Monday August 26, 2019

First Day of Classes

Classes for Fall 2019 begin!

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  Get to know Lauren Camarillo, MS student

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  Bashir promoted to associate professor

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• Thursday

  August 22

  Dissertation Defense: Garrick Sherman

  9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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  New appointment for Ocepek

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  Schwebel selected to lead CCB

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  Knox named 2019-2020 Centennial Scholar

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Other recent news

Jett defends dissertation

August 19 2019

Doctoral candidate Jacob Jett successfully defended his dissertation, "Towards a General Conceptual Model for Bibliographic Aggregates," on August 12.

iSchool education prepares King for national leadership in digital library services for field professionals

August 12 2019

David King (MS '78, PhD '94) believes libraries must be reinvented to meet the needs of professional practitioners. This "out of the box" mindset has led him to design and build digital libraries for professionals providing services to victims of crime and abuse.

iSchool alumni honored by ILA

August 9 2019

Four iSchool alumni—Kristine Hammerstrand (MS '79), Stacey Knight-Davis (MS '01), Heather McCammond-Watts (MS '95), and Brian Shepard (MS '05)—have been selected to receive awards from the Illinois Library Association (ILA).

Newell to lead new BS/IS program

August 2 2019

Melissa Newell joined the iSchool on July 15 as director of undergraduate affairs. In this new position, she provides leadership and strategic direction for the administration of the Bachelor of Science in information sciences (BS/IS) degree, undergraduate student experience, and undergraduate recruitment and admission.