SLIS students and faculty were very busy at the recent Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities held in Calgary. Papers were presented at seven different societies, reflecting the diversity of our research activities. Combined, SLIS students and faculty presented a total of three posters, 15 papers, and participated in one roundtable discussion. Congratulations to all presenters.
Canadian Association for Information Science (CAIS)
Adam Worrall
Poster: Energizing engagement and motivation in information-centric online communities: LibraryThing, Goodreads, and the importance of boundary spanning
Dinesh Rathi, Ali Shiri, Sandy Campbell, Sharon Farnel, Cathy Cockney and Robyn Stobbs
Poster: An Emerging Digital Library Platform for Canada's North.
Michael McNally, Dinesh Rathi, Jennifer Evaniew, and Yang Wu
Poster: Analysis of Canadian Broadband
Ali Shiri, Dinesh Rathi, Sandy Campbell, Sharon Farnel, Cathy Cockney and Robyn Stobbs
Presentation: Methodological Diversity: Community-driven Development of a Digital Library for Northern Communities.
Dinesh Rathi, Ali Shiri, Sandy Campbell, Sharon Farnel, Cathy Cockney and Robyn Stobbs
Presentation: Understanding Community Needs: A Step Closer to a Digital Library for Communities in Canada's North
Michael McNally, Rob McMahon, Dinesh Rathi
Presentation: Community Broadband Portal Initiative
Dinesh Rathi and Lisa Given
Presentation: Use of Technology in Non-Profit Organizations (NPOs) for Knowledge Management
Lisa Given and Dinesh Rathi
Presentation: Knowledge Sharing by Canadian Non-Profit Organizations (NPOs) with Community Stakeholders
Canadian Communications Association (CCA)
Jennifer Evaniew
Presentation: National perspectives on connectivity: a comparison of broadband programs and policies across Canada, Australia, and the United States
Yang Wu
Presentation: Broadband Penetration Ceiling in Korea? A Study of a "Mature" Internet Society
Michael B. McNally
Presentation: A 10-year Retrospective on the Telecommunications Policy Review Panel Final Report
Michael B. McNally
Roundtable Participant: Broadband Connectivity and the Digital Divide in Canada
Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians (CAPAL)
Anna Wilson
Presentation: Disability in the Academy and the Academic Library Profession
Tami Oliphant
Presentation: Publicly-funded Research and Knowledge Mobilization: An Examination of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council's Community Engagement Mandate
Tami Oliphant
Presentation: The Data Turn in Post-Secondary Education: A Critique of Digital Information Ecosystems
The Canadian Society for Digital Humanities (CSDN)
Harvey Quamen and Laura Gerlitz
Presentation: "English like a Dead Language": Visualizing John Milton's Literary Style
Canadian Game Studies Association (CGSA)
Alyssa Hyduk
Presentation: "'I Heard That in a Video Game Once': A Look at Cultural Memory Formation of the 'War on Terror' through Video Games."
Film Studies Association of Canada (FSAC)
Lindsey Campbell
Presentation: "All in the Game: Making sense of language and codes on HBO's The Wire"
Bibliographical Society of Canada (BSC)
Margaret Mackey
Presentation: "Locally Legible: The Material History of a Learning Reader in St. John's, NL, in the 1950s."