The LibVine blog has an entry that links to a presentation of the 3D printing work done by MLIS students Riel Gallant and Michael Groenendyk.
Data Privacy Day 2013
All SIM students are invited and encouraged to attend Dalhousie University’s Data Privacy Day on January 30, 2013. Registration for students is free, and lunch will be provided. The sessions are very relevant to information management, and you would have the chance also to meet key players in the field.
Dr. Peter Wells appointed adjunct professor in SIM
It gives me great pleasure to announce that Dr. Peter Wells has been appointed as Adjunct Professor in the School of Information Management. Dr. Wells has been associated with SIM for several years, and has been involved in several collaborative research projects with SIM faculty members and students. Dr. Wells has served on MLIS thesis committees, and will be actively involved in delivering the new MLIS course INFO 6850 Special Topics in Information Management: Role of Information in Public Policy Decision Making.
Dr. Wells is also an Adjunct Professor in the School for Resource and Environmental Studies and the Marine Affairs Program, Faculty of Management, and a Senior Research Fellow, International Ocean Institute, at Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS. Dr. Wells retired June 30th, 2006, from Environment Canada, his last position being the Head, Coastal and Water Science Section, and a Senior Research Scientist, Coastal Ecosystems, Environmental Conservation Branch, Environment Canada (Dartmouth, NS). Dr. Wells worked for the Canadian Federal Government for 34 years, starting with the Fisheries Research Board of Canada (FRBC) in 1969, and with Environment Canada in 1974. Dr. Wells has a B.Sc. in Biology (McGill University, 1967), a Master of Science in Zoology (University of Toronto, 1969) and a Ph.D. in Zoology (University of Guelph, 1976). Dr. Wells retired to pursue further teaching, research and writing in marine ecotoxicology and management, and community service on issues affecting coastal and oceanic environments of the Bay of Fundy, Gulf of Maine and North-west Atlantic.
Dr. Wells holds other academic appointments at the International Ocean Institute, Dalhousie University, the Acadia Centre for Estuarine Research, Acadia University, and the Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick. At Dalhousie, Dr. Wells teaches and supervises graduate students in marine environmental science (ecotoxicology, environmental indicators, ecological risk assessment, land-based marine pollution), marine affairs, and environmental informatics. Dr. Wells is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2000); recipient of the SETAC Presidential Citation for exemplary Service, 2002; recipient of Dalhousie University’s 2002-2003 Sessional and Part-time Instructor Award of Excellence for Teaching (2003); in 2004, a co-winner with Dalhousie colleagues of the Grey Net Award for best paper at the International Conference on Grey Literature (GL5), Amsterdam, 2003; in 2006, winner of BoFEP’s Environmental Stewardship Award, and the Government of Canada’s Public Service Award; and in 2009, was inducted into Sigma XI, the Scientific Honour Society.
Please join me in welcoming Dr. Wells to SIM; we are most honoured to have him on our team.
Latest edition of Inform
Good morning and happy New Year!
The latest issue of Inform is now available; it covers the period from July to December 2012 and can be found on the SIM website. We look forward to receiving your updates and hearing your feedback.
Diana M. Priestly Memorial Scholarship
Established in honour of the late Diana M. Priestly, a distinguished Canadian law librarian, and in recognition of her distinctive contribution to Law Librarianship, the Scholarship is intended to support professional development in the field and is awarded to a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant:
- who has previous law library experience and will be enrolled in an accredited Canadian Library School during the next academic term/year; or
- who has a degree from or is currently enrolled in an accredited Canadian Library School and will be enrolled in an approved Canadian Law School during the next academic term/year; or
- who has a degree from or is currently enrolled in an approved Canadian Law School and will be enrolled in an accredited Canadian Library School during the next academic term/year; or
- who will be concurrently enrolled in an approved Canadian Law School and an accredited Canadian Library School during the next academic term/year.
One scholarship will normally be awarded each year in the amount of $2,500.00. It is non-renewable except in exceptional circumstances. The award may be withheld or cancelled for lack of suitable candidates or upon termination of schooling. The money will be disbursed to the successful candidate upon supplying proof of enrollment.
The applicant’s work experience, letter of application and letters of reference will form the basis of selection. Preference will be given to members of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries/Association canadienne des bibliothèques de droit but all persons with suitable library experience may apply.
Application forms are available online, or by writing to:
Ann Marie Melvie
Chair, CALL/ACBD Scholarships and Awards Committee
Law Librarian
Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan
2425 Victoria Avenue
Regina SK S4P 4W6
PH: 306-787-7399
Email: amelvie@sasklawcourts.ca
Complete applications must be received no later than February 1, 2013.
Potential reading course: Summer 2013
Project Proposal
Title: An Electronic Finding Aid to the published and unpublished material which relates to the History of the Health Sciences in Nova Scotia.
Prepared by: Dr. Allan E. Marble, Association of Health Sciences Archives and Museums of Nova Scotia
Proposal: Nova Scotia has a very rich history of health care which reaches back over 400 years. Although health care during the first two or three centuries of settlement in the province was dominated by medicine, the last century has seen dentistry, nursing, and pharmacy, become equally important partners in the delivery of health care. Several books and articles have been written which focus on the history of each of the four disciplines in Nova Scotia. In addition there are many unpublished collections of records kept by hospitals, archives, museums, professional societies, and universities, which provide an account of the illnesses and diseases which the Nova Scotia public were afflicted with, and how the professionals in medicine, nursing, dentistry, and pharmacy, responded to provide a successful outcome for the patient.
