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Published on: 13 Dec 2013
Rhiannon Gainor, McGill 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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Published on: 18 Nov 2013
Congratulations to McGill 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!
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Published on: 15 Nov 2013
The McGill 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.
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Published on: 1 Nov 2013
Allana Mayer, School of Information Studies MLIS II student is the winner of the ProQuest , open to LIS students worldwide!听The Roger K. Summit Scholarship, awarded annually by ProQuest, recognizes LIS students who demonstrate outstanding interest or performance in electronic information services.听The award is the equivalent of US $5,000 and will be presented at the Special Libraries Association (SLA) Annual Conference.
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Published on: 17 Jun 2013
Congratulations to School of Information Studies PhD student Jonathan Dorey on receiving a FQRSC research grant!
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 Prof. Catherine Guastavino.
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Published on: 21 May 2013
Les Cahiers du听Num茅rique has published a special thematic issue on the preservation of digital cultural artifacts, prepared by School of Information Studies faculty member Dr. Catherine Guastavino and recent PhD graduate Guillaume Boutard, guest editors.
View a summary of contents at .
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Published on: 13 May 2013
The McGill School of Information Studies warmly congratulates the following incoming PhD in Information Studies students on receiving McGill 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
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Published on: 30 Apr 2013
School of Information Studies graduating MLIS student Xenia Kurguzova has won a听Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) prize for her visual depiction of Eastern European corruption research.
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Published on: 10 Apr 2013
A warm congratulations to graduating PhD student Kaushilya Weerapura and supervisor Dr. Kimiz Dalkir on the publication of听Kaushilya's thesis as a book:
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Published on: 4 Apr 2013
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).
Their interdisciplinary research project focuses on "Documentation, Dissemination and Preservation of Compositions with Real-time Electronics".
Congratulations Guillaume!
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Published on: 28 Mar 2013
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 d茅constructions du savoir" on March 15 and 16, 2013.
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Published on: 19 Mar 2013
Congratulations to School of Information Studies MLIS student Sarah Wilkinson on her book review in the , 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. .
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Published on: 18 Dec 2012
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 McGill 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.
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Published on: 11 Dec 2012
Congratulations to School of Information Studies students and faculty who presented at the "#Influence12 - Symposium & Workshop on Measuring Influence on Social Media" in Halifax,听Nova Scotia听September 28-29, 2012.
Paper presentation:听Nouf听Khashman (PhD candidate). "We are all听Khaled听Said" Page on Facebook: Exploring its听Influence on the Egyptian Revolution.
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Published on: 9 Oct 2012
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