Course Lecturer - School of Information Studies

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Please refer to the How to Apply for a Job (for External Candidates) job aid for instructions on how to apply. If you are an active McGill employee (ie: currently in an active contract or position at McGill University), do not apply through this Career Site. Login to your McGill Workday account and apply to this posting using the Find Jobs report (type Find Jobs in the search bar). McGill’s School of Information Studies Master’s program ( https://www.mcgill.ca/sis/home ) is seeking Course Lecturers to teach courses for Fall 2026. INFS 609 Metadata and Access (3 credits ) Course Description : The course presents fundamental theories and practices of organizing and describing e- resources in libraries, archives, and related fields. It covers prevailing metadata schemes, extensible markup language (XML) and the metadata application profile. It also discusses issues related to the management of metadata schemes in cultural heritage institutions. Learning Outcomes: To identify the characteristics of metadata as descriptive tools for organizing digital resources. To recognize various metadata schemes in diverse communities. To understand the strengths and weaknesses of major metadata sch...