Dalhousie School of Information Management Report - APLA

SIMReporttoAPLAMay2016
SubmittedbySandraToze,InterimDirector,SchoolofInformationManagement
IthasbeenaninterestingandproductiveyearatSIM.Wewishtothankallofourprofessional
partnersandcommunities,especiallyAPLAforthesupportyouprovideforourstudentsfrom
participatinginourProfessionalPartnersProgram,toattendingthestudentledInformation
WithoutBordersConference,providingguestlecturesinourclasses,andhiringourstudents.
Studentsconsistentlyemphasizethattheincredibleconnectionswiththelibraryand
informationcommunityhereinAtlanticCanadaisahighlightoftheireducationalexperience.
Wearehopingtostrengthentheserelationshipsevenmoreintheupcomingyear,andto
promoteandbroadcastallthatwedotogether.
SIMEvents
ThispastyearwehadaverysuccessfulseriesofIMPublicLectures,asyoucan
seelistedbelow.Wearelookingtoexpandtheideasofspeakers,andwelcome
inputfromthecommunity.Whowouldyouliketosee?Whoinspiresyou?We
areparticularlyinterestedinadiverserangeofvoicesoncriticalInformation
[email protected].
2015-2016Lectures
1. ExploringSpaceandPlacewithMobileApplications(KeithLawson)
2. iMarineinSupportofFAO'sBlueGrowthInitiative:TheInformationRequirements*
(MarcTaconet)
3. Mindtools:WhatDoesitMeantobeLiterateintheAgeofGoogle?(DanRussell)
4. FraudForgotten?WhattheHistoryofDrugRegulationTeachesUsAboutthe
ImportanceofTransparencyToday(MatthewHerder)
5. BridgingtheGap:TheCommunicationofInformationinComplex,Multi-sectoral
Networks(LeeWilson)
6. DrivingInfluentialLeadershipinaGlobalContextintheInformationProfession(Ingrid
Parent)
7. DesigningVirtualEnvironmentsforChildrenandTeens:ChallengesandOpportunities
(JamshidBeheshti)
8. ChoosingFood:ExploringConsumers'UseofIngredientInformation(MarkMcCumber)
9. FromBibliometricstoAltmetrics:CurrentChallengesintheMeasurementofScholarly
Activity(VinventLarivière)WORKSHOP
10. OnTransformationsofScholarlyCommunicationintheDigitalEra(VincentLarivière)
Recordingsoftheselecturesareavailableonourwebsite:
http://www.dal.ca/faculty/management/school-of-information-management/newsevents/information-managementpubliclectureseries.html
SIMAssociatedAlumni
WestartedtheyearwithareceptionhostedbySIMAssociatedAlumnitowelcomeour
students,andawardtheSIMAAOutstandingAlumniawardtoSusanCleyle,Classof1988.
WeareplanningawineandcheeseeventatAPLA2016,onMondayMay30thfrom5:00to
7:00.Lookingforwardtoseeingyouthere.
PleaseremembertocheckSIMAA’swebsiteforthemostrecentnewsandevents:
http://www.dal.ca/faculty/management/school-of-information-management/alumnifriends.html
SIMStudents
The2016InformationWithoutBorders(IWB)Conference,
“ManagingHealthInformation:TechnologiesandStrategiesforthe
21stcentury”wasahugesuccess,withrecordattendance
CongratulationstoIWBcommitteeleadbyco-chairsTessGrynoch
andChantelRidsdale,andthankstoallofyouwhoattended.Our
studentsarehardatworkonthe2017theme.
DJIM,theDalhousieJournalofInterdisciplinaryManagement,ledbySIMstudentslaunched
their12thvolumeavailableat:https://ojs.library.dal.ca/djim/index
TohighlightourmanystudentswhodoindependentresearchandprojectswehadaSIM
ResearchdayonApril7th.Thankyoutomanyofyouwhomayhaveparticipatedinsurveysand
interviews.Weplantomakethisanannualevent.Thefollowingisalistofallparticipants:
Posters
• DanielGouthro:SentimentsTowardtheIslamicStateonTwitter
withinCanada
• LeahBoulos:MeasuringtheImpactofMandatoryResearch
RequirementsonMedicalStudentInformationSeeking
Behaviour
• HannahSteeves:CanadianLegalProfessionals’Information
Activities:Whatdotheydoandhowdotheytweet?
