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In thIS ISSue:

Prof. Lynne Teather

a leader in
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Informed magazine A special thank you to the
no. 62, autumn 2010 following contributors:
Publications Mail Adeela Ahmad
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Jeannie An ’99
ISSN 1913-696X Informed (Print)
ISSN 1913-6978 Informed (Online) Professor Emerita
Margaret Cockshutt ’49, ’64
editorial Board: Judy Dunn Bisa Lovric
Kathleen O’Brien Dean Seamus Ross
Judy Donnelly ’87
Kim Silk ’98
editor: Kathleen O’Brien
Lina Wang
associate editor: Judy Donnelly ’87
Professor Emerita
Designer: Michael Fedecky Design Nancy Williamson ’50, ’64
cover Photo: Adeela Ahmad

Departments
03 Letters 10
04 Letter from FIAA President
28 Class Notes
31 Donor Appreciation
32 In Memoriam

alumni news
05 Alumni Profile 14
06 Alumni Activities
34 Spring Reunion

Faculty news
08 Events
10 Grants & Awards
12 Staffing

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14 Faculty Profile
16 Faculty Research Roundup

Student news
20 Events
22 Awards & Internships
25 Student Profile

Feature
26 Spotlight on Institutes

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Your Letters
EdiTor’s NoTE
Nearly a dozen of you wrote
in to express support of our
moving the alumni publica-
tion online. Thank you for
agreeing with our efforts to be
environmentally friendly and
save printing and mailing costs.
If you prefer to receive the
magazine in the mail, please let
me know and we’ll be happy to
send a colour photocopy.
To the right is a lovely
letter from an alumna with
fascinating recollections of
life at the library school in the
1940s. We love hearing about
your experiences, so please
write in with your stories.
Kathleen o’Brien
Editor
Letters, comments, & address updates can be sent to:
Kathleen O’Brien, Editor, Informed Magazine
Faculty of Information, University of Toronto
140 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3G6
TEL: 416.978.7184 EMAIL: kathleen.obrien@utoronto.ca
www.ischool.utoronto.ca
Dear Editor:
Thank you so much for the print copy of Informed, which arrived a short
time ago.
While I am fascinated by the contemporary thrust reflected in the
publication, I must admit to not understanding most of it: 2009 is a very
different world from that of 1943.
I was sixteen when I completed Grade 13. Disturbingly, I discovered that
higher education was not available before the age of eighteen. Therefore I
took a one-year business course which I disliked intensely so decided to look
for another way of filling in the time remaining before reaching the elusive
eighteenth birthday. There was a job available in the local public library
which I was fortunate to get, and in no time I was “hooked.”
A year later I discovered the existence of the Library School at the
University of Toronto. Two courses were offered: after obtaining a bachelor
degree, a post graduate course which led to a degree was given; and a
diploma course, for suitable high school graduates who had some library
experience and a recommendation from a qualified librarian.
I was accepted and left my northern mining town of Timmins and
headed for the BIG CITY. It was September 1942, there were nineteen of
us in the class: seventeen studying for the degree, two for the diploma! We
all took the same classes led by excellent profs: Winifred Barnstead was
principal, Bertha Bassam taught cataloguing, Lillian Smith taught children’s
literature and book collections.
There were others, equally proficient, who were involved. One
interesting class taught us how to write “library hand” so that the catalogue
cards could be read – computers were unheard of and typewriters were at
a premium. Degreed persons graduated, those who received diplomas went
back to where they came from.
I returned to Timmins for one year, then accepted work in Toronto.
Marriage and motherhood came later but I was involved in short term
projects along the way as well as being registered in U of T Extension.
Ultimately, I achieved a BA and a BLSc, which led me into more interesting
situations. Finally, I retired in 1987.
If you have managed to get through this [letter], it will give you some
idea of the strides which the profession had made over one lifetime.
Although I am not currently involved in areas now beyond me, I am proud
to have been part of the continuum which has brought it to the present day.
Gwenville Foster
Renfrew, Ontario
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FIAA President’s Letter

H
aving completed my first full I can assure you that a good time was had by all!
year as President of the Fac- Looking forward to the 2010-2011 year, the Alumni
ulty of Information Alumni Association will continue all our programs, with several
Association, I’m struck most by the additions, refinements, and improvements. It is a bit early
enthusiasm and generosity inherent to divulge our plans, but I can say that a new Alumni
in our chosen profession. I’ve had the Association website is in the works, plus many other
opportunity to meet many information professionals over wonderful things. Stay tuned!
the past year, and in every case I see smiling faces, dedica- At this time I’d like to thank my executive team for
tion to and pride in one’s work, and a great sense of fun. I their unfailing support, hard work, and sense of humour.
certainly feel lucky to be part of such an exciting profes- I am very lucky to have such a great group of people to
sion, and I’m thrilled to meet so many others who love work with, and I hope they know how much I value their
what they do. time and dedication. Together, we’re doing our part to
I’ve also had the pleasure of getting to know the cur- make a great association even better.
rent iSchool students, and I am proud to say that both the The following are the alumni who will kindly vol-
2010 graduating class and those entering their second year unteer their time to serve on the Faculty of Information
of study are a very promising group. It was an honour to Alumni Executive for 2010-2011, representing your in-
attend the iSchool Convocation and Reception this past terests, staging events, facilitating conference grants, and
June and it was a great feeling to congratulate everyone organizing helpful programs for students such as Ask an
on their accomplishments. Alum and Job Shadowing. Join me in thanking them for
Speaking of accomplishments, the Alumni Association their time and commitment to the Information community.
had a very successful 2009-2010 year. Our initiatives using
social media to reach out to our classmates continues to
grow in popularity: our Facebook group, begun in 2008, is Alumni Executive for 2010-2011
up to 326 members, our LinkedIn group has 158 members,
PRESIDENT-ELECT DIRECTORS helen Katz Jacqueline
and we have 67 followers on Twitter. We will continue to alison Stirling Jeannie an MLS ’75 White appleby
use social media networks to promote our programs and MISt ’06 MISt ’99 ricardo laskaris MISt ’10
events, so please join one or all of them to keep up to date. gillian clinton MISt ’04
INFORMATION
PAST PRESIDENT MISt ’00
The Alumni Association supports current iSchool amanda leclerq STUDENT
claire lysnes
mark eaton MISt ’10 REPRESENTATIvE
students through our Awards and Grants programs. My MISt ’04 Valerie Stevens
MISt ’06 Kate macDonald
heartfelt congratulations go to 2010 Outstanding Alumni PAST PRESIDENT meg ecclestone MISt ’09
MUSEUM STUDIES
Award recipient, Anne Bailey (’75), and to 2010 Outstand- Karen Wierucki MISt ’09 mike meth REPRESENTATIvE
MLS ’80 carolanne MISt ’06 Valentine moreno
ing Student Contribution Award recipient, Kim Stymest graham cynthea Penman MMSt ’10
(’10). In addition, we awarded ten grants of $500 each to MISt ’08 MLS ’79
support current students giving papers or poster sessions Bruce harpham Wiebke Smythe
MISt ’09 MLS ’97
at a variety of professional events around the globe.
Bob henderson Kim Stymest
Networking is an important skill we all need to hone MLS ’75 MISt ’10
on a regular basis, and to that end your Alumni Association
was a proud supporter of the iConnect@iSchool event, the
annual showcase of work presented by Vicki Whitmell’s
Have you got ideas and energy to to contribute to our
“Management of Corporate and Other Special Information
association? Don’t be a wallflower – get involved! It’s easy,
Centres” course. We sponsored several other events this
and we’re pleased to accept any amount of time you can
past year, including an End of Term iTea in December, the
give. Send an email to alumni@ischool.utoronto.ca. We
don’t-you-dare-miss-it CASLIS-SLA Toronto-FIAA Annual
look forward to seeing you at our next alumni event.
Holiday Social, our OLA SuperConference Alumni
Reception, the iSchool Job & Networking Fair, and of Kim silk (’98)
course the Spring Reunion and Convocation Reception. FIAA President

