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…
Walter Dean Myers, critically acclaimed author of children’s and young adult literature, will visit the Champaign area this month as part of his work as this year’s National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. His visit, organized by the Children’s Book Council, is sponsored by the Center for Children’s Books (CCB) at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of…
On March 12, following a free screening of Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines, GSLIS Assistant Professor Carol Tilley will serve on a panel to discuss the film, which traces the fascinating evolution and legacy of Wonder Woman. From the birth of the comic book superheroine in the 1940s to the blockbusters of today, Wonder Women! explores how popular representations of…
GSLIS
alumna and adjunct lecturer Christine A. Kujawa (MS '03) has been selected by the Public Library Association as the 2013
recipient of the Gordon M. Conable Award. The award honors her work in leading intellectual freedom
education and advocacy on local, state, and national levels.
Kujawa
is currently head of circulation services at Bismarck Veterans Memorial Public Library in…
On March 8-10, a national multidisciplinary graduate symposium, “The Collecting Impulse,” will feature presentations by GSLIS PhD student Noah Lenstra and alumni Penelope Yocum (MS '12) and Julia Pollack (MS '12). Assistant Professor Bonnie Mak will serve as the respondent.
The symposium, hosted by students from the School of Art and Design at Illinois, will include paneled presentations of…
GSLIS has enjoyed a long history of scholarly engagement
with China, and a new exhibit currently on display in the GSLIS building
highlights the work of faculty members Kate Williams and Abdul Alkalimat. Complete
with photographs as well as publications and artifacts, the exhibit displays
the impact of the School’s research, teaching, and service in community
informatics in the country. The…
