Invitation to participate to a survey on information governance in Canadian organisations

August 13, 2015

Pan-Canadian survey on information governance in Canadian organisations

You are an information professional¹ working in a Canadian organisation? You are interested in information governance?

We need your help!

By taking 20 to 30 minutes of your time to fill our questionnaire, you will contribute to better understand how information governance is implemented in Canadian organisations. Participation is on a voluntary basis; anonymity and confidentiality of your responses are guaranteed.

Even though information governance may help organisations with the multiple information challenges they are meeting – risk management, information and system accessibility, etc., little is known about how it is implemented. As part of its activities, the Groupe interdisciplinaire de recherche en gouvernance informationnelle (Interdisciplinary research group on information governance) (GREGI)² is undertaking a study to assess the state of information governance in Canadian organisations. Launched in August 2015, this survey ends on September 30th, 2015.

Thank you for your valuable cooperation,

Dominique Maurel (dominique.maurel@umontreal.ca)
Associate professor, École de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l’information (EBSI), Université de Montréal

Christine Dufour (christine.dufour@umontreal.ca)
Associate professor, École de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l’information (EBSI), Université de Montréal

Natasha Zwarich (zwarich.natasha@uqam.ca)
Professor, Département d’histoire, Université du Québec à Montréal

(1) Information professional is used here in a broad perspective and refers to any person whose tasks are related to the management of information. Some job positions for information professionals include: archivist, librarian, chief information officer, knowledge or records manager, information service manager, information architect, competitive intelligence experts, etc.

(2) Information governance is defined as an accountability framework that provides the basic principles and rules, management structure, and information management methods so that information is used effectively and efficiently in the organisation. This framework specifies expected behaviours for the creation, storage, evaluation, provision, use and sharing of information.

(3) The results of this study, including conferences and papers, will be made available on GREGI website (http://www.gregi.org).