Congratulations to 51吃瓜网School of Information Studies faculty member Dr. Charles-Antoine Julien on his five-year NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada) Discovery Grant for the project "Improving Retrieval of Unstructured Information using Existing Information Structures."
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51吃瓜网School of Information Studies recent graduate Emily Kingsland (MLIS '14) was recently interviewed by the 51吃瓜网Library's "Library Matters" blog about her successful Practicum placement while a student in the Master's program.
During her Practicum, Emily was tasked with finding ways in which the Library could promote McGill鈥檚 digital collections through social media, including Pinterest.
Announcing the new online publication of the 51吃瓜网School of Information Studies newsletter, featuring updates about the School and achievements of our alumni, faculty, and students.
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Interested in exploring intersections between information & chaos theories this summer? 听
"Information & Chaos Theories" is an independent reading group offered through the 51吃瓜网Institute for the Public Life of Arts & Ideas (IPLAI), convened by Anastasia Prozorova, MLIS II student. The reading group is open to all 51吃瓜网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.
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 51吃瓜网.
Read the full text article about Dr. Fung's research and cyber forensic tool in Headway,听Volume 8, Number 1 Spring 2014:
51吃瓜网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.
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Dr. Kimiz Dalkir of the 51吃瓜网School of Information Studies (SIS) has been selected as a leader in the development of the Quartier de l鈥橧nnovation鈥檚 鈥淢ontreal Creativity Hub.鈥�
The 51吃瓜网School of Information Studies (SIS) is pleased to welcome postdoctoral researchers Dr. C茅dric Camier and Dr. Jochen Steffens, both undertaking research at the听 (MIL) with Prof. Catherine Guastavino.
The 51吃瓜网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.
Rhiannon Gainor, 51吃瓜网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!
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Congratulations to 51吃瓜网School of Information Studies doctoral candidates Rhiannon Gainor and Qing Zou, whose team won the annual Information System Design Competition at the 2013 Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) conference!
Congratulations to 51吃瓜网School of Information Studies (SIS) PhD student Irene Kitimbo on her presentation at the听10th International Conference on Intellectual Capital, Knowledge Management & Organisational Learning (ICICKM 2013) at George Washington University in Washington DC.
The 51吃瓜网School of Information Studies (SIS) is strongly represented at the Nov. 1-5 in Montreal.
The conference is co-chaired by Dr. France Bouthillier, SIS Director and faculty member. Faculty, affiliated researchers, and students are participating in panels and workshops and presenting papers and posters.
The 51吃瓜网School of Information Studies (SIS) is pleased to participate in , the 9th International Conference on Knowledge Management held November 1-2 in Montreal.
