Madeleine has been Chief Librarian of Ryerson University since 2007, following eight years in Halifax as Saint Mary’s University Librarian. Prior to that she spent twelve years at Mount Royal College in Calgary as Director of Library Services. From 1980-87 she served in a number of reference and public services roles at Okanagan College in British Columbia. She has always been active in professional associations in a number of volunteer roles, and served as the 2003-4 President of the Canadian Library Association.

Ryerson University has been expanding rapidly in the last decade, and Madeleine is currently engaged in the planning and development of Ryerson’s exciting Student Learning Centre in the heart of downtown Toronto.

Madeleine holds Master’s degrees in Classics from the Universities of Edinburgh and Alberta, as well as an MLS. She is an Associate of the Australian Library and Information Association and a Fellow of the (UK) Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals. In 2005 Scarecrow Press published her book, The Romance of Libraries.

Madeleine is a recipient of the 2006 Atlantic Provinces Library Association Merit Award.