The GSLIS news digest highlights recent news, events, and accomplishments of GSLIS faculty, staff, and students. For more news, follow us on Facebook and Twitter!News From GSLIS at Illinois
Faculty NewsDownie introduces HTRC to scholars in Hong KongJ. Stephen Downie, professor and associate dean for research, traveled to Hong Kong this spring to speak to scholars at the University of Hong Kong…
Colin Rhinesmith, GSLIS doctoral candidate and Information
in Society Fellow, was recently
featured on DMLcentral, the Digital Media and Learning (DML) Initiative blog.
In a video interview, Rhinesmith talks about his study of the Philadelphia Free
Library Hot Spots program. He found that creating an atmosphere of safety,
trust, support, and respect was integral to community broadband…
GSLIS Assistant Professor Carol Tilley recently discussed the importance of inclusion in her teaching and research with Associate Professor Kathryn La Barre. Tilley’s remarks are part of a new interview
series, Reflections on Inclusion, which explores the School’s efforts to respect varied perspectives and diversity of experiences.Tilley teaches courses in youth services librarianship, media…
Several GSLIS alumni were
recently elected to serve in leadership positions for state and national
library associations.Elizabeth Beers (MS
’06; CAS ’09), also a former LEEP adjunct faculty instructor, was elected as
secretary/treasurer for ALA’s Library Research Round Table (LRRT). Beers will
serve a two-year term beginning July 1, 2013.Keshia Garnett (MS ’01) and Amanda E. Standerfer
(MS…
Every day billions of queries are typed into search boxes on
Google, Bing, Yahoo, and other search engines. Data centers around the world
swell with vast amounts of information. Twitter and Facebook see a constant
stream of activity.
We may not give it much thought when our fingers sweep
rapidly over the keys looking for that article we heard about or directions to
the restaurant, but…
Several
GSLIS master’s students were among fourteen students selected to present
posters at the Midwest Archives Conference (MAC) Annual Meeting held this past
April in Indianapolis.
Rachel
Lux took second place for her poster, “All A-Twitter: Archiving the Public
Record 140 Characters at a Time,” while Sarah Hoover earned third place for her
poster, “Digitization for the Digital…
Several GSLIS students and alumni presented at a series of mini-conferences held by the Illinois School Library Media Association over the past month.The following presentations and workshops were given on April 20 at Westfield Middle School in Bloomingdale, Illinois:
"More Than Just a Handsome Face: Male Protagonists in YA Literature and Their Struggles with Body Issues"Leanne Brown (master's…
Sharon Irish,
project coordinator at the GSLIS Center for Digital Inclusion and lecturer at
the School of Architecture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
has been awarded a 2013-2014 Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) Colston
Research Fellowship from the University of Bristol in Bristol, England. The IAS
Colston Research Fellowship is a multidisciplinary award that draws…
GSLIS Interim Dean and Professor Allen Renear recently discussed
the value of inclusion in his teaching and research with Associate Professor Kathryn
La Barre. His remarks are part of a new interview
series exploring the School’s efforts to respect varied perspectives and
diversity of experiences.
Renear teaches courses in information modeling, data
curation, and digital publishing. His…
Associate Professor Jerome McDonough recently was a guest on
CBC Radio’s Spark with Nora Young. McDonough spoke with Young about digital preservation and gaming, emphasizing the importance of preserving not only the software and the servers, but also the nuances of gaming culture and history.
“What do we need to preserve about the game, that isn’t the
game? What do we need to document in…
