Carolyn Smith receives 2024 Dalhousie-Horrocks National Leadership Fund

October 7, 2024

Dalhousie University’s Department of Information Science today announced that Carolyn Smith, a second-year Master of Information (MI) student, is the 2024 recipient of the Dalhousie-Horrocks National Leadership Fund. The scholarship is awarded annually to an MI student who demonstrates leadership potential in information management, specifically in libraries.

Carolyn Smith Chosen as 2024 Recipient of the Dalhousie-Horrocks National Leadership Fund

We are pleased to announce that Master of Information (MI) student Carolyn Smith has been selected as the twelfth 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 (now DIS) 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.

Carolyn Smith is a second-year graduate student pursuing her Master of Information (MI) at Dalhousie University with the completion of the programs Archives Certificate. She holds a BA in History with a minor in English from Vancouver Island University. Following her undergraduate degree Carolyn started her professional career working for qathet Museum & Archives, a regional community-led organization within the Coast Salish territories of BC. Her work inspired her to further her career within the archival and information field leading her to Dalhousie’s MI program where she has been able to learn from professionals and scholars within the archival field. Carolyn is inspired by community-led work and has worked with MI students and faculty to re-ratify the Dalhousie Association of Canadian Archivists Student Chapter (DAL ACA). She acts as current Chair and ACA coordinator for DAL ACA and is currently working as coordinator to bring back the ACA’s nation-wide Special Interest Section for Emerging Professionals and Students. Additionally, she works with the Archives & Digital Technologies Lab (ADML) as a student assistant for the Open Classroom Seminar Series on Antiracism & Decolonization in Archival & Information Studies. Carolyn is a current recipient of the Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Masters Award with her thesis focusing on the charting of Indigenous sovereignty within Canadian archives. Her interests lie within the areas of archives, records management, community-based practice, decolonization, memory and identity, and policy development.

This award will be presented at the Dalhousie-Horrocks National Leadership Lecture on February 3rd, 2025. Stay tuned for more details!

(Via Dalhousie University, Department of Information Science)

Previous recipients:

• 2023: Catherine Gracey
• 2022: Maddie Hare
• 2021: Vinson Li and McKenzie Young
• 2020: Siobhan Wiggans
• 2019: Cassandra Larose
• 2018: Rachel Fry
• 2017: Rebecca (Becky) Shaw
• 2016: Domenic Rosati
• 2015: Leah Boulos
• 2014: Dominique Taylor
• 2013: Alison Froese-Stoddard