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INSPIRE supports research collaborations with Swedish scholars

Two research projects at GSLIS recently received support from the Illinois-Sweden Program for Educational and Research Exchange (INSPIRE) program.  Michael Twidale, professor, and Cathy Blake, associate professor and associate director of the Center for Informatics Research in Science and Scholarship (CIRSS), have received a $7,000 grant from INSPIRE. Their project, “Collaborative…
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GSLIS projects featured at UI Public Engagement Symposium

GSLIS faculty, staff, and students are included among the presenters at the sixth annual University of Illinois Public Engagement Symposium on March 11, 2014. The symposium will feature poster presentations and displays on community engagement projects. All symposium activities will focus on this year's theme, Shaping Our World. The symposium is free and open to the public and is sponsored by…
left to right: George Reese, Becky Ransberger, Kim Naples, Martin Wolske, and Maya Isreal with their poster at the symposium.

Larsen named Distinguished ILL Librarian

David Larsen (MS '04) has been selected by the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) to receive the 2014 Virginia Boucher-OCLC Distinguished ILL Librarian Award. The award honors professional achievement, leadership, and contributions to interlibrary loan and document delivery. Larsen, head of access services and assessment at the University of Chicago Library, was selected for his…

GSLIS hosts Community of Scholars Visit

GSLIS will host prospective students on Friday, March 14, as part of the campuswide Community of Scholars (COS) Campus Visit Program. The program brings admitted graduate students from underrepresented backgrounds to campus to meet with faculty and staff from their intended academic programs and give them the opportunity to network with current and prospective students. GSLIS will welcome…

Student teams present at iConference Social Media Expo

Two teams of GSLIS students have been selected to present at the social media expo during the 2014 iConference on “Leveraging Social Media to Foster Smarter Societies.” An overall winning team will be selected from the student team presentations at the conference.The two student teams are:SentiNets, advised by Assistant Professor Jana Diesner, comprised of doctoral students Jinlong Guo, Kirstin…

Davis-Kahl named ACRL/EBSS Distinguished Librarian

[image1-right]Stephanie Davis-Kahl (MS '98) has been selected by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) to receive the 2014 Education and Behavioral Sciences Section (EBSS) Distinguished Education and Behavioral Sciences Librarian Award. Davis-Kahl, scholarly communications librarian and associate professor at Illinois Wesleyan University, was selected for the award based on…

Student experience highlighted at Corporate Roundtable

GSLIS master’s students and representatives from the corporate sector gathered at the iHotel on Friday, February 28, for a meeting of the Corporate Roundtable and the Fourth Annual Applied Project Poster Session. Master’s student and former W. W. Grainger intern Kelsey Heffren and Erwin Cruz, Grainger’s director of intellectual property strategy and management and GSLIS adjunct lecturer,…
Heffren (left) and Cruz

February News Digest

The GSLIS News Digest highlights recent news, events, and accomplishments of GSLIS faculty, staff, and students. For more news, visit the GSLIS home page and follow us on Facebook and Twitter! News from GSLIS at Illinois On a panel at the College Art Association in February, Professor Abdul Alkalimat provided personal history and political context in the Organization of Black American…

Gant interviewed on CIO Talk Radio

Jon Gant, director of the Center for Digital Inclusion and GSLIS faculty member, was recently a guest on CIO Talk Radio, an internet-based talk show that discusses the ways in which technology is changing business and society. The show, “Could Global Connectivity Transform the World’s Economy?” aired on February 19, 2014. CIO Talk Radio reaches a global audience of CIOs and business leaders…

SPARK project honored by ACRL

Anna Maria Watkin (MS '96), director of the Parkland College Library, and Erika Hackman, director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Parkland College, will accept the 2014 ACRL Community and Junior College Libraries Section (CJCLS) EBSCO Community College Learning Resources Award on behalf of the project Scholarship at Parkland (SPARK) at the 2014 ALA Annual…