The Ian P. Sharp Lectureship was established at the Faculty of Information Studies in 1989 with an endowment from I.P. Sharp Associates Limited, A Reuters Company, in honour of its founding president and former chief executive officer, Ian P. Sharp. It is intended to bring internationally renowned individuals to the campus to explore the transformative effects of information practice. The lectures, which are open to the profession and members of the public, are delivered every three to four years by a distinguished figure in information science and related fields.
A lecture is planned for the spring of 2024.
The Faculty of Information has welcomed the following distinguished guest speakers in the past:
Dr. Haim Gertner, Director, Archives Division and Fred Hillman Chair of Holocaust Documentation, on December 2, 2015
Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, on November 18, 2014
David Ferriero, National Archivist of the United States, on March 26, 2014
Ian Wilson, Librarian and Archivist of Canada, on March 13, 2008