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…

The GSLIS Library School Alumni Association (LSAA) has announced the recipients of its annual awards. The recipients were recognized on June 29, 2014, at the GSLIS reception held at the annual meeting of the American Library Association in Las Vegas.Loriene Roy (PhD ’87) has been awarded the Distinguished Alumnus Award. Each year this award is given to an alum who has made an outstanding…

Associate Professor Kathryn La Barre has been appointed to the editorial board of BRAJIS, the Brazilian Journal of Information Science. She will serve on the board for three years. 

GSLIS alumnus and adjunct professor Sidney E. Berger (MS '87) presents a landmark examination of rare books and special collections in his latest book, recently published by ALA-Neal Shuman. Rare Books and Special Collections provides a meticulous and systematic understanding of this growing area, aimed at practitioners and instructors of library and information science, booksellers, private…

GSLIS faculty, staff, and students will participate in the American Library Association’s 2014 Annual Conference from June 26 - July 1 in Las Vegas. Visit us in the exhibits hall at Booth #1923. In addition to the presentations listed below, please join us for the GSLIS Reception on Sunday, June 29, from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at Bally’s, Skyview 2.

Professor Allen Renear has been named the dean of the school. His appointment becomes effective August 16, pending approval of the university’s board of trustees. Renear has been serving as interim dean since February 2012. “He has worked diligently to improve the financial condition of the school, made critical hires in strategic areas of faculty strength and is working with faculty on a…

Georgeann Burch, K-12 program coordinator, and Karla Lucht, academic advisor and doctoral student, will lead an upcoming workshop for high school teachers titled, “American Literary Resources for the Classroom.” The workshop, to be held on June 25, is one of several offered as part of the Global Institute for Secondary Educators, a program organized by the Center for Global Studies at the…

[image1-right]Before she had even graduated, GSLIS's Instructional Technology and Design Office hired Aisha Conner-Gaten to join their team. Now she's putting the skills she learned as a GSLIS student to work in support of current students and faculty who connect via the LEEP program and the Moodle course management system. Where do you work and what is your role? I work in the GSLIS…

Margaret Mary "Maggie" Kimmel, a former GSLIS adjunct professor who taught summer LEEP courses from 1997 to 2007, passed away on June 10. Kimmel team-taught the summer LEEP offering of Libraries, Information and Society with Dean Emerita Leigh Estabrook beginning with LEEP cohort 2 and ending with cohort 12. Kimmel earned bachelor of arts and master of library science degrees in Illinois at…