FACULTY

Biography

Nadia Caidi joined U o fT in 2000. She holds a Masters in Communications from the University Grenoble 3 (France) and an MLIS and Ph.D. in Information Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Dr. Caidi’s research interests are in information policy (particularly access and information rights) and social/community informatics. She is also involved in cross-cultural and comparative studies, researching the influence of culture on the production, distribution and use of information and its technologies. Current research projects include:

“Framing ‘Information’ and ‘Access’ Post 9/11” (awarded a three-year grant (2004-2007) from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)); Information Practices for Ethno-Cultural Communities (IPECC); and Digital Libraries for/with Aboriginal Communities. Recent publications have appeared in Journal of Information Science, The Information Society Journal, Journal of Documentation, Library Quarterlyand Library and Information Science Research. For more information check Dr. Caidi's website at: http://www.fis.utoronto.ca/faculty/caidi/home.html

Keywords

Information policy (access, privacy, intellectual freedom); Information seeking behavior of marginalized communities; Digital libraries.