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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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