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    Xenia Kurguzova (MLIS '13) wins a SSHRC prize for her visual depiction of corruption research. (Photo: X. Kurguzova)

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    MLIS student Carolyne Ménard reflects on her experience with Librarians Without Borders in Guatemala. (Photo: C. Ménard)

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    SIS is Canada's original school for information professionals, with a history reaching back over 100 years. (Photo: E. Bilodeau)

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  • Envisioning the future: Web 2.0 and beyond

    At the annual Web2.U symposium, students and members of the information community explore the implications of Web 2.0 technologies in professional information settings. (Photo: N. Bouchard)

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School of Information Studies

DIRECTOR'S MESSAGE

As the Director of the School of Information Studies, I welcome your interest in our discipline. ‎ Information Studies concerns itself with the theories, principles and practices required to identify, select, acquire, organize, store, preserve, retrieve and disseminate information and knowledge. With the increasing production of information and the pervasive use of information technology, more than ever, we need to better understand the role of information at the individual, social, and organizational level.  

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FEATURED CONFERENCES

ICKM 2013

ASIS&T Annual Meeting 2013