Full-time Faculty
Cameron Pierson
location_on493 - 1961 East Mall
My teaching and research are informed by my background as an American Library Association accredited librarian. With experience in national, university, legal, school libraries, and ProQuest, I have worked in Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Germany, and now Canada. These experiences have ...Read more
Elizabeth Shaffer
A critical archives scholar, Dr. Elizabeth Shaffer investigates the intersections of race, gender, and digital infrastructures and technologies. Her research questions how information policy, practices and systems emerge and evolve in contemporary digital spaces, with particular attention to...Read more
Eric Meyers
Eric Meyers
Associate Professor | Graduate Advisor
emaileric.meyers@ubc.ca
phone604 827 3945
location_onIKBLC 485
Eric M. Meyers is an Associate Professor at the School of Information at the University of British Columbia, where he teaches and conducts research on the information practices of young people in academic and everyday contexts. Eric’s research interests lie at the intersection of information scien...Read more
Erik Kwakkel
Erik Kwakkel
Professor | Director | Minor in Informatics Program Chair
emailerik.kwakkel@ubc.ca
phone604 822 4448
location_onIKBLC 496
Research Area
Digital and Cultural HeritageI am a Professor at the UBC School of Information where I teach and conduct research on the History of the Book. My primary interests are book design and communication in the premodern world, in particular how information was disseminated and consumed in the age before the invention of the printing ...Read more
Research Area
Digital and Cultural Heritage
Fatemeh Salehian Kia
Fatemeh Salehian Kia
Assistant Professor of Teaching
Fatemeh Salehian Kia is an Assistant Professor of Information Science in the educational leadership stream at the University of British Columbia, where she conducts research at the intersection of technology and education to enhance our understanding of how people learn. She is also an affiliated re...Read more
Hannah Turner
I am a settler critical information studies scholar, and my research investigates the connection between documentation, culture, and technology. I teach in the iSchool graduate program, and I teach two classes in the Informatics Minor: INFO 200: Foundations of Information and INFO 301: Digital Cultu...Read more
Heather O'Brien
I am a Professor at the iSchool. My research and teaching interests are in the areas of information seeking and retrieval, user engagement with digital media, information access and knowledge exchange. I have an MLIS and PhD from Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
I have spent 20 years s...Read more
ON LEAVE
until January 2024
Jennifer Douglas
I am an Associate Professor at the iSchool, where I teach classes on the archival system and profession, archival arrangement and description, and personal and community archives. My work centers on personal archives – how and why they are created, and how archivists understand, represent and prov...Read more
Research Area
Archives and Records
Julia Bullard
I am an assistant professor at the iSchool and I teach courses in knowledge organization, classification theory, and information systems. My research looks at the way that knowledge organization systems are designed, implemented, revised, broken or fixed. I am interested in the design of organizatio...Read more
Lisa Nathan
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Working for an educational institution that occupies unceded Musqueam territory, each day challenges me to fulfill my responsibilities as a guest on their territory. Part of that work involves (re)imagining ways to define, value, and care for information, st...Read more
Luanne Sinnamon
I am an Associate Professor at the UBC iSchool and served as Director from 2015-2020. I hold a PhD from the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto, an MLS degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, an MA (Russian history) from Carleton University, and a BA from the University of To...Read more
ON LEAVE
until November 2024
Muhammad Abdul-Mageed
Muhammad Abdul-Mageed
ON LEAVE
until November 2024
Associate Professor
phone604 827 4530
location_onIKBLC 493
I am an Associate Professor at the iSchool, cross-appointed with the Department of Linguistics. I am also an associate member of the Department of Computer Science. My areas of research interest are natural language processing, deep learning, Arabic natural language processing, and social media mi...Read more
ON LEAVE
until January 2024
Richard Arias-Hernández
I am an Associate Professor of Teaching at the School of Information at UBC. I teach courses on digital libraries, digital collections, information systems, information visualization, data management, analytics, and visualization at the iSchool graduate programs and in the Bachelor of Media Studies ...Read more
Tess Prendergast
Tess Prendergast
Lecturer
phone604 822 5007
location_onIKBLC 494
Research Area
