The University Library is pleased to announce the recent hire of Karen Nicholson as the Teaching and Learning Librarian. Karen is currently employed as Liaison Librarian and Information Literacy Coordinator at the Humanities and Social Sciences Library, McGill University where she has been since July 2002. In this role she is responsible for collection development, liaison, and instruction for the department of Langue et littérature françaises and the Graduate School of Library and Information Studies. She is actively involved in information literacy instruction and outreach at McGill: coordinates the Humanities and Social Sciences Library’s “Discover Your Library” program and am responsible for implementing a new campus-wide orientation program for McGill’s thirteen branch libraries. She works with several campus units, including Teaching and Learning Services, the Academic Integrity Subcommittee and the First-Year Office, to raise awareness of information literacy at the University. On a broader level, as a member of the CREPUQ Groupe de travail sur la formation documentaire, she also collaborated with colleagues from other Québec universities on information literacy issues and projects. She is a graduate of ACRL’s Information Literacy Immersion Program and brings a strong understanding of learning theory and libraries. She has put this knowledge into practice in the workshops and classes she facilitates for students, librarians and faculty at McGill and in teaching the Introduction to Library Research Practices (INST/INSZ 250) course for the past three years at Concordia University.
Welcome Karen!
