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Effective immediately, Elaine MacInnis is the Interim Head of the Killam Memorial Library for a one-year period.  Elaine will be assuming this role in addition to her current role as Associate University Librarian (AUL) Access Services and Head of the MacRae Library. 

Having Elaine in the position of Interim Head of the Killam will strengthen the voice of the MacRae Library and the Faculty of Agriculture on the Halifax campuses. Her close relationship with both libraries will provide new opportunities to foster additional synergies between the Faculty of Science collections and services with the Faculty of Agriculture collections and services.

As Head of the MacRae Library and now also as Head of the Killam, Elaine will be well-placed to learn more about unique disciplinary needs and to align services and resources accordingly. 

Elaine held the position of University Librarian at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College prior to its merger with Dalhousie University in 2012.   In addition to her role as University Librarian, she also served as the Copyright Officer for the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. She has held executive positions on both the Novanet Board of Directors and the Council of Atlantic University Libraries Board of Directors. She was the Head of Circulation at the University of King’s College Library for over 20 years during which time she was an active participant at various levels of the Novanet consortium. A native of New Brunswick, Elaine holds a BA in History from the University of King’s College and an MLIS from Dalhousie’s School of Information Management.  Elaine serves as one of two members appointed by the Council of Atlantic University Libraries to the Content Strategy Committee (formerly the Negotiations Resource Team) of the Canadian Research Knowledge Network.

One of her major accomplishments to date as Associate University Librarian Access Services has been bringing together representatives from each of the Dalhousie Libraries to form the Dalhousie Libraries’ Service Point Committee, whose purpose is to coordinate, streamline, monitor, and develop policies and procedures for the service points at all five libraries. 

Elaine is experienced at providing system-wide leadership from a distance in her role as Associate University Librarian, Access Services.  With these additional responsibilities at the Killam Library she will take advantage of various technologies and communication modes in order to divide her time between the two campuses in a responsive manner.

Congratulations Elaine!