Tuesday January 21, 2025

First day of instruction - Spring 2025 semester

Classes begin for the Spring 2025 semester.

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  Hoiem receives Schiller Prize for “Education of Things”

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• Wednesday

  January 22

  School Librarian Licensure Program Information Session

  6:00 - 7:00 PM

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  Chan authors new book connecting eugenics and Big Tech

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  Get to Know Deekshita Karingula, MSIM Student

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• Wednesday

  January 29

  CU Public Library Tours - CPL

  1:00 - 3:00 PM

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  Get to know Kellie Clinton, school librarian

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Other recent news

SafeRBot to assist community, police in crime reporting

January 22 2025

Across the nation, 911 dispatch centers are facing a worker shortage. Unfortunately, this understaffing, plus the nature of the job itself, leads to dispatchers who are often overworked and stressed. Meanwhile, when community members need to report a crime, their options are to contact 911 for an emergency or, in a non-emergency situation, call a non-emergency number or fill out an online form. A new chatbot, SafeRBot, designed and developed by Associate Professor Yun Huang, Informatics PhD student Yiren Liu, and BSIS student Tony An seeks to improve the reporting process for non-emergency situations for both community members and dispatch centers.

New digital collection sheds light on queer nightlife in Champaign County

January 21 2025

Adam Beaty decided to pursue an MSLIS degree to combine his love of history, the arts, and community-centered spaces. This combination of interests culminated in a 244-item digital collection that showcases digitized materials depicting nearly thirty years of queer nightlife in Champaign County. 

CCB contributes to new Books to Parks site on Lyddie

January 7 2025

The Center for Children's Books (CCB) collaborated with the National Park Service (NPS) to launch a new Books to Parks website on Lyddie, a 1991 novel by Katherine Paterson that highlights the experiences of young women working in textile mills in nineteenth-century Lowell, Massachusetts. 

iSchool alumni and students selected as ALA Emerging Leaders

January 6 2025

Two iSchool alumni and two current MSLIS students have been selected by the American Library Association (ALA) to participate in its 2025 class of Emerging Leaders.