/sis/taxonomy/term/317/all en /sis/programs/phd/courses <h2>School of Information Studies Courses</h2> <ul> <li> <div class="object_mediumcourse"> <div class="container"> <span class="course_number">INFS 701</span> <span class="course_title"><a href="/study/2024-2025/courses/INFS-701" title="Defence of a comprehensive research proposal." class="mediumDesc">Comprehensive
 Examination</a></span> <ul class="course_terms"><div>Offered in the:</div> <li class="fall">Fall</li> <li class="winter">Winter</li> <li class="summer">Summer</li> </ul></div></div></li></ul> Wed, 24 Jul 2019 20:00:47 +0000 amy.ruskin@mcgill.ca 3174 at /sis /sis/channels/news/sis-phd-student-fei-shu-and-co-authors-receive-awards-exceptional-papers-asist-2015-256950 <p>Congratulations to ���ϲʿ������ School of Information Studies PhD student Fei Shu, recently awarded the 2015 ASIS&T SIG/MET Student Paper Contest for the paper “<em>Evolution of iSchool Movement (1988-2013): A Bibliometric View</em>” by Fei Shu and Philippe Mongeon (���ϲʿ������ and University de Montreal).</p> <p>As well, Fei’s paper "<em>Twitter Activity and Scientific Collaboration of LIS schools and Faculty Members</em>", co-authored with two PhD students from EBSI, won the Best Altmetrics Paper in the SIG/MET workshop at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting in November 2015.</p> Mon, 23 Nov 2015 20:20:51 +0000 elysia.donald@mcgill.ca 2992 at /sis /sis/channels/event/phd-information-studies-orientation-session-254182 <p>Welcome incoming PhD students!</p> <p>The PhD orientation session will introduce you to the program and the School, and give you an opportunity to meet fellow incoming PhD in Information Studies students.</p> Wed, 22 Jul 2015 15:52:21 +0000 elysia.donald@mcgill.ca 2941 at /sis /sis/channels/event/phd-virtual-open-house-239911 <p>Interested in the <a href="/sis/programs/phd" target="_blank">PhD of Information Studies</a> program at the ���ϲʿ������ School of Information Studies in Montreal, Canada?</p> Mon, 03 Nov 2014 21:02:14 +0000 elysia.donald@mcgill.ca 2841 at /sis /sis/channels/news/school-information-studies-phd-student-afroza-sultana-awarded-grant-research-accessibl <p>Congratulations to Afroza Sultana, ���ϲʿ������ School of Information Studies PhD student, on her nomination as a Graphics, Animation and New Media Network of Centres of Excellence (GRAND NCE) Postgraduate Scholar.</p> <p>As a GRAND scholar, Afroza will receive a stipend of $10,000 annually for three years to investigate the design of accessible touch-screen devices for older adults to support prolonged independent living.</p> Fri, 19 Sep 2014 19:48:54 +0000 elysia.donald@mcgill.ca 2823 at /sis /sis/channels/news/school-information-studies-phd-graduate-rhiannon-gainor-awarded-international-fellowsh <p>Recent ���ϲʿ������ School of Information Studies graduate Rhiannon Gainor (PhD ’14) has been awarded a 2014 Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship. This prestigious honour is awarded annually to up to six recipients in an international competition by Beta Phi Mu, the International Library and Information Studies Honor Society. This marks the second time a PhD student from the School has won the award.</p> Thu, 07 Aug 2014 19:36:28 +0000 elysia.donald@mcgill.ca 2794 at /sis /sis/channels/news/sis-phd-student-robert-ferguson-awarded-sshrc-doctoral-fellowship-research-personal <p><span>Congratulations to ���ϲʿ������ School of Information Studies PhD student Robert Douglas Ferguson on receiving a prestigious Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Doctoral Fellowship. </span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span></span></span></span></span><span>Robert's research investigates how senior citizens, who wish to live independently and remain in their own homes for as long as possible, can benefit from the results of 20 years of research in Personal Information Management (PIM). <span></span><br /></span></span></p> Thu, 05 Jun 2014 16:25:03 +0000 elysia.donald@mcgill.ca 2758 at /sis /sis/programs/phd/requirements <div> <p>The Ph.D. program provides an opportunity to study interdisciplinary research topics within the field of library and information studies at the doctoral level.</p> <h2>Course Requirements</h2> <p>All PhD in Information Studies students are required to take the following courses:</p></div> Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:59:32 +0000 elysia.donald@mcgill.ca 98 at /sis /sis/programs/phd/tuition <p>This page contains information on tuition and fees for the <a href="/sis/programs/phd"><strong>Doctor of Philosphy (PhD)</strong></a> degrees.</p> <h2>���ϲʿ������ application fee</h2> <p>For the current Graduate Studies application fee, see ���ϲʿ������'s <a href="/student-accounts/tuition-fees/non-tuition-charges/other">Student Accounts Fees, Fines & Charges page</a>.</p> Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:59:29 +0000 elysia.donald@mcgill.ca 81 at /sis /sis/people-0/phd/theses <div class="box highlight-inline"><i>To view theses online, visit: <a href="http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/R/H3INPJL3SUK46FHDMBEHGX4SKXYD35PHVNAQLK11DXJMGYIUSY-01120?func=collections-result&collection_id=1598">eScholarship@���ϲʿ������</a>.</i></div> <h3 class="box highlight-inline"> </h3> <h3>2023</h3> <p><strong>Granikov,</strong> <strong>Vera </strong>(2022) <i>Factors and Outcomes of Collaborative Information Monitoring </i>Supervisor: Prof. France Bouthillier</p> Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:59:25 +0000 elysia.donald@mcgill.ca 49 at /sis /sis/programs/phd <p>The <b>PhD in Information Studies</b> provides an opportunity for exceptional candidates to study interdisciplinary research topics at the doctoral level.</p> <p>The program aims to ensure that its graduates will be able to develop knowledge and critical awareness of relevant theories, principles and methods in information studies and to acquire the expertise to conduct and promote scholarly research in the context of information studies.</p> <p>The PhD program:</p> Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:59:24 +0000 elysia.donald@mcgill.ca 38 at /sis