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student Christina Nhek was recently named the recipient of two scholarships, the Asian Pacific American Librarians Association or APALA Scholarship and the California Library
Association or CLA Scholarship for Minority
Students in Memory of Edna Yelland.
Nhek, the
daughter of Cambodian refugees, is currently pursuing a master’s degree and certificate
in special…
GSLIS alumni Paul Bracke (MS '97) and Beth McNeil (MS '89) have been selected
to participate in the 2013-2015 Association of Research Libraries (ARL)
Leadership Fellows Program.
Bracke, associate dean for assessment and technology at
Purdue University Libraries, and McNeil, associate dean for academic affairs
at Purdue University Libraries, will join twenty-four other professionals in…
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[image1-right]Samip Mallick (MS ’11) co-founded the South Asian American
Digital Archive (SAADA) in 2008 and hasn’t had an average day since becoming
the project’s first full-time employee in July 2012. Mallick serves as SAADA’s
executive director and president of its board of directors. His day-to-day
work: figuring out what needs to be done and making it happen.
When SAADA began,…
Assistant Professor Bonnie Mak has been named the GSLIS
Centennial Scholar for 2013-2014. The Centennial Scholar award is endowed by
alumni and friends of GSLIS and is given in recognition of outstanding
accomplishments and/or professional promise in the field of library and
information science.
Mak holds a PhD in medieval studies from the University of
Notre Dame. Her research areas…
GSLIS Professor Dan Schiller recently discussed the
importance of inclusion in his teaching and research with Associate Professor
Kathryn La Barre. Schiller’s remarks are part of the interview series Reflections
on Inclusion, which explores the School’s efforts to respect varied
perspectives and diversity of experiences.
Schiller teaches courses in information in society,
information…
GSLIS Assistant Professor Carol Tilley was the focus of a recent feature on the Big Ten Network. The documentary, titled "Carol Tilley, Comic Book Crusader," took a look at the comic book industry, its truths, and its myths. It aired on July 19. The documentary also will be featured in the Iowa Independent Film Festival.
Tilley has received national attention for her research on Fredric…
GSLIS Associate Professor Terry L. Weech recently discussed the
importance of inclusion in his teaching and research with Associate Professor
Kathryn La Barre. Weech’s remarks are part of the interview series Reflections
on Inclusion, which explores the School’s efforts to respect varied
perspectives and diversity of experiences.
Weech teaches courses and conducts research related to…
[image1-right]Laura Barnes (MS ’93)
is the focus of a recent Illuminate Illinois feature by the Special Libraries
Association (SLA) Illinois Chapter. Barnes is a librarian at the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, the executive director of the Great Lakes Regional
Pollution Prevention Roundtable (GLRPPR), and the author of the Environmental News Bits blog. In the interview with SLA…
GSLIS doctoral candidates Claudia
Serbanuta and Miriam E. Sweeney have been honored with 2013
Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships from Beta Phi Mu,
the International Library and Information Studies Honor Society. Up to six
recipients are selected each year for this prestigious award, a national
competition among doctoral students who are working on their dissertations…