Libraries and LibrarianshipI am a Lecturer at UBC iSchool, where I teach courses in the area of librarianship and children’s literature. Prior to joining the iSchool in 2019, I worked as a children’s librarian in a large urban public library for over two decades, where my work focused on early literacy support for diverse...Read more
Research Area
Libraries and Librarianship
Victoria Lemieux
I am a Professor of Archival Science at the School of Information and lead of the Blockchain research cluster, Blockchain@UBC at the University of British Columbia – Canada’s largest and most diverse research cluster devoted to blockchain technology. My current research is focused on risk to the...Read more
Adjunct Professors/Sessional Lecturers
Andréa Tarnawsky
emailatarnaws@mail.ubc.ca
location_onSFU Special Collections and Rare Books
I am an Adjunct Professor at the School of Information and the Digital and Outreach Archivist at Simon Fraser University Library’s Special Collections and Rare Books. I hold a Dual MAS/MLIS from the University of British Columbia School of Information and a BMus in Music History from the Universit...Read more
Bri(an) Watson
Bri(an) Watson is a disabled, white, queer & nonbinary settler hailing from N'dakina in Aln8ba8dwaw8gan (colonially: New Hampshire), now living in Xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh and səlilwətaɬ. As a Vanier Scholar at UBC’s iSchool, they focus on information’s histories and the prac...Read more
Christine Middlemass
location_onVancouver Public Library
I am privileged to have enjoyed a successful career in libraries, as a practicing librarian and manager, as a leader in professional organizations, and as a teacher. I was with the Vancouver Public Library, 1979 to my retirement in 2017. I have over 10 years governance experience as a board member o...Read more
Cobi Falconer
Cobi Falconer
Director, Access to Information and Privacy
emailcobi.falconer@ubc.ca
location_onCity of Vancouver
I oversee three portfolios at the City of Vancouver which are Access to Information, Protection of Privacy, and Corporate Records and Information Management. My passion for the field stems from my deep belief in information access and the protection of personal information as a fundamental human rig...Read more
Dan Farrell
I write and teach on the history of record keeping.
Dan Slessor
emaildslessor@langara.ca
location_onLangara College
I am a librarian at Langara College, responsible for managing the Library's communication channels, assessment initiatives, and reference services.
Danielle Batista
emailbatistad@mail.ubc.ca
Danielle Batista, BAS, MIS, is a Ph.D. Candidate from the iSchool@UBC. She is a member of the Blockchain@UBC Research and Cybersecurity Certified by ISC2. She has 20 years of experience in records and information management. Her specialties are public records management, electronic and digital recor...Read more
Fiona Hunt
emailfhunt@langara.ca
location_onLibrary and Information Technology Program, Langara College
My background is primarily in academic libraries, where I have taught information literacy skills and concepts to postsecondary students and worked collaboratively to integrate information literacy into the institution’s curriculum. In the role of liaison librarian, I have undertaken collection de...Read more
Ian Wojtowicz
emailian.wojtowicz@ubc.ca
I use art, design, and technology to work on problems affecting society. Research interests include poverty and social mobility, climate change resilience and adaptation, systemic failures and democratic agency, multiculturalism and internationalism, the mediation of dissonant historical narratives,...Read more
Jessica Lee
I am a manager at Burnaby Public Library where I oversee operations at the McGill branch location and projects for the library system. I've been proud to lead and be apart of projects that launch new library spaces, services, and digital products. My work is informed by creative problem solving and ...Read more
Julie Iannacone
location_onSelf-employed | UBC
I have over 30 years of experience in the public library sector, most recently as Director of Neighbourhood & Youth Services at Vancouver Public Library where I led services for children and teens, branch-based neighbourhood services, accessible services, and facilities development projects. I a...Read more
Karin B. Schmidlin
Karin B. Schmidlin
Sessional Lecturer | PhD student
emailschmidlink@gmail.com
location_onUniversity of Waterloo and Emily Carr University of Art + Design
I am a passionate educator and designer teaching human-centered design courses that focus on developing products, services and systems aimed at enhancing a human's life. In conjunction with my teaching endeavours, I am currently pursuing a doctoral degree at UBC's Faculty of Education, concentrating...Read more
Kathryn Shoemaker
emailkshoe@telus.net
location_onUBC
After many years illustrating children’s books and materials and teaching illustration I completed the Masters Degree in Children’s Literature at UBC. Then having caught a scholarly bug I pursued a doctorate. The best part of this academic work has been the opportunity it gave me to teach teache...Read more
