Niloofar Solhjoo

Teaching and Research Staff

Dr Niloofar Solhjoo

BSLIS, MS (Information and Knowledge Studies), PhD (Information Systems)

Lecturer in Information Studies
Bathurst
Building 1400, Room 1.12

Niloofar Solhjoo (Niloo) is an information scientist originally from Iran, specializing in information behaviour, embodied information, human-animal information engagement, and animal health information services. Her research explores how humans and nonhumans shape shared understanding through loving, living, and learning together. Niloo has a strong interest in qualitative research, including sensory ethnography and phenomenology.

She has collaborated with various international associations at the intersection of human-information and human-animal interactions, including the Association for Veterinary Informatics (AVI), the International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists (ICAHIS), the European Veterinary Libraries Group, and the Symposium on Exploring Multispecies Relations.

Niloofar’s teaching is primarily in the areas of information foundations, contemporary issues in Information Studies, information sources and services, and information professions. She has also taught subjects related to qualitative and creative methods in research and practice.

Niloofar's research interests lie in information experience and design, with a particular focus on all beings—animals, plants, landscapes, and technologies—that shape the world alongside humans. She is currently leading a project to advance Multispecies Information Science as a new paradigm in information research and education. Her work has been published in prestigious journals such as the Journal of Documentation, Journal of Information Science, Library & Information Science Research, Health Information and Libraries Journal, and Librarianship and Information Science, as well as in conference proceedings for CoLIS, ISIC, and ASIS&T.

  • Editorial Board, Journal of Librarianship and Information Science
  • Officer, Oceania Chapter of Association of Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T).
  • Membership Committee, Association of Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T).
  • Education Committee, Association for Veterinary Informatics (AVI)
  • Reviewer, Health Information and Libraries Journal, Journal of Documentation, Ethnography, Human-Animal Interaction, and Veterinary Record