Office of the Dean of Libraries
The Office of the Dean of Libraries is located on the main floor of the Killam Memorial Library.
Address:
Killam Memorial Library
Dalhousie University
6225 University Avenue,
PO Box 15000
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
B3H 4R2
Dean of Libraries
Michael Vandenburg
phone: 902-494-3601
fax: 902-494-2062
email: deanlib@dal.ca
Manager, Financial & Physical Resources
Hershan Fernando
phone: 902-229-4904
fax: 902-494-2062
email: hershan.fernando@dal.ca
Manager, Community Engagement, Web Content & Communications
Kristy Read
phone: 902-483-7405
fax: 902-494-2062
email: kristy.read@dal.ca
Administrative Assistant
Nellie Renzelli
phone: 902-494-3601
fax: 902-494-2062
email: darnelda.adams@dal.ca
Director, Libraries Human Resources
Sandra Dwyer
phone: 902-222-3588
fax: 902-494-2062
email: sandra.dwyer@dal.ca
Our mission (from the 2022-2026 Strategic Plan)
Our mission is three-fold:
- To support teaching and learning through our innovative services and spaces — both physical and virtual — as well as through the dissemination of knowledge in all forms.
- To be active partners in Dalhousie’s research endeavours through collaboration, dissemination, and management of information resources and to preserve Dalhousie’s scholarly output.
- To provide inclusive and inviting spaces to enable our diverse communities to thrive intellectually.
Our vision
We strive to be a leading research library that inspires the creation, exploration, and discovery of knowledge in all forms through user-focused engagement with our diverse communities.