Kevin Day
Kevin Day
Educational Services Manager | Sessional Lecturer
emailischool.edsm@ubc.ca
phone604-822-2461
location_onIKBLC 479
Kristin Kozar
emailkristin.kozar@ubc.ca
Kristin is a proud member of the Hwlitsum First Nation and served on council for 6 years. She is a 2018 Masters of Library and Information Studies graduate, concentration in First Nation curriculum. She has previously worked at what was formerly known as UBC Aboriginal Health and has worked on a pro...Read more
Kristy Waller
emailkjwaller@mail.ubc.ca
location_onEmily Carr University of Art + Design
I have worked as the archivist at Emily Carr University of Art + Design since 2019. My practice has focused on projects that centre community and artists’ archives including the digitization, preservation, management, and accessibility of AV materials. I have previously worked at Western Front and...Read more
Melissa Salrin
emailmsalrin@sfu.ca
location_onSimon Fraser University
As an archivist working in and managing special collections, a lot of my work is focused in collecting stories about the local communities, spaces, and places in which we live. I am deeply interested in identifying and enacting strategies to make archives and special collections welcoming, vibrant s...Read more
Syeda Shahid
emailsyeda.shahid@ubc.ca
My teaching and research interest includes more broadly information behaviour and seeking. Additionally, I am interested to investigate the underpinning philosophical approaches and application of information literacy (IL) instruction, professionals' competencies and IL assessment methods.
Trevor Smith
location_onDouglas College
At Douglas College, Trevor oversees the library’s print and digital book’s collection and works with Technical Services for cataloging and processing. He regularly presents at conferences on using tools like Excel and Access in academic collections work. He has worked on projects with the Albert...Read more
Visiting Academics
Syeda Shahid
emailsyeda.shahid@ubc.ca
My teaching and research interest includes more broadly information behaviour and seeking. Additionally, I am interested to investigate the underpinning philosophical approaches and application of information literacy (IL) instruction, professionals' competencies and IL assessment methods.
Emeriti
Edie Rasmussen
Edie Rasmussen
Professor Emeritus
Dr. Rasmussen is a Professor Emeritus in the iSchool, where she also served as Director from 2003 to 2010. Prior to joining UBC she was a Professor at the School of Information Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh. She has also served on the faculty at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore...Read more
Judith Saltman
Judith Saltman
Professor Emerita
Judith Saltman was a children's librarian from 1970 to 1983 at the Toronto Public Library, the West Vancouver Memorial Library, the New Westminster Public Library, and the Vancouver Public Library. She taught at the iSchool from 1983 to 2016. Her areas of specialization include children's literature...Read more
Luciana Duranti
I am a Professor Emerita at the iSchool. My areas of specialization are archival theory, diplomatics, and digital records. My research aims to find solutions to digital record issues that can be universally applied.
Since 1998, I have been the Director of InterPARES (www.interpares.org), a multi-...Read more
Margaret Ann Curry
Margaret Ann Curry
Professor Emerita
emailann.curry@ubc.ca
Dr. Curry is a Professor Emerita at the iSchool where she served from 1990 to 2008 in various administrative capacities including Chair of the MLIS program. From 2008 to 2014, she assumed roles at the University of Alberta, including Director of the School of Library and Information Science and Prof...Read more
Mary Sue Stephenson
Mary Sue Stephenson
Senior Instructor Emerita
emailmss@mail.ubc.ca
Dr. Stephenson is a Senior Instructor Emerita at the iSchool where she served from 1987 to her retirement in 2016. She earned her BA from the University of Texas at Austin and her MLIS and Ph.D in Information Science from The University of North Texas. As a Senior Instructor she focused on service...Read more
Richard Hopkins
Professor Hopkins worked in a wide variety of library settings: School Libraries (Burnaby School District), University Libraries (UBC), Special Libraries (Petro-Canada), Public Libraries (Calgary Public Library), College Libraries (Southern Alberta Institute of Technology), and Freelance Librariansh...Read more
Rick Kopak
B.A. (Alberta), M.L.S., Ph.D. (Toronto)
Research Area
Information Design
Terry Eastwood
- Archivist, the Provincial Archives of British Columbia, 1973-1981
- Adjunct Professor, History Department, Simon Fraser University, 1979 and 1980
- Appointed Assistant Professor in the then School of Librarianship at the University of British Columbia to chair and teach in the newly established ...Read more
Research Area
Archives and Records