/channels/taxonomy/term/12521/all en /channels/news/mlis-phd-students-present-egss-conference-225479 <p>The following School of Information Studies MLIS and PhD students presented at the 12th Annual EGSS conference: "Meeting in the Middle: (de)Constructing Knowledge|Rencontres au milieu: constructions et déconstructions du savoir" on March 15 and 16, 2013.</p> Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:28:27 +0000 webfull 95248 at /channels /channels/news/school-information-studies-ickm-2013-international-conference-knowledge-management-231401 <p><span><em></em>The ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ School of Information Studies (SIS) is pleased to participate in <a href="http://www.asis.org/Conferences/ICKM/index.html">ICKM 2013</a>, the</span><span> 9th International Conference on Knowledge Management held November 1-2 in Montreal. </span></p> Fri, 01 Nov 2013 16:32:47 +0000 webfull 99649 at /channels /channels/news/school-information-studies-phd-graduate-rhiannon-gainor-awarded-international-dissertation-fellowshi-237910 <p>Recent ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ School of Information Studies graduate Rhiannon Gainor (PhD ’14) has been awarded a 2014 Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship. This prestigious honour is awarded annually to up to six recipients in an international competition by Beta Phi Mu, the International Library and Information Studies Honor Society. This marks the second time a PhD student from the School has won the award.</p> Thu, 07 Aug 2014 19:59:32 +0000 webfull 103873 at /channels /channels/news/sis-students-digital-preservation-management-report-report-featured-aca-bulletin-219483 <p><span> </span><span>School of Information Studies Masters of Library & Information Studies (MLIS) Archival Studies specialization students</span><span> </span>Parvaneh Abbaspour, Kerry Goodfellow, Nailisa Tanner, and Emily Zheng <span>contributed a report </span><span> to the December 2012 issue of the Association of Canadian Archivists (ACA) Bulletin </span><span>on the Digital Preservation Management Workshop held at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ this past September. The ACA workshop was hosted by the School of Information Studies and featured SIS faculty member Dr. Carolyn Hank as a guest instructor.</span></p> Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:09:32 +0000 webfull 89261 at /channels /channels/news/dr-catherine-guastavino-sis-awarded-nserc-grant-research-auditory-motion-perception-227004 <p>Congratulations to <a href="/sis/people/faculty/guastavino/">Dr. Catherine Guastavino</a> on her 5-year NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada) Discovery Grant for research on auditory motion perception. <br /> </p> Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:36:40 +0000 webfull 96890 at /channels /channels/news/news-research-dr-fung-school-information-studies-featured-mcgills-headway-magazine-235083 <p><strong>Dr. Benjamin Fung</strong>'s work on cyber forensics and data mining is featured in the latest edition of Headway magazine, which highlights the best of research, discovery, and innovation at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ University.</p> <p>Read the full text article about Dr. Fung's research and cyber forensic tool in Headway, Volume 8, Number 1 Spring 2014: <a href="http://publications.mcgill.ca/headway/magazine/the-big-picture-on-big-data/">The Big Picture on Big Data - 002//Cyber Forensics</a><a href="http://publications.mcgill.ca/headway/magazine/the-big-picture-on-big-data/">.<br /></a></p> Mon, 07 Apr 2014 19:55:34 +0000 webfull 102265 at /channels /channels/news/sis-presentations-influence12-symposium-workshop-measuring-influence-social-media-218483 <p><span>Congratulations to School of Information Studies students and faculty who presented at the </span>"#Influence12 <span>- Symposium & Workshop on Measuring Influence on Social Media" in Halifax, Nova Scotia September 28-29, 2012.</span></p> <p><span>Paper presentation: Nouf Khashman (PhD candidate). <em>"We are all Khaled Said" Page on Facebook: Exploring its Influence on the Egyptian Revolution</em>.</span></p> Tue, 09 Oct 2012 19:56:55 +0000 webfull 87642 at /channels /channels/news/recently-graduated-sis-phd-students-guillaume-boutard-and-amandine-pras-awarded-fqrsc-post-doctoral--226757 <p>Recent School of Information Studies PhD graduates Guillaume Boutard and Amandine Pras have been awarded two-year FQRSC post-doctoral fellowships.</p> <p>Guillaume will be continuing his research at Université de Montréal and Amandine at Columbia University. Congratulations Guillaume & Amandine!