[Asis-l] Dr. Ali Shiri

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*Dr. Ali Shiri Promoted to Full Professor at the University of Alberta*



The School of Library and Information Studies is pleased to announce that
Dr. Ali Shiri has been promoted to the rank of Professor effective July 1,
2014. This promotion recognizes Dr. Shiri’s outstanding research, service,
and teaching contributions to the School, to the Faculty of Education, to
the University of Alberta, and to the library and information field at
large.



Dr. Shiri obtained his PhD in Information Science from the University of
Strathclyde Department of Computer and Information Sciences in Glasgow,
Scotland. He joined the School in 2004 as Assistant Professor.



Dr. Shiri teaches in the areas of digital libraries and digital information
organization and retrieval, and metadata. His research areas include
digital libraries, user interaction with digital information, search user
interfaces, social media, and big data. He is the author of a monograph
published by ASIS&T and of more than 70 refereed articles in various
information science books, conferences, and journals including
*JASIS&T*, *Journal
of Documentation*, *Journal of Information Science*, *Online Information
Review*, and *Knowledge Organization*.



In 2008, Dr. Shiri was awarded the *Coutts-Clarke Research Fellowship*
supported by the Faculty of Education, in recognition of his scholarly
reputation as one of the top researchers in the Faculty. At the national
level, Dr. Shiri’s research has been funded by a Strategic Research Grant
and an Insight Grant both from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research
Council (SSHRC) and by a *Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR)
Knowledge Synthesis Grant.*



Dr. Shiri’s research articles have received ‘Highly Commended Awards’ from
both the *Journal of Documentation* and *Library Review*. In 2008, he was
the recipient of the prestigious award of the ASIS&T Digital Libraries
Special Interest Group, which recognized his leadership in promoting
discussion and scholarly communication within the area of digital libraries
in North America.



*Dr. Shiri has served the School as Chair of the Curriculum Committee,
Chair of the Admissions Committee, and currently as Graduate Coordinator. *



Dr. Shiri is on the editorial board of the *Canadian Journal of Information
and Library Science,* the* Journal of Digital Information,* and *Library
Review*. For a list of Dr. Shiri’s publications please check out the
following page: http://www.ualberta.ca/~ashiri/publications.html


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