Jackie Phinney has been appointed Instruction & Liaison Librarian with the Dalhousie Libraries, for the Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick (DMNB) program. This full-time appointment is effective July 1, 2016.

Jackie is a graduate of Dalhousie University’s School of Information Management, and holds an undergraduate degree from Mount Allison. She has been working at the DMNB campus in a limited term appointment since August 2012, first through UNB-SJ and for the past year through Dalhousie. She has been successful at supporting the DMNB program in Saint John, through the provision of information literacy instruction, reference services, collections development, and outreach activities. Jackie was also an intern at the Kellogg Library while she was an MLIS student.

“It has been a pleasure to work with the Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick community in my hometown of Saint John, and I am thrilled to continue facilitating library services to this dynamic group of individuals. I am also excited to become more integrated with the greater Dalhousie Libraries system, and look forward to building more relationships with Dal colleagues here and in Halifax.”

Congratulations on this permanent appointment with the Dal Libraries, Jackie!