To my knowledge there has never been a finding aid prepared which lists the books and articles which have been published on the history of the health sciences in Nova Scotia. Likewise, there has never been a finding aid prepared to describe the unpublished collections which describe the history of the delivery of health care within the hospitals, the clinics, or the pharmacies.
The purpose of this project, therefore, is to create an electronic finding aid which: (1) identifies the published material related to the history of the health sciences of Nova Scotia and, (2) describes the unpublished collections of manuscripts and records related to the delivery of health care in the province during the last four centuries.
Books and journal articles on the history of the four disciplines can be identified by contacting the following people who will be pleased to provide support for the project. These individuals include:
- Medicine (Drs Jock Murray, Peter Twohig, and Allan Marble)
- Nursing (Gloria Stephens, Dr. Peter Twohig, and Dr. Barbara Keddy)
- Dentistry (Drs Tom Boran and Oscar Sykora)
- Pharmacy (Drs Mary MacCara and Gordon Duff)
The Annual Reports of the Victoria General Hospital and the Nova Scotia Hospital were published annually in the Journal of the House of Assembly, however, the existence of Annual Reports published by privately operated hospitals such as the Halifax Infirmary, the Grace Maternity Hospital, and the several rural hospitals, are unknown. The Medical History Society of Nova Scotia has recently embarked on a project to contact all of the hospitals in Nova Scotia to determine whether these institutions have published Annual Reports since their establishment. The answer to this question should be available during the new year.
Some of the Annual Reports submitted by government health care officials have been published in the Journal of the House of Assembly. Other Annual Reports such as from the Provincial Board of Health can be found in Archives throughout the province including the files of the Nova Scotia Archives on University Avenue.
Unpublished Material: There are approximately 50 hospitals in Nova Scotia which may have records describing the delivery of patient care and treatment in their institution during the last 100 or so years. Once again, the Medical History Society of Nova Scotia is in the process of contacting all of these hospitals to find out if they are retaining their records longer than the seven or so years required by the Provincial Government. The Medical History Society of Nova Scotia has requested that each hospital send to the Society an inventory of their hospital records. These inventories will hopefully be available in the new year.
Other unpublished collections related to the delivery of health care exist at Archives and Museums throughout the province. Using Archway, a finding aid established by the Council of Nova Scotia Archives (CNSA), one can locate some of the larger collections on health care, however, some of the smaller collections would have to be identified through contact with individual archives using the CNSA web site and their newsletter.
Duration of the Project: It is very difficult to judge the number of hours which would be required to complete this project, especially the second part dealing with unpublished material. My suggestion is that the student should first focus on the published material which I believe could be identified and described in an electronic finding aid in approximately 25 or 30 hours. If the student completes the foregoing earlier than expected, it would be very much appreciated if he/she would take an initial look at the unpublished material. It may be that this project could be continued by a second MLIS student who could focus on the unpublished material related to the history of the health sciences in Nova Scotia.
The Association of Health Sciences Archives and Museums of Nova Scotia is very grateful to you and the School of Information Management for the opportunity to have our project considered by your students.
Contact Person: Dr. Allen E. Marble, Chair of the Medical History Society of Nova Scotia. Telephone: 423-5359 (home), 494-3995 (office)
Anatoliy Gruzd Interviewed: Social media playing increased role in sports
The Great Debates in Program Evaluation.
On December 12, Dalhousie’s Master of Information Management (MIM) students presented research to representatives of the Nova Scotia Chapter of the Canadian Evaluation Society (CES) and invited guests, during an event called The Great Debates in Program Evaluation. The MIM students are completing their Program Evaluation course and this event provided an opportunity to further the discussion around theoretical and practical considerations of evaluation in today’s public and private sectors. The NS CES generously sponsored the event and a draw for three CES student memberships; the fortunate winners are shown in the attached picture, left to right: Dr. Kaireen Chaytor (Professor of the MIM Program Evaluation course), Judy Bahadoorsingh, Nancy Carter (NS CES Vice President), Jason Sidney and Celine Beauregard.
SIM Holiday Open House
The great debates in program evaluation
Wednesday, December 12, 8:30 am to 12:00 pm
Presented by students in the Master in the Information Management Program, Faculty of Management, Dalhousie University
Students who participated in an on-line course in program evaluation come together at Dalhousie for their intensive session on the topic. They will share a summary of their papers which looked into an evaluation issue or evaluation debate. The debates are organized into five panels of three or four papers in each, giving you opportunity to question and engage in the debate. The panels are listed below. Brief abstracts of the papers will be available upon arrival.
The Nova Scotia Chapter of the Canadian Evaluation Society is supporting this session. They invite you for 8:30 for coffee, seasonal treats and to meet with students and faculty.
Please RSVP to ces.novascotia@gmail.com by December 7th, 2012. This event is hosted by the School of Information Management, Dalhousie University and there is no charge for attendance.
Location: Room 3089 – Rowe Building, 6100 University Avenue, Halifax
