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Margaret Ann Curry

Professor Emerita
email ann.curry@ubc.ca
Research Area
EDI and Information Ethics | Information Access and Retrieval | Libraries and Librarianship
Education

B.A. (English and Math), University of Alberta
B.L.S., University of Alberta
M.L.S., University of British Columbia
Ph.D. (Information Studies), University of Sheffield

About

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 Professor within the MA in Communications and Technology Program. She also served as Visiting Professor at Dalhousie University in Halifax and Curtin University in Perth. Prior to her UBC career, Dr. Curry had careers as an oil company librarian, chair of the library technician program at McEwan University in Edmonton, and senior manager in Alberta public libraries.

Teaching

Research

Research interests:

  • Intellectual Freedom and Censorship
  • Public Library Management
  • Library Architecture and Planning
  • Research Methodology
  • Collections Management
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Margaret Ann Curry

Professor Emerita
email ann.curry@ubc.ca
Research Area
EDI and Information Ethics | Information Access and Retrieval | Libraries and Librarianship
Education

B.A. (English and Math), University of Alberta
B.L.S., University of Alberta
M.L.S., University of British Columbia
Ph.D. (Information Studies), University of Sheffield

About

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 Professor within the MA in Communications and Technology Program. She also served as Visiting Professor at Dalhousie University in Halifax and Curtin University in Perth. Prior to her UBC career, Dr. Curry had careers as an oil company librarian, chair of the library technician program at McEwan University in Edmonton, and senior manager in Alberta public libraries.

Teaching

Research

Research interests:

  • Intellectual Freedom and Censorship
  • Public Library Management
  • Library Architecture and Planning
  • Research Methodology
  • Collections Management

Margaret Ann Curry

Professor Emerita
email ann.curry@ubc.ca
Research Area
EDI and Information Ethics | Information Access and Retrieval | Libraries and Librarianship
Education

B.A. (English and Math), University of Alberta
B.L.S., University of Alberta
M.L.S., University of British Columbia
Ph.D. (Information Studies), University of Sheffield
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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 Professor within the MA in Communications and Technology Program. She also served as Visiting Professor at Dalhousie University in Halifax and Curtin University in Perth. Prior to her UBC career, Dr. Curry had careers as an oil company librarian, chair of the library technician program at McEwan University in Edmonton, and senior manager in Alberta public libraries.

Teaching keyboard_arrow_down
Research keyboard_arrow_down

Research interests:

  • Intellectual Freedom and Censorship
  • Public Library Management
  • Library Architecture and Planning
  • Research Methodology
  • Collections Management