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[image1-right]Carol Brey-Casiano (MS '80), information resource officer for the U.S. Department of State, former director of libraries for the City of El Paso, Texas, and past-president of the American Library Association, will deliver the 2012 Jean E. Coleman Library Outreach Lecture, from 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m., Monday, June 25, during the ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, California…

The Center for Children’s Books (CCB) at GSLIS will host its annual Storytelling Festival on Saturday, April 14, 2012, from 7:00-9:00 p.m. at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science Building, Room 126, 501 E. Daniel Street in Champaign. The Festival will feature a wide variety of stories from around the world and will bring to life some eclectic characters including curious Corn…

Rebecca Graham (MS '98) has been named the University of Guelph’s new chief information officer (CIO) and chief librarian. Her five-year term begins May 23. The announcement was made on March 22 by provost and vice-president (academic) Maureen Mancuso, who chaired the search committee. “Rebecca possesses the knowledge, skills and qualities that we were looking for in our next CIO…

Cyril Oberlander (MS '00), interim director, Milne Library, State University of New York, Geneseo, is the recipient of the Reference and User Services Association’s (RUSA) 2012 Virginia Boucher-OCLC Distinguished Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Librarian Award. The award, administered by RUSA’s Sharing and Transforming Access to Resources Section (STARS), recognizes an individual for outstanding…

This week during spring break, more than 90 students in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) will be spending time away from the beach, completing special projects in libraries and information centers around the country. Through GSLIS’s Alternative Spring Break (ASB) program, graduate students have the opportunity to experience professional life in public,…

Professor Allen Renear has assumed the interim deanship of GSLIS, effective immediately. He brings to the position extensive administrative experience in higher education as well as more than 20 years of experience as an information professional. GSLIS is in good hands with Renear, whose depth and breadth of experience make him well suited for the position. He has served as a member of the GSLIS…

Library Journal has released their annual list of Movers and Shakers for 2012 and included among those honored are two GSLIS alumni, Michelle Chronister (MS ’09) and Joshua Finnell (MS ’07). Chronister is a program analyst with the U.S. General Services Administration responsible for the social media program on USA.gov. She is being recognized for her work to increase the interaction…

Sue Searing, GSLIS affiliated faculty member and LIS librarian, recently published an article in American Libraries about the library of works by women created for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition held in Chicago. The collection of over 8,000 volumes was housed in the Women’s Building and included books written by women from 24 countries.

GSLIS is hosting nine prospective students as part of the campus-wide Community of Scholars Campus Visit Program (COS). The program brings admitted graduate students from underrepresented backgrounds to campus to meet with their academic department and give them the opportunity to network with current and prospective students. Students will visit campus from March 11-March 13, 2012. Amani…