• AndrewMoore:TheHumanFactorinDigitalRecommender
Systems
• CharlotteMacKeigan:EvaluatingContentManagementSystemsinAcademicLibraries–
APilotStudyoftheNovanetConsortium
• AnneHvidsten:CorporateInformationManagement–CoreConcepts&BestPractices
LightningTalks
• RobynGray:YoungAdultUseofE-Books:AnAnalysisofPublicLibraryInformationand
ResourceOfferings
• JennaKnorr&ElizabethO’Brien:Community-LedServices:APartnershipbetween
DalhousieUniversity,ShelterNovaScotia,andHalifaxPublicLibraries
• ZoeDickinson:SearchEngineVisibilityforCanadianPublicLibraryResources:
Motivators,Barriers,andEnablers
• KatieBowers:CooperativePreschoolProgrammingatHalifaxPublicLibraries
• TessGrynoch:ResearchDataManagementonThreeFronts:WorkingwithResearchers,
Libraries,andanInformationSchool
• ChantelRidsdale:StrategiesandBestPracticesforDataLiteracyEducation
• DomenicRosati:Programming,Scripting,Coding:HowandWhyLibrariansEngagein
ComputerProgramming
• ElhamAlghamdi:SocialMediaBasedBusinessesinSaudiArabia
• LamaKhoshaim:MeasuringUserEngagementintheContextofSecondScreening
FacultyResearch
ThisisjustabriefsamplingofthetalksandpublicationsandgrantsawardedtoSIMFacultyover
thepastyear.WewanttogiveyouasenseoftherangeofresearchactivitieswithintheSchool.
Wewelcomeanyquestionsaboutourresearch.
Books
Dr.LouiseSpiteri,whohasbeenverybusyonheradministrativeleavehasEditedand
authoredchaptersintheupcomingbook,Managingmetadatainweb-scalediscovery
services,whichisinthepublishingphaseatFacet.
Dr.BertrumMacDonald,andhisteamatEIUIhavepublishedabookontheSciencePolicyInterface–Science,InformationandPolicyInterfaceforEffectiveCoastaland
OceanManagement.AvailableMay17th.
SelectedPapers
Harder,A.,Howard,V.&RehbergSedo,D.(2015).Creatingcommunitythroughshared
reading:AcasestudyofOneBookNovaScotia.Partnership:theCanadianJournalofLibrary
andInformationPracticeandResearch:10.1.Availableat
https://journal.lib.uoguelph.ca/index.php/perj/article/view/3098#.VyKVLKODGko
McCay-Peet,L.,Toms,E.G.&Kelloway,E.K.(2015).Examinationofrelationshipsamong
serendipity,theenvironment,andindividualdifferences.InformationProcessingand
Management,51,pp.391-412.
McCay-Peet,L.,&Toms,E.G.(2015).Investigatingserendipity:Howitunfoldsandwhatmay
influenceit.JournaloftheAssociationforInformationScienceandTechnology,66(7),pp.14631476.
LouiseSpiteri,alongwithco-authorsNadineDesrochers,AudreyLaplante,AnabelQuan-Haase,
andKimMartinhavehadthefollowingpaperacceptedforpublicationinJournalof
Documentation,pendingrevisions-Illusionsofa'Bond':TaggingCulturalProductsacross
OnlinePlatforms.
Yzaguirre,A.,Warren,R.,&Smit,M.(2015,October).Detectingenvironmentaldisastersin
digitalnewsarchives.InProceedingsof2015IEEEInternationalConferenceonBigData,pp.
2027-2035.IEEE.
SelectedPresentations
Dr.VivianHowardpresentedapaperConnectingwithCommunity:TheImportanceof
CommunityEngagementinRuralPublicLibrarySystemsattheCanadianAssociationfor
InformationScienceConference,UniversityofCalgary,June1-3,2016.
