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?

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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):

 

Finding and reading LIS literature

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

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 2025

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 10:00-11:30am
In-person (Room TBD)

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 (Room TBD)

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

Part 1:

Thursday, February 5th, 2026 from 12:00-1:30pm
In-person (Room TBD)

Part 2:

Thursday, February 12th, 2026 from 12:00-1:30pm
In-person (Room TBD)

FAIR data, OCAP principles, funder requirements, ethics, security compliance... research data management is far from straight forward. In this ninety-minute session, we’ll provide a brief overview of research data management (RDM) as a practice and introduce 3 simple tools that make it all a little easier: the DMP Assistant, Borealis and our very own RDM Research Guide.