We are pleased to announce one of our speakers for the 2020 Information Without Borders conference, Andrew Steeves! Andrew will be speaking about local publishing practices. Andrew Steeves was born in Westmorland County, New Brunswick. After taking degrees in Criminology and English, he settled…
IWB is excited to announce one of our speakers for the 2020 Information Without Borders conference, David Wilcox! David will be speaking about open source library software. David is the Program Leader for Fedora at LYRASIS. He sets the vision for Fedora and serves…
IWB is excited to announce one of our speakers for the 2020 Information Without Borders conference, Emily Glover! She will be speaking about food literacy programming at the public library and the benefits of providing barrier free food and nutrition education to our community.…
We are pleased to announce our Closing Speaker for the 2020 Information Without Borders conference, Sarah Beanlands! She will be speaking about removing information barriers in archaeology. Sara Beanlands is a founding partner of Boreas Heritage Consulting Inc., an independently owned company of archeology…
We are pleased to announce our Keynote Speaker for the 2020 Information Without Borders conference, Dorene Bernard! She will be speaking about grassroots activism and environmental protection. Dorene is a Mi’kmaq Grassroots Grandmother, Water Protector, Water Walker, and Survivor of the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School.…
The 14th annual student-run Information Without Borders Conference will take place on February 11th, 2020. This year's conference theme is Information at Home. The IWB Conference hosts two competitions to showcase student research from graduate students currently enrolled at Dalhousie University: the Student Poster Competition and…
Information Without Borders is currently recruiting incoming students in Dalhousie's MI/MLIS program for the upcoming 2020 conference. All positions are a two-year commitment. The committee is looking for the following positions to be filled: Programming: 2 Chairs Registration: 2 Chairs Logistics: 1 Chair Fundraising…
IWB would like to congratulate first year MLIS students Nicole Marcoux, Steven McDonald, and Nicole Slipp for being selected as this years student presenters! Each student will be given fifteen minutes to present their research in the Council Chambers, starting at 12:40. Come hear…
Jean Laroche is a veteran political reporter. He's covered 6 Nova Scotia governments, so far, in a career that began at CBC Montreal in 1983. He has hounded politicians in three provinces and one territory over the span of his almost 4 decades as…
This year one of IWB's sponsors is GreyLit, a platform that allows members to publish instantly, be reviewed by true peers in real-time, and be shared globally, allowing authors to get feedback and analytics on unpublished works. Users gain access to interdisciplinary, user-generated research,…