I encourage you to listen to the radio interview given by Paul McKenna, our valued part-time instructor at SIM, about the departure of William Elliot as commissioner of the RCMP. Congratulations, Paul.
Kudos to the IWB Committee
I would like to congratulate the IWB Committee on planning and hosting a very successful and thought-provoking IWB Conference. The speakers and panel discussions covered interdisciplinary topics that were relevant and timely.
The Committee is to be given particular credit for handling with aplomb last-minute changes necessitated by the winter storm. Your professionalism and resilience were noted and appreciated by all.
Thank you for your outstanding efforts; the entire SIM community is proud of you. I welcome those who attended the conference to post their thoughts about the topics discussed.
National Survey of Early Literacy Program
Last summer we released an article about a survey conducted by Dalhousie University’s School of Information Management and the Read to Me! Nova Scotia Family Literacy Program to gather information on early childhood literacy programs across Canada. The results of this survey may be found at:
Congratulations to Dr. Vivian Howard, and MLIS students Deirdre O’Reilly and Naomi Balla-Boudreau for this important work.
Deirdre and Naomi will be presenting their work at the upcoming Information Without Borders conference this week, as well as the CLA conference in May.
SIM student to present at major health symposium
Barbara Hill-Taylor, a student in the MLIS program, will be presenting the paper Evaluating a Pediatric Emergency Department Intervention: Promotion of a Standard Practice Change from Salbutamol Inhalation by Nebulization to Metered-dose Inhalers with Holding Chambers at the
2011 Symposium of the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health, Vancouver, BC, April 3-5, 2011. This presentation is a direct result from Barbara’s summer practicum placement. The paper is co-authored with Katrina F Hurley, MD, Ingrid Sketris, PharmD, MPA (HSA), Colleen O’Connell, PhD, Doug Sinclair, MD, Andrew Wing, BSc
Well done, Barbara.
Registration is open for the Information without Borders Conference
Please take this opportunity to register for the student-led Information without Borders Conference, to be held on February 3, 2011. This year’s program looks exciting and multidisciplinary, and includes a number of keynote speakers and panels. The theme of this year’s conference is Change Management, which is indeed very timely and relevant to today’s information landscape. A student poster competition will take place during the Conference and a cash prize will be awarded to the winner.
Looking forward to seeing you there.
100 Ways Librarians Use the Social Media
Students at the School of Library and Archival Studies at the University of British Columbia have compiled a useful list of social media applications used by information management professionals. The responses to this post provide additional resources. I’ll certainly be taking a look at this, particularly to examine any tags used: Top 100 Ways Librarians Use Social Media The Search Principle blog.
Season’s Greetings from SIM
I would like to extend the best wishes of the Season to all SIMmers: Staff, faculty, instructors, alumni, students, and all our external friends who do so much for the School. It’s been a rewarding term academically and administratively, with more and better things to come in 2011. Thank you to everyone for your continuing support of the School and all its endeavours; you make this a wonderful place in which to work and play (we do have fun, too, after all).
I hope you have a relaxing time with friends and family over the next two weeks. Happy Holidays to all of you and, to those of you who celebrate it, Merry Christmas.
In memorium: Charles Armour
The School of Information Management and the Dalhousie University Archives & Special Collections honour the memory of Charles A. Armour, former Dalhousie University Archivist, who passed away on December 4th, 2010 at the age of 76.
Born in Taylor Village, New Brunswick, Charles graduated with a B.Sc. from Mount Allison University in 1956; a M.Sc. from Dalhousie in 1957; and a Ph.D. from University College, London in 1960. The chance discovery of a trunk containing historical logbooks and other shipping-related records in his family home in Taylor Village changed the direction of his academic career from Chemistry professor to archivist and historical researcher. In 1970, he was appointed Dalhousie University’s first University Archivist, a position he held until his retirement in 1999.
During his 29 year tenure, Charles built the foundation of the Dalhousie University Archives’ current holdings of Nova Scotia shipping, business, labour, medical and cultural records, as well as acquiring significant accruals of university records. He served as Regional Director of the National Archival Appraisal Board and also contributed many articles and two books to his life-long scholarly passion for ships, sailors and shipbuilding in the Maritimes. He is survived by his wife, Hedy and his son, Charles. A memorial gathering is planned for next spring.
Holiday Cheer for Cataloguing Nerds Only
Go, Dewey and Ranganathan: Holiday Cheer for Cataloguing Nerds Only.
Guest post: Do we need cataloguers? | Voices for the Library
I thought you might be interested in the blog post below that discusses the need for cataloguers. I think you can probably guess to which side of this discussion I belong.
Guest post: Do we need cataloguers? | Voices for the Library.