Doctor of Philosophy in Library, Archival and Information Studies (PhD)
Quick Facts
Application
| Deadlines for | ||
|---|---|---|
| Start date | Students with Canadian or US credentials | Students with international credentials |
| September | February 1st | February 1st |
Program contact details
- Heather Shand, slais.admissions@ubc.ca
470 - 1961 East Mall
Vancouver
British Columbia, V6T 1Z1
Canada
Requirements
General Information
The School of Library, Archival and Information Studies (SLAIS) is home to a community of researchers actively engaged in the investigation of questions of vital importance to society in the age of information. At the broadest level, we are concerned with the recorded artifacts of human experience: their creation, collection, organization, preservation, and use. Increasingly, these artifacts - books, documents, images, data, etc.- are created and/or preserved in digital formats that can be widely disseminated and used. Our collective work aims to ensure that this legacy of human experience, housed in both traditional and newer digital forms, is preserved, shared and explored, so that individuals and communities can continue to draw upon it to deepen their understanding of themselves and their communities and make new discoveries about our world.
While our overarching research agenda is broad, research at SLAIS is clustered around three core areas of inquiry:
- Management and preservation of digital records
- Creation and use of cultural materials
- Digital information systems and information interaction
Tuition / Program costs
| Fees | Canadian Citizen / Permanent Resident / Refugee / Diplomat | International |
|---|---|---|
| Application Fee | $91.80 | $153.00 |
| Tuition * | ||
| Installments per year | 3 | 3 |
| Tuition per installment | $1,449.72 | $2,546.90 |
| Tuition per year | $4,349.16 | $7,640.70 |
| Int. Tuition Award (ITA) per year (if eligible) | $3,200.00 (-) | |
| Other Fees and Costs | ||
| Student Fees (yearly) | $709.00 (approx.) | |
| Costs of living (yearly) | $16,763.00 (approx.) | |
All fees for the year are subject to adjustment and UBC reserves the right to change any fees without notice at any time, including tuition and student fees. In case of a discrepancy between this webpage and the UBC Calendar, the UBC Calendar entry will be held to be correct.
Recent Doctoral Citations
- Dr. Lei Zhang: "Dr. Zhang identified the functions of the smallest information units within journal article components, and examined how they can be utilized in journal reading. This research suggested that individual functional units can be organized and presented to benefit readers' information usage of journal articles." (May 2011)
- Dr. Chia-Ning Chiang: "Dr. Chiang employed mixed methods to study annotations in an online environment. Her study explores online annotation functionalities, reasons for annotating and sharing annotations, as well as impacts on reading and writing online. The research has implications for system design." (November 2010)
- Dr. Saad Alzahrani: "Dr. Alzahrani examined the involvement of editorial boards of scholarly journals in liberalizing access policies to journal content. He found that, while generally positive about open access, editors were not active proponents for change. His findings help explain the editors' role in the dramatically changing landscape of scholarly publishing." (November 2010)
- Dr. Heejin Park: "Dr. Kim explored how the social communication technology, folksonomy, is changing the way people organize Web resources. This empirical study proposes a conceptual framework to recast a folksonomy as a Web classification, and to better understand users' perception and use of folksonomy in organizing Web resources." (May 2010)
- Dr. Fiorella Foscarini: "Dr. Foscarini investigated the design and use of function-based records classification systems in four central banks in Europe and North America. By applying methods derived from other disciplines, her research contributes rich insights into the relationship existing between recordkeeping practices and organizational cultures. Dr Foscarini's study also clarifies fundamental archival concepts like the one of function." (November 2009)
