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School of Information Studies

  • MLIS students celebrating Spring Convocation. (S. Allnutt)
  • A SIS student conducting research at the McGill Archives. (C. Calligaris)
  • Alumna & McGill Librarian Jessica Lange, MLIS '09. (P. Boghossian)
  • MLIS student with Librarians without Borders in Guatemala. (C. Ho)
  • Students @ the annual student-run Web2.U conference. (M. Bouchard)
  • SIS Lecturer & McGill Librarian Ed Bilodeau at Web 2.U 2013 (N. de Preux)
  • Alumna Anna Stoute, MLIS '02. (C. Calligaris)
  • Curator and SIS Lecturer Richard Virr at the McGill Library. (O. Egan)
  • School of Information Studies, 3661 Peel. (E. Bilodeau)
  • Professor Charles-Antoine Julien at a SIS Research Seminar. (E. Donald)

Welcome

At the School of Information Studies (SIS), we are engaged in innovative research and world-class education in information studies.

Research at the School is interdisciplinary and far-reaching, with many initiatives falling in the School's core research areas: human-computer interaction, information-seeking behaviour, information resources in context, and knowledge management and representation. Learn more.

    The School offers four academic programs:

     

    The School is an academic unit of the Faculty of Education.

     

    Faculty Member Search

    SIS is currently seeking a new Faculty member with research expertise in Information and Knowledge Management (taxonomies, data mining, intelligence studies, knowledge transfer, organizational learning) and Curation and Preservation (digital archives, records management, authenticity, cultural heritage management, museum studies).

    Posting: Assistant Professor [.pdf]. Application deadline: May 15, 2013.