UBC School of Information offers many exciting research opportunities for its faculty and students. Our research is cross-disciplinary, community-engaged and internationally recognized.
Our faculty are known experts in their field. They are frequently acknowledged for their teaching quality and commitment to professional service, which directly contribute to the value of their ongoing research.
Research highlights
$1.5M+
Research projects funded over $1.5M annually
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Partner in multiple UBC research clusters
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Research published in the top journals in the field
Research highlights
- Our award-winning faculty is recognized provincially, nationally and internationally for their contributions and leadership in library, archival and information studies research.
- Faculty lead significant research initiatives: InterPARES project for archival standards and digital records preservation and Blockchain@UBC research cluster.
- Research conducted at the School of Information is published in the top journals in the field. Including, but not limited to the Journal of the Association of Information Science & Technology (JASIS&T), Archivaria, Information Processing and Management (IPM), Library and Information Science Research (LISR), Information Research, Journal of Documentation, Interacting with Computers, and Journal of Information Science.
Research Spotlight
Achievements, Faculty, Research
Dr. Elizabeth Shaffer’s project with the Refugee Law Project’s Digital Archive receives funding under the Seed Funding for Cooperation with the Global South program
March 27, 2025
Achievements, Faculty, Publications, Research
Dr. Muhammad Abdul-Mageed publishes article on a deep learning model for de novo peptide sequencing
March 12, 2025
Achievements, Research, Students
Lily Liu and Grace Park curated display on Chinese Canadian and Korean Canadian Records
February 5, 2025
