/sis/taxonomy/term/27/all en /sis/about <p>At UU直播's聽<strong>School of Information Studies</strong> (SIS) we seek to find better ways to organize, access, disseminate, use, and preserve information and recorded knowledge.</p> <h2>Mission</h2> <p>The mission of the School of Information Studies is the advancement of learning through education, scholarship, and service in library and information studies.</p> <p>As a proud part of UU直播, the School's activities also support the <a href="/secretariat/mission">UU直播 Mission</a>.</p> Sat, 19 Nov 2011 01:40:43 +0000 elysia.donald@mcgill.ca 8 at /sis /sis/resources/students/funding/scholarships-bursaries-awards <p>The UU直播 School of Information Studies offers a range of scholarships and awards to incoming and current students. Students are also encouraged to seek and apply for external scholarships and awards available to students in library and information studies.</p> <p><em>PhD students: visit the UU直播 Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies (GPS) <a href="/gps/students/fellowships/" rel="nofollow">Student and Postdoctoral funding opportunities</a> page for detailed PhD funding information.</em></p> Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:37:52 +0000 elysia.donald@mcgill.ca 137 at /sis /sis/careers/employment <h2>Faculty positions</h2> <p>There are no open positions at this time.</p> <h2>Course Lecturer positions</h2> <p>Please see the <a href="https://mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/UU直播_Careers/job/Peel-3661/Course-Lecturer---SIS_JR0000054917">Workday website </a>for full descriptions of each course.</p> Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:59:25 +0000 elysia.donald@mcgill.ca 50 at /sis /sis/resources/facilities <h2>Research labs</h2> <p>The <a href="http://mil.mcgill.ca">Multimodal Interaction Lab</a> is housed in the Education Bldg. in rooms B120 and B121. It is used to study how humans organize information to construct knowledge representations. Researchers investigate these processes in real-life and virtual environments from the converging perspectives of information science, cognitive psychology, linguistics and applied physics (acoustics and signal processing).</p> Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:59:24 +0000 elysia.donald@mcgill.ca 39 at /sis /sis/events/newsletters <p>The UU直播 School of Information Studies newsletter features news and achievements of our students, staff, faculty members, and alumni and highlights the latest developments at the School.</p> <p style="text-align:center"><strong>Spring 2016</strong></p> <p style="text-align:center"><a href="/sis/files/sis/mcgillsisnewsletter_2016spring_web_2015-04-22b.pdf"><img height="207" width="160" class="file-default no-float" src="/sis/files/sis/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/newsletter_2016spring_cover_1000px.png?itok=zeo0MIlN" alt="" /></a></p> Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:59:23 +0000 elysia.donald@mcgill.ca 32 at /sis /sis/about/mission-history <p><a name="history" id="history"></a></p> <p>As the pioneer school 鈥巓f its kind in Canada, SIS has been offering programs at UU直播 since 1897. Our professional diplomas and degree programs, including the <a href="http://programs/mist">Master in Information Studies</a> (MISt), have been 鈥巆ontinuously accredited by the American Library Association (ALA) since 1927.聽</p> Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:59:17 +0000 elysia.donald@mcgill.ca 25 at /sis /sis/resources/facstaffresources/annualreports <p>Every academic unit at UU直播 publishes an annual report.聽 This report documents and promotes the achievements during the previous calendar year.聽 The highlights of the School are presented here with respect to research (e.g. new grants and contracts), publications, promotions, and awards for both faculty and students.聽 These reports are public documents that may be read by members of the University and members of the public.</p> Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:59:16 +0000 elysia.donald@mcgill.ca 23 at /sis