Master's student Jennifer Clark is spending her spring break at the Library of Congress interviewing those involved with the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP). Clark is participating in GSLIS's Alternative Spring Break, an annual program that places master's students in professional settings for a week where they can learn new skills, work with mentors, and gain a deeper understanding of LIS concepts in practice.

Christine Jenkins, GSLIS associate professor, has been appointed to the 2014 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award committee. The Sibert Book Medal, established by the American Library Association's Association of Library Service to Children (ALSC) in 2001, is given annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished informational book(s) for youth (ages 0-14)…

Two GSLIS alumni were selected this year as Public Library Association (PLA) Leadership Fellows to attend the PLA Leadership Academy: Navigating Change · Building Community. Toby Greenwalt (MS ’04) and Marc Gartler (MS ’05) were among twenty-four public librarians selected for the PLA Leadership Academy, a pilot program that seeks to develop a leadership training model for advancing…

The GSLIS Research Showcase will be held on the afternoon of Friday, March 29. University of Illinois Vice Chancellor for Research Peter Schiffer will present opening remarks for the annual event, which highlights the scholarly work of GSLIS faculty and doctoral students in a series of short presentations and posters. “The research being conducted at GSLIS is truly astounding,” said J…

U.S. News & World Report has released its latest rankings of graduate professional schools of library and information science. GSLIS has once again been selected as number one, a position held by the School since the publication first started ranking library and information studies programs. Interim Dean Allen Renear said, “We’re very pleased that the GSLIS master’s program remains once…

GSLIS will host 14 prospective students on March 15 as part of the campus-wide Community of Scholars (COS) Campus Visit Program. The program brings admitted graduate students from underrepresented backgrounds to campus to meet with their academic programs and give them the opportunity to network with current and prospective students. GSLIS will welcome four doctoral students and ten master’s…

Walter Dean Myers, critically acclaimed author of children’s and young adult literature, will visit the Champaign area this month as part of his work as this year’s National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. His visit, organized by the Children’s Book Council, is sponsored by the Center for Children’s Books (CCB) at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of…

On March 12, following a free screening of Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines, GSLIS Assistant Professor Carol Tilley will serve on a panel to discuss the film, which traces the fascinating evolution and legacy of Wonder Woman. From the birth of the comic book superheroine in the 1940s to the blockbusters of today, Wonder Women! explores how popular representations of…

GSLIS alumna and adjunct lecturer Christine A. Kujawa (MS '03) has been selected by the Public Library Association as the 2013 recipient of the Gordon M. Conable Award. The award honors her work in leading intellectual freedom education and advocacy on local, state, and national levels. Kujawa is currently head of circulation services at Bismarck Veterans Memorial Public Library in…

On March 8-10, a national multidisciplinary graduate symposium, “The Collecting Impulse,” will feature presentations by GSLIS PhD student Noah Lenstra and alumni Penelope Yocum (MS '12) and Julia Pollack (MS '12). Assistant Professor Bonnie Mak will serve as the respondent. The symposium, hosted by students from the School of Art and Design at Illinois, will include paneled presentations of…