May
May 2012 News
New Book by Dr. Waseem Afzal titled Management of Information Organizations
Summary
Information organizations influence people in many ways. These influences include economic, political, cognitive, and cultural dimensions. To manage and understand their impact at the individual, organizational and societal level, we must uncover conceptual and operational facets of information, management, and information organizations.
Management of Information Organizations presents an overview of information organizations and their intellectual foundations, examining the qualities of management and the role of information professionals within these organizations. A discussion on information is followed by chapters focused on: Organizations; Management; Information organizations; and The role of information managers and information professionals in information organizations.
This book will be a valuable text for the bachelor, postgraduate, and Master Library and Information Science students taking courses in Management of Information Organizations/Agencies.
Key Features
- provides a foundation in core concepts of library and information science
- takes a multi-disciplinary approach
- gives both theoretical and practical perspectives
- explores fundamental issues in information organizations
Prof Given awarded CIHR grant
Congratulations to Professor Lisa Given who has been awarded a Knowledge Synthesis Grant ($50,000) from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Lisa is a principal investigator on the project, entitled "A scoping review of social media in health care," along with Lisa Hartling and Shannon Scott from the University of Alberta, and Terry Klassen from the University of Manitoba.
This scoping review will map a broad body of evidence to determine how social media is being used in health care, specifically in patient populations, and to assess the extent and type of evidence available for future systematic reviews.
Kennan new editor of AARL
Senior Lecturer Mary Anne Kennan has recently been appointed joint editor of Australian Academic and Research Libraries (AARL) with her colleague, Gaby Haddow from Curtin University. Published quarterly, AARL is devoted to all aspects of librarianship and information research in university and college libraries, including the technical and further education sector, and in research libraries of all types.
Gaby and Mary Anne take over the editorship of AARL from the able hands of Dr Bob Pymm, also of SIS. Bob has steered the journal on a strong course attracting high quality research papers from the Australasian region and also encouraging practitioner contributions both which contrbute to the enhancement of the national and international reputation of AARL. Gaby and Mary Anne intend continuing these activities and in addition they plan to encourage contributions from the broader information sector, such as archives, records, and other research-based information services. The new editors also hope to develop special sections in the journal, for example, features that will appeal to newer professionals or have a particular practitioner focus. Another focus will be special editions in topical areas. People interested in coordinating a special edition are invited to contact Mary Anne and Gaby with their ideas.