Louise Spiteri appointed to ALISE EDI Taskforce

March 5, 2021 Kim Humes Leave a Comment

From SIM Acting Director, Vivian Howard:

I am delighted to announce that Dr. Louise Spiteri (SIM Professor) has been appointed to The Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Taskforce.

The taskforce is charged with advising ALISE on strategies for increasing the profession’s “diversity” footprint. The goals are to increase participation from and provide better support to people of color, under-represented groups across equity, diversity, and inclusion lines, as well as to identify strategies for infusing more diverse thinking and strategies in pedagogy, curriculum, programs, and other ALISE activities. Members of this taskforce are appointed to serve through the end of the ALISE 2021 Conference.

A former President of ALISE, Dr. Spiteri will be the sole Canadian on the taskforce, whose membership includes Maurice Wheeler, University of North Texas (Chair), as well as members Kawanna Bright, East Carolina University; Melissa Wong, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; and Carl Haynes, University of Michigan.

EDI is a significant priority of both the University and the Faculty of Management, and we are so pleased that Dr. Spiteri is representing Dalhousie and undertaking this important work. Please join me in congratulating her.

IM Public Lecture: On the Never-Ending Serial Crisis and the Need to Re-Think Scholarly Publishing (Dr. Philippe Mongeon)

March 4, 2021 Kim Humes Leave a Comment

The Information Management Public Lectures give attention to exciting advances in research and professional practice. The topics are diverse reflecting the importance and global extent of Information Management in today’s society. The lectures are free of charge and open to all, unless otherwise stated.

All 2020-2021 lectures will be held virtually on Microsoft Teams. Click here for the full schedule. Lecture will be recorded and posted on our YouTube channel.

Dr. Philippe Mongeon
Dalhousie University

Lecture Details
Thursday, March 18th, 2021
6:00pm
Microsoft Teams (click link at above date/time to join)

Abstract: Academic libraries around the world have been in an enduring “serial crisis” for now more than three decades. Despite the massive decrease in the costs of publishing brought by technological advances, the rise of the Open Access movement, and the “big deals” negotiated with scholarly publishers, the costs of access to scholarly literature never ceased to increase and the crisis remains unresolved. This talk will provide a quick overview of the evolution of scholarly publishing over the last 30 years and present the results of an ongoing study on the costs of access to scholarly literature in Canadian universities. The talk will also provide a critical perspective on the so-called transformative agreements (some prefer the term “big deal 2.0”) that recently emerged as a solution proposed by scholarly publishers.

Bio: Dr. Philippe Mongeon is an assistant professor at the School of Information Management at Dalhousie University. He is Director of the Quantitative Science Studies Lab, an associate member of the Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur la science et la technologie (CIRST), president of the Canadian Association for Information Science (CAIS), and member of the Environmental Information: Use and Influence (EIUI) research group. His research revolves around the use of bibliometrics and other quantitative methods to study the dynamics and practices of knowledge production, dissemination and use. He is an open access and open science advocate.

Job Postings: Limited-Term Appointments (2) for Lecturer or Assistant Professor

February 17, 2021 Kim Humes Leave a Comment

The Dalhousie School of Information Management (SIM) invites applications for two limited-term faculty appointments (Lecturer or Assistant Professor) – a 1-year term appointment, and a 2-year term appointment, both commencing July 1, 2021. Click the links below for full details and to apply.

Both postings close March 18th.

Questions can be directed to sim@dal.ca.

Louise Spiteri elected Interim Chair of Dalhousie Senate

February 12, 2021 Kim Humes Leave a Comment

From Vivian Howard (Acting Director, SIM):

Please join me in congratulating Louise Spiteri, who was recently elected Interim Chair of Senate for 2021-22.

Louise has been a Senator since 2015, and has most recently served as Interim Vice-Chair of Senate, with responsibility for Academic Programs. In this role, Louise has chaired Senate Academic Planning and Research Committee as well as the Award for Excellence in Education for Diversity Committee. She also serves on the Senate Planning and Governance Committee, the Senate Nominating Committee, and the Senate Honorary Degrees Committee.

We all know Louise’s ability to chair meetings from our own Faculty Council experience, so we can look forward to efficient and effective Senate meetings in the new academic year. Congratulations, Louise!

2020 Research in Review

February 8, 2021 Kim Humes Leave a Comment

The Faculty of Management 2020 Research in Review Report has been posted. Click here for PDF [860 KB]. SIM’s research is highlighted on pages 25-30, and pasted below, including publications from SIM alumni and faculty, such as: Alison Brown, Adrienne Colborne, Colin Conrad, Vivian Howard, Bertrum MacDonald, Philippe Mongeon, Mike Smit and Louise Spiteri.

We are proud of our researchers here at SIM. Learn more about SIM research here. Join us for presentations from our students, faculty, alumni and friends at our 2021 Research Day on April 1st (more details here).

Conrad C. Aziz J. Smith N. Newmann A. 2020. What do users feel? Toward affective EEG correlates of cybersecurity notifications. Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organization. 43:153-162

Conrad C. Bailey L. 2020. 32:129-135. What can neuroIS learn from the replication crisis in psychological science? Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organization. 32:129-135

Klesel M. Schlechtinger M. Oschinsky FM. Conrad C. Niehaves B. 2020. Detecting mind wandering episodes in virtual realities using eye tracking. Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organization. 43:163-171

Godfrey D. Findlay C. Mulchandani D. Subramanalyer R. Conrad C. Newman A. 2020. A tri-hybrid braincomputer interface for neuro-information systems. Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organization. 43:291-297

Conrad C. Agarwal O. Woc CC. et al. 2020. On using Python to run, analyze, and decode EEG experiments. Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organization. 32:287-293

Brown A. Spencer R. McIsaac J-L. Howard V. 2020. Drawing out their stories: a scoping review of participatory visual research methods with newcomer children. International Journal of Qualitative Methods. 19

Martin C. MacDonald B. 2020. Using interpersonal communication strategies to encourage science conversations on social media. PLoS ONE. 15(11Nov):e0241972

Liu Z. MacDonald B. 2020. New policies and evaluation system needed to address environmental concerns in China. Sustainability. 12(12):4924

MacDonald BH. Cadman R. Martin C. et al. 2020. Is the production and use of grey marine literature a model for open science? Grey Journal. 16(2):73-83

Cadman R. MacDonald BH. Soomai SS. 2020. Sharing victories: characteristics of collaborative strategies of environmental non-governmental organizations in Canadian marine conservation. Marine Policy. 115:103862

Larregue J. Lariviere V. Mongeon P. 2020. On the institutional and intellectual division of labor in epigenetics research: a scientometric analysis. Social Science Information. 59(1):117-143

Colborne A. Smit M. Characterizing disinformation risk to open data in the post-truth era. Journal of Data and Information Quality. 12(3):13

Allam H. Biemel M. Ali-Hassan H. Blustein J. Spiteri L. 2020. If you build it, they won’t come: what motivates employees to create and share tagged content: a theoretical model and empirical validation. International Journal of Information Management. 54:102148

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