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alumni Profile
Autumn Haag
reference archivist (massachusetts archives)
I
t was acute curiosity that led 2007 alumna, Autumn Haag,
to a profession in archives. Interest and quizzical looks greet
her when people hear she obtained her Master of Informa-
tion Studies degree from the Faculty of Information in Canada,
instead of from the library school in Boston, where she lives
and currently works. “You stand out as a graduate of the Faculty
because of the excellent reputation of programs offered at the
University of Toronto,” says Ms. Haag.
Although she started in Archives and switched to the Library
stream, Ms. Haag still took all the Archival courses that were of-
fered and found that what she learned was very useful, especially
when dealing with a patron who doesn’t have an archival back-
ground, yet needs to navigate through mountains of material.
After getting relevant archives experience from her
internship at the Massachusetts Historical Society in Boston,
Ms. Haag was offered a permanent position at the Massa-
chusetts Archives, which holds official records created by the
Massachusetts state government. A big institution, holdings are
organized by agency, and date from 1629 to the present.
Helping people with research inquiries and talking about
collections are a part of Ms. Haag’s job, but being surrounded
by historical documents such as legislation dating back to the
1600s, as well as architectural plans for buildings all across the
state, are a dream come true for her. She also participates in
outreach programs and workshops that educate researchers and
the general public about records and archives.
One highlight of Ms. Haag’s career occurred when the
Boston Globe featured her and a colleague preparing an
exhibition to allow visitors to see original copies of the U.S.
Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights, worth an
estimated $100 million.
Another, more personal highlight, was being accepted as
a contestant on the famed American TV show, Jeopardy! “I was
surprised to be selected for an in-person interview in Bos-
ton, and even more surprised to be invited to tape a show in
California,” she says. The show aired in June of this year. “It was
a lot of fun, and very surreal to be on the Jeopardy! set.”
Curiosity and excellent archival training have clearly led
Autumn Haag to a rewarding career at an esteemed institution.
By Lina Wang
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alumniNews
PuBLisHiNG HisTory
WEBsiTE LAuNcHEd
C
arl spadoni (‘80), Judy donnelly
(’87), Anne dondertman (’87), and
Linda Quirk (’05) were main
players in the development team for the
research website Historical Perspectives
on Canadian Publishing (hpcanpub.
mcmaster.ca) launched last October and
funded by the Canadian Culture Online
Program of the Department of Canadian
Heritage. The site features ninety essays
written by established and emerging
scholars on various aspects of Canadian
publishing, based on archival collections
at McMaster University, Queen’s Univer-
sity Archives, and the Thomas Fisher Rare
Book Library at U of T. Letters, diaries,
marketing materials, book jackets,
and manuscripts – several thousand
documents in all – were digitized for the
site. Topics include a description of the
18th-century paybook kept by Quebec
printer John Neilson (essay by iSchool
Professor Emerita Patricia Fleming), an
examination of Nellie McClung’s literary
legacy (by Linda Quirk), an overview of
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Grey Owl and his publishers, the impact
of CBC’s Canada Reads competition, and
the history of hockey books in Canada (by
Carl Spadoni). Other iSchool authors on
the site are: Prof. sandra Alston ‘73, P.J.
carefoote ‘02, Leanne Hindmarch ‘05,
Prof. richard Landon, dr. Leslie McGrath
’05, John shoesmith ‘05, donna Thomson
‘81, and doctoral candidate Von Totanes.
iscHooL ALuMNus
rEcEiVEs PrEsTiGious LAW
LiBrAriANsHiP AWArd
Ted Tjaden (MISt ’97) has been awarded
The Denis Marshall Memorial Award for
Excellence in Law Librarianship 2010
from the Canadian Association of Law
Libraries (CALL). He received $3,000
plus expenses to present papers on the
topic of legal research and knowledge
management at the Canadian Association
of Law Libraries annual spring conference.
A practicing lawyer and law librarian, Mr.
Tjaden is the National Director of Knowl-
edge Management at McMillan law firm,
where he provides invaluable research
and information services to lawyers and
clients, and manages the firm’s knowl-
edge management initiatives as well as
its print and online library. Mr. Tjaden was
previously an Adjunct Professor at the
Faculty of Information (1998-2004), where
he taught Legal Literature and Librarian-
ship. Established by LexisNexis Quicklaw,
the award recognizes a current CALL
member for continued excellence in law
librarianship, and for an innovative spirit.
GrAduATE PuBLisHEs
sEcoNd BooK: Ile d’Or
Mary Lou dickinson (BLS ’65, MLS ’76),
author of the short-story collection One
Day It Happens (2007), published her
second book, Ile d’Or (ISBN: 1-926708-13-
X / 9781926708133, approx. $22.95), this
past spring. Ile d’Or is a novel about gold,
greed, renewal, and hope. Set shortly
after Quebec’s first referendum, the story
unfolds as four characters revisit Ile d’Or,
the northern Quebec mining town where
they grew up. Each must reconcile with
their pasts of alcoholism, scandal, suicide,
ethnic and linguistic tensions, as well
as violence and divorce, to move on with
their stalled lives. The novel also explores
how language relates to power and class.
Ms. Dickinson’s first
book was reviewed
in the Globe and Mail
and was nominated
for a ReLit Award.
Her fiction has been
published in numer-
ous Canadian literary
journals and broad-
cast on CBC Radio.
cLAirE LysNEs ’04
HoNourEd By uNiVErsiTy
For dEdicATioN
Last fall, University of Toronto President
dr. david Naylor and chancellor david
Peterson, awarded claire Lysnes (MISt
’06) the prestigious Arbor Award, recog-
nizing her committed volunteerism to the
Faculty of Information over the past five
years. In 2005, Claire joined the Faculty
of Information Studies Alumni Associa-
tion as a Director, and became a member
of the Faculty Council a year later, as a
representative of Information profession-
als. In 2006, she became President of the
Alumni Association board, the first person
to hold this position for a two-year term.
Throughout 2009, she pioneered many
transformations and initiatives including
a “road show” to meet with alumni in sev-
eral cities across Ontario, changing the
Association name to reflect the new name
of the Faculty, helping to start a program
offering conference grants to students,
and increasing the number of Directors of
the Association. Under Claire’s direction,
the Association further attracted alumni
to its Facebook and LinkedIn groups, and
established a Twitter account that has
helped foster a tight social community of
alumni who continue to feel connected to
the Faculty. Claire accomplished all of this
while serving as President-elect of the
Toronto chapter of the Special Libraries
Association, donating her personal time in
order to enrich the alumni experience.
ALuMNus JoHN PAPAdoPouLos
(MisT ’97) LANds ToP LAW
LiBrAry JoB
A 1997 graduate and former adjunct
instructor, John Papadopoulos, became
Chief Librarian at U of T’s Bora Laskin
Law Library in November 2009. After
graduating from U of T law school, Mr.
Papadopoulos realized he loved research
and the process of law more than its
practice, and worked in libraries and
knowledge management at several
Toronto law firms, obtaining his Master of
Information Studies degree. By 2003, he
was back at U of T – but on the other side
of the library counter.
claire lysnes John Papadopoulos
FiAA ouTsTANdiNG ALuMNi
AWArd 2010 WiNNEr
T
oronto Public Library’s Anne Bailey (MLS ’75),
Director of Branch Libraries, has been awarded
the Faculty of Information Alumni Association’s
(FIAA) 2010 Outstanding Alumni of the year. Each year,
the Faculty of Information chooses a distinguished
anne Bailey graduate for the Outstanding Alumni Award (formerly
Jubilee Award), which recognizes an individual’s con-
tributions to innovation or leadership in libraries, information management,
professional organizations, publications/research, or the community at large.
Ms. Bailey is known not only for her dedication to and passion for public
library services, but also for hard work and innovative contributions through-
out her career. Her nominators all noted her inspirational leadership, team-
building efforts and strategic thinking rendering the best possible results. “It is
very humbling to receive this award, and I am very appreciative of this recogni-
tion. I have always found that we have such excellent colleagues with many fine
achievements in FIAA,” Ms. Bailey says.
She strongly believes that libraries must consult with their patrons
concerning services, with a focus on the branch experience. As a result, the
libraries that have been built and renovated under Ms. Bailey’s guidance
welcome and accommodate people of all ages, and have become well-used,
well-loved focal points of their communities. Moreover, Ms. Bailey has served
as a mentor to many within and outside her workplace. Her early achievements
include leading the successful implementation of the first integrated library
information system at the Etobicoke Public Library. She currently oversees
ninety-six locations and the planning of two new branches in Toronto.
JourNAL HoNours
ProF. NANcy WiLLiAMsoN
Faculty of Information Professor Emerita,
Nancy Williamson, was honoured with a
Festschrift in Cataloguing & Classification
Quarterly: Vol. 48, Issue 1. This edition is
titled, “Special Issue: Is There a Catalog
in Your Future? Celebrating Nancy J.
alex trebek, autumn haag
Williamson: Scholar, Educator, Colleague,
Mentor.” The introduction is written by
the Faculty’s dr. Lynne Howarth, and
the book includes articles by several 2007 GrAduATE WiNs sPoT
professors, including the iSchool’s oN JeOpardy! GAME sHoW
clare Beghtol. Former student, William Graduate Autumn Haag was chosen to
denton, writes in a blog: “When I arrived compete in the popular American
at library school television show, Jeopardy! Hosted by
in 2001, Nancy Canadian Alex Trebek, the June 22
Williamson had episode of the show featured Ms. Haag,
mostly retired… who works at the Massachusetts Archives
I learned a lot, as a Reference Archivist. Originally from
and I knew I was the U.S., she received her undergraduate
getting one of the and graduate degrees in Canada,
last chances to completing a Master of Information
learn from one of degree in 2007.
nancy Williamson
the greats.”
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FacultyNews
eVentS
Dr. matthew Brower
CONTaCT PHoToGrAPHy
FEsTiVAL A succEss
T
he University of Toronto featured
prominently in this year’s McLuhan-
themed Scotiabank CONTACT
Photography Festival. The University of
Toronto Art Centre’s Curator and Museum
Studies instructor, dr. Matthew Brower,
was a key organizer for several exhibi-
tions presented in partnership with the
iSchool’s McLuhan Program in Culture
and Technology of the Coach House In-
stitute, under the direction of dominique
scheffel-dunand. Along with Festival Art
Director, Bonnie rubenstein, Dr. Brower
co-curated two of the festival’s primary
exhibitions, The Brothel Without Walls,
and Through the vanishing Point, both
part of the May 1st opening reception.
Without Walls brought together nine
Canadian and international photographers
whose works reflect on photography’s
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cultural role in relation to the broader
media environment, specifically to
television and the Internet. Through the
vanishing Point constituted two separate
but complementary site-specific works,
for which commissioned Canadian artists
Lewis Kaye and david rokeby visu-
ally and aurally constructed McLuhan’s
presence in his former seminar room
in The Coach House building. For the
installation’s framework, they drew from
McLuhan’s 1968 book, Through the Vanish-
ing Point: Space in Poetry and Painting
(coauthored by Harley Parker), which ex-
plores the way in which electronic media
fragments the homogenous experience of
space. The joint opening reception began
with the panel discussion “Nobody Can
Commit Photography Alone,” a free-
wheeling conversation about photograph-
ic and artistic practices and McLuhan’s
media theory. The festival also featured
the student-curated exhibition, Prob-
ing McLuhan (May 1-31), conceived by
rebecca Lemire and seanna McEachern,
for their Exhibition Project Class. Probing
McLuhan looked at the influential life of
the theorist through an examination of his
reflections on the photographic medium.
The iSchool also sponsored an exhibition,
Freeze Frame on Marshall McLuhan (May
15), a lively panel discussion with pho-
tographers, artists, curators, theorists,
educators, and students, that explored
the effects of media and technologies on
creativity and knowledge.
JuNior ProFEssors
rEsEArcH dAy A succEss
The iSchool held its first Junior
Professors Research Day on April 20,
2010. Professors provided a general
introduction and a more detailed
presentation of a research paper in
progress or recently completed, followed
by discussion. Prof. Jennifer carter
introduced her project, “Representation
by Design: Architectures of Display in
Museum and Exhibition Practices,” which
focuses on theoretical and historical
aspects of exhibition practice in museums
and international exhibitions, specifically
in Europe and North America throughout
the 20th and early 21st centuries. Prof.
Alan Galey gave insight into his analysis
relating textual studies and the design of
digital interface tools in the humanities,
in “Archive and Interface in Digital Textual
Studies: From Cultural History to Critical
Design,” that will specifically investigate
the cultural history of the humanities
Prof. Jennifer carter
archive concentrating on Shakespeare. “If
I were to say merely that their scholarship
is intellectually engaging and the passion
in their voices when they talk about it
riveting, I would be understating the truth
significantly,” said dean seamus ross.
Other participating professors included
Matt ratto, yuri Takhteyev, Jenna
Hartel, Kelly Lyons, steve Hockema,
Aviv shachak, and Matthew Brower.
coNFErENcE MArKs 40TH
ANNiVErsAry oF MusEuM
sTudiEs ProGrAM
U of T’s Master of Museum Studies pro-
gram celebrated its 40th anniversary with
a national three-day conference, Taking
Stock: Museum Studies and Museum
Practices in Canada, held April 22-24,
2010, at Hart House. Prof. Jennifer carter
says creating a forum for a nation-wide
debate and critical examination of the
academic discipline of museum studies
in Canada in historical and contemporary
contexts was important. Taking Stock
addressed how the field registers within
broader global traditions, pedagogies,
and practices. The conference’s keynote
address, given by museum consultant,
theorist, and writer, dr. robert r. Janes,
provided provocative W. h. Bayley, chairman of the museology
Department and assistant to the Director
and useful insights (seated), and Jo cruise, Secretary. taken
into how key intellectu- in mr. Bayley’s office at the royal ontario
museum, 1973, home of the museum
al and civic resources Studies program in its early years.
of our contemporary
cultural landscape can
be socially relevant
institutions in this era
of profound social
and environmental
change. Conference
delegates and diverse
communities of
practice, ranging from
museum research-
ers and academ-
ics to professionals
and policy makers,
addressed themes related to civil society, in Canada, but they are becoming more
sustainability, exhibition pedagogy, and more a serious economic tool,
management, and curatorship. Prof. significant as corporate places. That is a
Lynne Teather says that despite what little scary for me because I would like to
some people might think about the digital see them remain publicly driven spaces
world abandoning the traditional world that continually engage the sociopolitical
of libraries and museums, “the oppo- context. We need to understand that it
site is happening; there are just more isn’t just about ‘traditional’ in big mu-
museums growing and growing. They will seums — it’s about a shared museum.
continue to be a grassroots phenomenon That’s the Canadian way.”
21sT AcM coNFErENcE oN HyPErTExT ANd HyPErMEdiA
T
he iSchool hosted the opening reception for the 21st ACM (Association for
Computing Machinery) Conference on Hypertext and Hypermedia, held
at victoria College from June 13 to 16. The next day, keynote speaker,
Prof. Andrew dillon, University of Texas School of Information, stated: “People
need to think more about the method of communicating, sharing, and writing
when using technology.” A leading researcher on electronic text, Prof. Dillon
discussed how perceptual and cognitive factors influence readability and
scanability of online information.
While he says much remains to be determined on improving designs of
hypertext structures for human use, a major gap remains in our understanding
of learning, comprehension, and the impact of textual representation, form,
organization and construction on human response. Technologi-
cal advances have led to the largest changes in the way we
communicate, Prof. Dillon contends. But the problem lies in
losing sight of what we’re trying to accomplish: while hyper-
text gives people the ability to see what others are sharing,
we cannot assume we are learning better just because we are
using the latest technology, he said. He added that we have
become a nation of “search and retrieval,” in
our goal of finding information. As a result,
people simply scan a site and don’t read it in
its entirety, not allowing themselves to “find the
true meaning of the document.”
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FacultyNews
grantS & aWarDS
THrEE iscHooL
ProFEssors AWArdEd
ssHrc GrANTs
P
rofessors Barbara craig and
Twyla Gibson have been awarded
prestigious SSHRC grants. Prof.
Craig’s grant of nearly $64,000 over four
years will be used to build upon her 2005
national survey of practicing archivists
in Canada. The funding will support her
research into the practice of archival ap-
praisal in Canadian archives. Appraisal is
the term used to describe the processes
and rationales for making choices of
resources to save for ongoing research
into the richness of Canada’s many pasts.
The study will feature interviews with
cross-disciplinary users of archives (the
public, historical geographers, historians,
etc.) with the aim of reaching a more
comprehensive understanding of ap-
praisal practice, and also of the concep-
tions users have about that practice. Prof.
Gibson’s SSHRC grant of $89,000 over two
years will foster research on digital text
analysis tools to further her comparative
studies of ancient literature and media.
Her research focuses on a case study of
the Hippocratic Oath and code of ethics as
the philosophical foundation for profes-
sional ethics in information (as well as
in medicine, science, engineering, and
business). The objective is to prototype
techniques for large-scale comparative
analyses of repeating patterns of clas-
sification in ancient writings and visual
media across many different cultures and
time periods. Both Prof. Craig’s and Prof.
Gibson’s SSHRC projects will support
iSchool graduate student researchers at
the doctoral and master’s levels. Profes-
sor Matt ratto has been awarded more
than $23,000 to investigate the potential
of digital desktop fabrication. He and Pro-
fessor david Wolfe (U of T Mississauga
Political Science, Centre for International
Studies), were each awarded Knowledge
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Synthesis Grants on the Digital Economy,
a one-time initiative of the Social Sci-
ences and Humanities Research Council
(SSHRC), which aims to address critical
knowledge gaps. Despite the potentially
far-reaching effects that new develop-
ments may bring to the private, public
and not-for-profit sectors both within
Canada and internationally, there is little
social science and humanities research
currently underway in this area. Through
his Critical Making Laboratory, Prof. Ratto
plans to inform future best practices in
this rapidly evolving field while training
new highly qualified personnel.
ProF. ANdrEW cLEMENT
rEcEiVEs PriVAcy FuNdiNG
For rEsEArcH
Professor Andrew clement is one of
thirteen recipients to receive funding from
the 2010-2011 Contributions Program
from the Office of the Privacy Commis-
sioner. The awards, totaling $98,000, will
fund privacy research and public education
initiatives, and are affiliated with Prof.
Clement’s involvement in The New Trans-
parency: Surveillance and Social Sorting
research project. The first project, A Pri-
vacy Protective “Proportionate ID Digital
Wallet” for Canadians: Open Prototyping
and Public Policy Alternatives, proposes
to demonstrate the value of a digital device
(“mobile wallet”) as a privacy-protective
alternative to current identification. The
second project, “Smart” Private Eyes in
Public Places? video Surveillance Analyt-
ics, New Privacy Threats and Protective
Alternatives, proposes to examine the use
of video analytics (“smart” processing) in
the area of video surveillance.
ProF. Eric yu rEcEiVEs
NsErc discoVEry GrANT
Congratulations to Professor Eric yu who
was awarded a NSERC Discovery Grant
of $200,000 over five years, to further his
research on agent-oriented modeling.
His work on intentional strategic actor
relationships (i*) modeling was a basis for
the International Standard Z.151 adopted
at the ITU-T in November last year.
ProF. MATT rATTo AWArdEd
LEAdEr’s oPPorTuNiTy
FuNd GrANT
Professor Matt ratto was awarded a
Leader’s Opportunity Fund grant by the
Canadian Foundation for Innovation
(CFI) and the Ontario Research Fund.
The $85,000 grant will support Prof.
Ratto’s work on the “materialization of
information” and was used to purchase
rapid prototyping equipment including a
3D printer, laser cutter, and computer-
controlled mill for research use in his
Critical Making Laboratory. cLicK To rEAd
oN-LiNE >
iscHooL ProFEssor
BriNGs rEAdiNG
To FirsT NATioN
coMMuNiTiEs
P
rofessor Nadia caidi received
$80,000 from the Ministry of Train-
ing, Colleges and Universities to
finance the On-Demand Book Service
(ODBS), to provide several First Nation
communities with better access to books
and digital materials. The project is a
collaboration between Keewaytinook
Okimakanak (KO), a non-political Chiefs’
Council serving communities in northern
Ontario, and the iSchool. As a result, KO
First Nation community, Keewaywin, and
two others, will be given a set of ODBS
equipment and content (a list of titles
purchased in consultation with members
of the community), as part of a pilot initia-
tive. “The aim is to explore the realities,
barriers, and challenges to reading in
First Nation communities, particularly
in remote and isolated areas of North-
ern Ontario,” said Prof. Caidi. “The key
element is the importance of reading in
one’s life and how we can support it.” The
project provided students from both the
Information and Culture in a Global Con-
text course and Information Workshops
an opportunity to engage in meaning-
ful and respectful community-based
research. The ODBS responds to the
community’s collective desire for libraries
to offer balanced access to both physi-
cal books and information technology, as
identified and recommended in reports
by Ontario Library Services North, among
others. The ODBS equipment, as well as
the ODBS portal (http://odbs.knet.ca),
will enable teachers and students at the
Keewaywin Public School to print and
bind digital content, create and publish
their own content, and create digital
archives. The project also examines the
communities’ reading needs and prefer-
ences, in order to “identify content that
would appeal to them, based on various
target populations,” Prof. Caidi added. At
the conference, “Reading in First Nations:
Infrastructure, Access & Imagination,”
held in late March, the ODBS equip-
ment was showcased in Keewaywin via
video conferencing, and included a do-it-
yourself book scanner (which can scan a
400-page book in less than half an hour),
developed by PhD student daniel reetz.
The day began with a keynote address
by acclaimed aboriginal author drew
Hayden Taylor, who discussed his reading
experiences growing up in Curve Lake
First Nation, and reflected on the lack of
Aboriginal writers to serve as role mod-
els. Prof. Caidi said future plans include
the development of the ODBS portal into a
virtual space where community members
can access and meet people such as Mr.
Taylor, in order to ask questions and be
inspired. The ODBS is made possible
in collaboration with K-NET Services in
Sioux Lookout and KO Research Institute
(KORI) in Thunder Bay.
ProF. HEATHEr MAcNEiL
WiNs HuGH A. TAyLor PrizE
Professor Heather MacNeil was awarded
