Everything tagged: LIS Education

Due to insufficient support for the proposal, UBC’s Acting Dean of Arts decided not to proceed at this time.

On March 27, the Faculty of Arts at the University of British Columbia (UBC) released an updated proposal to establish The School of Media, Information and Journalism.

Congratulations to members of the Canadian library and information management community being recognized by their peers at the 2017 Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Conference

In early December, the Faculty of Arts at the University of British Columbia (UBC) released a draft “Proposal for the Creation of The School of Media and Information.”

Is a shared vision of librarianship an impossible dream and does it really matter? How we can collectively cultivate and support the next generation of library professionals?

Share your thoughts with the ALA Task Force on the Context of Future Accreditation

Martha Attridge Bufton will receive her award at the IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Columbus, Ohio.

A first in Canada, the inaugural class in September 2016 of corporate and business professionals will enhance their abilities to strategically use data to help their organizations become more successful.

Dalhousie University School of Information Management (SIM) Associate Professor and former Director, Dr. Louise Spiteri, will be serving as President of the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) for 2016-2017.

The American Library Association (ALA) has appointed two task forces on LIS accreditation: Task Force on Accreditation Process and Communication and Task Force on the Context of Future Accreditation.