With a background in the humanities, master's student Elizabeth Surbeck was anxious about using technology and studying information science when she arrived at GSLIS. Now she's about to complete her degree with a specialization in socio-technical data analytics, co-leads the Champaign-Urbana Python Users Group, and is ready to pursue a career as a data analyst.
Why did you decide to pursue an…
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[image1-right]Jerrod Moore is passionate about connecting information and people. He is applying his corporate experience, which includes work as a strategic resource intern at State Farm, and his coursework in community informatics toward his goals of becoming a library director and increasing diversity in the information professions. As a Mix IT Up! scholar, he focuses on issues of youth…
The University of Illinois is celebrating International Week from March 31-April 6 to raise awareness about the breadth of international education, activities, and resources at Illinois. At GSLIS, we are proud of our international connections and our diverse student body, faculty, research fellows, and scholars-in-residence. We have developed an especially strong academic relationship with…
Assistant
Professor Carol Tilley will discuss her research into comics and comics history
at two upcoming events in April.
She
will deliver an invited talk titled, "When Comics Almost Died: Readers,
Censors, and Innovation," at Holy Cross College’s Arts Day on April 11.
Arts Day is an annual event held in celebration of the spirit of art and creativity.
Tilley will be one of two…
Looking for new ways to engage in intellectual exploration and create practical applications that solve socio-technical issues, Kirstin Phelps found that GSLIS could provide both the challenges and support she was hoping for in a degree program. Phelps is a first-year PhD student with a background in communications and education.
Why did you decide to pursue an LIS degree?
When I started…
The
Center for Children’s Books (CCB) will host its annual Storytelling
Festival, coordinated this
year by GSLIS students Amy Atkinson and Tad Andracki, on Saturday, April
12, from 7:00-9:00 p.m. in the GSLIS
Building, Room 126. The Festival will feature age-old
folklore, innovative uses of new media, and everything in between. The
festival will bring to life a host of characters…
Maria Bonn, GSLIS senior lecturer, recently assumed the role of editor for the Journal of Electronic Publishing (JEP). The first issue produced under her direction, Volume 17, Issue 1 (Winter 2014), is now available online.Before joining GSLIS in 2013, Bonn served as associate university librarian for publishing at the University of Michigan and oversaw the University of Michigan Press, which…
Assistant
Professor Bonnie Mak will visit Haverford College on March 26-27 where she will
deliver an invited talk and teach an undergraduate seminar. Her presentation,
“Material Acts of Publication,” will kick off Haverford College Libraries’
Texts and Technologies Lecture Series, which will explore the intersection of
text, publishing, and technology.
Abstract: This…
Each semester, GSLIS distance students come to campus for an intensive weekend where they meet on-campus students, connect with their instructors, and form professional relationships. LEEP weekend provides distance and on-campus students with the unique opportunity to attend lectures, networking events, and other professional developmental activities.
As part of this spring's LEEP weekend, the…
