/sis/taxonomy/term/409/all en /sis/channels/news/r-ferguson-e-crist-dr-k-moffatt-school-information-studies-win-award-paper-technologie <p><span><span><a href="/sis/people/phd#ferguson">Robert Ferguson</a>, Emily Crist, and <a href="/sis/people/faculty#moffatt">Dr.</a></span></span></p> Thu, 12 Dec 2013 23:17:43 +0000 elysia.donald@mail.mcgill.ca 2645 at /sis /sis/channels/news/rhiannon-gainor-school-information-studies-phd-student-named-asist-new-leader-231628 <p>Rhiannon Gainor, <a href="/sis">平特五不中 School of Information Studies</a> (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!</p> <p><a href="/sis/people/phd#gainor">View Rhiannon's bio</a>.</p> <div> <p>聽</p> <p><b>About ASIS&T</b></p></div> Mon, 18 Nov 2013 16:57:41 +0000 elysia.donald@mail.mcgill.ca 2630 at /sis /sis/channels/event/course-evaluations-matterevaluate-your-courses-231621 <p><strong>Students - Course evaluations matter! </strong></p> <p>Don't forget to evaluate your courses. Evaluations are open Monday, November 11 to Wednesday, December 18, 2013.</p> Fri, 15 Nov 2013 21:54:28 +0000 elysia.donald@mail.mcgill.ca 2628 at /sis /sis/channels/news/school-information-studies-phd-students-rhiannon-gainor-qing-zou-win-information-syste <p><span><span>Congratulations to <a href="/sis">平特五不中 School of Information Studies</a> doctoral candidates <a href="/sis/people/phd#gainor">Rhiannon Gainor</a> and <a href="/sis/people/phd#zou">Qing Zou</a>, whose team won the annual Information System Design Competition at the 2013 Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) conference!</span></span></p> Fri, 15 Nov 2013 15:40:09 +0000 elysia.donald@mail.mcgill.ca 2625 at /sis /sis/channels/event/school-information-studies-introduction-museology-student-project-exhibition-231560 <p>Master of Library and Information Studies (MLIS) students of <strong><em>GLIS 639: Introduction to Museology</em></strong> exhibit their final student projects in a mini-exhibition at the <a href="/sis/">平特五不中 School of Infor</a></p> Tue, 12 Nov 2013 17:29:06 +0000 elysia.donald@mail.mcgill.ca 2624 at /sis /sis/channels/news/school-information-studies-asist-2013-annual-meeting-231402 <p>The <a href="/sis">平特五不中 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 16:38:43 +0000 elysia.donald@mail.mcgill.ca 2618 at /sis /sis/channels/news/sis-mlis-archival-studies-student-allana-mayer-wins-proquest-scholarship-electronic-in <p>Allana Mayer, School of Information Studies MLIS II student is the winner of the ProQuest <a href="http://www.proquest.com/en-US/aboutus/advocacy/summitscholar.shtml" target="_blank"> Roger K. Summit Scholarship</a>, open to LIS students worldwide!聽The Roger K. Summit Scholarship, awarded annually by ProQuest, recognizes LIS students who demonstrate outstanding interest or performance in electronic information services.聽The award is the equivalent of US $5,000 and will be presented at the <span>Special Libraries Association (SLA) Annual Conference</span>.</p> Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:47:22 +0000 elysia.donald@mail.mcgill.ca 2495 at /sis /sis/channels/news/sis-phd-student-jonathan-dorey-awarded-fqrsc-grant-research-student-use-digital-archiv <p><span>Congratulations to School of Information Studies PhD student <a href="/sis/people/phd#Dorey">Jonathan Dorey</a> on receiving a FQRSC research grant!</span></p> <p><span>Jonathan's research investigates the increased access and use of digital and digitized archives for undergraduate students, with FQRSC funding to December 2014. His PhD supervisor is <a href="/sis/people/faculty/guastavino/" rel="nofollow">Prof. Catherine Guastavino</a>.