Title
Liaison Librarian
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Contact Information
Location

Macdonald-Stewart Library Building 
809 Sherbrooke Street West, 
Montreal, 
Quebec,
H3A 0C1

Phone number
(514) 398 8140
Email
martin.morris [at] mcgill.ca
Education
  • MSc Library and Information Studies, Robert Gordon University, 2009
  • BSc (Hons) Chemistry, University of Wales, 1992
Biography

I am the dedicated liaison librarian supporting the departments of bioengineering, biomedical engineering, chemical engineering, earth & planetary sciences, and mining & materials engineering. In this role, I support the teaching, learning and research of these departments by providing teaching, research consultations and dedicated library collections.

Awards and honours

  • Medical Library Association: (2019)
  • Canadian Health Libraries Association / Association des bibliothèques de la santé du Canada:
    2015 Research Grant
Areas of Interest
  • Provision of library services to traditionally underserved communities
  • Intellectual freedom
  • Knowledge synthesis, including innovative methodologies and librarian participation
  • Spread of innovations in library and information settings
Selected Publications

Librarianship

Morris, M., Stevens. G. A. & Siegel, J. (2025).  IFLA Journal. 0(0), 1–36. doi:10.1177/03400352241310614 []

Stevens, G. A., Morris, M., Parker, R. M. N., Fajardo, F. J., Brody, E. R. & McLean, K. (2023). Journal of the Medical Library Association. 111(4), 762–773. doi:10.5195/jmla.2023.1661.

Siegel, J., Morris, M. & Stevens, G. (2020).  College & Research Libraries. 81(1), 122-148. doi:10.5860/crl.81.1.122

Stevens, G., Morris, M., Nguyen, T. & Vardell, E. (2019). In B. Mehra (Ed.). LGBTQ+ librarianship in the 21st century: Emerging directions of advocacy and community engagement in diverse information environments (pp. 65-87)Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald. doi:10.1108/S0065-283020190000045015

Clairoux, N., Morris, M. & Brown, H. (2017).  Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association/Journal des bibliothèques de la santé du Canada. 38, 102-117. doi:10.29173/jchla/jabsc.v38i3.29344

Morris, M. (2017).  Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet. 21, 402-409. doi:10.1080/15398285.2017.1377545

Hawkins, B., Morris, M., Nguyen, T., Siegel, J. & Vardell, E. (2017).  Journal of the Medical Library Association. 105, 316-327. doi:10.5195/jmla.2017.206

Morris, M., Boruff, J. T. & Gore, G. (2016). Journal of the Medical Library Association. 104, 346-353. doi:10.3163/1536-5050.104.4.020

Morris, M. & Roberto, K. R. (2016).  Health Information and Libraries Journal. 33, 204-221. doi:10.1111/hir.12139

Morris, M. & Hawkins, B. (2016).  Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association/Journal des bibliothèques de la santé du Canada. 37, 20-23. doi:10.5596/c16-007

Gore, G. & Morris, M. (2014, February). Adobe ePub Books: How do they work? MLA News, 54(2)

Liaison Librarian Collaborations

Davari, L.D., Morris, M. & Allison, P. (2025). . Gerodontology, 0(0). doi:10.1111/ger.12813

Rodrigues, A., Abi-Nader, S., Durand, R., Rompré, P., Janati, A.I., Atsu, S., Morris, M. & Emami, E. (2024). . Systematic Reviews, 13(146). doi:10.1186/s13643-024-02561-w

Durço, D. de F.P.A., Macedo, A., Bitencourt, F.V., Faria, A.O.V., Bizzi, I.H., Azevedo, C.B., Morris, M., dos Santos Ferreira, K., Souza, L.C. & Velly, A. (2024). Gerodontology, 41(3)(335-345). doi:10.1111/ger.12740

Attaran, N., Sharma, A., Morris, M., Dudubo, O. & Macdonald, M.E. (2023). . PLoS One, 18(11):e0290364. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0290364

Ghanati, H., Madathil, S., Al-Tamimi, M., Al-Asmar, Z., Morris, M. & Nicolau, B. (2023). . Community Dental Health, 40(252-260). doi:10.1922/CDH_00015Ghanati09

Jafarpour D., Feine, J.S., Morris, M. & Souza, R.F. (2023). . International Journal of Prosthodontics, 0(0). doi:10.11607/ijp.8556

Kurbatfinski, S., Whitehead, J., Peltekian, R., Henry, R. S., Bobga, B., Kumbah, O., Madaan, R., Ulicki, N., Morris, M., Santinele Martino, A., Maurer, K., & Marshall, Z. (2023). Systematically reviewing the help-seeking patterns of 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals who experience intimate partner violence and of those providing support. Preaching to the Choir: An International LGBTQ+ Psychology & Related Social Sciences Conference. Toronto, ON. June 21-22, 2023. (Poster).

