[image1-right]Lorraine J. Haricombe (MS ’88, PhD ’92) has been selected as the new vice provost and
director of libraries at University of Texas at Austin. Haricombe
currently serves as the dean of libraries at the University of Kansas.
She begins her new position February 1, 2015.
“Dr. Haricombe brings to UT Austin critical expertise on the evolving
role of libraries in advancing…
GSLIS faculty, students, and staff will participate in the 77th American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) Annual Meeting, which will be held October 31-November 5 in Seattle. The ASIS&T Annual Meeting is the premier international conference dedicated to the study of information, people, and technology in contemporary society. This year’s theme is “Connecting…
Senior Research Scientist Martin Wolske will be trekking the globe this month, giving presentations and keynote addresses in Canada, Italy, and Illinois. His presentations will share a focus on scholarship related to engagement and social change and draw on his work in community informatics. Wolske will be joined by recent graduate Colin Rhinesmith (PhD ’14) in making presentations at one of the…
Associate Professor Carol Tilley will make two appearances at New York Comic Con (NYCC), an annual New York City fan convention dedicated to comics, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, toys, movies, and television. Known as the largest pop culture event on the East Coast, NYCC will be held on October 9 - 12 at the Javits Center.
Tilley, one of the nation's leading experts and a popular…
Professor Alistair Black has been named the GSLIS Centennial Scholar for
2014-2015. The Centennial Scholar award is endowed by alumni and friends of
GSLIS and given in recognition of outstanding accomplishments and/or
professional promise in the field of library and information science.
A member of the GSLIS faculty since 2009, Black’s research interests
include the history of…
Illinois citizens will soon have increased access to the latest digital tools and economic development opportunities. The University of Illinois Extension has awarded $300,000 to the Center for Digital Inclusion at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science as part of a new campus extension and outreach initiative. The project was one of six collaborative projects led by…
GSLIS Professor Emeritus Dan Schiller has published a new book titled, Digital Depression: Information Technology and Economic Crisis. It is the first in a new series called, “The Geopolitics of Information,” which Schiller co-edits, and is now available from the University of Illinois Press.
The new series will explore the role of information within today's conflicted global political economy…
As a GSLIS master’s student, Heidi Uphoff appreciated the opportunity to complete her degree while working in Chicago. Now she is earning her Certificate of Advanced Study (CAS) in Digital Libraries while working at the Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Research Library in New Mexico.
Why did you decide to pursue the CAS in Digital Libraries?
I decided to apply toward the end of my master’s…
Catherine Blake, GSLIS associate professor and associate director of the Center for Informatics Research in Science and Scholarship (CIRSS), presented a paper at the 2014 International Symposium on Inconsistency Robustness, held at Stanford University on July 29-31. The symposium connected an interdisciplinary group of researchers from around the globe to discuss concepts related to inconsistency…
GSLIS alumna Nancy Gillfillan (MS '66) has been named an Illinois
Library Luminary by the Illinois Library
Association (ILA). This distinction honors individuals whose efforts have made a significant contribution to Illinois libraries and whose supporters have made a financial contribution of at least $1,000 to the Illinois Library Association Endowment on their behalf.In the award announcement…
