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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, using, and citing scientific 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; information democracy and intellectual freedom/privacy issues; success and well-being for library workers and for students; STEM education; library outreach; 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 a member of JMU Libraries’ Organizational Learning Committee, ACRL-STS’s Membership & Recruitment Committee, the Library Freedom Project, and Massanutten Regional Library’s Board of Trustees, and frequently contribute to other service needs as they arise.

I also enjoy being involved in my local community. I am a member of Harrisonburg Dance Cooperative’s Artists’ Council (Board), a volunteer therapy dog owner, an Officer of Election (poll worker) for Rockingham County, staff for Red Wing Roots, and regularly contribute to other community projects and service needs.

About Academic Engagement Unit

We welcome people to the Libraries and help facilitate their experience by staffing the Libraries’ buildings and supporting people on their journey of inquiry. We answer and refer questions via Ask the Library, provide instruction sessions and consultations, and leverage our expertise to develop and provide access to scholarly collections, including special collections. Departments include Access & User Services, Digital Scholarship and Distinctive Collections, and Research & Education Services.

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.