the Hugh A Taylor Prize for her article,
“Archivalterity: Rethinking Original
Order,” which appeared in Archivaria 66
(Fall 2008). The prize is awarded annu-
ally for the Archivaria article that presents
new or refreshed ideas in imaginative
ways by “extending the boundaries of
archival theory in new directions.” Prof.
MacNeil was awarded a cash prize and
certificate, which commends her usage
of cross-disciplinary insight “to explore
the relationship between original order,
archival arrangement, and notions of
authenticity and representation,” and
notes that it “offers many possibilities for
enhanced archival practice.”
NO T EWO RT HY
FAcuLTy oF
iNForMATioN
rEAccrEdiTEd
By ALA
M
aster of Informa-
tion (MI) students
depend on having
an accredited degree in order
to have credibility and the
externally-validated academic
qualifications required in the
information workplace. U of T’s
Faculty of Information has been
accredited by the American
Library Association (ALA) since
1937, when the iSchool’s BLS
program first received ALA ap-
proval. This year, the External
Review Panel of the ALA found
the MI program met the ALA
Committee on Accreditation’s
“Standards for Accreditation of
Master’s Programs in Library
and Information Studies,”
and was approved June 2010.
“This status validates the
hard work of our faculty, staff,
alumni, and students in the
iSchool,” said dean seamus
ross. Accredited programs are
monitored regularly through
annual reporting processes and
periodic intensive reviews. They
must meet or exceed standards
regarding mission, goals and
objectives; curriculum; faculty;
students; administration and
financial support; and physical
resources and facilities.
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FacultyNews
StaFFIng
FAcuLTy oF
iNForMATioN
WELcoMEs Four
NEW ProFEssors
T
he iSchool welcomed four new
Assistant Professors this year,
dr. Fiorella Foscarini, dr. rhonda
McEwen, dr. sara Grimes, and dr. cara
Krmpotich. Dr. Foscarini is teaching
Managing Organizational Records; Dr.
McEwen is teaching a workshop on
Information Practice in virtual Worlds:
Exploring Mediation in the Information
Environment; Dr. Grimes will teach in
the areas of in children’s new media
and literature; and Dr. Krmpotich will be
teaching Collections Management and
Museums and Indigenous Communities.
Professor
Sara Grimes
Dr. Grimes has
degrees in Com-
munication from
Simon Fraser
University(PhD, MA)
and the Univer-
sity of Ottawa (BA
Hons). Her research
interests are in
children’s media culture, play studies, and
critical theories of technology, with a spe-
cial focus on digital games. Her published
work includes a co-authored analysis
(with Neil Narine) of discursive represen-
tations of the child gamer within popular
film and advertising, and she has collabo-
rated with Andrew Feenberg, adapting his
theory of instrumentalization to construct
a framework for the discussion of games
as systems of social rationalization, which
appeared in New Media & Society, The
Information Society, and Communication,
Culture and Critique.
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Professor
Fiorella
works. Her research and teaching focus
on information practices involving new
Foscarini media infrastructures, with an emphasis
Dr. Foscarini holds on youth media literacy, mobile communi-
cation, and social media design. She has
a degree in Arts and
worked and researched digital commu-
Philosophy from
nications media for fifteen years, both
the University of
in companies providing services and in
Bologna, a post-
management consulting to those compa-
graduate degree in
nies. Dr. McEwen was recently awarded
Archival Science,
a MITACS post-doctoral research grant
Palaeography and
(2010-11) to investigate the mobile phone
Diplomatics from the State Archives
information seeking practices of newcom-
School in Bologna, a Master’s degree in
ers to Toronto, and is collaborating with
Design and Management of Advanced
dr. Nadia caidi.
Records Systems from the University of
Urbino, and a PhD in Library, Archival and
Information Studies from the University of
Professor
British Columbia. Her doctoral disserta-
Cara
tion was titled “Function-Based Records
Krmpotich
Classification Systems: An Exploratory
Study of Records Management Practices Dr. Krmpotich has
in Central Banks.” Dr. Foscarini was a as BA (Trent) in
Senior Archivist for the European Central Anthropology, spe-
Bank in Frankfurt am Main, where she cializing in Museum
was primarily responsible for the develop- Studies, a cer-
tificate in Museum
ment of records management and archi-
Management and
val policies and procedures. Prior to that,
Curatorship (Sir
she was the Head of the Records Manage-
Sandford Fleming College), and an MA
ment Office and Intermediate Archives at
(UBC) in Anthropology, with an emphasis
the Province of Bologna (Italy).
in Museum Studies. She obtained her
PhD at the University of Oxford, and
recently facilitated the visit of twenty-one
Professor
members of the Haida Nation from Haida
Rhonda
Gwaii, B.C., to the Pitt Rivers Museum
McEwen
and British Museum. Dr. Krmpotich is
Dr. McEwen holds producing a film and writing book on the
an MBA in IT from Haida, with Laura Peers, Curator for the
City University in Americas, at the Pitt Rivers. Her research
London, England, interests lie in the many relationships
an MSc in Telecom- between museums and source communi-
munications from ties, the interconnections between memo-
the University of ry and material culture, and theoretical
Colorado, and a approaches to repatriation.
PhD in Information from University of
Toronto. Dr. McEwen focussed her PhD
dissertation research on youth mobile
phone communication and social net-
NEW dirEcTor, ExEcuTiVE
dirEcTor, cHiEF sciENTisT,
ANd ProFEssor JoiN KMdi
Professor Konstantinos (Kostas)
Plataniotis is the new Director of the
Knowledge Media Design Institute.
“Kostas has the proven track record
to nurture KMDI and to foster the
collaborative initiatives that will ensure
the Institute’s internationally recognized
leadership in research and teaching
prospers,” said dean seamus ross.
KMDI Deputy Director since July 2009,
Prof. Kostas is a Professor with the with
l-r: Prof. Konstantinos Plataniotis,
Prof. Peter Pennefather,
Dr. gerald Penn, and adriana Ieraci
Electrical and Computer Engineering
(ECE) department at the University of
Toronto. His research interests include
digital media, multimedia systems,
biometrics, image and signal processing,
and pattern recognition. He chairs the
Communications Group at ECE and is the
Director of Research at U of T’s Identity,
Privacy and Security Institute (IPSI).
Prof. Kostas thanked both Dean Seamus
Ross and his predecessor, Professor
ron Baecker, for their “strong academic
leadership and the exemplary manner in
which they executed KMDI’s integration
with the iSchool family.” He added that
the KDMI “is perfectly situated to act
as research catalyst and be the focal
point of U of T’s digital media agenda.”
Rounding out the new hires are Executive
Director Adriana ieraci, who also runs
her own consulting practice (devising
products and strategies for a digital
future); Chief Scientist, dr. Gerald Penn,
whose research primarily focuses on
spoken language processing and discrete
algorithms to support natural language
technology; and Professor Peter
Pennefather, in charge of learning events
such as lectures and colloquia, and of
planning a series on sense-making. The
KMDI is dedicated to the creative design
of the knowledge media that will shape
tomorrow and the insightful analysis of
the digital media of today.
ProF. cosTis dALLAs NAMEd
iNTEriM dirEcTor, MusEuM
sTudiEs ProGrAM
Special thanks to Museum Studies
Professor, costis dallas, who served as
Interim Director of the program from
January to July 2010, taking a sabbati-
cal from Panteion University in Athens,
Greece, where he is an Assistant Profes-
sor of Cultural Heritage Management
and Advanced
Technologies in
the Department
of Communi-
cation, Media
and Culture.
“Prof. Dallas’s
knowledge of
cultural heri-
tage and digital
collections is
internationally
recognized, and
we were lucky to have him here,” said
dean seamus ross. “His on–the-ground
museums experience and wide range of
publications have made significant theo-
retical and methodological contributions
in museums, archaeology, and informa-
tion.” Dr. Dallas joined the iSchool as a
part-time Associate Professor in 2008. He
holds Master of Philosophy and Doctor of
Philosophy degrees in Classical Archeol-
ogy from the University of Oxford, and
has more than twenty years of research
and professional experience in the field
of cultural management and cultural
heritage informatics. He has been a Re-
search Fellow of the Digital Curation Unit,
“Athena” Research Centre, since 2007.
Previously, Prof. Dallas served as General
Director of the Foundations of the Hellenic
World, as Undersecretary for Libraries
Prof. costis Dallas Prof. Stephen hockema
and Historical Archives of Greece, and
as Special Advisor of the Greek Foreign
Minister on cultural diplomacy and infor-
mation issues. Prof. Dallas, who took over
the role from Professor Lynne Howarth,
worked on initiatives to forge stronger
academic links between Museum Studies
and the Master of Information program, in
light of the transformations effected by in-
formation technology in museums around
the world. He also facilitated the intro-
duction of a thesis option for Museum
Studies students for the next academic
year, and put plans in place to renovate
the fifth floor Inforum to incorporate a
fully-equipped Museum Studies studio,
carrying out the vision of the late dr.
cheryl Meszaros. The studio will provide
a space for students to collaboratively
design exhibitions, educational activities,
and digital exhibits, as well as deal with
object handling and essential collections
management, as they would in a museum
environment. This fall, the Faculty has be-
gun searching for a new full-time tenure
track professor who will also serve as the
new director of the program.
ProFEssor sTEPHEN HocKEMA
PursuEs NEW cArEEr
The Faculty of Information bade farewell
to Professor stephen Hockema on June
30 as he embarked on a new career.
Instead of teaching and researching, Dr.
Hockema will develop software, working
with a partner and long-time friend on
mobile applications (such as iAnnotate)
and will continue to be based in Toronto.
The applications will specifically target
the iPhone and iPad. He hopes to collabo-
rate and partner with the iSchool and uti-
lize research from Faculty members in his
new endeavours. “Thank you to everyone
for the myriad ways you made my time
here interesting, fun and rewarding over
the past few years,” he said. “Your col-
legiality and friendship have meant a lot
to me.” “We have greatly appreciated his
contributions, and we wish him the best
as he pursues this exciting new direction
in his career. I have no doubt he will mark
many milestones in his new career,” says
dean seamus ross. Dr. Hockema joined
the iSchool in July 2006. With a joint PhD
in Computer and Cognitive Science from
Indiana University, Dr. Hockema has
specialized in perceptual and linguistic
development and learning.
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Faculty Profile
A Leader in
MuseuM
studies
By Adeela Ahmad
S
he traces her ancestry back to the famous Celtic
warrior Queen Boudicca. She grew up next to the
former British outpost at DeCew Falls, Ontario, that
made Laura Secord a legend. She is a sought-after museum
consultant, and holds one of the world’s first Doctorates
in Museum Studies. Early in her life, Professor Lynne
Teather’s career path was influenced by the professions
of her parents: her mother was an an-
tique dealer and her father an accoun-
tant. “We had the makings of a modern
museum person. At least that’s the way
I like to tell the story,” she smiles.
Now, after thirty years as an educa-
tor and retirement just two years away,
Prof. Teather is kind of a legend herself
in the museologist field.
Little wonder she chose to study
history, first at Brock University, then
at the University of Toronto, moving on
to the University of Leicester to earn its
first Doctorate in Museum Studies. At
the time, museology was in its infancy.
“It was brand new and a little untried
The Curator of the Kanoe and Nok Museums
as well, but if you’re Canadian,” she shows Professor Teather the Nok Caves, Nok,
narrows her eyes and smiles, “of course on her research trip to Nigeria in 2005.
you’re a pioneer.”
In 1979, Prof. Teather joined the University of
Toronto’s Museum Studies program as full-time faculty
member. Since its inception forty years ago, the pro-
gram was housed in the School of Graduate Studies, but
in 2006, it integrated with the iSchool, benefitting from
a permanent home, increased resources, and access to an
expanded community of curators.
Professor Teather has helped build a distinguished
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centre of scholarship over the last thirty years, and is proud
to have played an important role in the Museum Studies
program, which was the first of its kind in Canada. After
twenty years of supervising major research papers and
managing the summer internship program, her additional
focus has been “developing Museum Studies as a field,” says
Prof. Teather, whose earliest paper on curriculum design
was published in 1978. She notes that
enrolment has increased fifty per cent
in the last few years, to forty students.
Besides being a teacher and
museologist, Prof. Teather is also a
cultural heritage consultant, who
routinely questions the political
and economic set-up of cultural
institutions. “There are lots of issues
with regard to other people’s cultures
and who can or should speak on
their behalf.”
The trouble, Prof. Teather has
Photo by Adeela Ahmad
learned, is acknowledging that we
possess “a set of culturally conditioned
eyes.” This realization was sparked
by a controversial African exhibition
she was involved with in 1990 at the
Royal Ontario Museum, one that
incited a violent public reaction. Somewhat rattled, Prof.
Teather decided to incorporate intercultural work into
her teaching. The experience was repeated in 2005 when
the governor of a northern Nigerian town invited her to
advise on converting a cultural area into a UNESCO World
Heritage Site. A doctor showed her hundreds of women
spending post-operative recovery time making traditional
crafts at a nearby school, in order to stimulate a local-based
 “A museum is anywhere
people are coming together
to address cultural heritage.”
Professor Teather inside the AGO’s new Frank Gehry-designed sculpture gallery, the Galleria Italia.
craft industry for tourism. “I was just going to advise on
forming a better museum, and instead learned that culture
and heritage is linked to people’s lives. That has forever
changed how I view my vocation.” Prof. Teather says both
incidents transformed her thinking. “In Nigeria, poverty
and access to education affect everything I recommend.”
These experiences led her to bring a more international
sensibility to her teaching.
In 1995, the Ontario Museum Association honoured
Prof. Teather’s career with an Award of Merit, a recognition
which made her “think of the people who have gone before,
and the many students and colleagues who have supported
our Master’s program and the progress of our field.”
Progress, indeed. The image of museums as “dusty
places in four-walled buildings with artifacts, is morphing.”
Today, Prof. Teather says, a museum is anywhere people
are coming together to address cultural heritage. “At
one end there’s the Louvre, but at the other end may be
Photo by Adeela Ahmad
a neighborhood arts project started by youth-at-risk.” As
for the future of museums, Prof. Teather would like to
see them remain “publicly driven spaces that continually
engage the sociopolitical context.”
Currently, Prof. Teather is working on a two-volume
history of Canadian museums from 1700-1972, and is
considering writing a book about museum thinking and
practice for the 21st century, “with an eye to diversity and
inclusion,” says the soon-to-be President of the Interna-
tional Committee for the Training of Personnel (a subcom-
mittee of the International Council of Museums).
When asked what gives her the most sense of pride,
Prof. Teather quickly responds, “the students,” and lists
a lengthy “Who’s Who” of past and current pupils who
fill noteworthy permanent and internship roles, both in
Canada and abroad. “I will miss them but at the same time,
I’m not going away! This is still my community.”
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Faculty Research Roundup
Throughout the year, professors at the Faculty of
Information conduct rigorous, interdisciplinary, and
groundbreaking research that contributes to society
and helps shape the field of information. Learn more
about their recent research activities and scholarly
efforts over 2009-2010.
Matthew Brower
Dr. Brower was involved in the
production of seven shows
at the University of Toronto
Arts Centre (UTAC), including
Brothel Without Walls at the
Scotiabank CONTACT Pho-
tography festival in memory
of Marshall McLuhan, and
Gord Peteran: Recent Works.
In addition, he co-organized
“Feeling Photography”, a ma-
jor international conference
which addressed the theme
of photography and affect,
and attracted 130 participants
from around the world. His
publications explore topics
ranging from “photographic
emergence” (the ability of
the camera to make manifest
things the eye cannot see), to
the importance of sardonic
portraiture in Janus Dukszta’s
collection.
Nadia Caidi
Although Professor Caidi will
be on sabbatical leave in fall
2010, her book, A Right to
Know? Access to Information
in a Post 9/11 World, will be
published for the 10th anni-
versary of the September 11,
2001 events. She will continue
to pursue her research on the
information practices of vul-
matthew Brower
1 6 informed | autumn 2010
nerable communities, includ-
ing newcomers, immigrant
groups, and Aboriginal com-
munities. Prof. Caidi helped
with the integration of the On
Demand Book Service (ODBS),
permitting easy access to
reading materials as well
as providing ODBS-related
equipment for peoples of First
Nation communities. Her work
has earned her numerous
invitations to speak at various
settlement sector-related
meetings, and consultant con-
tracts with Human Resources
and Social Development
Canada, and Citizenship and
Immigration Canada.
Jennifer Carter
Professor Carter was the
Chair of the Steering Com-
mittee of the “Taking Stock
Conference” held at Hart
House and UTAC from
April 22-24, 2010, which
brought together a network
of scholar-parishioners,
academic researchers, and
graduate students studying
museological issues. Her
research on the history and
theory of exhibition practice
led to a public lecture invita-
tion at the Design Exchange in
Toronto, where she presented,
nadia caidi Jennifer carter
“Architecture by Design: Dis-
play, Narrative and Perfor-
mance in Exhibition Practice.”
She has also been engaged in
the European Marie Curie-
funded series of workshop
conferences entitled “NaMu,
Making National Museums,”
which studies the emergence
and evolution of national mu-
seums in historic and global
contexts. Currently, Prof.
Carter is involved in a collab-
orative research project, From
Coexistence to Convergences:
Studying Partnerships and
Collaborating Among Librar-
ies, Archives and Museums.
Joan Cherry
Besides fulfilling her respon-
sibilities as Associate Dean,
Professor Cherry conducted a
web-based survey of students
in Master’s degree programs
in six information schools
across Canada including
Dalhousie University and the
University of Western Ontario,
investigating satisfaction rates
for students in their respec-
tive programs. Initial findings
are that student satisfaction
is higher at UofT than the
average rating across the six
schools. She is also involved
in a project to study part-
nerships and collaboration
among libraries, archives, and
museums.
Chun Wei Choo
Professor Choo completed
two collaborative research
projects, one with sylvio cyr,
a Master’s student at the
Joan cherry chun Wei choo
Faculty, which was published
in the Journal of Documenta-
tion. The paper, “The Indi-
vidual and Social Dynamics
of Knowledge Sharing – An
Exploratory Study,” concluded
that knowledge sharing be-
haviour is influenced by three
sets of dynamics: a rational
calculus that weighs the
costs and benefits of sharing;
a dispositional preference
that favours certain patterns
of sharing outcomes; and
a relational effect based on
working relationships. Profes-
sor Choo also worked with
Dr. Riva Alvarenga-Neto on a
paper titled “Beyond the ‘Ba’:
Managing Enabling Contexts
in Knowledge Organizations”,
which reviews and extends
the work of Professor Ikujiro
Nonaka on ‘ba’, a social space
for creating and sharing
knowledge, and suggests
that managing knowledge is
fundamentally about creating
an environment that is con-
ducive to knowledge interac-
tion. The paper was published
in the Journal of Knowledge
Management.
Juris Dilevko
In addition to teaching six
courses in the field of librari-
anship, Professor Dilevko will
be involved in the following
long-term research projects:
Canadian literary culture in
the late 1940s and 1950s; the
serpentine history of school
libraries in the United States
in the late 1960s and early
1970s; and a critical analysis
of the book reviews of a well-
known United States literacy
critic.
Wendy Duff
Professor Duff is the Director
of the Digital Curation Insti-
tute, and founding members
of AX-NET, an international
Faculty Research Roundup
Wendy Duff Fiorelle Foscarini
team of researchers inter-
ested in facilitating access to
primary materials. Her current
research focuses on four
areas: archival users, access
to archival material, digital
curation, and, most recently,
the convergence of libraries,
archives, and museums. She
is the principal investigator on
a collaborative project explor-
ing said convergence. Another
of her collaborative projects
investigated the impact of
technology on museums
for the Canadian Heritage
Information Network, which
resulted in three unpublished
reports and a refereed confer-
ence paper presented at Cul-
tural Heritage Online called
“Empowering Users: An Active
Role for User Communities.”
Fiorella Foscarini
Professor Foscarini joined the
Faculty in January 2010. She is
developing a new course that
builds on record management
and archival principles and
methods, and explores issues
alan galey Jenna hartel
This also marked the first
year of his seven-year project,
Implementing New Knowledge
Environments (INKE). He was
the co-leader of the Textual
Studies team, contributing a
book chapter, “Beyond Reme-
diation: The Role of Textual
Studies in Implementing New
Knowledge Environments.” He
is continuing with the project,
Archive and Interface in Digital
Textual Studies: from Cultural
History to Critical Design, with
emphasis on Shakespeare,
investigating the cultural his-
tory of the archive in scholarly
editing and building an online
library of interface compo-
nents. In addition, Prof. Galey
presented a paper that fo-
cused on the Architectures of
the Book project, at the Mate-
rial Cultures conference in Ed-
inburgh, and will present “The
Ekindling Reciter: Performing
Reading and Concealing Texts
Stephen hockema
in the E-Book Demo” at the
Modern Language Association
conference in Los Angeles.
Jenna Hartel
Professor Hartel has created
a foundation for future studies
of serious leisure with her
work on the ethnographic
study of information in the
hobby of gourmet cooking. Her
paper, “Managing Documents
at Home for Serious Leisure:
A Case Study of the Hobby of
Gourmet Cooking,” provides
the first detailed account of
hobby-related information
collecting. Professor Hartel’s
publications appeared in the
Journal of Documentation and
will appear in Information in
Everyday American Life. In ad-
dition, she presented her work
on this topic at the Seventh
International Conference on
Conceptions of Library and
Information Science (CoLIS)
Andrew Clement
in London, England. At the
2009 Annual Meeting of the
American Society for Informa-
tion Science and Technology
(ASIST), she hosted the panel
“Toward a Positive Information
Science?” and also designed
and delivered “Metatheoretical
Snowmen,” which drew one of
the largest crowds at ASIST.
The latter panel was repeated
at CoLIS in London and will be
presented again in Toronto in
October 2010.
Stephen Hockema
Over the past year, Professor
Hockema refined and focused
his ongoing research with
students into a coherent topic
revolving around parallels
between formality in software
design/development and form/
content/presentation distinc-
tions in information. On June
30, he left the iSchool to em-
bark on a new career develop-
ing software. He will work with
a partner on mobile applica-
tions, such as iAnnotate. The
applications will target spe-
cifically the iPhone and iPad
devices, as well as contracts
associated with them.

