Bertrum MacDonald was presented with the Award for Exceptional Interdisciplinary Endeavour in Scholarly Research. The award was presented at the annual Faculty of Management retreat and award ceremony which was held on November 10, 2011. Outstanding contributions by faculty and staff were recognized at the event. Pictured at left is Bertrum MacDonald receiving the award from […]
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Completion of the Study to Determine Awareness and Use of the State of the Gulf of Maine Report
In June 2011, the EIUI research initiative, in partnership with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, completed a study to determine the awareness and use of the State of the Gulf of Maine Report: The State of the Gulf of Maine Report: An Initial Study on Awareness Use and Influence. The Report was released by […]
Participation in the 9th Bay of Fundy Science Workhop in September 2011
The EIUI research team partcipated at the 9th Bay of Fundy Science Workshop, September 27 – 30, 2011 in Saint John, NB. Suzuette Soomai presented the results of two recently concluded case studies: “Measuring Awareness, Use and Influence of Marine Environmental Information – Results of Two Case Studies from Coastal Nova Scotia and the Gulf of […]
EIUI Releases a Report of an Initial Study of the Awareness and Use of The 2009 State of Nova Scotia’s Coast Report
The EIUI research initiative has concluded a study in collaboration with the Government of Nova Scotia that assessed the initial use and influence of the State of Nova Scotia’s Coast Report, released in December 2009. Using a combination of interviews and questionnaires, web analytics, media scans and citation analysis, the study examined the effectiveness of the […]
Book Chapter Released
The EI:UI research team has written a chapter “The Use and Influence of Information Produced as Grey Literature by International, Intergovernmental Marine Organizations – Overview of Current Research”, in Grey Literature in Library and Information Studies edited by D.J. Farace and J. Schopfel, and published by De Gruyter Saur, Berlin. Our work appears as Chapter 11 in the […]
Congratulations to Danielle Cossarini who has completed her MLIS thesis
Danielle Cossarini has successfully defended her MLIS thesis “Marine environmental grey literature: A case study of the Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment” at a public oral defence, which was attended by her examination committee and members of the SIM and Dalhousie communities. Special thanks are extended to the examination committee: Dr. Bertrum […]
American Society for Information Science and Technology, Pittsburgh, 22-27 October 2010
Danielle Cossarini attended the ASIST&T annual conference – “Navigating Streams in an Information Ecosystem” – as the winner of the 2010 New England Chapter of ASIS&T Graduate Student Travel Award . For more, go to: http://neasist.org/2010/06/04/2010-neasist-student-travel-award-competit…
Research Team Member Wins Student Travel Award
Congratulations to Danielle Cossarini who has won the 2010 New England Chapter of the American Society for Information Science & Technology (NEASIS&T) Student Travel Award for her paper, “Communicating Scientific Information for Environmental Solutions: A Knowledge Management Perspective.” The jury chair stated that Danielle “wrote a truly excellent paper that deserves this recognition.” The award will support […]
Coastal Zone Canada 2010 – Healthy Oceans – Strong Coastal Communities, Charlottetown, 25-29 July 2010
The EIUI research team was represented at the Coastal Zone Canada 2010 conference in Charlottetown by Dr. Bertrum MacDonald who participated in the workshop “Information Management for Integrated Coastal and Ocean Management” on Tuesday, 27 July. In addition, the research team presented the poster “From Science to Policy Making: Investigating the Use and Influence of Marine Environmental […]
Workshop on CRIS, CERIF and Institutional Repositories, National Research Council Rome, 10-11 May 2010
At the European workshop on “Maximizing the Benefit of Research Information for Researchers, Research Managers, Entrepreneurs and the Public,” Bertrum MacDonald gave the presentation (co-authored with Peter Wells), “Intergovernmental Organizations and the Challenge of Document Description and Repositories.” This invitation-only workshop was organized by euroCRIS, a professional association on Current Research Information Systems, and custodian […]