Dr. Mary Cavanagh (PhD, Toronto) is an Associate Professor at the School of Information Studies of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Ottawa. A founding member of the School, she has been its Acting Director in 2016-2017.
Dr. Cavanagh studies action-nets, practice theory and organizational learning, information organizations, information relationships and interactions. Her work currently addresses these themes: public information libraries and online engagement with everyday citizens; and the information practices of consumers in Canada’s rights-based telecommunications marketplace. Dr. Cavanagh has deep practical knowledge of Canada's academic and public library sectors developed over many years in the field and as a researcher.
Dr. Cavanagh will take on her new role for a 3-year mandate on July 1st.
Congratulations to Dr. Cavanagh for this appointment!