Academic Liaison team
Alice Crawford
Vicki Cormie
Hilda McNae
The Academic Liaison Librarians look after the information needs of academic staff and students, and are happy to give advice on all aspects of Library services. Their role is to act as a point of contact between each of the Schools and the Library, and their duties include enquiry work, book selection, collection management, database searching, and reader instruction.
The team
| Dr Alice Crawford | Senior Academic Liaison Librarian (Arts & Divinity) |
| Vicki Cormie | Senior Academic Liaison Librarian (Science & Medicine) |
| Hilda McNae | Academic Liaison Librarian (Social Sciences) |
| Colin Bovaird | Academic Liaison Officer |
| Elizabeth Andrews | Academic Liaison Officer |
Colin Bovaird
Elizabeth Andrews
How can we help you?
New staff
New staff are welcome to contact their Liaison Librarian on their arrival at the University to arrange to have a chat about any aspect of the Library's services. A library guide for University staff is available on the web-pages.
Information Skills Teaching
The Academic Liaison Librarians welcome enquiries from members of staff who wish to arrange for students to receive Information Skills Teaching in their subject areas. Sessions can be tailored to suit the needs of individual classes. Students can be taught to move beyond their reliance on random internet searches and to recognise the key research databases in their disciplines. They can be shown how to use alerting services, how to evaluate websites, and how to find information about referencing styles. Training in the use of Endnote and RefWorks bibliographic referencing software can also be offered.
Further information is available from the following leaflets:
- Information Skills Teaching (PDF, 150 KB)
- Optimizing Google (PDF, 145 KB)
- Information Literacy (PDF, 136 KB)
Please contact the Academic Librarians if you wish to book one of these courses for your class.
Research support
The Academic Liaison Librarians are keen to work with staff to ensure that their research requirements are met, and to provide guidance in the use of specialist information resources. Further help is also available on the Library's Research Support pages.
The team also create guides for each subject and many of the services offered by the Library. Please visit the Subject Guides page or scroll through the list below:
Links to materials used in classes.