Sunday December 16, 2018

iSchool December Convocation Ceremony and Reception

Details are available on the Convocation web page.

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  Oates receives digital preservation award

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• Thursday

  December 13

  December Book Club & Holiday Craftivism Night

  5:00 - 8:00 PM

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  Lambert grateful for iSchool experience

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  iSchool doctoral students win ASIS&T design competition

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  Internship Spotlight: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Transportation Library

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  Diesner to give keynote, chair workshop at computational social science symposium

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Other recent news

Project on international students and libraries leads to graduate research award

December 11 2018

iSchool master's students Laura Rocco and Elise Feltman are the recipients of the first Robert Howerton Graduate Student Research Award from the University Library. The award financially supports students who hold a pre-professional graduate assistantship position at the library and who are engaged in research regarding reference and technical services with plans to publish their work.

McKay inspired by School’s sense of community

December 10 2018

As a new master's student in library and information science, funds were tight, and Curt McKay (MS '88) hoped for an assistantship to ease his financial burden. Leigh Estabrook, dean of the School, noticed that McKay had been a teacher and offered him an assistantship in the learning resources lab. "At Illinois, not only did I start learning a new career, but I got carried away by this wonderful atmosphere," McKay recalled. Instead of completing his degree in one year as he had planned, he decided to extend it to two years, then in April of his first year, a job opened up in the School, and McKay was encouraged to apply.

Shasteen receives the 2018 Polestar Award

November 29 2018

Adjunct Lecturer Ruth Shasteen (CAS '13) has received the 2018 Polestar Award from the Association of Illinois School Library Educators (AISLE) for her contributions to school librarianship. Shasteen served as district librarian at Neoga CUSD and high school librarian at Central A&M High School in Moweaqua, both in the state of Illinois. In addition to being a school librarian, she also taught for many years in Illinois classrooms at Sullivan Jr. High School, Sullivan High School, and Bethany Jr-Sr. High School. 

Mishra wins award for best student paper

November 28 2018

Doctoral student Shubhanshu Mishra won the Best Student Paper Award at the Workshop on Informetric and Scientometric Research (SIG/MET), which was held on November 10 in conjunction with the ASIS&T 2018 Annual Meeting in Vancouver, Canada. Sponsored by Elsevier, the award recognizes achievement in student presentation in the following criteria: design of the study, originality, relevance to the workshop, and adherence to research ethics.