Affect and emotional geographies: how do personal experiences transform the library?
Emotional geographies, affect theory, and how the two tie together to create personal understandings of space.
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Our Research
Information science research proposals developed by ÉSIS students
Read the blog posts where we present the research questions and methodology of our research projects below. You can read all blog posts or select only those in English or French.
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Lack of Diversity in LIS: Possible causes and explanations
Background and Research Rationale Equal access to opportunities and having a workforce representative or reflective of the general...
Second-Act Careers in Librarianship: A Qualitative Study
• Background and motivation for the research The field of library and information studies (LIS) attracts varied candidates to graduate...
The Relationship Between eHealth Technologies & Health Literacy
Background and motivation for the research: About me: Personally, I’ve always been interested in our healthcare system and how it...
Digital vs Physical Archive Spaces
How does the availability of archival information online affect how researchers are interacting with the physical space of the archive?
Knowledge-Sharing and Collaboration in Open-Concept Offices
Research assessing the how employees of the Government of Canada communicate and collaborate in open-plan workspaces.
How do organizations use function-based classification scheme.
Research problem: The introduction of electronic document records management systems (EDRMS) in the late 90’s was supposed to solve the...
Digital Trends in Reference Services in the Canadian Federal Government
These days, reference questions are more varied and complex than clients asking for a book with a blue cover that they saw on the Internet.
Public Library Users and Biodiversity Learning
My project centres on biodiversity learning among laypeople. I was interested in the topic because of my own experiences: while I am as...
IM practices, Open Government and Crown Corporations: Before and after the change
Background and Context At the beginning of January I received a student contract to work at Shared Services Canada (SSC) on the Open...
A case study on IM practices and employee productivity
Understanding the impact of good IM practices on employees day to day productivity in the public sector When I got my first IM internship...
Information Needs of Parents of Children with Learning Disabilities
The study’s overarching research question is: What are the information needs of parents of children with LD?
Information literacy in legal research education
How are information literacy standards and principles being integrated into legal research instruction at Canadian law schools?
Knowledge Retention and Skills Development in Visual Literacy Instruction
Background and Motivation for the Research Whether it is texting someone using emojis, posting memes, videos, or pictures of a recent...
Metrics Literacies
Scholarly metrics are widely applied in academia, but often inappropriately so. Metrics literacies are needed to reduce misuse of metrics.
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