Three GSLIS master's students have been named the 2015-2016 recipients of the C. Barber Mueller Prize for Excellence in Exhibition Design, which is awarded annually by the University of Illinois Library Exhibitions Committee. The winning exhibits will be on display in the Main Library's Marshall Gallery this spring. Kimberly Stelter’s exhibit, "Art Books and Bindings," will be on display in…

In LIS 590IC: Information Consulting, students learn the art and science of working in the business information world by providing consulting services to real clients. The capstone course prepares students to work in a range of business settings.

From downloading ebooks to applying for jobs online, the patrons of the Gail Borden Public Library have a helping hand in technology librarian Phillip Schneider. Schneider and his colleagues also share their expertise with fellow librarians at other institutions through the online toolkit they’ve created.  

Wendy Holliday (MS '02), head of teaching, learning, and research services at Northern Arizona University, is the winner of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Instruction Section’s (IS) Miriam Dudley Instruction Librarian Award.

The Chevy Suburban towing a U-Haul trailer pulled up to the decommissioned middle school in Metropolis, Illinois, population 6,000. A special kind of 4-H camp was about to begin. The four leaders—Gabriel Ewing, Jessica Nelson, Colten Jackson, and Virginia McCreary—unloaded the equipment: almost thirty laptops with Intel i5 processors; a thirty-watt mini laser engraver; six 3-D printers; six digital embroidery sewing machines; six electronic vinyl cutters; six soldering stations; and enough small-board electronics for up to a dozen participants to make mini robots out of puff balls.

Heather Jagman (MS '96), coordinator of reference, instruction, and academic engagement at DePaul University, is one of two winners of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Instruction Section Ilene F. Rockman Publication of the Year Award, which recognizes an outstanding publication related to library instruction published in the past two years.

Associate Professor Victoria Stodden will speak this Friday at the Association of Data Science and Analytics (ADSA) Data Summit 2016, a tech conference focusing on big data and data science. Organized and hosted by ADSA, an Illinois student group, the event will take place on February 5-6 at the Siebel Center for Computer Science on the Urbana campus.  

Chad Kahl (MS '98), interim associate dean for public services and information technology at Illinois State University, has been awarded the 2016 Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Law and Political Science Section (LPSS) Marta Lange/SAGE-CQ Press Award. The award, established in 1996 by LPSS, honors an academic or law librarian who has made distinguished contributions to…

Several members of the GSLIS community participated in the 2016 Computational Social Science Workshop at Illinois. Hosted by the University Library Scholarly Commons and The Institute for Computing in Humanities, Arts, and Social Science (I-CHASS), the workshop was held at the I Hotel and Conference Center on January 30. Presentations and hands-on sessions by speakers representing an array of…

GSLIS Career Services is hosting a special series of Job Search Month events throughout the month of February. In addition to the services offered throughout the year—including one-on-one consultations, job search assistance, and interview prep—Job Search Month activities will feature on-campus and virtual events to help students prepare for the job search process. “We have found that…