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of diplomatics, genre theory,
and structuration. Prof. Fos- rofessor Clement continues to explore the
carini presented a paper on social and public policy implications of the
new approaches to electronic emerging information/communication infra-
records management at the 8th structure, with the aim of contributing to its socially
European Conference on Digi- progressive development. His classes, research,
tal Archiving held in Geneva workshops, and lecture series bring attention to the
in April. threats to privacy, identity integrity, and other civil lib-
erties posed by the increasingly pervasive insinuation
Alan Galey
of surveillance technologies and practices. He is also
This year, Professor Galey’s working on identity, privacy and surveillance research
research has focused on the as well as related public education initiatives, affili-
history and future of the book,
ated with his involvement in The New Transparency:
bridging the fields of book
Surveillance and Social Sorting research project.
history, digital humanities, and
critical information studies.

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Faculty Research Roundup
Kelly lyons heather macneil
Kelly Lyons
Professor Lyons’ paper “New
Directions for Social Comput-
ing in virtual Worlds: Applica-
tions for Business and Social
Sciences” was listed as #17
in the “Top 25 Hottest Articles
from Science Direct.” She
presented two papers, one at
iConference 2010 and another
at the 15th Americas Confer-
ence on Information Systems,
and was also invited by CALIS
and SLA to give a special
presentation on project man-
agement. In addition, she con-
tributed a book chapter titled
“A Framework that Situates
Technology Research within
the Field of Service Science,”
which will appear in Service
Systems Implementation, as
a volume in Service Science:
Research and Innovations in the
Service Economy.
Jens-erik mai
of the evolution of an archival
description over a period of
eight decades.
Jens-Erik Mai
Since the end of his term
as the vice-Dean in 2009,
Professor Mai has been busy
preparing papers for publica-
tion in Journal of Documenta-
tion, Knowledge Organization,
and for presentation at the
International Conference on
Conceptions of Library and
Information Science, that all
explore authority and trust
in knowledge organization
systems. He hopes to attract
attention to the challenges
faced by library and informa-
tion science professionals to
design and maintain systems
that are transparent and
rhonda mcewen David Phillips
trustworthy. He has also been
giving presentations and will
give an invited talk at the
National Taiwan University’s
International Symposium on
the Future of Information Or-
ganization Research, in Taipei.
He will co-chair the Program
Committee for the iConference
in 2011 to be held in Seattle,
Washington.
Rhonda McEwen
It was a year of innovation for
Assistant Professor McEwen,
the first faculty member to
offer a class on virtual worlds,
addressing issues such as
avatar identity and com-
munity. She was featured in
the national press on several
occasions for her cutting-
edge research on handheld
research on handheld tech-
nologies, such as the mobile
phone and iPod Touch devices.
In addition, she was awarded
a MITACS post-doctoral
research grant to investigate
the mobile phone information
seeking practices of young
newcomers to Toronto.
David Phillips
Professor Phillips is currently
working on two SSHRC-fund-
ed research projects. The first,
Spatiality, Identity, and the
Infrastructure of Ubiquitous
Computing: Directions for
Critical Intervention, investi-
gates the political, economic,
and technical configuration of
“cloud” computing, or ubiqui-
tous computing, and how the
infrastructure configures the
possibilities for interactions in
public space. The second proj-
ect, Carrier Hotels: Mapping
Internet Interconnections, at-
tempts to “ground” the cloud,
by revealing exactly where In-
ternet traffic travels on its way
from source to destination.

Heather MacNeil Lynne Howarth

P
Professor MacNeil published rofessor Howarth is continuing with her project,
two articles this year: “Trust- “Enhancing Pathways to Memory,” and working
ing Description: Authenticity, with the Alzheimer Society of Toronto to study
Accountability and the General how individuals with mild cognitive impairment associ-
International Standard for ated with early-stage Alzheimer/Dementia may utilize
Archival Description” and multi-modal expressions of information such as music,
“Arranging the Self: Literary photographs, physical objects, movement, audio record-
and Archival Perspectives on ings, etc., as memory cues for finding, organizing, and
Writers’ Archives,” and co- using information important to daily living.
edited a book entitled Currents She also collaborated on Museum Knowledge
of Archival Thinking. She also Worker of the 21st Century, a project for the Canadian
began work on a SSHRC-fund- Heritage Information Network, and presented a paper
ed research project examining in Rome, Italy at the International Society for Knowledge
archival description as rhe- Organization, exploring cartograms for mapping the
torical genre in traditional and diffusion of knowledge globally. In addition, she refereed
web-based environments. She at the poster session of the OLA Superconference, and
completed the data collection served as a guest editor of a special issue of Knowledge
and most of the data analysis
Organization and Cataloguing & Classification Quarterly.
for a small exploratory study

