Mrs Lyndsay Mesjar

Post Nominals	BA (Hons), MSc
Biography	Lyndsay Mesjar (née Bloice) has been a Research Assistant at RGU since 2012. She is currently a part-time doctoral candidate (thesis topic: brokering knowledge via intermediary organisations in the creative industries) and is Module Co-ordinator for CBM058 Cataloguing & Classification. She graduated with distinction in MSc Information and Library Studies (thesis topic: knowledge management in the third sector). She has previously worked as an Assistant Language Teacher and Associate Lecturer in Japan. Lyndsay also graduated from Napier University in 2006 with an honours degree in Journalism and has written for the Aberdeen Press and Journal. Lyndsay is a member of the Scottish Cross Party Group on Creative Economy. Current and past research projects include: Impact Accelerator: The role, quality, value, and impact of public and school libraries in supporting individuals and communities (RGU) 2025; How Good is Your Public Library Service Training (SLIC) 2025; Dark Knowledge (British Academy/Leverhulme) 2024-2025; Augmented Fashion (AHRC) 2022-2024; How Good is Your Public Library Service Framework Refresh (SLIC) 2022; The Disappeared Village (Museums Galleries Scotland) 2022; StoryTagging (Interreg NPA) 2020-2022; G-PaTRA (Interreg NSR) 2017-2023; Impact of Digitalisation on Data Professionals (CDA/OGUK) 2021; Libraries in Lockdown (AHRC/SLIC) 2020-2021; UK Architecture Student Mental Health (RIBA) 2018- 2020; Keep Fife Moving (ESF/ScotGov) 2017-2018; SPARA 2020 (Interreg NPA) 2015-2018; RiCORE (Horizon 2020) 2015-2016; Aberdeen City Voice (Aberdeen City Council) 2014-2015.
Research Interests	Knowledge and Information; Creative Industries; Inter-Organisational Collaboration; Intermediary Organisations; Impact Evaluation; Social Media Analysis; Systematic Literature Review; Case Study Research; Visual Methods.
Scopus Author ID	57126319700
PhD Supervision Availability	No