SIM is proud to announce that alumnus Leo Deveau (MLIS ’03) has a new book coming out this fall, entitled 400 Years in 365 Days – A Day by Day Calendar of Nova Scotia History.
You can find it in bookstores October 12th (or order directly from Formac Publishing). View the book trailer here (note: the website in the trailer will not be active until after the book is out).
Congrats, Leo!
By Scarlett Kelly (MLIS/MPA):
I spent the summer in France with the support of Mitacs Globalink Research Award. The award was used for my research on information creation behaviour. It was qualitative research and there were some very interesting findings generated from the interviews.
I also had a chance to work in the Large Scale Collaborative Data Mining (LACODAM) team at Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (INRIA). I developed a communication model for the data mining team, which has the potential to bridge the findings between data miners and domain users. I am currently looking for an opportunity to apply the communication model to a real-life situation.
It was a very meaningful summer because I had the opportunity to learn about data mining in a top research institution in France. Moreover, I was able to apply my knowledge in social sciences, such as reference service in a library setting, into an interdisciplinary research area in computer science. I felt I could make a positive change in communication practice in data mining.
My own research on information creation behaviour also inspired me to explore some related areas, such as data ownership and security, privacy, behavioral psychology in the Cloud, human rights in the digital era, renewed relations between people, business, and government, and accountability in the age of the “digital fingerprint”.
Other than research, I visited almost all the major cities in Bretagne and, of course, Paris, and enjoyed the rich history and legends, beautiful scenery, amazing architecture, and art pieces that I had previously only seen in art history textbooks. It was one of the best summers I have ever had.
The School of Information Management is pleased to announce that Master of Library and Information Studies student, Rebecca (Becky) Shaw, has been selected as the fifth recipient of the Dalhousie-Horrocks National Leadership Fund.
This Fund was established in 2007 to honour Dr. Norman Horrocks, OC, PhD, FCLIP (1927-2010) for his outstanding leadership in the field of librarianship in North America, Australia, and Europe. Over several decades Dr. Horrocks, former Director of the School of Information Management and Dean of the Faculty of Management at Dalhousie University, pursued a distinguished career of very active involvement in professional associations in the United Kingdom, Cyprus, Australia, the United States, and Canada. His many contributions, for which he received local, national and international recognition, have advanced the field and the careers of countless individuals. The fund supports a scholarship and an associated lecture series through an endowment donated by the many former students, colleagues, friends and admirers of Norman Horrocks.
Becky Shaw is a second year Master of Library and Information Studies student and first year Master of Arts in Musicology student at Dalhousie University. She previously studied at Western University (London, Ontario) where she received her Bachelor of Music, Honours Music History. Her main interests are in music librarianship, archival studies, and early music notation. Over the summer, she spent five weeks at the National Library of Portugal in Lisbon, describing and cataloguing chant manuscripts from the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries.
Becky currently works as a Research Assistant to Dr. Jennifer Bain on the Cantus Manuscript Database, where she is developing a standard identification system for differentiae—melodic formulas that indicate the end of a psalm recitation—in over 170 medieval chant manuscripts. Her MA thesis will further explore differentiae using digital analysis techniques. Becky also works in the Dalhousie Archives and is on the editorial board for the Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management.
In addition to her musicological interests, Rebecca is a classical guitarist, and studied with Wilma Van Berkel at the University of Western Ontario. She holds her Associate Diploma from Conservatory Canada in guitar and piano performance, and has performed for such guitar luminaries as Rene Izquierdo, Dale Kavanagh, Laura Young, and Gohar Vardanyan.
Rebecca has received several academic awards, including, most recently, a Killam Predoctoral Scholarship at Dalhousie University and a Canadian Graduate Scholarship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada.
MLIS student, Nicole Dalrymple, can already be found in various places on campus and off. Now you can also see her above the sidewalks: Nicole is representing Graduate Studies on the brand new Dal 200 lamppost banners, installed to commemorate Dal’s bicentennial. These colourful banners will welcome students, staff, faculty and visitors as they explore the campus throughout the coming year.
We are proud to have a SIM student included in this initiative. These banners are sure to add some colour to our campus this year.
Read the full article on the Dal 200 banners here.
Many of our MLIS students complete internships with Dalhousie Libraries during their studies. Internships are just one of the work-integrated learning opportunities available to students in our MLIS program.
Alicia Whidden, Lindsay Warner, Nicole Dalrymple (you can also learn more about Nicole’s Practicum at Pier 21 here), Rebekah Prette, Caroline Korbel, and Christine Cousins all completed internships at Dalhousie Libraries this year. Click on each name to read their profile, and learn more about why they came to the MLIS program, and what projects they worked on at their respective libraries. Their stories illustrate the breadth of experiences available in our program and the field.
