by Becky Tucker,
NSCC PR Intern

Success can come in many forms, but recently for Dalhousie Librarian Dr. Joyline Makani, it has come through her excellence in research.

Joyline holds a doctorate in knowledge management, as well as an MLIS and an MBA, all from Dalhousie. She has written numerous papers about knowledge management and e-learning, and has garnered international recognition for her work.

In 2015, Dr. Makani and Dr. Martine Durier-Copp were awarded a SSHRC Knowledge Synthesis Grant to conduct research into new ways of learning, particularly how higher education Canadians will need to thrive in an evolving society and labour market. Their completed project included a research paper titled, Strengthening Deeper Learning through Virtual Teams in E-Learning: A Synthesis of Determinant and Best Practices, which received the prestigious title of Best Paper 2016 from International Journal of E-Learning & Distance Education.

Following soon after, Joyline and her co-authors with Dr. David Roach and Dr. Joel Ryman were notified that their paper Effectuation, innovation and performance in SMEs: an empirical study, which was published in European Journal of Innovation Management, was chosen as the Outstanding Paper in the 2017 Emerald
Literati Network Awards for Excellence.

As a Dal alumna, Joyline continues to prove the excellence of the programs offered at Dalhousie. The Dalhousie Libraries are very proud of her research into areas of local, national and international importance.

Congratulation to Joyline on all her successes so far this year!