GSLIS eUpdate Volume 12, Number 5: March 2013 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 ISSUE 1. GSLIS…

Martin Wolske, GSLIS senior research scientist and lecturer, recently participated in an online question-and-answer feature with Library Journal as part of a larger series with annual winners of the LJ Teaching Award. Wolske was selected for this award in 2011. The following excerpt addresses current challenges and issues in LIS education: What do you see as the biggest challenge facing…

Safiya Noble (MS ’09, PhD ’12), GSLIS alumna, affiliated faculty member, and assistant professor of African-American Studies at Illinois, has published an op-ed, "Google equates black girls with sex; why?" on the popular website The Root. Noble's work on how race and gender are reflected in search was the basis of her dissertation. The full article is available on The Root. Here is an excerpt:…

Library Journal’s annual “Movers & Shakers” list recognizes professionals who are shaping the future of libraries in a variety of ways. The recently released 2013 class of Movers & Shakers includes two GSLIS alumni, Annette Bailey (MS ’01) and Maurice York (MS ’03), who have been recognized in the category of tech leaders. Bailey is the assistant director for electronic…

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…