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MAS alumn Jennifer Meehan appointed Director of the Library of Congress’ Special Collections
Jennifer's career spans over 18 years in academic and research institutions, including 14 years of management and leadership experience.

GAA Opportunity for UBC iSchool Students: Portfolio Course Development
This position will work with Dr. Luanne Sinnamon and Rick Kopak to assist with the development of a course proposal for an MLIS Portfolio course.

How UBC Library Is Rethinking Problematic Indigenous Representations in Children’s Literature
Learn how UBC Education Library, Xwi7xwa Library and UBC Okanagan Library found a way to contextualize problematic books from the children’s picture book collections.

Decay No More: A Persistent Twitter Dataset for Learning Social Meaning
Congratulations to PhD candidate Chiyu Zhang, Dr. Abdul-Mageed and Postdoc ElMoatez Billah Nagoudi on receiving the Best Paper Award for this work!

UBC YAACS Movie Day
Join Dr. Eric Meyers and UBC YAACS (Young Adult and Children's Services) for the screening of Song of the Sea and a discussion afterwards, including pizza!

Encrypted Doesn’t Necessarily Mean Private: A Look at WhatsApp Privacy Concerns
In this Digital Tattoo blog post, MLIS student Karen McInnes explains how WhatsApp shares personal data and raises concerns about user privacy on this popular app.

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Upcoming Events

Dr. Heather O’Brien Receives ASIS&T Research in Information Science Award 

The award recognizes how her research has transformed the field of information science through meticulously researched and widely influential scholarship.

Balancing Intellectual Freedom and Medical Disinformation in Canadian Libraries

The study, led by UBC iSchool alumni and faculty, aims to understand the experiences of library workers in responding to situations related to medical disinformation.

Indigenous History Month

We encourage you to explore the events and resources on this page and learn about and acknowledge the rich history, heritage, resilience, and diversity of Indigenous Peoples across the country.

Dr. Abdul-Mageed named Canada Research Chair in Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning

His research focuses on Natural Language Processing, a field aiming at teaching machines to understand and generate human language.

School of Information Great Canadian Beach & Park Cleanup Party

Join us this summer as a volunteer in our Beach & Park Cleanup Party and make a tangible impact on waste in our environment!

Featured Events

  • Unraveling Colonial Threads

    June 28, 2022 5:00 pm
    Join this MOA event and hear from three Indigenous women artists as they talk about what it means to “unravel” colonial threads in our systems.

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  • School of Information Beach & Park Cleanup Party

    July 20, 2022 1:30 pm
    Join us this summer as a volunteer in our Beach & Park Cleanup Party and make a tangible impact on waste in our environment!

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