JenniferGrek-MartinpresentedattheAssociationofAmericanGeographersannualconference
(March-April2016):TheMaps&GeographiesofComicBooks,GraphicNovels,ScienceFiction,
andFantasyLiterature.
Dr.LoriMcCay-PeetpresentedapaperSerendipityandthechallengeofconstructvalidity.at
theSerendipityFactor:EvaluatingtheAffordancesofDigitalEnvironments(SEADEWorkshop),
ACMSIGIRConferenceonHumanInformationInteractionandRetrieval(CHIIR)2016,Chapel
Hill,NorthCarolina.
Dr.MichaelSmitpresentedhispaperonConvergedreality:Adatamanagementresearch
agendaforaservice-,cloud-,anddata-driveneraatthe49thHawaiiInternationalConference
onSystemSciences,2016.
Dr.SandraTozewasacceptedtopresentExploringtheGroupwithinSocialandCollaborative
SearchattheWorkshoponSocialandCollaborativeInformationSeeking(SCIS),May14-15,
2015,RutgersUniversity,NewJersey.
SelectedGrants
Dr.VivianHowardwasawardedaNovaScotiaHealthResearchFundDevelopment/Innovation
Grant,withDr.ChristineChambers(PI),Dr.PennyCorkum,Dr.AnatoliyGruzd,andMichelle
Tougas.DevelopingaMethodforStudyingOnlineHealthInformationSharingoverSocial
Media.
Dr.BertrumMacDonald,InterimDeanoftheFacultyofManagement,receivedaSSHRCInsight
Grantfor$371,575overfiveyearsforaprojectentitled“Elucidatinginformationuseatthe
science-policyinterfaceinmarineenvironmentaldecision-making.”
MLISProgramPlans
SIMisintheprocessofaprogramreviewofourMLISdegree.Thisprocessisongoing,butwe
areexcitedbytheideasbeinggeneratedtostrengthenourdegreeintermsofcurriculumto
supportchangeswithinthe“traditional”sector,includinganewCommunityLedProgramming
course,andtoexpandourcurriculumfocusingmorebroadlyonInformationManagement.We
areconsideringthelaunchofcertificateprogramsstudentscouldcompletesimultaneouslywith
theirdegree,andarerethinkingourcorecourses,bothintermsofcontentandsequencingto
allowformoreflexibility.Beginningthissummer,wearecommittedtoofferingoneortwo
onlineelectives,togivestudentsmoreoptions.WehostedanAllStudentsmeetingtoensure
ourcurrentMLISstudentswereinvolvedintheprocess.Staytunedtoourwebsiteformore
details.
MIMProgramUpdates
AlongwithourMLISprogramreview,wearealsoreviewingourMIMprogram.Launchedin
2008wehavehad35graduatesfromthisprogramtodate,with7morescheduledtowalk
acrossthestagethissummer.Ourprogramfocusesbroadlyoneducatingmid-career
professionalstotakeonleadershiprolesinInformationManagementacrossallsectors.With
thereviewwearelookingforwaystoallowstudentstocustomizetheprogramtotheirneeds,
andtoexpandtheDataManagementelementsoftheprogram.Wehavebeendoingfocus
groupswithstudentsandalumnitohelpinthisprocess.
RecruitmentandOutreach
Graduateeducationisbecomingmorecompetitive,andSIMislookingatcreativewayswecan
tellpeopleaboutourschoolandourprograms.Youmaynoticewearemakingchangestoour
website,andhavebeenexperimentingwithFacebookadvertising.Weareworkingwithother
schoolsintheFacultytospreadourmaterialsacrossCanada.Consistentlyourbestsourceof
studentsisourAlumniandpartners.Ifyouhaveanygreatideasformarketingandpromotion
ofourprogramspleaseletusknow.
Informationforall
Doyouhaveapassionforservice?LearnhowtodemocratizeinformationwithanMLIS
degree.
LookingForward
SIM,alongwiththeFacultyofManagementandallDalhousieisplanningforthe200thbirthday
ofDalhousiein2018.KeepwatchingSIM’swebsiteasourideasunfold.