<br /></span></p> Tue, 21 May 2013 16:44:04 +0000 elysia.donald@mail.mcgill.ca 2432 at /sis /sis/channels/news/dr-catherine-guastavino-sis-phd-graduate-guillaume-boutard-guest-edit-journal-preserva <p><em>Les Cahiers du聽Num茅rique</em> has published a special thematic issue on the preservation of digital cultural artifacts, prepared by School of Information Studies faculty member <a href="/sis/people/faculty/guastavino/">Dr. Catherine Guastavino</a> and recent PhD graduate Guillaume Boutard, guest editors.</p> <p><span>View a summary of contents at </span><a href="http://lcn.revuesonline.com/resnum.jsp?editionId=1708">Les Cahiers du聽Num茅rique, Vol. 8, No. 4 (2012)</a>.</p> Mon, 13 May 2013 21:05:41 +0000 elysia.donald@mail.mcgill.ca 2427 at /sis /sis/channels/event/sis-convocation-celebration-226756 <div></div> <p>The School of Information Studies (SIS) is hosting a celebration for graduating SIS students following Convocation on May 29th.</p> <p>The Purvis Coach House is located behind Purvis Hall, next to the Education Building.</p> Mon, 13 May 2013 19:24:52 +0000 elysia.donald@mail.mcgill.ca 2424 at /sis /sis/channels/news/congratulations-sis-graduate-students-jesse-david-dinneen-carolyn-pang-fellowship-awar <p>The 平特五不中 School of Information Studies warmly congratulates the following incoming PhD in Information Studies students on receiving 平特五不中 Graduate Fellowships this spring:</p> <p><strong> Jesse David Dinneen</strong>: 2013-2014 Tomlinson Doctoral Fellowship recipient<br /><strong>Carolyn Pang</strong>: 2013-2014 Wolfe Fellowship in Scientific and Technological Literacy recipient</p> Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:57:15 +0000 elysia.donald@mail.mcgill.ca 2417 at /sis /sis/channels/news/sis-graduating-mlis-student-xenia-kurguzova-wins-sshrc-prize-visual-depiction-corrupti <p><span><span><span><span>School of Information Studies <span><span>graduating </span></span>MLIS student Xenia Kurguzova has won a聽<span><span><span><span>Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) </span></span></span></span> prize for her visual depiction of Eastern European corruption research.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></p> Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:07:37 +0000 elysia.donald@mail.mcgill.ca 2397 at /sis /sis/channels/event/workshop-networking-event-inalj-example-growing-your-career-grassroots-225693 <p>The 平特五不中 School of Information Studies 2013 Career Fair Committee is happy to present an exciting聽workshop and networking event for information professionals, featuring guest speaker Naomi House, MLIS.</p> Thu, 04 Apr 2013 18:26:29 +0000 elysia.donald@mail.mcgill.ca 2396 at /sis /sis/channels/news/sis-graduating-phd-student-kaushilya-weerapuras-thesis-published-book-225679 <p>A warm congratulations to graduating PhD student Kaushilya Weerapura and supervisor <a href="/sis/people/faculty/dalkir">Dr. Kimiz Dalkir</a> on the publication of聽Kaushilya's thesis as a book:</p> <p><a href="https://www.morebooks.de/store/us/book/self-regulated-learning/isbn/978-3-659-37510-1">Self-Regulated Learning: An Information Science Perspective</a></p> <p><em>From publisher:</em></p> Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:11:49 +0000 elysia.donald@mail.mcgill.ca 2392 at /sis /sis/channels/news/sis-graduating-phd-student-guillaume-boutard-awarded-major-sshrc-grant-interdisciplina <p>Guillaume Boutard, graduating PhD student at the School of Information Studies, has been awarded a major Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) grant with co-PI Fabrice Marandola (Schulich School of Music).</p> <p>Their interdisciplinary research project focuses on "Documentation, Dissemination and Preservation of Compositions with Real-time Electronics".</p> <p>Congratulations Guillaume!</p> Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:52:54 +0000 elysia.donald@mail.mcgill.ca 2389 at /sis