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Note: This is the 2022–2023 eCalendar. Update the year in your browser's URL bar for the most recent version of this page, or .
Note: This is the 2022–2023 eCalendar. Update the year in your browser's URL bar for the most recent version of this page, or .
The School of Information Studies (SIS) is a dynamic teaching and research unit engaged in the education of information professionals and scholars. The School educates individuals who make a difference in the management and design of information resources, services, and systems, finding better ways to manage, organize, access, disseminate, use, and preserve information and recorded knowledge from a human-centred perspective. As the pioneer school of its kind in Canada, SIS has been offering programs at Æ»¹ûÒùÔº since 1897, with continuous accreditation of professional programs by the American Library Association (A.L.A.) since 1929.
The School of Information Studies offers programs at the graduate level, including a Master of Information Studies, graduate certificates, and a Ph.D. in Information Studies.
Research at the School is conducted in the broad domain of human-information interaction (HII), which includes three research areas:
Research projects address such topics as data mining, digital curation, information classification, information preservation, knowledge management, multisensory information, and user experience.
Information about current graduate program offerings is available in the Faculty of Arts Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies section. For complete information about the School of Information Studies, please see the School's website at mcgill.ca/sis.
Director |
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Kimiz Dalkir |
Professors |
Colleen Cook |
Associate Professors |
Joan Bartlett; France Bouthillier; Kimiz Dalkir; M. Max Evans; Ilja Frissen; Benjamin Fung; Catherine Guastavino; Karyn Moffatt. |
Assistant Professors |
Rebekah Willson; Gracen Brilmyer. |
Sessional Lecturers |
Maxime Beaulieu; Gordon Burr; Lidia Kruk; Daniela Oliveira; Anton Stiglic. |