.mcniff@dal.ca

Congratulations, Lindsay, from all of your colleagues at the Dalhousie Libraries!