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Faculty Research Roundup
Matt Ratto
Professor Ratto received two
grants to continue to develop
“critical making”—a mode
of research practice that
uses material prototyping
with physical computing to
supplement and extend criti-
cal thinking on the relations
between society, informa-
tion, and technology. The first
project, Critical Making: the
Materialization of the Digi-
tal, is funded by the Canada
Foundation for Innovation and
the Ontario Research Fund.
The project explores how 3D
printers and open source
hardware changes the nature
of expertise and will influence
the creative environment. The
second project, funded by
the Ontario Media Develop-
ment Corporation, is called
Designing Digital Media for
the Internet of Things, and will
use workshops to create novel
possibilities for shared work
on the Internet of things (the
interconnection of everyday
objects through digital
technologies).
Aviv Shachak
Professor Shachak is con-
tinuing with his case study
research on end-user support
for primary care electronic
health record implementa-
tion, where the first phase of
data collection and prelimi-
nary analysis of the data has
been completed. He has also
published two opinion papers,
one in JAMA on the potential
of incorporating multimedia
into electronic health records
matt ratto aviv Shachak
to improve care, another in
Informatics in Primary Care on
usability as a critical aspect of
assessing the quality of clini-
cal information systems.
Brian Cantwell Smith
This year marks a milestone
for Professor Cantwell Smith
as he initiates a seven-volume
series publication of his
major life work entitled Age
of Significance, which pro-
vides a sustained, systematic
philosophical analysis of the
foundation of computation and
intentionality. The book will be
presented in both English and
Chinese in traditional book
format, as well as online. In
addition, he has completed
two volumes of papers on
conceptual foundations of
computing, to be published by
Harvard University Press.
Siobhan Stevenson
Professor Stevenson has
concentrated her research
energies on investigating
working conditions within the
information economy, particu-
larly at public libraries. She
has developed a model that
attempts to capture the dia-
lectic between the ascendancy
of library consumer-producer
identity and the diminishment
of the public librarian as a
skilled, waged, and unionized
public service worker, which
provides findings for work-
ing conditions, careers, and
labour processes across the
full range of public service
occupations. Prof. Stevenson
will have the opportunity to
Brian cantwell Smith Siobhan Stevenson
share her work at six differ-
ent conferences, including
the Seventh International
Conference on Conception of
Library and Information Sci-
ence. She also published an
article on one of the SSHRC’s
Network of Centres of Excel-
lence Project: DIGILAB, on
which she was invited to be a
research collaborator.
Yuri Takhteyev
Professor Takhteyev has
completed several papers
and has projects underway
on topics ranging from open
source software development
to the globalization of Wikipe-
dia. His main, current project
is an ethnography of software
development in Brazil, in
which he looks at software
development as a case of a
modern high-tech work and
how globalization is experi-
enced in such a context. He
has completed his dissertation
for this project and is currently
converting it to book form.
Lynne Teather
Professor Teather helped
place forty students in mu-
seum internships around the
world, teaching, gave work-
shops and lectures in various
places, and was a member
of the steering committee for
the Taking Stock Conference.
Other research areas include
the history of Canadian mu-
seums, contemporary issues
in national and international
museum development, and
the training of museum
professionals. She has taught
yuri takhteyev
at several international
museology schools, includ-
ing a stint this year at the
Slovenian Museology School.
Currently, she is working on a
project with Professor Roger
Simon on difficult history and
museums through examining
the exhibition Without Sanctu-
ary: Lynching Photographs in
America.
Eric Yu
Professor Yu’s research focus-
es on the analysis and design
of information systems and
services in social contexts,
and knowledge management.
His projects include designing
for security and privacy, agile
software development, and
business modeling for busi-
ness intelligence. Professor Yu
has had three journal papers
published or accepted, as well
as seven conference papers
and five workshop papers,
and two book chapters, most
in collaboration with the
students he supervised. He
also co-edited a Festschrift
volume, Conceptual Model-
ing: Foundations and Applica-
tions, in honour of his former
PhD supervisor and mentor,
Professor John Myopolous,
and plans to include the book
in a conceptual modeling
course. Professor Yu’s re-
search focuses on information
system analysis and design,
and software engineering, em-
phasized in his current book
project “Social Modeling for
Requirements Engineering.”
lynne teather eric yu
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StudentNews
eVentS

sTudENTs TAcKLE
sTErEoTyPEd PErcEPTioN
oF LiBrAriANs

B
etween October 17 and 25, 2009, first year iSchool
students participated in a challenge to smash the
stereotypes of meek, mild-mannered librarians by
stepping out on to the streets and inviting the public to test
their skills and engage in a range of enlightening activities.
One of six events, “On the Street Reference” challenged
Torontonians to ask any question on any topic. Toting a
“FREE ANSWERS” sign, students took turns answering
questions, ranging from “Why do musicians tune to A
(440 HZ)” to “Are there any English language theatres
in Shanghai?”
Katya Pereyaslavska, a first-year MISt student and
Hart House Library Curator, said the class arrangement
was a “terrific experience.” More than sixty members of
the public participated on the corner of Bloor Street and
University Avenue, outside the Royal Ontario Museum.
The challenge also promoted the founding principles
of librarianship: civic engagement and the free flow of
information. Students were delighted by the measure of
support received from faculty professors, the local press,
and professional librarians, and discussed turning the
idea into a city-wide event for next year’s Library Month.
The overarching goal of dismantling the image of librar-
ians as “invisible” or “passive” grew out of a class ef-
fort spearheaded by Professors siobhan stevenson and
Nadia caidi, and evolved into a personal quest for public
awareness. “I think it can teach [the public] a lot about our
professions and our engagement with the broader society,”
said Prof. Caidi.
Other student-led challenges included a winter
clothing drive for Romero House refugees, a “Reference
Desk on Wheels” aimed at expanding public understanding
of the role of information workers, and “We Love Librari-
ans,” an event in which students asked the public what they
love about librarians. The challenges piggy-backed on the
Stephen Lewis Foundation’s “A Dare to Remember” (www.
adaretoremember.com/campaign). In addition to answering
Second-year student, questions, students also educated passersby on the HIv/
Sarah Jones
AIDS pandemic in Africa, and accepted donations to fight
the disease, raising more than $800. cLicK To rEAd
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4th annual Job & networking Fair
FourTH ANNuAL JoB ANd
NETWorKiNG FAir A succEss
The iSchool hosted its annual job
and networking fair on January 29,
attracting more than 200 students and
organizations from all information
fields including archives and records
management, information systems and
technologies, library and information
science, and knowledge management.
The fair provided students with many
opportunities to meet and network
with professionals, and to learn more
about the skills and attributes sought
by today’s employers. For organizations,
the event served as a forum in which to
meet the new generation of information
professionals, establish a presence, and
receive resumés from students.
iNForMATioN AccEss:
coMMoNs, coNTroLs,
coNTroVErsy (iA3c)
coNFErENcE
The iSchool held its second annual
student-run conference, “Information
Access: Commons, Controls, Controversy
(IA3C),” from March 19 to 20, 2010. Fea-
turing students from Toronto, Montreal,
and New York, the conference included
a keynote speaker, student presenta-
tions, and a round table discussion. The
keynote was dr. Joseph Janes, Associate
Professor at the University of Washing-
ton’s Information School, and Founding
Director of the Internet Public Library,
who delighted participants with his
insights. Other presentations touched on
universal access and information poverty,
freedom of information and right to pri-
vacy, curation as the facilitation of access,
the Internet as library, and museums as
“access on display.” This annual confer-
ence provides students with an academic
platform in which to present and discuss
their work with peers, scholarly research-
ers, and information professionals and
practitioners.
PHd rEsEArcH dAy 2010
The enthusiastic response to last year’s
PhD Research Day resulted in the
expansion of this year’s event to two
days. On April 12 and 13, twenty students
presented their research to faculty, peers,
and a respondent panel—almost twice
as many participants as last year! The
event was organized by Professor david
Phillips, Associate Professor and Chair
l-r: Ia3c co-chairs, Patricia
ayala and laura Shtern
of Doctoral Studies, and Areti Vourinaris,
Assistant to the Dean’s Office. “The format
of PhD Research Days gave students a
chance to clarify and hone their work, and
to present it to colleagues for their advice
and critique,” says Dr. Phillips. Doctoral
students enjoyed the exposure: “I think we
get wrapped up in our own research and
this was a great opportunity to step back
and hear what our peers are doing,” said
Melissa Fritz, who presented an overview
of her research, “Mom, Apple Pie, and
Policy: Examining the Social Construction
of the standard North American Family
in Canadian Child Care Policy Debates
(2004-2009).” The program included topics
ranging from “Online Support Groups
for People Living with Depression,” and
“Challenges with Frameworks for Privacy
Protection: Studying Systemic Failures,”
to “Preliminary Discussion of Research
on LGBT Archives and the Communities
They Serve,” and “Is Hearing Believing?
Perception of Online Information
Credibility by Screen Reader Users who
are Blind.”
Free Graduate Course
for New Graduates
Those students who convocated
in November 2009, or March/June
2010, qualify for one free course
(maximum value $600) at the School
of Continuing Studies, 18 months
from the date of graduation.
For more information call:
416-978-2400
or drop by at: 158 St. george St.
lysanne lessard
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StudentNews
aWarDS & InternShIPS
andrea Siemen, Janina mueller and aileen cornelio
iscHooL sTudENTs
iNTErN AT THE
uNiTEd NATioNs
W
hat could be more exciting
than interning at the UN for the
summer? Being present for
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s visit to
its headquarters, of course! Out of 6,800
applicants competing for this year’s sum-
mer internship program at the world’s
largest international institution, and out
2 2 informed | autumn 2010
of the eleven selected Canadians, three
were from the Faculty. First-year stu-
dents Andrea siemen, Janina Mueller
and Aileen cornelio looked on as the
Queen delivered her address to the UN
General Assembly (July 6, 2010). Aileen
worked with the UN Archives within the
Archives & Records Management Section
(UNARMS) of the Department of Man-
agement, implementing preservation
strategies on the archival records of the
Korean Reconstruction Agency series.
Janina’s internship involved cataloguing
the specialized journal collection at the
Library of the Division for Ocean Affairs
and the Law of the Sea (DOALOS), and
editing the 2009 edition of the annual
The Law of the Sea: A Select Bibliography.
Andrea worked as a conference officer
for the Department for General Assembly
and Conference Management, tasked
with creating a compendium that provides
subject access to resolutions pertaining to
conference management beginning with
the 40th session (1985) and continuing to
the present.
FiAA ouTsTANdiNG sTudENT
coNTriBuTioN AWArd
Student Council President (2009-2010),
Kim stymest, is the well-deserved winner
of this year’s FIAA Outstanding Student
Contribution Award (formerly the Jubilee
Award). Kim received a $500 cheque and
plaque in recognition of her influential
contribution to student life, participation
in professional organizations, academic
excellence, and publishing. Before being
elected President, Kim served as Student
Council vice-President, and joined the
editorial team of the Faculty of Information
Quarterly. As President, Kim participated
in Faculty Council and Graduate Student
Union meetings, and contributed to the
recent ALA Accreditation Panel. Under
her leadership, the student lounge on the
7th floor of Bissell (140 St. George) was
transformed into a welcoming space, now
frequented as both a work and a social
hub. Kim has also been active in librari-
anship, with memberships in OLA, SLA,
CLA, and ALA. She convened a session
at the OLA 2010 SuperConference, and
moderated a session at Information Ac-
cess: Commons, Control, Controversy, the
2nd annual University of Toronto iSchool
Kim Stymest
lindsay chick
Student Conference. She was also a
poster presenter at the 2010 CLA National
Conference & Trade Show in Edmon-
ton. Kim’s paper, “The War on Women’s
Bodies: War Rape in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo,” will be published
in the inaugural issue of the Journal of the
Motherhood Institute. She is also a double
award winner this year, having been one
of the recipients of the Gordon Cressy
Awards. Congratulations to an outstand-
ing student!
iscHooL sTudENT cHosEN
For 2010 NELsoN MANdELA
iNTErNsHiP
Second-year MISt student Lindsay
chick spent her summer undertaking
archival and records management work
in South Africa with the Nelson Mandela
Foundation’s Centre of Memory. This
unforgettable internship was supported
by the continued generosity of Manulife
Financial, and provides iSchool students
with the chance to gain invaluable
international work experience. Lindsay
worked under the guidance of Verne
Harris, considered to be one of the
leading postmodern thinkers of archival
theory. As a professional archivist, Mr.
Harris helped transform South Africa’s
apartheid public records system. “I am
both thrilled and humbled to have the
opportunity to intern with the Centre of
Memory in Johannesburg,” Lindsay says.
She was excited about gaining “practical,
hands-on experience with records while
preserving the painful history of apartheid
and the legacy of a truly inspirational
individual.” Motivated by her goal to
promote social justice and education
through historical records, Lindsay
hopes to work as a reference archivist
in a repository of Holocaust collections,
“in order to expand research in the area,
maintain the legacy and memory of
survivors and victims, and to illuminate
issues of prejudice and intolerance.” You
can read about Lindsay’s experiences in
South Africa at http://lindsayinjoburg.
blogspot.com/.
coNGrATuLATioNs,
cLAss oF 2010!
At a special reception held by the Faculty
of Information Alumni Association after
Convocation in June, many of the 160
graduates gathered to celebrate and
honour those who won prizes for high
academic achievement and contributions
to the community. Award winners were:
MMst Awards valentine Moreno,
Maddie Knickerboxer, victoria Kushelnyk
ontario Library Association Anniversary
Prize Mark Bold and Christina Kim
(both with 3.97 grade averages)
Margaret canning Public Librarian Prize
Erin Anderson and Jessica Rovito
Library service centre Award of
Excellence in cataloguing
Erika Dickenson
Kathleen reeves Memorial Award
Kimberly Rawluk
ArMA Toronto chapter Award
Renee Chaput
douglas Armstrong Memorial Award
Jorge Rivera
Gertrude M. Boyle Memorial Award in
cataloguing Sarah vaisler
ontario Library Boards’ Association
Prize in Public Library Management
Li Chen
Jane Prescott Memorial Award
Jana Purmalis
sheridan Park Association Award
Dylanne Dearborn
Toronto Area Archivists’ Group Award
Emily Monks-Leeson
Toronto Health Libraries Associa-
tion Annual Prize in Health sciences
Librarianship
Louise Donnelly
William L. Graff Memorial Prize
James Murchison
rare Books and Manuscripts Award
Bridget Whittle
Beta Phi Mu Nominees Mark Bold,
Li Chen, Monique Flaccavento, Christina
Kim, Klara Maidenberg, Matthew
McPherson, Emily Monks-Leeson, James
Murchison, Stephanie Orfano, Alison
Schroeder, Tetiana Senyshyn, Erica
Sum, Lynette Terrill, Leslie Thomson,
Jacqueline Whyte Appleby
We welcome the graduates of 2010 as our
newest alumni and wish them all the best
as they advance in their careers.
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aWarDS & InternShIPS

THrEE iscHooL
sTudENTs HoNourEd
WiTH GordoN crEssy
AWArd

O
n April 15, second-year students
Maddie Knickbocker (MMSt), Kim
stymest (MISt), and Erica sum
(MISt) were recognized with the prestigious
Gordon Cressy Award for outstanding
extra-curricular contributions to their
faculty and to the university as a whole.
Maddie Knickbocker served as Social
Chair and vice-President of the Museum l-r: gordon cressy award winners: Kim Stymest
Studies Graduate Student Association. and erica Sum (absent: maddie Knickbocker)
With a colleague, she curated a panel of
museum scholars in the “Taking Stock”
conference, April 22-24. Kim Stymest was managing the Student Council’s website. was also a student liaison for the Cana-
President of the Faculty of Information Erica Sum is known for her inspiring dian Association of Special Libraries and
Student Council. Her accomplishments advocacy for children and youth, including Information Services. The awards were
include spearheading high-tech renova- stimulating library service to Aboriginal established in 1994 in honour of Gordon
tions to the student lounge, mentoring youth. She served on the Student Council Cressy, former U of T vice-President of
and actively recruiting students, and and Faculty Council with distinction, and Development and University Relations.

