[image1-right:resize-300w]Safiya
Noble (MS ’09, PhD ’12) is a recipient of a 2013 INTERSECT Award for her
participation in the curricular initiative, “Learning to See Systems.”
INTERSECT, an effort by the Graduate College at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, seeks to encourage collaboration and innovation in
interdisciplinary arts and humanities research and training. INTERSECT…
GSLIS alumna Gwen Evans (MS
’02) was named executive director of the Ohio Library and Information network,
OhioLINK. OhioLINK is a consortium of 88 college and university libraries in
Ohio, providing approximately 600,000 students, faculty, and staff with access
to millions of books, articles, and other information sources. Evans had served
as interim director of OhioLINK before being…
GSLIS
alum Christopher Hamb (MS ’04) has been named one of Central Illinois Business
magazine’s 2012 Forty under 40 Award winners. The magazine, published by The News-Gazette, gives the awards to young
professionals in recognition of their career achievements, leadership ability,
and dedication to community service.
Hamb is
the owner of and developer/designer for Chrisp Media, a…
Faculty and staff from GSLIS authored three out of the four articles published in the most recent issue of Information & Culture: A Journal of History (University of Texas Press, vol. 47, no. 4). The interdisciplinary journal, which broadly examines the history of information in cultural environments such as professional, academic, and societal settings, featured articles written by Professor…
[image5-right]To
commemorate Veterans Day, Kevin McLaughlin (MS ’04) helped organize “Called to
Serve: A History of Military Service at the University of Illinois,” a
month-long exhibit at the University of Illinois Main Library. McLaughlin, a
senior library specialist at the University Library and a veteran, wanted to
create the exhibit to honor and support veterans on campus.
“I was…
Doctoral student Nic Weber spent the past summer working at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) as part of their Advanced Studies Fellowships Program. The Advanced Studies Program (ASP) at NCAR allows graduate students and post-docs to work with NCAR scientists and use NCAR’s high performance computing facilities to pursue topics important to their future career. Typically, this…
Assistant Professor Bonnie Mak has been invited to lead a
session of the Folger Shakespeare Library’s Teaching Book History
workshop series on December 13-15, 2012. Hosted as a collaborative effort
between the Folger Institute and the Folger Undergraduate Program, the
three-day series will explore strategies, resources, and challenges in teaching
book history to undergraduate students…
At
the annual meeting of Alpha Chapter of Beta Phi Mu held on November 3,
2012, the following graduates of the Graduate School of Library and
Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
became members of Beta Phi Mu.Anthonia AhonsiBarbara A. AlvarezVictor M. BenitezLaura Anne BuchholzMeira ChefitzRobin C. DavisLinda Mary DiekmanDave J. EllenwoodKatherine C.…
Debra Wilcox Johnson passed away on October 30 at Agrace Hospice in Fitchburg, Wisconsin, where she was surrounded by her family.
Johnson served as assistant professor and associate director of the GSLIS Library Research Center (now CIRSS) from 1987 to 1989. From 1999 to 2010, she was an adjunct professor for the LEEP online master’s program, teaching courses such as Administration &…
GSLIS combed through files in the University Archives and relied on recollections of long-time faculty and staff to create a timeline of notable happenings in the history of our School. Since our establishment in 1893, GSLIS has been at the forefront of teaching and research in library and information science.We invite you to browse through our timeline and share your memories of your time at…
