MsCoco Nijhoff
Senior Teaching Fellow (Library Services)
Library Services - Central Faculty
- Senior Teaching Fellow (Library Services)Library Services - Central Faculty
- 020 7594 2934 (Work)
- Abdus Salam Library, South Kensington Campus, United Kingdom
BIO
I'm responsible for the strategic development and management of Library Services’s Information and Digital Literacy programmes. I provide pedagogical expertise and direction to library teams who teach in alignment with the university's Learning and Teaching Strategy. I lead a small Education team which includes a Learning Technologist.
From June 2024-July 2026 I was appointed to a group of seven Artificial Intelligence Futurists at Imperial. This group is tasked with collaboratively developing responses to generative AI in Education. As Lead AI Futurist I facilitated the work of the group and led the development of Imperial's Vision for Education in the Age of AI, which is now in the early stages of implementation.
In 2024 I completed my Master's in Education in University Learning and Teaching, with the dissertation topic "Challenges and opportunities for diversifying and decolonising the curriculum at Imperial and the role of the library as a ‘neutral’ space".
I've worked at Imperial since summer 2018. Previously I worked at University of Westminster, University for the Creative Arts, and California Institute of the Arts. I'm originally from Berkeley, California.
Panels
AI Use: Policies and Reality. Publication Integrity Week 2025, Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), 20 November, 2025, online [Panelist]
Sustainable Teaching, Learning, and Assessment in the Age of Generative AI in a STEMB university. A panel discussion with Imperial staff and students. Academic Practice and Technology conference, 1 July, 2025, King's College London. [Moderator]
What Does Sustainable Teaching, Learning and Assessment Look Like in the Age of Gen AI? A Panel Discussion with the AI Futurists and Invited Guests. Festival of Learning and Teaching 2025. 25 March, 2025, Imperial College London. [Moderator]
Sustainable Models for Academic Integrity: A Cross-Disciplinary Exploration. Festival of Learning and Teaching 2025. 25 March, 2025, Imperial College London. [Moderator]
The Impact of Generative AI for Education. 2024 National Conference on Generative Artificial Intelligence in Education. 23 January, 2024, Ulster University, Derry campus. [Panelist]
Untraveled Journeys, Unmapped Destinations: Finding Your Own Path to Leadership and Career Fulfilment. 16 July, 2017, American Association of Law Librarians annual conference, Austin, TX, USA. [Panelist]
Presentations
Lincoln, H. and Nijhoff, C. (2026) Future Literacies: Speculative thinking around Information Literacy. [Workshop] Librarians' Information Literacy group annual conference (LILAC), University of Sheffield.
Nijhoff, C. (2025) AI Literacy: A view from Imperial. [Presentation] Digital Education Forum, The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust [online].
DesLauriers, J., and Nijhoff, C. (2025) Building AI Literacy into curricula. [Presentation] WonkHE Education Espresso series [online].
Ahern, S., Cooper, A. and Nijhoff, C. (2024) From anti-racism to decolonisation. [Presentation] Festival of Digital Research & Scholarship 2024, University College London, Advanced Research Computing Centre.
Chiu, T., Nijhoff, C. and Rossiter, M. (2024) AI Literacy in Practice: Exploring the critical and ethical use of Generative AI for learning, teaching and assessment. [Presentation] Festival of Learning and Teaching 2024, Imperial College London.
Nijhoff, C. (2024) Challenges and opportunities for decolonising the curriculum at Imperial and the role of the library as a “neutral” space’. [Ignite talk] Festival of Learning and Teaching 2024, Imperial College London.
Nijhoff, C. (2024) Reflecting on the impact of generative AI on our roles. [Lego® Serious Play® workshop facilitator] 2024 National Conference on Generative Artificial Intelligence in Education, Ulster University, Derry campus.
Nijhoff, C. (2024) Everything old is new again: Generative AI and the education remit of the academic library. [Presentation] 2024 National Conference on Generative Artificial Intelligence in Education, Ulster University, Derry campus.
Nijhoff, C. (2023) How is generative AI affecting HE libraries? [Presentation] AI Conversations at the University of the Arts London Teaching, Learning and Employability Exchange, Chris Rowell, moderator [online].
Nijhoff, C. & Wheeler, A. (2023) The Lego® Serious Play® Journal Club: Exploring the future of academic librarianship. [Presentation] Librarians' Information Literacy group annual conference (LILAC), Cambridge University.
Ahern, S., Cooper, A. & Nijhoff, C. (2021) Developing an anti-racism toolkit for technology-enhanced learning: An update from the Content Developers subgroup of the Anti-racism in Learning Technology Community of Practice. [Presentation] Association for Learning Technology winter 2021 conference [online].
Nijhoff, C. & Williamson, R. (2021) Post-pandemic Pedagogy: Two libraries’ reflections on learning and teaching in the aftermath of the pandemic. [Presentation] Art Libraries Society UK and Ireland 2021 conference [online].
Nijhoff, C. & Williamson, R. (2020) Pivoting and Positioning: Two Libraries' Experience of Learning and Teaching During the Pandemic. [Presentation] UKSG November conference [online].
Nijhoff, C. & Meehan, L. (2019) Building Relationships Through Curriculum Review: Strategies and Impact. [Presentation] Relationship Management in HE Libraries UK group, Newcastle University.
Nijhoff, C. (2019) Teacher as Facilitator: The Impact of Coaching on Information Literacy Practice. [Presentation] Librarians' Information Literacy group annual conference (LILAC), University of Nottingham.
Nijhoff, C. (2015) Interactive Learning in Library Inductions at University for the Creative Arts. [Teachmeet presentation] Librarians Information Literacy group annual conference (LILAC), Newcastle University.
Nijhoff, C. (2014) Inclusive Arts Libraries: A View From University for the Creative Arts. [Presentation] Inclusive Arts Libraries forum, University of the Arts London.
DEGREES
- Master of Education (MEd), University Learning and TeachingImperial College London, London, United Kingdom2024
- MA, Art and Visual CultureUniversity of Westminster, London, United Kingdom2018
- Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS)University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States1995
- BA, History of ArtUniversity of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States1991
CERTIFICATIONS
- LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® facilitatorSERIOUS WORK, London, United Kingdom2023 - present
- Senior Fellow, Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)AdvanceHE, London, United Kingdom2023 - present
- Coaching and Mentoring, Level 5Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM), London, United Kingdom2017 - present
- Leadership and Management, Level 5Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM), London, United Kingdom2016 - present
- Chartered Librarian (MCLIP)Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, London, United Kingdom1 Jun 2015 - present
FACULTY
- Central Faculty
POSITION NAME
- Senior Teaching Fellow (Library Services)