Abusamak, M., Al-Tamimi, M., Al-Waeli, H., Tahboub, K., Cai, W., Morris, M., Tamimi, F. & Nicolau, B. (2023). . Chronobiology International, 40(5):684-697. doi:10.1080/07420528.2023.2200495

Allison, P., Jashni, Y.K., Emari, F. & Morris, M. (2023). . BMC Oral Health, 23(1):251. doi:10.1186/s12903-023-02906-2.

Al-Waeli, H., Reboucas, A.P., Mansour, A., Morris, M., Tamimi, F. & Nicolau, B. (2021). . Systematic Reviews, 10(201). doi:10.1186/s13643-021-01690-w

Fu, J., Goldsmith, M., Crooks, S., Condon, S., Morris, M. & Komarova, S. (2021). . npj Microgravity, 7(19). doi:10.1038/s41526-021-00147-7

Allison, P., de Souza, R.F., Aboud, L. & Morris, M. (2021). Evidence to support safe return to clinical practice by oral health professionals in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic: A report prepared for the Office of the Chief Dental Officer of Canada. (November 2020 Update). Retrieved from the Government of Canada website: .

Makansi, N., Blaizot, A., Vergnes, J-N., Morris, M., Rousseau, J. & Bedos, C. (2021). Special Care in Dentistry, 41(3): 329-339. doi:10.1111/scd.12565

Homa, F., Rousseau, J., Makansi, N., Blaizot, A., Morris, M., Vergnes, J-N. & Bedos, C. (2021). Gerodontology, 38(3): 276-288. doi:10.1111/ger.12524

Allison, P., de Souza, R.F., Aboud, L. & Morris, M. (2020). Archived. Evidence to support safe return to clinical practice by oral health professionals in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic: A report prepared for the Office of the Chief Dental Officer of Canada. Retrieved from the Government of Canada website: .

Sarmiento, I., Paredes-Solís, S., Morris, M., Pimental, J., Cockroft, A. & Andersson, N. (2020). BMJ Open, 10:e037922. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2020-037922

Stavnichuk, M., Mikolajewicz, N., Corlett, T., Morris, M. & Komarova, S. (2020).  npj Microgravity, 6(13). doi:10.1038/s41526-020-0103-2

Almufleh, B.D.S., Emami, E., Alessawe, A., Rodan, R., Morris, M., Umebayashi, M. & Tamimi, F. (2020). Journal of Prosthodontics. doi:10.1111/jopr.13169

McKee, T., Perlman, G., Morris, M. & Komarova, S.V. (2019).  Nature Scientific Reports, 9(1):10542. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-46896-0

Kahn, S.R., Diendéré, G., Morrison, D.R., Piché, A., Filion, K.B., Klil-Drori, A.J., Douketis, J.D., Emed, J., Roussin, A., Tagalakis, V., Morris, M. & Geerts, W. (2019).  BMJ Open, 9(5), e024444. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024444

Adbunabi, A., Morris, M., Abi Nader, S. & de Souza, R.F. (2019).  Journal of Applied Oral Science, 12(27), e20180600

Cormer, M., Dieynaba, S., N'Diaye, A.M. dos S., Gaspar, J., Cazabon, D., Ghasi, M., Morris, M., Schwartzman, K. & Oxlade, O. (2019).  Lancet Global Health, 7(1), e68-e80. doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30435-2

Mikolajewicz, M., Mohammed, A., Morris, M. & Komarova, S.V. (2018). Journal of Cell Science, 131, jcs223354. doi:10.1242/jcs.223354

Kahn, S.R., Morrison, D.R., Diendéré, G., Piché, A., Filion, K.B., Klil-Drori, A.J., Douketis, J.D., Emed, J., Roussin, A., Tagalakis, V., Morris, M. & Geerts, W. (2018). . Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, CD008201. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD008201.pub3

Furlini, L., Noushi, N., Castonguay, G., Feine, J., Bedos, C., de Souza, R., Esfandiari, S., Hovey, R., Macdonald, M. E., Morris, M., Nicolau, B., Power, F. & Allison, P. (2018).  Journal of Dental Education, 82, 483-491. doi:10.21815/JDE.018.053

Elliott, A., Dubé, P-A., Cossette-Côté, A., Patakfalvi, L., Villeneuve, E., Morris, M. & Gosselin, S. (2017). Clinical Toxicology, 55, 1025-1054. doi:10.1080/15563650.2017.1337122

