The Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) at the University of Illinois has received a National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) in the amount of $499,919 to develop a framework for curating scientific research data. The grant, “Site-Based Data Curation for Small Science” is a two-year project led by Carole Palmer, GSLIS Professor and…
GSLIS student Karen Smith-Cox has been invited to attend the 2012 School Library Journal Leadership Summit in Philadelphia on October 26 and 27. This year’s summit, “Advocacy and the E-volution: Creating Stronger Schools Through Stronger Libraries,” will focus on discussions of Common Core State Standards and the role of libraries in fostering and empowering innovation in schools.
School…
The GSLIS International Music Information Retrieval
Systems Evaluation Laboratory (IMIRSEL) is the principal organizer of the 2012 Music
Information Exchange (MIREX), which took place at the 13th International
Society for Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR) Conference in Porto, Portugal held
from October 8-12, 2012.
MIREX is an evaluation campaign of music information retrieval…
Martin Wolske, GSLIS research scientist and adjunct lecturer,
presented his paper, "Technology Education and
Engaged Scholarship: The Professional, Personal, and Political," at the
National Outreach Scholarship Conference (NOSC) at the University of
Alabama on October 1. NOSC brings together faculty, staff, administrators, students, and community
partners to disseminate research, discuss…
[image1-right]When master’s student Kinyetta
Nance started working at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as an intern in high
school, she thought it would be a way to explore interests in engineering. Instead,
it revealed her desire to be at the intersection of people, technology, and
information, paths that meet squarely in the field of library and information
science.
While she studied…
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._____________________________________________________ IN THIS ISSUE1. GSLIS Spotlight – New Spring LEEP…
On September 10-11, 2012, the
HathiTrust Research Center (HTRC) hosted its first annual HTRC UnCamp at
Indiana University in Bloomington. The two-day event featured visionary
speakers mixed with boot-camp activities and hands-on sessions with HTRC
infrastructure and tools. It also fostered the growth of a diverse and
inclusive scholarly community around the research center and its activities…
John Unsworth, Brandeis vice-provost for Library and Technology Services and chief information officer, as well as senior lecturer in English, has been nominated by President Barack Obama as a member of the National Council on the Humanities, the White House has announced.
Nominations to six other posts in the administration were announced simultaneously.
Three GSLIS students have been selected as 2012 LAMP Scholars. LAMP (LIS Access Midwest Program) is a regional initiative that encourages students from historically and statistically underrepresented groups to pursue careers in library and information science. LAMP provides scholarships, mentoring, and opportunities for professional development to students and also hosts an annual summer…
GSLIS Professor and Interim Dean Allen Renear will deliver
the opening keynote address at the National Information Standards Organization
(NISO) Forum, Tracking it Back to the Source: Managing and Citing Research Data
which takes place on September 24, 2012, in Denver, Colorado.
The forum will examine challenges posed by the exponential
rise of data creation across nearly all scholarly…
