Jennifer Charney and Suzuette Soomai hold positions as Information Managers with the newly launched Marine Piracy project at Dalhousie University. This project, led by Dr Lucia Fanning of the Marine Affairs Program, includes three research teams investigating operational, socio-economic and governance factors that relate to piracy internationally. The fourth team, led by Dr Fiona Black in the School of Information Management, is responsible for information and knowledge management for the project. Jen Charney, with a strong background in information organization generally and geographic information science in particular, is contributing expertise in Web design, online community development and GIS; Suzuette Soomai, an interdisciplinary researcher with special expertise in coastal areas, is taking the lead in database design, content analysis and thesaurus development. Both students’ roles are central to the success of the project, contributing research for setting the intellectual boundaries of the project, and offering expert guidance about research methods, information ethics and knowledge management generally.
Employment Opportunity: Web Assistant
Web Assistant: Part-time Contract Position
Contract: 8 month (renewable), September -April, 3 days (21 hours) per week
Rate of pay: $17.50 per hour
Reporting to: Advancement Director
Responsible for the technical upkeep of www.ukings.ca, the Web Assistant will work primarily with Advancement and the Registrar’s Office. He/she will be responsible for maintaining the integrity of the site’s architecture and design while working with College constituencies to build on the existing structure. He/She will report to the Advancement Director and will work in tandem with the Communications Co-ordinator to ensure the content for the website is consistent to standard and error-free.
Donna Bourne-Tyson appointed Dalhousie University Librarian
Please join us in congratulating Donna Bourne-Tyson (class of 1990) who has been appointed the University Librarian at Dalhousie. Below is the press release from Dal’s President, Tom Traves:
I am pleased to announce the appointment of Donna Bourne-Tyson as the University Librarian, following a national and international search process. Ms. Bourne-Tyson assumes her new position effective Nov. 1, 2011.
Donna has been the University Librarian at Mount Saint Vincent University since 2005, where she has led numerous innovative changes in that system. In addition, her knowledge of copyright issues will be valuable in informing the strategy of the university as we proceed further into electronic resources. Donna is recognized regionally and nationally in the university library community and we look forward to working with her to expand the reach and effectiveness of the information resources at Dalhousie as we go forward.
Donna is familiar with Dalhousie as an alumna of Dalhousie’s Master of Library and Information Studies program. In addition, she holds a Master of Arts in English Literature from the University of Western Ontario and a Bachelor of Arts from Nipissing University.
Bill Maes has kindly agreed to continue serving as the University Librarian until the end of October. Bill has led the University Library with great vision from a typical books and journal building into the learning hub we have today. I would like to thank him for his exemplary service to Dalhousie over the past 12 years and wish him a productive and well-earned sabbatical year.
MIM poster presentation
You are invited to attend a research poster session, which a group of Master of Information Management (MIM) students will present next week.
Date: Thursday, 4 August
Time: 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Location: Room 3087, Rowe Management Building
These MIM students have been conducting research projects as a requirement of their capstone course over the past three months, and are the first to complete the degree, which was launched in 2008. They will convocate in October as the first Master of Information Management graduates in Canada.
Sandra Toze recipient of teaching award
Congratulations to Sandra Toze who was chosen for one of the Faculty of Management’s teaching awards. Please see Dean Peggy Cunningham’s comments below:
It is with great pleasure that I announce this year’s winners of the Faculty of Management’s Teaching Awards: Ms Tammy Crowell, Mr Dan Shaw, and Ms Sandra Toze. Please join me in congratulating each of them. Formal presentation of the awards will take place at our annual Faculty retreat in November.
A wide range of factors were considered for granting the awards – students’ assessments of teaching quality, letters of reference from colleagues, the applicant’s use of innovative teaching methods and technologies to support learning, his/her support of students inside and outside the classroom, and contributions to knowledge related to teaching practice. This award is funded through the generosity of Mr. Bill Black, a long-time supporter of the Faculty and a passionate promoter of teaching excellence. I am delighted to report that he has agreed to fund the award for the next five years.
The Committee tasked with selecting the award winners faced a daunting task this year. Ten of our colleagues were invited to apply for the award. Each application was of extremely high quality. To me this is clearly indicative of our Faculty’s devotion to, and expertise in, teaching quality. Thus, while there are not enough awards to recognize all of our excellent teachers, I wish to congratulate and thank each and every one of them for the incredible work they do as instructors and mentors of our students.