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Liana Bayne-Lin

Science & Math Librarian, Assistant Professor

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Building: Rose LibraryOffice: 2317MSC: 4601

Departments: ,

Pronouns: She / Her / Hers

Liaison to:

Earth Science, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics

About me

I support students and faculty in the Physics & Astronomy, Geology & Environmental Science, and Mathematics & Statistics departments in the College of Science & Math in their teaching, learning, and research needs.

How I can help you

  • Schedule an appointment with me for 1-1 help! I can help you with finding, evaluating, and citing information and data.
  • Email me to schedule classroom instruction, discuss new Libraries resources, and more. I can partner with you to provide classroom instruction on research skills and tools and information and data literacy. I can also help purchase materials like books, ebooks, and journals that support your research.
  • Check out my subject and course research help guides. These guides provide useful research and technology tips for your major or class.


My education, research, and service 

  • M.L.I.S, The University of South Carolina, 2019
  • M.A., English Literature, James Madison University, 2017
  • B.A., double-major, Technical Writing & Spanish, Virginia Tech, 2012

My research interests are broad and interdisciplinary. They include reflective, joyful, mindful, and inclusive pedagogy; critical librarianship; STEM education; library outreach; student success and wellbeing; climate change and climate justice; sustainability; the Anthropocene; science communication; and Afrofuturist literature, among other topics!

I enjoy collaborating with many colleagues across JMU and across librarianship. I am currently a member of JMU Libraries’ Organizational Learning Committee, ACRL-STS’s Membership & Recruitment Committee, and Massanutten Regional Library’s Board of Trustees. I am also a volunteer therapy dog owner, and one of the co-facilitators of JMU’s faculty and staff club for fiber arts, UNWIND.

About Research & Education Services Department

We further JMU’s teaching, learning, and scholarship mission through our work as educators, researchers, and collections managers. Research & Education Services is the home of the Liaison Librarians.

About Academic Engagement Unit

Academic Engagement is a new, public-facing division of the Libraries, under formation now. Departments include Library and Information Services, the Music Library, Research & Education Services, and Digital Scholarship and Distinctive Collections, which includes Digital Projects and Special Collections.