MusEuM sTudiEs
iNTErNsHiPs
This summer, the Masters of
Museum Studies program saw
a twenty five per cent increase
in the number of first-year
student internships. Forty stu-
dents completed twelve-week
internships both in and around
Toronto and in cities as far away
as San Francisco, Edinburgh,
and Athens. In the fall, the
Faculty will host an internship
day during which students will
present posters and talks sum-
marizing their experiences and
celebrating their achievements.
Placements offer students
opportunities to work hands-on
with industry professionals,
gaining valuable experience.
The following is a list of stu-
dents and their placements:
Kendra Ainsworth,
Art Gallery of Ontario
Heather Anderson,
National Gallery of Scotland
Jackie Awad,
Art Gallery of Ontario
Lindsay Bontoft,
University College London,
Petrie Museum
Diane Adele Boyer,
Todmorden Mills (Toronto)
Kathryn Browning,
Art Gallery of Alberta
Laura Bydlowska,
Royal Academy of Arts
Michelle Chan,
Royal BC Museum
Rheanne Chartrand,
National Museum of the
American Indian
Michael Devaney,
Royal Ontario Museum
vanessa Fleet,
Art Gallery of Ontario
Dana Fragomeni, Berrit Natalie Larsen, Elizabeth Rodriguez,
Todmorden Mills (Toronto) Heritage Village (Calgary) Museum of Performance &
Design (San Francisco)
Meaghan Anne Froh, Lianne Catherine
Canadian National Maitland, Patricia Marion Small,
Exhibition Archives Markham Museum Brant Museum
(Burlington, ON)
Kimberly Ginge, Rebecca Jane McGuire,
Jilana Elizabeth Stewart,
Guggenheim Museum Shout Out Media
National Museum of Art
Sarah Lynn Heim, Erin Beau McIntyre, and Design (New York)
Toronto Photographers Art Gallery of Ontario Kristin Emily Stoesz,
Workshop
Samantha Morel, Gardiner Museum
Rachel Clare Keeling, Science North (Sudbury) Kelly Torrens,
Canada Helps Royal Ontario Museum
Diana G. Moser,
Kristen Jade Kerr, City of Hamilton, Lisa Truong,
Ashmolean Museum Culture Division Museum of Anthropology
(UBC)
(Oxford)
Megan Alicia O‘Connor, Jennifer Mary Winter,
Mairin Shields Kerr, American School of Art Gallery of Ontario
Getty Villa (Malibu, Archaeology (Athens)
California) Catherine Grace Woltz,
Roberta Petracca, Holy Trinity Church
Martha Helena Kroeker, Markham Museum (Stratford-upon-Avon)
Royal Ontario Museum Yan Zhou,
Cynthia Rebeca
Grace Lam, Roberts Perez, Royal Ontario Museum
National Museum of Museum of Architecture, Cassandra Zita,
Ireland MIT (Boston) Schneider House (Waterloo)

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Student Notes

09 10
Nova Scotia and their settlement in Louisiana, preference, however, only 12.5 per cent of
15 GRADUATING
through the evolution and eventual 20th-century students found summer work in public libraries,
EXHIBITION
PROJECTS
commercialization of Cajun food and culture; a decrease from 2008. Nevertheless, job satis-
AND MAJOR
RESEARCH and an exhibit on the whimsical world of faction remained quite high in both years, with a
PAPERS
children’s toys. Research papers were equally large majority of students finding well-paid work
diverse, and included a discussion of historical in fields of interest. “These promising results
shifts in the presentation of culturally sensitive suggest that information organizations are doing
indigenous materials in Australian digital col- well, matching students with their desired areas
lections; an examination of the implementation of work. We believe that the increase in career
Master of Museum Studies Program
Faculty of Information
of current cultural policy at heritage sites in goal changes, coinciding with the increase in
University of Toronto
the city of Athens; and an illustrated catalogue ‘Other’ work opportunities, is reflective of the
Instructors: Dr. Matthew Brower and Dr. Jennifer Carter
Project celebration: Tuesday, April 6, 2010, Debates Room, Hart House, University of Toronto
7-11pm Speeches at 7:30
documenting the work of Canadian artist and growing diversity of job prospects in the infor-
Special thanks to the Faculty of Information, University of Toronto; Art Niemi at Atlanta Visual Communications;
and to all our partners and collaborators listed on the reverse who have made the projects possible.
designer Dora de Pédery-Hunt. mation professions,” the survey report stated.
They suggest future studies include employer
MusEuM sTudiEs sTudENT surveys to supplement student views, and the
ExHiBiTioN ProJEcTs FuTurE oF THE ProFEssioN: collection of data to form a broader picture by
Second-year Museum Studies students in
sTudENT ProFEssioNAL contrasting the positions of new graduates with
the Exhibition Project Class annually curate a dEVELoPMENT surVEy those of students in summer positions, and
variety of exhibitions at locations ranging from MISt second-year student, Kate Petch, and those in mid-degree studies.
Robarts Library to Toronto Pearson Interna- new graduate, Kim stymest, presented find-
tional Airport, providing emerging museum ings of their research survey, “The Future of FaCulTy OF INFOrmaTION
practitioners with professional curatorial expe- the Profession: Student Professional Develop- QuarTerly ENTErs 3rd yEAr
rience. Some students collaborate with partner ment at the iSchool,” at the 2010 CLA National The Faculty of Information Quarterly has launched
organizations to produce exhibitions, while oth- Conference & Trade Show in Edmonton. The its third year of publication. Over the past year,
ers create, plan, and design original projects. 25-question survey collected both quantitative graduate students solidified the journal as a
This year, twenty-five students produced fifteen and qualitative data from MISt students over forum for the voices of emerging and estab-
projects and major research papers. Exhibi- a six-week period in order to ascertain student lished scholars and practitioners in diverse
tions of varying lengths took place between perceptions of coursework, professional information fields. The latest issue features
November and May 2010 in Toronto, Homer development, and the future career goals of a special section with coursework from Prof.
(Alaska), and New Orleans (Louisiana) and those attending the iSchool. Findings show a Andrew clement’s and dr. Adam Fiser’s fall
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M
S T UDE NT P ROF ILE argaret lam is a very busy person. Besides working as a graphic designer and undertaking
part-time studies at the iSchool, she is the founding member and orchestra librarian of the
Sneak Peek Orchestra, as well as a member of the Toronto Heliconian Club.
Although well-versed in music and graphic design, Margaret came to the Faculty of Information
with little knowledge of Information Science. She was impressed by the range of expertise and the
variety of courses offered at the iSchool, and sensed that it would be a great place to explore topics in
which she was interested. The Faculty’s Knowledge Media Design Institute provided the perfect
program for Margaret.
This year she will complete her thesis option on the effectiveness of acquiring music knowledge
through online resources, such as information and communication technologies (ICT), instead of the
traditional method of being taught in person by a teacher. In April 2010, she had the exciting opportunity
to attend the British Forum for Ethnomusicology - “Music Knowledge” conference in the United
Kingdom where she shared and exchanged ideas about music and gained invaluable insights from
people outside the information technology field. If she hadn’t attended the conference, she would not
have had the pleasure of meeting Kiku Day, a jinashi shakuhachi player who teaches via Skype, the
online voice and video networking software.
Entering the 2010-11 academic year, Margaret found out that she won the Joseph-Armand
Bombardier scholarship worth $17,500 from a SSHRC grant. She will work on her thesis, “Online Music
Knowledge: The Case of the Non-Musician”, where she explores information behaviour in the context
of domain specific knowledge, in this case, music. Once she graduates, she plans to stay in the field of
graphic design and to pursue her own business that involves online music information. By Lina Wang

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marshall mcluhan teaching his
class at the coach house.
iscHooL LAuNcHEs diGiTAL
curATioN iNsTiTuTE
P
rofessor cheryl Misak, vice-President and Provost of the
University of Toronto, and dr. daniel J. caron, Librarian
and Archivist of Canada, joined Professor Wendy duff
to launch the iSchool’s newly created Digital Curation Institute
(DCI). The Institute was officially introduced at “Curation Matters:
The First Digital Curation Institute Conference,” on June 16, to
participants’ delight. The DCI was founded by Prof. Duff—an idea
that she says came naturally, given that “the concept of curating
objects is one that the entire Faculty is involved in.” She notes
that the DCI’s significance extends beyond the Faculty’s uses:
“Everybody’s creating data but it’s not being managed very well,
which is important so it can be used over time.”
dean seamus ross remarked that Prof. Duff’s expertise
makes her an ideal individual to champion an institute that must
lead a fundamental redefinition of the field of inquiry if it is to
advance both theory and practice. “Professor Duff’s investiga-
tions in the area of archival users and access to archival materi-
l–r: Dean Seamus ross, Dr. Daniel J. caron,
Prof. cheryl misak, Prof. Wendy Duff
2 6 informed | autumn 2010
Spotlight on
Institutes By Adeela Ahmad & Kathleen O’Brien
Photo credit: University of Toronto Archives, Robert Lansdale Collection.
als have led to publications that others acknowledge as having
fundamentally moved the field forward,” says dean ross, adding
that her scholarly publications are required reading for archival
students in many North American institutions.
The DCI offers a rich, interdisciplinary environment for in-
vestigating principles and theory building related to the creation,
management, use, interpretation, and preservation of digital
resources. It will also provide the Faculty with a framework
on which to establish international research collaborations in
a problem domain that is of central social and economic sig-
nificance to contemporary society. The Institute will work with
notable guest speakers who have contributed to shaping the
current research in the field, and members of Faculty of Informa-
tion, to define a research agenda that can form the foundation
for the DCI’s initial focus. In distinguishing it from other digital
curation centres in the world, Prof. Duff notes that this is the only
such centre situated in an iSchool faculty, with the benefit of DCI
research being “flavoured” by multi-disciplinary expertise, “with
insights from critical theory, philosophy, museology, archives,
and information technology.”
iscHooL iNsTiTuTE BuiLds
oN ProFEssioNAL LEArNiNG
cENTrE FouNdATioN
T
he Faculty of Information is proud to have launched the
iSchool Institute, formerly the Professional Learning
Centre (PLC), which will enable us to engage with a wider
community of professionals and the broader public. The Insti-
tute will build on the decade of success that the PLC has seen,
providing continuing education for information professionals. The
Institute will also add more workshops aimed at senior manag-
ers, entrepreneurs, and other leaders in the community who are
in a position to influence excellence in information work. One of
its aims is public outreach, including free monthly guest lectures
featuring members of the Faculty and distinguished practitioners
in the information profession from around the world, with a
mandate to bring their insights to the community. “Most of
Toronto doesn’t know what the Faculty of Information means,”
said the Institute’s Director, Bruce stewart. “These lectures are
designed to change that.” Mr. Stewart chairs the advisory board,
replacing former Chair, rebecca Jones. Mr. Stewart, who began
his role on December 14, 2009, is an accomplished and interna-
tionally-recognized thinker and practitioner in the effective use
of information for organizational success. Prior to this role, he
ran his own research/consulting firm,
was CEO of a publicly-traded eLearning
software company, and worked in com-
mercial research.
Additionally, the board wel-
comes dr. Ken Haycock (professor
and director of the School of Library
and Information Science at San José
State University), steven Forth (CEO
Bruce Stewart of Leverage Point Innovations Inc.),
christine castle (museum consultant
and recent adjunct member of the Faculty), Janet de Guzman
(OpenText), and deirdre Grimes (Ontario Legislative Assembly).
Reflecting the growth of the information disciplines, the
iSchool Institute will expand its course offerings throughout the
GTA, and in Ottawa. “We are also already enjoying a good recep-
tion to custom offerings taught onsite, and for other forms of
consulting using the expertise here at Canada’s only iSchool,”
Mr. Stewart said. The inaugural lecture, “Organized Chaos:
Social Networks and Enterprise Change,” held April 28, featured
Euan semple, an expert on open information sharing and former
BBC journalist, and on September 22, steven Forth discussed
“Scenario Thinking: Urban Alternatives” (workshop) and
“Leaning Along the Arch of a Life” (lecture). Other workshops
and lectures planned for the fall are: October 27, 2010:
Bruce rogow, “IT Has Great Potential: Is Management Ready?
(lecture)” and “Developing Information Leadership for a Reset
Economy” (workshop); November 24, 2010: Workshop with
Bruce stewart, “The Maw of Disorder: Moving from Expertise to
Innovation in World Affairs” (lecture). For more details and
to register, please visit: institute.ischool.utoronto.ca
coAcH HousE iNsTiTuTE
oFFiciAL rEsEArcH uNiT
R
esponsibility for the McLuhan Program in Culture and
Technology (MPCT), and for the legendary Coach House at
39A Queen’s Park Crescent, now falls under the man-
date of the newly formed Coach House Institute (CHI) at the
Faculty of Information. This year, the iSchool granted it official
support as a clearly defined research unit. The CHI iexplores the
future of the academy where discussions on the implications
of digital technologies for the content and conduct of scholarly
research and teaching at the University are encouraged. Issues
include access, humanistic inquiry, scholarly communication
and broader issues such as fundamentals of information,
computation, and cognition.
Former iSchool Dean, Profes-
sor Brian cantwell smith, is serving
as initial Director of the Institute for a
five-year term, until June 30, 2014, and
dr. dominique scheffel-dunand is the
Director of the MPCT, which joined the
iSchool in 1994. The objective of the
program is to forge new networks for coach house Institute
knowledge exchange across genera-
tions, and scholarly engagement among
academics (e.g., information theorists, curators, and artists) and
with a new generation of students. Graduate students involved
in discussions and activities designed at the MPCT and the CHI
will ask new questions, develop new methodologies, and create
and work with digital technologies to solve current problems
and plan for future challenges in many areas including com-
munications, and preservation of data or artefacts, for example.
Students will acquire enhanced skills in digital technologies and
will be encouraged to apply these new practices in the courses
they take, in their research, and by initiating outreach activities.
Watch for a new website and more information on the Marshall
McLuhan (1911-1980) centenary celebrations, as various projects
will foster partnerships with the public and with private organi-
zations. The Coach House itself will continue providing a space
for projects developed in close collaboration between artists
and information technologists, as was done at the Monday night
seminars conducted by Dr. McLuhan in the 60s and 70s. The
Coach House Salons will also resume this fall.
cHANGEs To AdAPTiVE
TEcHNoLoGy rEsEArcH uNiT
O
n July 1, 2010, Ms. Jutta Treviranus took on a new role
as Professor at the Ontario College of Art and Design
(OCAD). At her leaving party in June, dean seamus ross
commended her achievements for having “brought us interna-
tional standing in an area of research that is of central impor-
tance to society.” He added: “We appreciate all the work Jutta
has done over the past fifteen years,
especially her tireless and strategic
pursuit of an accessible world by
creating, modifying, and rethinking
how to use technology.” In an email to
staff and faculty, Ms. Treviranus said, “I
believe that this field is one of the most
critical areas of study for the academic
uncertainties we face today, and I
Jutta treviranus
look forward to watching the iSchool
progress in its important agenda.”
The Faculty of Information will continue to collaborate with
Professor Treviranus as a contributor in the research initiatives
taking place under the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI)
funded Inclusive Design Institute. Professor Matt ratto will lead
UofT’s participation in this activity with research that will focus
on Mobile and Pervasive Computing and be carried out under the
aegis of KMDI.
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classNotes
1965, 1976
Mary Lou dickinson
After publishing her first novel
(One Day It Happens) in 2007,
Mary Lou Dickinson (BLS ’65,
MLS ’76), got right to work
planning her second. May 2010
marked the publication of Ile
d’Or. Published her first novel,
One Day It Happens, in 2007,
and her second book in May
2010, Ile d’Or. For full details,
see article on page 7.
1975
susan Murray
Susan M. Murray was appointed
Head of the Life Sciences
Library at McGill University in
Montreal in August 2009.
From 1992 to 2009, she was
Manager of the Consumer
Health Information Service
based at the Toronto Public
Library. Murray has spoken
and written extensively on
consumer health and is the
author of a chapter on health
literacy in the MLA Guide to
Health Literacy at the Library.
She lives near the foot of Mont-
Royal in beautiful Montreal
with her husband John and
frisky cairn terrier, Tam. She
keeps in touch with many of her
library school classmates, but
would love to hear from others
at susan.murray@mcgill.ca
AL UM NI BOOKS
1. mary lou Dickinson, Ile d’Or
2. Susan murray, MLA Guide to Health Literacy
at the Library
3. Sandy Finlayson, Unity and Diversity. The
Founders of the Free Church of Scotland
4. Susan (Davey) Barclay, A Bonny Blue Christmas
appears in On a Cold Winter’s Night
2 8 informed | autumn 2010
1982
sandy Finlayson
Greetings from Philadelphia! I
graduated with an MLS in 1982
and since then have worked at
the University of Saskatchewan
Library from 1982-1991, was
Library Director at Tyndale
University College and Seminary
in Toronto from 1991-2002, and
moved to Westminster Seminary
in Philadelphia in 2002, where
I am currently Library Director
and Professor of Theological
Bibliography. I have recently
published my first book within
in the UK, Unity and Diversity
the Founders of the Free Church
of Scotland (Christian Focus
Publications, 2010: ISBN: 13:
9781845505509) which exam-
ines the lives of ten key figures
in the 19th-Century Free
Church, beginning with Thomas
Chalmers. My wife, Linda, and I
have one son.
1989
susan (davey) Barclay
I am very excited to announce
that my short story, “A Bonny
Blue Christmas,” appears in
the Christmas-themed anthol-
ogy, On A Cold Winter’s Night
(Highland Press, 2009: ISBN:
098424994X). The story is about
a self-satisfied restaurant
owner who unexpectedly falls
in love, only to discover hidden
secrets about her new partner,
which throw into question her
ability to recover, trust, and truly
love again. This is the second
short story I’ve had published:
“A Ray for Mary Jo” appeared in
the anthology, No Law Against
Love (Highland Press, 2006).
Colleagues may visit my website
at www.susan-barclay.ca.
Regarding my librarianship, I
am now, I am now working part-
time at Waterloo Public Library,
which serves a population of
117,000 people through its three
branches.
1996
George Jacob
Museum Studies alumnus
George Jacob is heading
Khalsa Heritage Centre, India’s
Sandy Finlayson george Jacob
largest museum complex in the
making, designed by world-
renowned Canadian architect
Moshe Safdie (known for his
design of the National Gallery
of Canada, and Yad vashem
in Israel, among others). The
spectacular 650,000 sq. ft. build-
ing is situated in the Himalayan
foothills on a 100-acre com-
plex. The exhibit experience
at this facility is unique in the
museum world and celebrates
a 500-year-old living tradition of
Sikhs. Present in large numbers
in Canada, Sikhs live in BC,
Ontario, and elsewhere.
1997
Ted Tjaden
Ted Tjaden (MISt 1997) used
the $3,000 he was awarded
for the 2010 Denis Marshall
Memorial Award for Excellence
in Law Librarianship to attend
and present papers on legal re-
search and knowledge manage-
ment at the annual conference
of the Canadian Association of
Law Libraries. Mr. Tjaden was
an Adjunct Professor at the
ted tjaden
Faculty of Information from
1998 to 2004, when he taught
Legal Literature and Librarian-
ship. Now, alongside practicing
law, he is the National Director
of Knowledge Management at
McMillan law firm where he
provides research and infor-
mation services to the firm’s
lawyers and clients.

