Two faculty elected Beta Phi Mu national officers

Linda C. Smith
Linda C. Smith, Professor Emerita

Two members of the GSLIS faculty have been elected to national officer positions of Beta Phi Mu, the international library and information studies honor society.

Linda Smith (MS '72), professor and associate dean for academic programs, has been elected vice president and president-elect. She will serve one year as vice president, one as president, and a third year as past president.

Assistant Professor Emily Knox (MS '03) has been elected to a two-year term as a director.

Affiliated faculty member Sue Searing, interim associate librarian for user services and associate dean of libraries, is currently serving a two-year term as a director-at-large.

Illinois is home to the Beta Phi Mu Alpha Chapter, founded in 1948 by a group of leading librarians and educators to recognize and encourage scholastic achievement among library and information studies students. The motto, Aliis inserviendo consumor, meaning 'Consumed in the service of others,' was selected by the founders based on the concept of dedication of librarians and other information professionals to the service of others.

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