A scholarship, the gift of a bequest of Richard David Hughes, is awarded on the recommendation of UBC iSchool to a student entering the first year of the Master of Library and Information Studies program. It is awarded on the basis of academic achievement, leadership potential and promise of success in librarianship.
Number: 1
Eligibility
Entering the MLIS program
Indicators:
Academic achievement
Leadership potential
Promise of success in librarianship
Application procedure
The Education Services Coordinator and Graduate Advisor make recommendation to the iSchool Director once both incoming cohorts (September and January) have been set.
This scholarship, given by the H.W. Wilson Foundation, Inc., New York, is available for a student intending to adopt librarianship as a profession. The winner is selected by the iSchool on the basis of academic record, ability, financial need, and promise of success in the field of librarianship.
Number: 1-2
Eligibility
Entering the MLIS program
Indicators:
Academic achievement
Promise of success in librarianship
Application procedure
The Education Services Coordinator and Graduate Advisor make recommendation to the iSchool Director once both incoming cohorts (September and January) have been set.
A scholarship has been endowed in honour of Gene Joseph (MLS, 1982) by the British Columbia Library Association, First Nations Interest Group, and the University of British Columbia.
The award is offered to an aboriginal graduate student at UBC School of Information. It is made on the recommendation of the iSchool, in consultation with the First Nations House of Learning and Faculty of Graduate Studies.
Number: 1
Eligibility
Registered full-time in the School
Aboriginal student
Open to both domestic and international students
Application procedure
Student application letter, addressing criteria and indicators, to the iSchool Director, by July 1, with short biography identifying Aboriginal community and interests; OR
Nomination by the Education Services Coordinator and Graduate Advisor.
A gift of the Fraser Valley Regional Library is offered annually to a student entering or attending UBC School of Information and who is a resident within the Fraser Valley Regional Library’s service area.
The award is made to a student with sound academic standing who shows professional promise. The financial circumstances of a candidate may be a consideration.
In offering this scholarship, the Board of Management of the Fraser Valley Regional Library pays tribute to Dr. Helen Gordon Stewart for her manifold leadership in the development of British Columbia libraries and particularly for her pioneering efforts in the establishment of regional library service in the Fraser Valley in the years 1930-1934. The award is made on the recommendation of the School.
Number: 1
Eligibility
Entering the MLIS program and residing within the Fraser Valley Regional Library’s service area
Indicators
Academic standing
Professional promise
Financial circumstances may be a consideration
Application procedure
The Education Services Coordinator and Graduate Advisor make a recommendation to the iSchool Director once both incoming cohorts (September and January) have been set.
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Cataloguing Culture examines how colonialism operates in museum bureaucracies. Using the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History as her reference, Hannah Turner organizes her study by the technologies framing museum work over two hundred years: field records, the ledger, the card catalogue, the punch card, and eventually the database. She examines how categories were applied to ethnographic material culture and became routine throughout federal collecting institutions.
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Our students and faculty have access to exciting research opportunities. Our school is known for its cross-disciplinary, community-engaged and internationally recognized research.
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