Jack Bernard, associate general counsel with the University of Michigan’s Office of the Vice President and General Counsel, will deliver the Spring 2015 Windsor Lecture at 4:00 p.m. on April 28 in GSLIS Room 126. His lecture is titled, “Yes, Virginia, You Can Digitize Millions of Books: Copyright, HathiTrust, and the Legacy of Libraries.” A reception will be held in the GSLIS east foyer…
This week the University of Illinois celebrates both Graduate Student Appreciation Week and International Week. At GSLIS, we are proud of all our students and our international connections, including faculty, research fellows, scholars-in-residence, and students like Nushrat Khan, who hails from Bangladesh.
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GSLIS will offer a Summer Getaway professional development workshop series for school librarians on June 22-24. Workshops will focus on current topics in the field of school librarianship and will offer opportunities to gain hands-on experience using the newest technologies and to connect with like-minded professionals in the field. Participants can register for one, two, or three days. The cost…
Becky Hodson (MS '13) recently returned to her alma mater, joining the GSLIS staff as visiting career services coordinator. In this new role, Hodson works with students to explore potential career paths in LIS, manages the GSLIS Job Board (I-Link), and assists students with navigating experiential learning opportunities such as practicum.
Her previous experience includes academic reference…
Research Associate Professor David Dubin and Associate Professor Victoria Stodden participated in the Fifth Plenary Meeting of the Research Data Alliance (RDA), held March 8-11 in San Diego. They organized a session on the use of provenance encoding vocabularies for supporting research replication, with discussions focused on a use case in the field of epidemiology.
The session was jointly…
Deborah Stevenson, assistant professor and director of The Center for Children’s Books at GSLIS, will participate in several events in the coming weeks.
The Center for Children's Books (CCB) will host the 2015 Storytelling Festival on Saturday, April 4, from 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. in the GSLIS building, Room 126. Coordinated this year by CAS student Amy Atkinson and Associate Professor and Assistant Dean for Student Affairs Kate McDowell, the festival will feature both new performers and returning seasoned storytellers, who will share age-old…
Assistant Professor Nicole A. Cooke has been selected to receive the University YWCA’s 2015 Leadership Award in Education in recognition of her work in social justice and higher education.
The annual award honors individuals or organizations whose work supports the mission of the YWCA, which is “dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity…
The Library School Alumni Association (LSAA) is seeking nominations for three distinguished awards. The awards are given annually at the GSLIS alumni reception held at the American Library Association conference. The deadline for nomination is April 1, 2015.
The Distinguished Alumnus Award recognizes an individual alumnus of GSLIS who has made an outstanding contribution to the field of…
Join GSLIS faculty, staff, and students for the following activities during the ACRL 2015 Conference, including our reception on Thursday, March 26, from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at the Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront (RSVP by March 20). Please stop by and visit us at Booth 571 as well!
Thursday, March 26
Panel Session: Collections, “The Neoliberal in YOUR Library: Resisting Corporate…
