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master’s student Lucas McKeever recently received an Acorn
Scholarship
for volunteerism and community activism from the Acorn Equality Fund, a grassroots
organization that supports gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgendered students and their
allies in downstate Illinois. The
$3,000 scholarship was presented to McKeever at the 14th Annual Acorn Equality
Fund Breakfast on December 1,…
This fall, Martin Wolske, senior research scientist for the Center for Digital Inclusion (CDI) and adjunct lecturer at GSLIS completed a redesign of the computer lab located on the second floor of the Urbana Free Library (UFL). Preliminary redesign plans derived from Wolske’s Community Informatics Studio class through which students created partnerships with local community organizations and…
GSLIS alumna Kathleen Willis (MS ’05) has been elected to the Illinois General
Assembly to represent the 77th legislative district of the state.
Willis, who will be inaugurated to the legislature on January 9, currently
serves as coordinator of access services for Elmhurst College’s library. In
addition to her role at the library, Willis teaches courses in children’s and
youth literature at…
CIRSS faculty, PhD students, and staff will make a strong showing at the eighth annual International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC). Taking place January 14-16, 2013, in Amsterdam, IDCC brings together an international group of those who create and manage data and information, those who use it, and those who research and teach about curation processes. Three students who participated in the…
Tim Offenstein (MS ’11), GSLIS alumnus and adjunct
instructor, was recently honored with a Larine Y. Cowan "Make a Difference" Award, which is given annually by the Office of Equal Opportunity
and Access (OEOA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He received the award for
Excellence in Access and Accommodations, which recognizes either individuals or campus units whose efforts…
The GSLIS eUpdate, published every other month, summarizes current news, events, alumni and advancement highlights, and continuing professional development opportunities. Other publications that may be of interest to alumni and friends are listed on the GSLIS Publications web page.
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IN THIS ISSUE
1. GSLIS Spotlight – The Center for Digital…
The Socio-technical Data Analytics (SODA) research group at the iSchool at Illinois conducts research on how to design, develop, and evaluate new technologies in order to better understand the dynamic interplay between information, people and technology. The group has recently introduced a new SODA specialization and is actively recruiting outstanding MS and PhD students in the areas of…
News from GSLIS at IllinoisFaculty NewsEfron is principal investigator on NSF grant to improve search engine technologyGSLIS has received a grant from the National Science Foundation in the amount of $408,909 to investigate the role time plays in information retrieval, specifically in the use and functionality of search engines. Miles Efron, assistant professor, is the principal investigator on…
Professor Alistair Black has received an award from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Research Board for his project "Buildings of Hope: The Design of Public Libraries in Britain in the Long 1960s." The project examines what modernist library design meant to librarians, architects, local politicians and planners, and the public. The research will contribute to recent revisions of the…
The Data Curation Education in Research Centers program (DCERC) is a model for data curation education, coupling high-quality curriculum with field experiences in research and data centers. This unique program educates library and information science students at the master's and doctoral-levels, and builds on the strengths of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Graduate School of…
