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12th Annual Education Graduate Students' Society (EGSS) Conference

webfull — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:52:03 +0000

Meeting in the Middle: (de)Constructing Knowledge

SIS alumna & ��ϲ�� Librarian Maya Kucij awarded Librarian Excellence Award

webfull — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 20:49:01 +0000

School of Information Studies alumna and Education Liaison Librarian Maya Kucij (MLIS '08) has been awarded the ��ϲ�� Library's 2013 Librarian Excellence Award. The award recognizes a ��ϲ�� librarian who has demonstrated excellence in academic librarianship and has shown efforts to improve library services through innovative practice, initiative and resourcefulness.

Congratulations Maya!

In the news: School of Information Studies Director France Bouthillier interviewed by Ottawa Citizen

webfull — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 19:53:29 +0000

��ϲ�� School of Information Studies (SIS) Director Dr. France Bouthillier was interviewed for an April 1, 2014 article by the Ottawa Citizen regarding the outsourcing by Library and Archives Canada (LAC) of the national AMICUS catalogue to the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) library cooperative.

Read the full article here.

Jonathan Dorey, SIS PhD student, named ASIS&T New Leader

webfull — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:42:42 +0000

Jonathan Dorey, ��ϲ�� School of Information Studies doctoral student, has been named a 2012-2013 ASIS&T New Leader. This year was exceptionally competitive, with 86 applications from ASIS&T members from 16 countries. Congratulations Jonathan!

About ASIS&T

Since 1937, the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) has been the society for information professionals leading the search for new and better theories, techniques, and technologies to improve access to information.

Congratulations to SIS graduate students Jesse David Dinneen & Carolyn Pang on fellowship awards

webfull — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:57:18 +0000

The ��ϲ�� School of Information Studies warmly congratulates the following incoming PhD in Information Studies students on receiving ��ϲ�� Graduate Fellowships this spring:

Jesse David Dinneen: 2013-2014 Tomlinson Doctoral Fellowship recipient
Carolyn Pang: 2013-2014 Wolfe Fellowship in Scientific and Technological Literacy recipient

Rhiannon Gainor, School of Information Studies PhD student, named ASIS&T New Leader

webfull — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 17:01:18 +0000

Rhiannon Gainor, ��ϲ�� School of Information Studies (SIS) doctoral student, has been named a 2013-14 ASIS&T New Leader. This year was exceptionally competitive, with 77 applications from ASIS&T members from 10 countries. This is the second time in two years a SIS student has won this award. Congratulations Rhiannon!

View Rhiannon's bio.

About ASIS&T

SIS MLIS & PhD students present research at EGSS Conference

webfull — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:28:27 +0000

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.

School of Information Studies @ ICKM 2013 International Conference on Knowledge Management

webfull — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 16:32:47 +0000

The ��ϲ�� School of Information Studies (SIS) is pleased to participate in ICKM 2013, the 9th International Conference on Knowledge Management held November 1-2 in Montreal.

School of Information Studies PhD graduate Rhiannon Gainor awarded international fellowship for thesis on Competitive Intelligence

webfull — Thu, 07 Aug 2014 19:59:32 +0000

Recent ��ϲ�� 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.

Digital preservation management workshop report by MLIS students featured in ACA Bulletin

webfull — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:09:32 +0000

School of Information Studies Masters of Library & Information Studies (MLIS) Archival Studies specialization students Parvaneh Abbaspour, Kerry Goodfellow, Nailisa Tanner, and Emily Zheng contributed a report to the December 2012 issue of the Association of Canadian Archivists (ACA) Bulletin on the Digital Preservation Management Workshop held at ��ϲ�� 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.

Dr. Catherine Guastavino of SIS awarded NSERC grant for research on auditory motion perception

webfull — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:36:40 +0000

Congratulations to Dr. Catherine Guastavino on her 5-year NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada) Discovery Grant for research on auditory motion perception.

In the news: Cyber forensics research by Dr. Fung of the School of Information Studies featured in ��ϲ��'s Headway magazine

webfull — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 19:55:34 +0000

Dr. Benjamin Fung'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 ��ϲ�� University.

Read the full text article about Dr. Fung's research and cyber forensic tool in Headway, Volume 8, Number 1 Spring 2014: The Big Picture on Big Data - 002//Cyber Forensics .

SIS presentations at #Influence12 - Symposium & Workshop on Measuring Influence on Social Media

webfull — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 19:56:55 +0000

Congratulations to School of Information Studies students and faculty who presented at the "#Influence12 - Symposium & Workshop on Measuring Influence on Social Media" in Halifax, Nova Scotia September 28-29, 2012.

Paper presentation: Nouf Khashman (PhD candidate). "We are all Khaled Said" Page on Facebook: Exploring its Influence on the Egyptian Revolution.

SIS PhD graduates Guillaume Boutard & Amandine Pras awarded FQRSC post-doctoral fellowships

webfull — Mon, 13 May 2013 20:15:18 +0000

Recent School of Information Studies PhD graduates Guillaume Boutard and Amandine Pras have been awarded two-year FQRSC post-doctoral fellowships.

Guillaume will be continuing his research at Université de Montréal and Amandine at Columbia University. Congratulations Guillaume & Amandine!

For more information on a range of funding opportunities available through the FQRSC (Le Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture), visit the FQRSC website.

The School of Information Studies welcomes Visiting Fulbright Scholar and Knowledge Management expert Dr. Jay Liebowitz

webfull — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 20:35:02 +0000

The ��ϲ�� School of Information Studies (SIS) is pleased to welcome Visiting Fulbright Scholar and internationally recognized Knowledge Management expert and author Dr. Jay Liebowitz. Dr. Liebowitz will be in residence at the School from November 19 to December 2, 2013.

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.

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