The GSLIS eUpdate,
published every other month, summarizes current news, events, alumni
and advancement highlights, and continuing professional development opportunities. Other
publications that may be of interest to alumni and friends are listed
on the GSLIS Publications web page._____________________________________________________ IN THIS ISSUE1. GSLIS Spotlight – New Spring LEEP…
On September 10-11, 2012, the
HathiTrust Research Center (HTRC) hosted its first annual HTRC UnCamp at
Indiana University in Bloomington. The two-day event featured visionary
speakers mixed with boot-camp activities and hands-on sessions with HTRC
infrastructure and tools. It also fostered the growth of a diverse and
inclusive scholarly community around the research center and its activities…
John Unsworth, Brandeis vice-provost for Library and Technology Services and chief information officer, as well as senior lecturer in English, has been nominated by President Barack Obama as a member of the National Council on the Humanities, the White House has announced.
Nominations to six other posts in the administration were announced simultaneously.
Three GSLIS students have been selected as 2012 LAMP Scholars. LAMP (LIS Access Midwest Program) is a regional initiative that encourages students from historically and statistically underrepresented groups to pursue careers in library and information science. LAMP provides scholarships, mentoring, and opportunities for professional development to students and also hosts an annual summer…
GSLIS Professor and Interim Dean Allen Renear will deliver
the opening keynote address at the National Information Standards Organization
(NISO) Forum, Tracking it Back to the Source: Managing and Citing Research Data
which takes place on September 24, 2012, in Denver, Colorado.
The forum will examine challenges posed by the exponential
rise of data creation across nearly all scholarly…
Please join us in October for the second annual GSLIS Fall Reunion, a month-long series of on-campus and online events providing opportunities to connect with current faculty, staff, and students. The reunion offers an in-depth view of the GSLIS community as well as the opportunity to experience it—through classes, conversations, and activities that offer a variety of ideas and perspectives.…
GSLIS faculty and staff will be presenting at the 2012 Joint
Conference of Librarians of Color (JCLC) this September in Kansas City, Missouri.
The theme of this year’s conference is Gathering at the Waters: Celebrating Stories,
Embracing Communities.
Jon Gant, research associate professor
and director of the proposed Center for Digital Inclusion, will participate in
the panel “All…
Overcoming the disparity of the “digital divide”—the gap between people who have access to modern technology and those
who do not—is the subject of a lecture series sponsored by the
Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of
Illinois.
An annual event begun in 2008, the series begins Sept. 19
(Wednesday) and will be recorded; video will be posted online…
GSLIS is enhancing its top-ranked
program in youth services librarianship with a new certificate that will
better prepare students for their careers. The Certificate
in Youth Services is designed to fully meet the educational needs of GSLIS
students who are interested in working with young people in a public library
setting. The certificate also will provide a competitive edge to graduates…
The Institute of Museum and Library Services announced today that the
Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) at the
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has been awarded a Laura Bush
21st Century Librarian Program grant in the amount of $99,168 for
"Inclusive Gigabit Libraries: Learn, Discuss, and Brainstorm." With this
IMLS support, GSLIS will hold a series of…