</p> <p>For more information on a range of funding opportunities available through the FQRSC (Le Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture), visit the <a href="http://www.fqrsc.gouv.qc.ca/fr/accueil.php">FQRSC</a> website.</p> <p></p> Mon, 13 May 2013 20:15:18 +0000 webfull 96689 at /channels /channels/news/school-information-studies-welcomes-visiting-fulbright-scholar-and-knowledge-management-expert-dr-ja-231645 <p>The <a href="/sis">ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ School of Information Studies</a> (SIS) is pleased to welcome Visiting Fulbright Scholar and internationally recognized Knowledge Management expert and author <strong>Dr. Jay Liebowitz</strong>. Dr. Liebowitz will be in residence at the School from November 19 to December 2, 2013.</p> <p>Dr. Liebowitz will give seminars and workshops on knowledge management, big data, business analytics and on the management of intellectual capital to develop research agendas and directions for developing curricula on these topics at the School.</p> Tue, 19 Nov 2013 20:35:02 +0000 webfull 99965 at /channels /channels/news/sis-faculty-search-information-knowledge-management-curation-preservation-225576 <p>The School of Information Studies is currently seeking a new Faculty member with research expertise in Information and Knowledge Management (taxonomies, data mining, intelligence studies, knowledge transfer, organizational learning) and Curation and Preservation (digital archives, records management, authenticity, cultural heritage management, museum studies). <em>Application deadline:</em> May 15, 2013.</p> <p>A link to the position posting is available on the <a href="/sis/">School's homepage</a>.</p> Tue, 26 Mar 2013 20:18:44 +0000 webfull 95364 at /channels /channels/news/school-information-studies-asist-2013-annual-meeting-231402 <p>The <a href="/sis">ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ School of Information Studies (SIS)</a> is strongly represented at the <a href="http://www.asis.org/asist2013/">Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) 76th Annual Meeting,</a> Nov. 1-5 in Montreal.</p> <p>The conference is co-chaired by <a href="/sis/people/faculty/bouthillier">Dr. France Bouthillier</a>, SIS Director and faculty member. Faculty, affiliated researchers, and students are participating in panels and workshops and presenting papers and posters.</p> Fri, 01 Nov 2013 18:36:21 +0000 webfull 99658 at /channels /channels/news/school-information-studies-now-part-faculty-arts-238478 <p>The <em>School of Information Studies</em> is proud to announce their change of affiliation from the Faculty of Education to the Faculty of Arts. Learn more about the SIS and their offerings <strong><a href="/study/2014-2015/faculties/arts/graduate/gps_arts_information_studies/" target="_blank">here</a></strong>.</p> Wed, 27 Aug 2014 17:23:44 +0000 webfull 104815 at /channels /channels/news/book-review-mlis-student-sarah-wilkinson-published-archivaria-219590 <p>Congratulations to School of Information Studies MLIS student Sarah Wilkinson on her book review in the <a href="http://journals.sfu.ca/archivar/index.php/archivaria/issue/current/showToc">Fall 2012 edition of Archivaria</a>, the journal of the Association of Canadian Archivists. Sarah reviewed The Lone Arranger: Succeeding in a Small Repository by Christina Zamon, published by the Society of American Archivists. <a href="http://journals.sfu.ca/archivar/index.php/archivaria/article/view/13419/14730">Read Sarah's review</a>.</p> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 19:31:14 +0000 webfull 89354 at /channels /channels/news/dr-charles-antoine-julien-sis-receives-fqrsc-mcgill-sshrc-grants-research-interactive-visual-tools-d-227024 <p><a href="/sis/people/faculty/julien">Dr. Charles-Antoine Julien</a>, School of Information Studies Assistant Professor, has received the following research grants:<strong></strong></p> Thu, 06 Jun 2013 19:00:18 +0000 webfull 96917 at /channels /channels/news/mlis-student-anastasia-prozorova-convenes-mcgill-wide-reading-group-information-chaos-theories-236591 <p>Interested in exploring intersections between information & chaos theories this summer?  </p> <p>"Information & Chaos Theories" is an independent reading group offered through the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Institute for the Public Life of Arts & Ideas (IPLAI), convened by Anastasia Prozorova, MLIS II student. The reading group is open to all ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ students, staff, and faculty, and will provide the opportunity to discuss information and chaos theories with an eye to interdisciplinarity. A summary of the group is below, as excerpted from the IPLAI site.</p> Thu, 08 May 2014 16:58:12 +0000 webfull 102792 at /channels