gillian clinton alison Stirling
2000
Gillian clinton
My information business, Clinton
Research (www.clintonresearch.
ca), has taken me in unexpected
directions over the past couple
of decades. I’ve researched
refrigerated foods, green roofs
for transit terminals, compara-
tive statistics on violent crime,
and many other esoteric topics.
I’ve also worked in academic
and corporate libraries where
I’ve honed my reference skills,
taught information literacy,
catalogued multimedia works,
initiated document control sys-
tems, and become an expert at
proposal writing. In my “copious
spare time” I love to dine out with
friends, read, and travel: I have
just returned from Iceland; next
up are Ottawa and vancouver.
2006
Alison stirling
On my graduation day, I joined
the iSchool Alumni Association
executive, three library as-
sociations, and returned to my
non-profit organization, Health
Nexus, in a new role as Knowl-
edge Developer, responsible for
health promotion knowledge
resources, products, and infor-
mation management systems.
My project management and
research contracts with the
Canadian Best Practices Portal
have led to a new half-time
interchange position with Health
Canada for two years to manage
the national portal. At home,
my spouse and I enjoy our cozy
cottage, two cats, bicycling,
good food, guests, and travel.
Contact me at alison.stirling@
utoronto.ca.
luanne Freund
2008
Luanne Freund
Luanne Freund (PhD, Infor-
mation Studies, ’08) happily
received the ProQuest Doctoral
Dissertation 2009 Award. Her
dissertation, “Exploiting Task-
Document Relations in Support
of Information Retrieval in the
Workplace” was cited as “an
elegant example of the integra-
tion of information behavior
and interactive information
retrieval research to design a
system that is seated in human
behavior, and influenced by the
real-world context.” Luanne’s
dissertation committee included
Elaine Toms and Brian Cantwell
Smith as co-supervisors, and
members Prof. Chun Wei Choo
and Mark Chignell. She is now
an Assistant Professor at the
School of Library, Archival and
Information Studies (SLAIS),
University of British Columbia.
christina Hwang
Since the fall of 2009, Christina
has been an Instruction Librar-
ian and Biological Sciences Liai-
son at the University of Alberta.
She is responsible for instruc-
tional initiatives and develop-
ment, provides expertise in the
use of technology, and liaises
with the Biological Sciences
department. In her liaison role,
she provides instruction and
reference services and develops
christina hwang Dr. herman a. van den Berg
collections for the BioSci de-
partment. On the research and
professional development front,
she is currently spearheading
a research project revolving
around the next generation’s
use of mobiles and mobile
learning with faculty members
on campus, and is currently
the vice-President and incom-
ing President of the Greater
Edmonton’s Library Association
(GELA). Upon relocation, Chris-
tina has been enjoying skate-
boarding summer-long in sunny
cool “cottage country weather”
in Alberta, and exploring new
ways to engage young people
in the community. If you would
like to get in touch with her,
feel free to drop her a line at
christina.hwang@ualberta.ca.
dr. Herman A. van den Berg
After graduating from the PhD
program, Dr. Herman A. van
den Berg took up a position as
an Assistant Professor at the
Faculty of Business Adminis-
tration in Lakehead University,
Orillia. More recently, Dr. van
den Berg’s doctoral dissertation
(supervised by Professor Chun
Wei Choo), “Knowledge-Based
vertical Integration: The Nature
of Knowledge and Economic
Firm Boundary Location,” was
recognized with the 2009 Emer-
ald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral
Research Award in the Knowl-
edge Management category. His
prize earns him a Highly Com-
mended Award certificate.
2009
Meghan Ecclestone
I recently finished up a year-long
contract at York University, and
have taken on a new position
meghan ecclestone
at the University of Ottawa
as a Management Librarian.
Although it was hard to leave
Toronto behind, I’m having a
fabulous time in our nation’s
capital. My boyfriend and I
are looking forward to some
weekend retreats throughout
Quebec and Eastern Ontario.
I’ve recently signed up for a
librarian knitting club in Ottawa,
though meetings are held at a
pub, so I’m not sure how much
I’ll actually learn about knitting.
Feel free to visit me at my blog,
www.meghanecclestone.com
Adam Fiser
The year 2009 was a busy one
for Dr. Adam Fiser. In October
he successfully defended his
PhD dissertation, “The K-Net
Broadband Governance Model:
How Social Enterprise Inte-
grated Public, For-Profit, and
Not-for-Profit Institutions to
Enable Broadband Commu-
nity Networking in Canadian
Aboriginal High Cost Serving
Areas (circa 1997 to 2007).” Dr.
Fiser also co-taught the first
year of FI’s INF1001 with Prof.
Andrew Clement, and assisted
the Federal Department of In-
dian Affairs on an internal study
of its First Nations SchoolNet
program. Following up on his
success, Dr. Fiser began a
SSHRC post-doctoral fellowship
in July 2010. He is working with
Dr. Catherine Middleton at the
Rogers School of Information
Technology Management, Ryer-
son University. In this capac-
ity he will be researching the
influence of socio-economic and
political factors in next genera-
tion networks.
adam Fiser
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class Notes
Bruce Harpham
Since graduating in 2009, Bruce
Harpham has been a volunteer
librarian for the AskON service
of Knowledge Ontario, served
as a Treasurer of the Faculty of
Information Alumni Association,
and completed several informa-
tion management consulting
projects. This year, he presented
at the Canadian Library Associa-
tion conference in Edmonton on
the topic of Net Neutrality. He
is continuing to seek out an ap-
propriate full time position.
rhonda McEwen
Rhonda McEwen successfully
defended her PhD dissertation,
“A World More Intimate: Explor-
ing the Role of Mobile Phones
in Maintaining and Extending
Social Networks,” in October
2009. The examination commit-
tee included Prof. David Phillips,
Barry Wellman, Rich Ling, and
Prof. Nadia Caidi. In 2010, Dr.
McEwen joined the iSchool as
an Assistant Professor and
is teaching a workshop on
Information Practice in virtual
Worlds: Exploring Mediation in
the Information Environment.
She is also collaborating with
Beverley Junior Public School
in Toronto to research the ef-
fectiveness of using iPod Touch
devices to facilitate communica-
tion and peer interaction among
non-verbal autistic children. And
she and Prof. Nadia Caidi are
partnering with Wind Mobile on
a study of newcomer informa-
tion-seeking practices regarding
mobile services in Toronto.
2010
Thomas Berry
After I finished full-time stud-
ies at the iSchool, I switched
into full-time job search mode,
and happily landed a position!
I currently have two part-time
contracts, one with Toronto Pub-
lic Library as a Public Services
laura hallman
3 0 informed | autumn 2010
Bruce harpham
Librarian, and another with
Scholars Portal OCUL, where
I work as a User Support and
Instructional Librarian. It’s nice
to have a foot in both academic
and public libraries, as both are
very different. Looking to the
future, I want to begin a career
in the academic world, either
with a college or university. Feel
free to visit my blog at: www.
thomasberry.ca
sambhavi chandrashekar
Under the academic supervision
of Professors Nadia Caidi and
Stephen Hockema, doctoral stu-
dent Sambhavi Chandrashekar
successfully defended her
thesis, “Is Hearing Believing?
Perception of Online Informa-
tion Credibility by Screen Reader
Users Who are Blind or visually
Impaired.” In addition, Dr. Chan-
drashekar was awarded the
MITACS Elevate Industrial Fel-
lowship valued at $70,000 annu-
ally. Her post-doctoral project,
under the academic supervision
of Prof. Nadia Caidi, will provide
a research framework that
informs and supports the busi-
ness goals of Comimi Research
Inc., Toronto, in the design and
development of effective navi-
gational aids for individuals with
vision impairments.
Laura Hallman
Shortly after graduation, I ac-
cepted a full-time contract at the
head office of United Church of
Canada Archives, in Etobicoke. I
am enjoying my time there, and
hope that my contract will be
extended. I am learning a lot and
erika heesen Jessica rovito
rhonda mcewen thomas Berry
applying what I learned while
a student at the iSchool. Aside
from work, I’ve been spending
time at my family cottage in
Montreal, and enjoying the many
things that Toronto has to offer!
I also took month-long trip to
Australia just before graduation
as a birthday/graduation/vaca-
tion/pre-employment present.
Erika Heesen
I’m now working as the Archivist
Intern for the Leeds & 1000
Islands Historical Society, cour-
tesy of a grant from the 1000 Is-
lands Community Development
Corporation. I’ll be organizing
and managing the amalgama-
tion, relocation, and reorganiza-
tion of the combined archives of
the Leeds and the 1000 Islands
Historical Society and the Leeds
and the Thousand Islands
Municipal Heritage Committee.
I’m also continuing to make
jewellery, which can be viewed
at www.heesenjewellery.com.
Jessica rovito
Jessica began working as a
part-time librarian with the
Toronto Public Library’s York
Woods Branch in May 2010.
She loves her new job and
looks forward to a long career
in public libraries. Jessica’s
first professional article was
published in August 2010 in the
CLA’s Feliciter magazine. You
can catch up with her online at a
novelprofessional.blogspot.com
or at jessica.rovito@gmail.com.
Kim stymest
Life has been great since gradu-
ation! The job search continues,
Kim Stymest
Sambhavi chandrashekar
but in the meantime I have con-
tinued my student summer em-
ployment: creating a research
guide for Rotman’s Business
Information Centre, working at
Robarts, and a couple of really
fun short-term contracts in
market research. I co-presented
a poster in June at the CLA
Conference in Edmonton (the
furthest west I’ve ever been!)
and that was really exciting. I
have also been happily sporting
my new FIAA alumni pin. If you
would like to get in touch with me,
email me at kstymest@gmail.
com. And you can check out my
blog at www.kimstymest.com.
Leslie Thomson
I’m happy to report that on April
22, 2010, I successfully defended
my Master of Information thesis,
“Information in the Home Office:
An Ethnographic Study of Space,
Content, Management, and
Use,” which was supervised by
Professor Jenna Hartel. Since
graduation, I have been kicking
back and enjoying the summer.
I’m still searching for a job, but
in the meantime, presented a
poster at the ACA conference in
Halifax this past June, visited a
friend in Ottawa, and took ad-
vantage of all that there is to do
in and around Toronto and at my
Minden cottage with family and
friends. I have been working on
some articles for eventual co-
publication with Prof. Hartel and
gearing up to (hopefully!) publish
my MISt thesis within the com-
ing months. I’m looking forward
to more traveling and relaxing,
and to jumping into my first job.
leslie thomson
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In Memoriam
The Faculty of Information pays tribute to the family connections in both Margaret Hastings (BLS ’54)
Nova Scotia and Palmyra,
following graduates who passed away between July Ontario. Her curiosity and Lorna irwin (BLS ’51)
2, 2009 and July 1, 2010. We offer our most heartfelt creative essence, buoyed by
her love of books, guided Marjorie Kennedy (BLS ’40)
sympathies to their families. The majority of these countless adventures that Peacefully, on Tuesday, June
notices are excerpted from the Globe and Mail and spanned more than nine 15, 2010, at Kingston General
decades. Her innovative 1987 Hospital, in her 94th year.
Toronto Star, as researched by Professor Emerita report, Libraries Without Walls, Born and raised in Ottawa,
Nancy Williamson (BLS ’50, MLS ’64) and Professor remains useful today as a Ontario, Marjorie received her
snapshot and future roadmap BA from Queen‘s University
Emerita Margaret Cockshutt (BLS ’49, MLS ’64). for Canadian health libraries. in 1939 and subsequently
A raconteur par excellence, earned a Bachelor of Library
Ms. Flower’s poems and Science from the University
rebecca Jane Abitbol of IFLA’s work, he felt the stories vividly chronicle her of Toronto. She worked for
(MLS ’96) Federation, as an international travels and life experiences. twenty-five years in the
non-governmental body, Predeceased by husband federal civil service, retiring
Peggy Pepper Anderson had an important role to George, she is survived by her as Chief Librarian from the
(BLS ’47) play in supporting library daughter, her grandson and Department of Energy, Mines
Passed away October 5, 2009, development in post-colonial his wife, her granddaughter and Resources in 1968 when
peacefully at Oak Bay Lodge, and emerging nations. He and her partner, plus three she moved to Kingston to
victoria, BC. was also active in UNESCO delightful great-grandchildren. marry. Beloved wife of Russell
endeavours. Harry was Kennedy, step-mother of four
Patricia (Pat) Anne Berry predeceased by his wife Sylvia John Fodi (MLS ’90) children, grandmother and
(née Walsh) (BLS ’46) Woodsworth Campbell and his great-grandmother.
Passed away October 6, 2009, son Robin.
Hazel Grimsey (BLS ’38)
at Scarborough General Joan Lampel (BA ’42, BLS ’49)
Hospital in her 93rd year. rita Etherington (BLS ’51) Passed away March 12, 2010.
Educated in Toronto Catholic Burdetta (Peggy) Hains Born December 10, 1920.
Schools, St. Michael’s College, douglas Mason Fisher (BLS ’41) Graduated from the University
U. of T. and The School of (BLS ’50) Peacefully passed away of Toronto Library School in
Library Science, University Died peacefully in Ottawa, on January 22, 2010. Born 1949.
of Toronto. Ms. Berry served the eve of his 90th birthday. November 7, 1918 in
overseas in World War II as Douglas was born and raised Woodstock, N.B., Ms. Hains Moira Lynch (MLS ’64)
Petty Officer Librarian. She in Sioux Lookout, Ontario. was a proud graduate of the
also worked in public libraries Doug returned to northern University of New Brunswick Alan Macdonald (BLS ’64)
in Canada and the United Ontario (Thunder Bay) to set up (‘40) and the University of
States and ended her career as a forestry research library and Toronto (Bachelor of Library Katharine Jean Martyn
a storyteller in Metro Toronto to teach high school history Science). Peggy enjoyed a (née Leemann) (BLS ’61)
Catholic Schools. at Port Arthur Collegiate rich and varied life. Upon Peacefully passed away on
Institute. He came to national completing her studies, she January 28, 2010. Katharine
Henry c. (“Harry”) campbell attention in 1957 after volunteered for the navy was a librarian at the Thomas
(BLS ’41) defeating Liberal minister and was stationed in Halifax Fisher Rare Book Library,
Passed away on July 31, 2009. C.D. Howe, and represented and then Esquimalt, BC. University of Toronto, for 36
Following his graduation from Port Arthur and Thunder Bay She taught at the Hamilton years. Beloved wife of Bill
the University of Toronto, Mr. for the CCF/NDP from 1957 Teachers College and then Martyn for 48 years.
Campbell was employed at the to 1965. He became a political worked with a dedicated
National Film Board and with commentator, co-authored group to develop the Oakville Mary Kathleen Mccaskill
the United Nations Archives. Canada’s Sporting Heroes, Library system. Her team (née Armstrong) (BLS ’41)
He completed an MA in Adult wrote a nationally-syndicated established the new West Died peacefully on February
Education from Columbia newspaper column for the Oakville-Woodside Library. A 22, 2010, in Edmonton,
University in 1949. Harry was next 44 years, and hosted a work-life balance was struck Alberta. Born in vancouver on
appointed Chief Librarian, weekly political television by her interest in gardening, March 24, 1916, Kay went on
Toronto Public Library, in 1956, show in Ottawa. He is survived landscaping, and theatre. She to receive degrees at UBC, U
and retired from that position by his former wife, Barbara, also embraced the rigors and of T, and Western. Following
in 1978, remaining on as a their five proud sons, and six pleasures of rural life and was service in the RCAF, she
consultant for three years. grandchildren. an enthusiastic farm owner married Jack McCaskill, and
He joined the CLA in 1964 near Shelburne, Ontario. Ms. raised four children in several
and served as its President M.A. (Muriel Armstrong) Hains was pre-deceased by communities across Western
in 1973-1974. He was active Flower (BLS ’69, MLS ’75) her beloved husband, Donald. Canadian and in Libya. She
in the library community in Died September 8, 2009 at her Her spirit lives on in her three played an active role in each
Canada and internationally home in Kingston, Ontario. Ms. children and grandchildren. community, as a founder of Oil
right up to the time of his Flower was born November Wives, an actor in little theatre,
death. A strong supporter 1, 1916 in Connecticut with Norma Hawkins (BLS ’56) a school trustee, a Welcome

