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…

GSLIS has enjoyed a long history of scholarly engagement with China, and a new exhibit currently on display in the GSLIS building highlights the work of faculty members Kate Williams and Abdul Alkalimat. Complete with photographs as well as publications and artifacts, the exhibit displays the impact of the School’s research, teaching, and service in community informatics in the country. The…

Are you working at a library or information science-related job? If so, what do you do at your job on an average day? I'm currently working as a map cataloger and part time reference librarian. My position is tenure-track, which means that I participate in university committees and create scholarly presentations and publications that contribute to the library profession…

Are you working at a library or information science-related job? If so, what do you do at your job on an average day? I am currently the pre-professional graduate assistant for Career and Information Services at The Career Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Considered a special library, I perform a variety tasks on a typical day. As the assistant to the…

Are you working at a library or information science-related job? If so, what do you do at your job on an average day? I am not, but I am pretty close. I am a PhD student in Information Science and Technology at Syracuse University. I consider this a job so on an average day I have one class, 3 meetings, 1 brown bag, 40 emails, 6 academic journals to “read”, and homework. It is certainly…

[image1-right]Are you working at a library or information science-related job? If so, what do you do at your job on an average day? Yes, I am currently the business and patent & trademark librarian at Milwaukee Public Library in Milwaukee, WI. An average day in my position involves working at both a general reference desk, answering reader's advisory questions and computer…

Are you working at a library or information science-related job? If so, what do you do at your job on an average day? Yes. Currently, I work at the UIC Daley Library as a graduate assistant for the reference department, as well as a building manager/aide for the circulation department. Therefore, my "average day" shifts depending on where I'm stationed. [image1-right]As a…

GSLIS alumna Lorraine Haricombe (MS ’88, PhD ’92) has been elected chair of the Steering Committee for the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC). SPARC is an international alliance of academic and research libraries working to create a more open system of scholarly publishing, and the Steering Committee acts as an advisory board to its executive director. Currently…