Professor Catherine Ross formally retired from the Faculty of Information and Media Studies (FIMS) at the University of Western Ontario on June 30, 2010. Catherine has a long and distinguished record of leadership at  FIMS. She was instrumental in the formation of FIMS in the mid-1990s, and served as Dean of the Faculty from 2002-2007, and Acting Dean from 2000-2002. Catherine also served as Acting Dean and Acting Associate Dean of GSLIS from 1990-1992; as Acting Dean and Associate Dean in the Faculty of Grad Studies from 1992-1996; and, most recently, as Acting Vice-Provost in 2009.

 

An outstanding scholar in the areas of reading and the reading experience and information seeking and use, Catherine’s books and papers are on many LIS course reading lists across North America, and she is a recipient of the Jesse Shera, American Library Association Award for Research, and the ALISE Award for Professional Contributions to Library and Information Science Education.  

 

Although Catherine has been  formally retired as of  June 30, 2010,  she continues to participate actively in the scholarly life of the Faculty in an Adjunct capacity.

 

 

Thomas Carmichael

Dean

Faculty of Information and Media Studies

University of Western Ontario

London, CANADA  N6A 5B7

Ph: 519-661-4235

Fax: 519-661-3506