GSLIS
Assistant Professor Kate McDowell has been invited to serve on a committee
convened by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) that is seeking
nominations for a new nonfiction Summertime Reading List for children and young adults. “I see this list as a significant step in acknowledging the
importance of nonfiction for children, as well as the readers who have always…
Librotraficante is the 2012 recipient of
the Robert B. Downs Intellectual Freedom Award given by the faculty of the Graduate School of
Library and Information Science (GSLIS) at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign. Librotraficante, a movement led by Tony Diaz, is being
recognized for its efforts to oppose the censorship of ethnic and cultural
studies materials in Arizona.
In…
Digital Humanities Data Curation, a series of three-day workshops, will provide a strong introductory grounding in data curation concepts and practices, focusing on the special issues and challenges of data curation in the humanities. Workshops are aimed at humanities researchers—whether traditional faculty or alternative (alt-ac) professionals—as well as librarians, archivists, cultural heritage…
The
University of Illinois Library has appointed Daniel Tracy (MS ’12) to the
position of interim library and information science (LIS) and research support services
librarian, effective January 1. Tracy’s position will involve functions both
within the University Library and at GSLIS in order to support the needs of
faculty and students.
“I'm
most looking forward to working with the…
In
December, Associate Professor Terry Weech visited Enssib, France’s national
school for information and librarianship, to talk to students, staff, and
faculty about an exchange program with GSLIS. The program, which was recently
authorized by the University of Illinois Board of Trustees, is the
formalization of a nearly 20-year informal collaborative relationship with
Enssib (École…
Seven
GSLIS doctoral students received support this fall to participate in the
iSchool Doctoral Student Exchange Program, an initiative led by the iSchools Consortium and funded by the
Graduate College at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The program
was developed as a way to facilitate relationships within the iSchools
community, provide opportunities to present research, and…
GSLIS
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…
