Faculty of Management

IM Subject Librarian

Lindsay McNiff is the Liaison Librarian for the Master of Information (MI) and Master of Information Management (MIM) programs.

She can be reached at lindsay.mcniff@dal.ca

As the liaison librarian, I'm available and happy to provide research help to MI and MIM students via email or phone/videoconference. If you have questions about using the library or need research assistance, please send me an email to set up an appointment and we'll find a time to chat.

Do you need help with research for an individual or group project?

2025-2026 MI Academic Support Series Schedule

Note: Lindsay is on sabbatical until December 31st, 2025. Please contact the program team with questions in the meantime.

FALL 2025

APA Citation

Recording from 2024 available on Brightspace (MI Academic Support Series):

Session 1: APA Citation (Fall, pre-recorded)

 

Finding and reading LIS literature

Recording from 2024 available on Brightspace (MI Academic Support Series):

Session 2: Finding and reading LIS literature (Fall, pre-recorded)

Easy Excel (with Julie Marcoux)

Monday, October 6th, 2025 from 10:00am-12:00pm
In-person (Rowe 4055)

Learn to beautifully format and print tables of data. Discuss some common fixes that can be applied to messy external data. Practice cleaning and analyzing data using Excel's built in tools. This workshop covers formatting, filtering, and conditional formatting. Prerequisite: be comfortable selecting cells and groups of cells in Excel.


WINTER 2026

Citation Management with Zotero

Thursday, January 8th, 2026 from 12:00-1:30pm
Online (Microsoft Teams)

Citation management programs can help you store and organize your references, connect to full-text articles, and format your papers. They can really make your academic life easier! In this hands-on session, we will explore a popular and user-friendly citation management program called Zotero.

Effective Class & Conference Presentations

Friday, January 23rd, 2026 from 12:00-1:30pm
In-person (Rowe 1011)

Conferences are a great way to disseminate new insights, research, and approaches in the information profession. As a graduate student, you will probably have to present your work in class, and may also have the opportunity to present at a conference. In this workshop, students will gain tips on how to organize an awesome presentation, increase the strength of their presence, and create great slides.

Imposter Phenomenon (with Susan Lavoie)

Monday, February 2nd, 2026 from 10:00-11:00am
In-person (Rowe 3089)

Research Data Management Parts 1 & 2 (with Louise Gillis and Erin MacPherson)

Part 1: Managing research data - where do I start?

Friday, February 27th, 2026 from 12:00-1:30pm
In-person (Rowe 1011)

Funders, publishers and communities of practices are increasingly advocating for responsible data management, including data management plans (DMPs) and where appropriate, data deposit and sharing.  

DMPs document your approach to managing a project’s research data. Done well, they can help ensure you implement responsible data management practices, mitigate risk, and open up the potential of data validation and reuse.  Done poorly (or not at all!), they can lead to data loss, breaches, and limitations on use. In this session, we’ll talk about responsible data management and introduce the DMP Assistant as a practical tool for preparing a plan that works and side stepping all kinds of avoidable disasters.   

Part 2: Sharing your data - a place for everything and everything in its place!

Friday, March 6th, 2026 from 12:00-1:30pm
In-person (Rowe 1011)

You know your data and you’re ready to share it! But could a team member, reviewer or colleague make sense of it? And how will you share it with them?  

In this short session, we’ll cover the basics of data organization including file naming, file formatting, metadata and more - we'll even share some resources you can adapt for your own research! We’ll also talk about Dalhousie Dataverse @ Borealis, our data repository that you may use to deposit and share your data. We’ll show you how good data organization can help you share your data and ensure its FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reproducible).