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Wagon representative, a
member of the United Church,
a teacher of English as a
second language, and a charity
fundraiser. Kay was devoted to
her family and will be lovingly
remembered.
Jane McElhean (née Munro)
(BLS ’40)
Passed away December
12, 2009 at her home in
Potsdam, NY. Jane was born
in Cleveland, Ohio on October
22, 1917. She attended
the University of Toronto,
where she graduated with
a Bachelor of Arts degree
in Fine Arts and History in
1939, and a Bachelor’s degree
in Library Science in 1940.
Mrs. McElheran began her
professional career in 1940 as
a young people’s librarian in
ClevelandIn 1947 she moved
to Potsdam with her husband,
and began a 35-year career
at the Congdon Campus
School. She was awarded
with Honorary Lifetime
Membership in the SUNY
Potsdam Alumni Association
in 1988. Predeceased by her
husband N. Brock McElheran,
internationally renowned
choral conductor at the
Crane School of Music. Mrs.
McElheran is survived by two
nieces, and great-nieces and
nephews.
Kristen Jane McKnight
(MISt ’01)
Passed away September 22,
2009. She is survived by her
adored husband, Peter Turner,
of Hamilton, ON; her parents,
Rick and Nancy McKnight,
Barrie, ON; her brother and
her nephew and niece.
clara G. Miller (BLS ’44,
MLS ’71)
Passed away January 10, 2010.
Born St. John’s Newfoundland,
Clara established the Imperial
Oil Library in 1947, and
contributed greatly to the
profession before retiring in
1973. For her contributions,
she received the FI Alumni
Association Jubilee Award,
the FLIS Distinguished
Graduates Award (1989), and
U of T Arbor Award. Clara
was also an instructor for a
Special Libraries course at the
University of Toronto Library
School from 1951 to 1972. Any
contributions in her memory
can be made to the Emergency
Student Bursary Fund.
June Munro (Dip. Lib ’43,
BLS ’62, MLS ’72)
Passed away May 15, 2010.
Prior to starting a career in St.
Catharines, June was Chief of
the then-newly-established
Public Relations Division of the
National Library of Canada.
Her library career had begun
at the Sault Ste. Marie Public
Library in 1938, and from there
she moved to London, Ajax,
and Leaside Public Libraries.
She was with the Canadian
Library Association in Ottawa
from 1959 to1961. From 1961to
1970, June was Supervisor
of Extension Service, Ontario
Provincial Library Service, and
editor of the Ontario Library
Review. She became Director
of Library Services at the St.
Catharines Public Library in
1973 and was instrumental in
the building of the new library.
She retired in 1982. June was
the recipient of several awards
including Librarian of the
Year and St. Catharines YWCA
Women of Distinction Award
in 1968.
Mrs. Katalin Nagy (BLS ’67)
silvia Prii (née Kikas)
(BLS ’52)
Passed away March 15th,
2010. Born in valga, Estonia
on October 30, 1924, Silvia
was an avid scholar and
graduated from the University
of Stockholm in General Arts.
She met her lifelong love,
Uno Prii, on the ski slopes
of Sweden; they married
in 1946 in Stockholm. They
immigrated to Canada in 1950,
settling in Toronto where she
immediately obtained her
degree in Librarianship from
the University of Toronto in
1952. She began her career
working for the Toronto
Public Library system and
was a fine arts specialist who
was recognized as a valued
professional in her field. Silvia
is survived by their adopted
children.
Beverly sutton (BLS ’50)
W. Wray roulston (BLS ’70)
sheila swanson (BLS ’64)
Passed away April 11, 2010.
“Mrs. S” was for many years
the librarian of The Academy
of Medicine, Toronto. She
was the wife of the late Dr. J.
Norrie Swanson, the mother
of five children, and a beloved
grandmother and great-
grandmother.
Compiled and edited by
Jeannie An ‘99

LiBrAry coMMuNiTy
MourNs Loss oF
ALAN MAcdoNALd ’64
Alan Macdonald (BLS 1964), Librarian
Emeritus at the University of Calgary
and one of our alumni, passed away
in January of this year. A highly
respected and much loved father, he
was also a husband, friend, colleague
and mentor.
“Alan was one of our most distinguished graduates and
he will be sorely missed by the library community in Canada.
He made tremendous inroads and contributions as President
of CLA and by advancing the profession of academic research
librarianship,” says Prof. seamus ross, Dean of the Faculty of
Information. “Until last May, when I had the privilege to speak
at Calgary, I was only familiar with Alan by reputation. On that
occasion he took time to share some of his insights and wisdom
with me; and the ideas he expressed have come to resonant
in some of my own.”
Mr. MacDonald continued his connection to the Faculty as
presenter of the Bertha Bassam Lecture in Librarianship in 1994,
speaking about the future of libraries, and was the Faculty’s
Jubilee Award winner in 1999. Colleagues remember him fondly.
“Alan was a co-founder of The Alberta Library and the
Northern Exposure to Leadership Institute, among many leader-
ship roles. It was a role in which he excelled; indeed, he was a
mentor to a couple of generations of Canadian librarians,” says
Wendy Newman, Senior Fellow, Faculty of Information.
Born in Ottawa but raised in Halifax, son of the Honorable
Mr. Justice vincent C. MacDonald, Q.C., and Hilda MacDon-
ald, he earned a Bachelor of Arts from Dalhousie University
and a Bachelor of Library Science from this Faculty. He began
his library career at Dalhousie in 1964, moving to become the
University of Calgary’s Director of Libraries in 1979 and its
Director of Information Services in 1992. He held additional posts
and received many national and international awards.
He was often most widely recognized by Calgarians as the
University Orator who presented 127 honorary degrees at convo-
cations from 1989 to 2002. In retirement he combined a lifelong
passion for aviation with volunteer contributions to the libraries
of the Calgary Aerospace Museum and the Military Museums; in
his encyclopaedic knowledge, film had a special place.
A Celebration of Alan’s Life was held on February 19,2010,
and a tree was planted at Fish Creek Provincial Park in his memory.

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Alumni Spring Reunion

Karen Wierucki ‘80, Nancy Williamson ‘50, ‘64, Laura Hallman ‘10, Claire Lysnes ‘04, Kathy Flanagan ‘89,
Kim Silk ‘98, Bonnie Horne ‘75 Leslie Thomson ‘10 Heather Wilson ‘89, Shelley McBride ‘90

Anne Bailey ‘75 Ilze Bregzis ‘60 , Mary Williamson ‘60, Barbara Slawek- Kim Stymest ‘10, Jacqueline Whyte
Sheila Laidlaw ‘60, Joan Winearls ‘60 Matyszezvk ‘85 Appleby ‘10, Patricia Ayala ‘10

Peter Rogers ‘69, ‘74, Ken Setterington ’82, May Yan ‘10, Kate Johnson ‘10, Susan Li ‘10,
Prof. Wendy Duff, Judy Dunn Murray Coultes Elysia Guzik ‘10 Mark Bold ‘09, Christina Kim ‘10

Joan Winearls ‘60 Candice Fry ‘10, Bryan Shannon ‘10, Robert Keshen ‘10, Marianne Brett ‘40, Barbara Slawek-Matyszezvk
Marie-Lyne Bergeron ‘10, Ericka Brosseau ‘10 Dr. Jeff Wilson ‘85, Alison Stirling ‘06

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Student Award Winners

one conVocatIon aWarD BegInS, one enDS

This spring, alumna Jean orpwood (BLS ‘63 , MLS ‘71),
presented the first “Margaret Canning Public Librarianship
Prize” to graduating student, Erin Anderson. The Convo-
cation Prize was established by Ms. Orpwood in memory
of her dear friend and fellow alumnna, Margaret canning
(BLS ‘65, MLS ‘73).
Professor richard Landon, Director of the Thomas Fisher
Rare Book Library, congratulates student Bridget Whittle
on receiving the Rare Books and Manuscripts Award for
ranking highest in this course. Prof. Landon has decided
to retire from instructing this course, which he has taught
41 times!

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