Library Education
Dalhousie School of Information Management
http://sim.management.dal.ca/
Upcoming student-led conference
The Information Without Borders (IWB) Conference will be held on Monday February 16 2008 from 8:30 – 5:00pm at the McInnes Room, Dalhousie Student Union Building. It is a student-lead initiative of the School of Information Management at Dalhousie University.
The theme of the 2009 IWB Conference is I.M. Easy Tech: Information Technology Transforming Professions, providing insight into the benefits and challenges of using IT in information management work across all disciplines. The day will include presentations, technology displays, panel discussions, and an expo of student work. Keynote Speakers are: Dr. B.T. Boadway, former Director of Health Policy at the Ontario Medical Association, and Mark Leggott, University Librarian at the University of Prince Edward Island. For more information visit the conference website:http://iwbconference.informationmanagement.dal.ca/iwbconference/ "> http://iwbconference.informationmanagement.dal.ca/iwbconference/
Information Management Public Lectures
In January, Ken Roberts and Annette DeFaveri visited SIM and presented talks in the Information Management Public Lecture series. Ken Roberts, President of the Canadian Library Association and Chief Librarian of the Hamilton Public Library, spoke on Revolutionary versus Evolutionary Change. According to Roberts, libraries have become exceptionally good at managing evolutionary change but are less comfortable when faced with the need to manage revolutionary change. Ken also discussed the role that library associations play as our profession morphs to address new realities.
Annette DeFaveri was the National Coordinator of the Working Together Project and was the first Community Development librarian at the Vancouver Public Library. She is currently the Manager of Children’s Services at the Vancouver Public Library. Ms. DeFaveri’s presentation, Community Development and the Role of Information Professionals, provided an overview of the traditional role of community in library-based policy making, and the present role that communities play. According to Ms. DeFaveri, public libraries are becoming more relevant to the communities they serve as they work to include collaborative community-based approaches to library service planning and policy decision making,
SIM Student Wins George Atiyeh Prize
Our students win a wide array of awards and prizes. We applaud them all! The following is a recent example. Sean Swanick, a second-year student in Dalhousie’s MLIS program won the 2008 George Atiyeh Prize. This prize was founded by the Middle East Librarians Association (MELA) in 1999 to honor George N. Atiyeh, retired Head of the Near East Section of the Library Congress, for his many contributions to Middle East librarianship and scholarship. The George Atiyeh Prize offers financial aid to attend the annual meetings of MELA and of the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA). Sean attended the annual MELA meeting November 21st -22nd at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C.