Steer, K., Stavnichuk, M., Morris, M. & Komarova, S. (2017).  Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 32(4), 731-742. doi:10.1002/jbmr.3026

Fung, A., Trabulsi, N., Morris, M., Garfinkle, R., Saleem, A., Wexner, S. D., Vasilevsky, C-A. & Boutros, M. (2017).  Surgical Endoscopy, 31(5), 2072-2088. doi:10.1007/s00464-016-5209-y

Gosselin, S., Høgberg, L. C. G., Hoffman, R. S., Graudins, A., Stork, C., Thomas, S. H. L., Stellpflug, S. J., Levine, M., Hayes, B. D., Morris, M., Miller-Nesbitt, A., Turgeon, A. F., Bailey, B., Chuang, R., Bania, T. C., Mégarbane, B., Bhalla, A. & Lavergne, V. (2016).  Clinical Toxicology, 54, 899-923. doi:10.1080/15563650.2016.1214275

Verma, V., Ramamoorthi, M., Morris, M., Siddiqui, F., & Esfandiari, S. (2016).  JDR Clinical & Translational Research. 1(2), 178-190. doi:10.1177/2380084416651225

Hayes, B. D., Gosselin, S., Calello, D. P., Nacca, N., Rollins, C., Abourbih, D., Morris, M., Miller-Nesbitt, A., Morais, J., & Lavergne, V. (2016).  Clinical Toxicology, 54, 365-404. doi:10.3109/15563650.2016.1151528

Levine, M., Hoffman, R. S., Lavergne, V., Stork, C. M., Graudins, A., Chuang, R., Stellplflug, S. J., Morris, M., Miller-Nesbitt, A., & Gosselin, S. (2016).    Clinical Toxicology, 54, 194-221. doi:10.3109/15563650.2015.1126286

Høgberg, L. C. G., Bania, T. C., Lavergne, V., Bailey, B., Turgeon, A. F., Thomas, S. H. L., Morris, M., Miller-Nesbitt, A., Mégarbane, B., Magber, S., & Gosselin, S. (2016). Clinical Toxicology, 54, 167-193. doi:10.3109/15563650.2015.1121270

Grunbaum, A. M., Gilfix, B. M., Hoffman, R. S., Lavergne, V., Morris, M., Miller-Nesbitt, A. M., & Gosselin, S. (2015). Clinical Toxicology, 54, 92-102. doi:10.3109/15563650.2015.1115515

Gosselin, S., Morris, M., Miller-Nesbitt, A., Hoffman, R. S., Hayes, B. D., Turgeon, A. F., ... Lavergne, V. (2015).  Clinical Toxicology, 53, 557-564. doi:10.3109/15563650.2015.1052498 

Selected Presentations

Librarianship

Morris, M., Stevens, G., & Siegel, J. (2024, Aug). Paper presented at the meeting of MEXINFO Mexican Information Global Forum, Mexico City, Mexico.

Hafner, J., McKinnon, D., Morris, M., & Senior, A. (2018, Dec).   Paper presented at the meeting of the Library Assessment Conference, Houston, TX. doi:10.29242/lac.2018.6

Frati, F., Wagner, S., Sanzone, L., & Morris, M. (2018, June). Exploring the potential of library clinics in Nursing curricula to develop Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) skills. Paper presented at the meeting of the Canadian Health Libraries Association/Association des bibliothèques de la santé du Canada, St Johns, NL.

Sikora, L., Morris, M., Cooper, A., Barnes, L., Brown, H., Cheung, M., Dorgan, M., Ellis, U., Fraser, K-L., & Miller, K. (2018, June). Telling Research Data Management (RDM) stories: Surveying the RDM practices and needs of health and medical researchers. Poster presented at the meeting of the Canadian Health Libraries Association/Association des bibliothèques de la santé du Canada, St Johns, NL..

Boruff, J., Morris, M., & Torabi, N. (2018, June). Expanding the role of the librarian as knowledge synthesis methodologist: A case study in teaching Rayyan. Poster presented at the meeting of the Canadian Health Libraries Association/Association des bibliothèques de la santé du Canada, St Johns, NL.

Morris, M., Saunders, D., & Iantaffi, A. (2017, August).  Paper presented at the meeting of the International Federation of Library Associations, WrocÅ‚aw, Poland. [PRESENTATION SLIDES]

Trolliet-Martial, S., & Morris, M. (2017, May).  Paper presented at the meeting of the Canadian Health Libraries Association/Association des bibliothèques de la santé du Canada, Edmonton, AB.

