Julia Bullard, University of British Columbia

Research

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Latest papers

Automated indexing using NLM's Medical Text Indexer (MTI) compared to human indexing in Medline: a pilot study.
Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA · 2023

All 1 publications

Latest funding

The Collaborative Canadian Catalogue/Le Catalogue canadien collaboratif
SSHRC · 2026 · Co-investigator
$89,829
Developing a community for community-centered vocabulary work
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$55,876
Our Own Labels: LGBT2QIA+ Representation in Catalogue Records
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$13,380

All 5 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

Automated indexing using NLM's Medical Text Indexer (MTI) compared to human indexing in Medline: a pilot study.

Chen E, Bullard J, Giustini D

Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA2023

DOI: 10.5195/jmla.2023.1588 PMID: 37483360

The Collaborative Canadian Catalogue/Le Catalogue canadien collaboratif

Co-investigatorSSHRC2026Insight Development Grants

Principal investigators: Watson, Brian

$89,829

Developing a community for community-centered vocabulary work

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Bullard, Julia

Keywords: community-centered processes; controlled vocabularies; marginalized communities and collections; equitable knowledge organization

$55,876

Our Own Labels: LGBT2QIA+ Representation in Catalogue Records

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Bullard, Julia

Keywords: own voices; library systems; cataloguing; LGBT2QIA+; authors; queer representation

$13,380

Balancing Intellectual Freedom and Medical Disinformation in Canadian Libraries

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Greyson, Devon

Keywords: intellectual freedom; access to information; libraries; medical disinformation

$24,997

Subject description from the margins: Indigenous and Canadian scholarship

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Bullard, Julia

Keywords: knowledge organization; subject access; Canadian scholarship; Indigenous scholarship; infrastructure studies

$39,939

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Bullard, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Automated indexing using NLM's Medical Text Indexer (MTI) compared to human indexing in Medline: a pilot study." (2023), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Developing a community for community-centered vocabulary work" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]