Bio
Lynne C. Howarth is a Professor Emerita and a past Dean at the Faculty of Information, University of Toronto. Professor Howarth completed her PhD in 1990 and was appointed to the Faculty of Information Studies the same year, becoming Dean in 1996. She served in that position until 2003. She was Associate Dean, Research from July 2010 to June 2013, and Interim Director of the Museum Studies Program from September 2008 to December 2009. She taught in the areas of knowledge organization, metadata standards, and the provision of information to marginalized populations. Professor Howarth happily professes her sincere passion for all three legs of the academic stool – research, teaching, and service.
Memberships
- Distinguished Researcher in Information Organization at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee iSchool (2011-2013)
- Serves on international standards committees for metadata, Semantic Web, and linked data applications
Awards
- ALISE / Connie Van Fleet Award for Research Excellence in Public Library Services to Adults, 2017
- ALISE Service Award n recognition of her contributions to the Association and to LIS education, 2015
- University of Toronto 25-Year Service Award, 2014
- Distinguished Scholar Lectio Magistralis in Biblioteconomia, Florence University, Italy, 2011
- Teaching Award, Master of Information Student Council (MISC), Nominated in 2013-2014 and 2014-2015
Teaching
INF3003H Research in Information: Frameworks and Design 0.5 Credits
INF2186H Metadata Schemas and Applications 0.5 Credits
INF2197H Special Topics in Information Studies: Information in a Disabling Society 0.5 Credits
INF1005H Information Workshops I 0.25 Credits
INF1240H Research Methods 0.5 Credits
Supervision
Current
Heidi Overhill
Supervisor: Lynne Howarth
Past
- Rumi Graham
- Mary Cavangh
- Asim Qayyum
- Anabel Quan-Haase
- Dana Sensuse
- Clement Arsenault
- Patricia Adamson
- Natasha Ali