Morris, M., & Siegel, J. (2017, May).  Poster session presented at the meeting of ACRL New England, Burlington, VT. doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.24354.63685

Trolliet-Martial, S., Gore, G., & Morris, M. (2016, November).  Poster session presented at the meeting of the Congrès des professionnels de l’information (CPI), Montréal, QC. doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.21467.98081

Hawkins, B., Morris, M., Nguyen, T., Vardell, E., Siegel, J., & Dyck, D. R. (2016, May).  Symposium conducted at the meeting of the Canadian Health Libraries Association/Association des bibliothèques de la santé du Canada and the Medical Library Association, Toronto, ON.

Freund, L., Hawkins, B., & Morris, M. (2016, May). Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning (LGBTQ) people, health information seeking, and the role of health librarians: A scoping review. Poster session presented at the meeting of the Canadian Health Libraries Association/Association des bibliothèques de la santé du Canada and the Medical Library Association, Toronto, ON. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.1244.2482

Seal, L., Morris, M., & Torabi, N. (2016, April). Benchmarking and evaluation of a dentistry collection using OCLC Collection Evaluation. Poster session presented at the meeting of the , Montreal, QC.  doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3467.3040

Morris, M. (2016, January). Books and Bullets: Librarians Working to Increase Health Information in the Developing World.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Association des bibliothèques de la santé affiliées à l'Université de Montréal/ɬÀï·¬ Affiliated Health Libraries, Montréal, QC.

Morris, M., Booth, A., Boden, A., Adamczyk, A., Ambriz, L., Billman, B. L.,  Clark, E., Engwall, K., Johnson, R., Miller-Nesbitt, A., & Woznica, A. (2015, August). Learning by doing: Increasing librarian and institutional capacity for research through a collaborative international systematic review action learning set. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Federation of Library Associations, Cape Town, South Africa.

Miller-Nesbitt, A., Boden, C., Adamczyk, A., Ambriz, L., Billman, B. L., Booth, A., Clark, E., Engwall, K., Johnson, R., Morris, M., & Woznica, A. (2015, May). Applying ‘best fit’ frameworks to systematic review data extraction. Paper presented at the meeting of Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries, Paris, France.

Boden, C., Adamczyk, A., Ambriz, L., Billman, B. L., Booth, A., Clark, E., Engwall, K., Johnson, R., Miller-Nesbitt, A., Morris, M., & Woznica, A. (2015, May). Librarian knowledge and skills of tools for visualizing, mining and managing large and complex research data: A systematic review. Poster session presented at the meeting of the Medical Library Association, Austin, TX.

Morris, M., & Gore, G. (2015, April). Quality time: health librarians and critical appraisal. Paper presented at the meeting of the 13th Concordia University Libraries Research Forum, Montreal, QC.

Morris, M., & Roberto, K. R. (2014, August) Information needs of LGBTQ health professionals: New data to inform inclusive practice. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Federation of Library Associations (WLIC), Lyon, France.

Morris, M., & Gore, G. (2014, August). Going to the next level: How health librarians are engaging with critical appraisal. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Federation of Library Associations (WLIC), Lyon, France.

Morris, M., Boden, C., & Miller-Nesbitt, A. (2014, June). Distributed collaborative virtual systematic reviewing: A blueprint for the future?  Paper presented at the meeting of the Canadian Health Libraries Association/Association des bibliothèques de la santé du Canada, Montreal, QC.

Morris, M., & Roberto, K. R. (2013, May). Information needs and information-seeking behaviour of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) health professionals: Results of a follow-up study.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Canadian Health Libraries Association/Association des bibliothèques de la santé du Canada, Saskatoon, SK.

Liaison Librarian Collaborations

Kahn, S. R., Morrison, D. R., Piché, A., Filion, K. B., Diendere, G., Klil-Drori, A., Douketis, J., Emed, J., Roussin, A., Tagalakis, V., Morris, M., & Geerts, W. (2017, July). Paper presented at the meeting of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Berlin, Germany. doi:10.1002/rth2.12012

Al-Waeli, H., Nicolau, B., Ana Paula, S., & Morris, M. (2017, March). Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories and bone healing: An animal model systematic review. Poster session presented at the meeting of the International Association for Dental Research General Session and Exhibition.  San Francisco, CA.

Srivastava, A., Rajeh, M., Morris, M., Pluye, P., Makhoul, M. & Nicolau, B. (2015, March). Systematic mixed studies review: Evaluating implant prosthetics for tumor patients’ well-being. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Association for Dental Research, Boston, MA.

Fung, A., Morris, M., Saleem, A., Wexner, S., Vasilevsky, C., & Boutros, M. (2014, September). Laparascopic colorectal cancer resection in the obese: a meta-analysis.  Poster session presented at the meeting of the Canadian Surgery Forum, Vancouver, BC.