Assistant Professor Bonnie Mak’s most recent publication, "Archaeology of a Digitization," will appear in the August edition of the Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (JASIST). In this article Mak proposes an approach to analyzing databases and other digitized resources as "artefacts of the modern day, evidence of how we are now collectively perceiving, imagining,…

[image1-right]In late June, the American Academy of Pediatrics released a new policy that asks pediatricians to strongly encourage parents to read to their children daily, especially in the first three years of a child’s life. GSLIS alum and pediatrician Dr. Dipesh Navsaria (MS ’04) works on a national scale to draw attention to the importance of reading to a child’s physical and social…

Assistant Professor Carol Tilley will join more than 130,000 of her fellow comic book fans at Comic-Con International in San Diego July 24-27. This annual convention is considered by many to be the premier comics and entertainment event in the world. It focuses on creating awareness of and appreciation for comics and related artforms and celebrates the historic and ongoing contribution of comics…

Eight GSLIS master's students have been named 2014 Spectrum Scholars by the American Library Association (ALA). Established in 1997, the Spectrum Scholarship Program was created to promote diversity among graduate-level library school students. Each master's-level scholar receives $5,000 from the ALA as well as over $1,500 toward professional development opportunities. In addition, GSLIS provides…

[image1-right]The research and organizational skills Alana Callender developed at GSLIS have contributed to her success in several departments of the college where she has made a career for more than three decades.Where do you work and what is your role?I work for the Palmer College of Chiropractic. It is the first chiropractic school in the world, and I am developing their museum. I also run the…

Every day, we make decisions based on data. If selected for a trial, jurors would hear testimony from expert witnesses before deciding guilt or innocence. Parents choose medical treatments for their children based on scientific research. Democracy relies on engaged citizens who base their decisions on information drawn from an array of sources. In these situations and many others, we are called…

[image1-left:resize-600w]GSLIS hosted a series of workshops recently that brought together school librarians from across the state to learn about current topics in K-12 librarianship from experts and from each other.The Summer Getaway: Professional Development for School Librarians event consisted of four workshops spread across a three-day period, June 23-25, which focused on emerging trends and…

Several members of the GSLIS community will participate in Digital Humanities 2014, and will present on topics related to research conducted at the Center for Informatics Research in Science and Scholarship (CIRSS) and HathiTrust Research Center (HTRC). The conference, held July 7-11 in Lausanne, Switzerland, is organized annually by the Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations. The theme of…

GSLIS seeks nominations for the Robert B. Downs Intellectual Freedom Award. The deadline for nominations is October 1, 2014. Given annually, the award acknowledges individuals or groups who have furthered the cause of intellectual freedom, particularly as it impacts libraries and information centers and the dissemination of ideas. Granted to those who have resisted censorship or efforts to…

GSLIS master's student Raquel Flores-Clemons is a 2014 recipient of the Society of American Archivists's (SAA) Harold T. Pinkett Minority Student Award. The award recognizes minority graduate students of African, Asian, Latino, or Native American descent who, through scholastic achievement, manifest an interest in becoming professional archivists and active members of SAA.While pursuing her…