Graduation is approaching, and at this time of the year, we reflect on those individuals who have made a difference in our lives. New graduates and alumni are encouraged to honor GSLIS faculty and/or staff through the LSAA Tassel Project, which was established in 2011 by the Library School Alumni Association (LSAA) to support the creation of an endowed professorship in the School. With a…

The GSLIS Center for Digital Inclusion (CDI) will co-host this month's Chicagoland Broadband Communities Meetup, which will address "Cook County Broadband Initiatives and Thought Leadership." Fitz Miller, director of telecommunications and network infrastructure for Cook County, will discuss Cook County broadband initiatives, and Craig Settles, a national thought leader, will join the group…

[image1-right]The third and final in a series of Digital Humanities Data Curation workshops will be held April 30-May 2 at the Snell Library at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. The series of three-day intensive workshops is hosted by Digital Humanities Data Curation (DHDC), a collaborative research project supported by CIRSS, Maryland Institute for Technology in the…

[image1-right]Courtney Busscher came to GSLIS to pursue an interdisciplinary degree that would complement her broad interests—including literature, psychology, and languages—and prepare her for work in a fast-paced environment. As a data management intern, Foreign Language and Area Studies fellow, and president of the Special Libraries Association student group, she's making the most of her last…

Linda C. Smith, professor and associate dean for academic programs, will participate in a panel discussion at the Access to Success Colloquium on April 28. Smith, fellow Illinois faculty members, and the colloquium’s keynote speaker will discuss the future of online graduate education.The colloquium is part of the ongoing Access to Success (A2S) research project, which works to develop strategies…

The National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC recently acquired for their permanent collection two pieces of art created by GSLIS adjunct faculty member Bea Nettles.

The American Library Association hosted a spring retreat for the Spectrum Doctoral Fellows on April 5-7 at the iHotel and Conference Center on the Illinois campus. Assistant Professor Nicole Cooke co-planned the event, which was sponsored by the American Library Association’s Office for Diversity, made possible by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Leighton Christiansen’s experience in transportation and the information professions prepared him for work as the single librarian serving the Iowa Department of Transportation. Combined with the skills he learned via the iSchool's Specialization in Data Curation, Christiansen has found himself uniquely positioned to tackle the challenges facing the transportation information industry today.…

Assistant Professor Nicole A. Cooke’s diverse research interests and experiences as an iSchool faculty member have taken her to an array of events this month. She will speak at three events in April, discussing topics from social justice to the roles of LIS faculty.On April 5 Cooke participated in a panel at the New Directions in Information Fluency conference at Augustana College. As part of a…

[image1-right]This fall GSLIS master’s student Brandon Locke will take on the role of digital social science and humanities specialist at Michigan State University (MSU). In this new position, he will coordinate MSU’s new Lab for the Education and Advancement in Digital Research (LEADR). Located within the university’s Department of History, this digital initiative will launch under Locke’s…