GSLIS doctoral student Mikki Smith has received a Kate B. and Hall J.
Peterson Fellowship from the American Antiquarian Society (AAS) for her
project, “Even a boy’s press has ‘a power’: Amateur journalism and youth
information culture, 1867-1890,” which will form the basis of her dissertation.
The Peterson Fellowship is awarded to individuals engaged in
scholarly research and writing…
James Blank (MS '97) is the recipient the of the Special Libraries Association (SLA) Engineering Librarian of the Year Award. The Engineering Librarian of the Year, sponsored by IHS, highlights the accomplishments and contributions of SLA Engineering Division members to the engineering librarian profession.Blank is a technical knowledge specialist in the engineering library at Caterpillar Inc.…
The Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is pleased to announce the addition of two new faculty members: Nicole A. Cooke and Emily Knox will join GSLIS as assistant professors in August 2012.
Brooke Bahnsen (MS '08) was recently highlighted in the Mundelein Review for receiving the Village of Mundelein’s 2012 Diversity Award:
Brooke Bahnsen has been a librarian at Fremont Public Library in Mundelein for only three years, but she already has had a big impact in promoting diversity at the library.
Since beginning at the library in January 2009, Bahnsen of Libertyville helped start…
The Chicago Reader recently featured the work of GSLIS student Skyla Hearn at Chicago's South Side Community Arts Center:Since its founding in 1940, the South Side Community Arts Center has accumulated more than 400 pieces of art. While the center has had a tumultuous past—from an auspicious beginning to decades of struggle—the collection is a constant, serving as a road map of the SSCAC's…
The Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities (IPRH) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has awarded Bonnie Mak, GSLIS assistant professor, a Faculty Fellowship for the academic year 2012–13. Mak will focus on her project, Implications of a Digital Revolution, a critical investigation of the processes and products of digitization and their ultimate cultural impact. “[The]…
GSLIS Professor and CIRSS Director Carole Palmer recently shared her thoughts in the University of Illinois feature, "A Minute With . . .," following the Obama administration's announcement of a $200 million research initiative in "big data" computing:
Informatics is about methods and strategies for using information in organizations, networks, cultures, and societies. Our job is to make…
Applications are now being accepted for the Mix IT Up! Fellowship Program at GSLIS. Fellowships are available for the Fall 2012 semester for on-campus GSLIS students.
Mix IT Up! Fellows will participate in intentional, long-term, structured engagement with community groups in order to gain the experience and contextual knowledge to become youth advocates. Participants will benefit from…
Graduation is approaching, and at this time of the year, we reflect on those individuals who have made a difference in our lives. New graduates and alumni are encouraged to honor GSLIS faculty and/or staff through the LSAA Tassel Project, which was established in 2011 by the Library School Alumni Association (LSAA) to support the creation of an endowed professorship in the School.
With a…
