The Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities (IPRH) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has awarded Bonnie Mak, GSLIS assistant professor, a Faculty Fellowship for the academic year 2012–13. Mak will focus on her project, Implications of a Digital Revolution, a critical investigation of the processes and products of digitization and their ultimate cultural impact. “[The]…

GSLIS Professor and CIRSS Director Carole Palmer recently shared her thoughts in the University of Illinois feature, "A Minute With . . .," following the Obama administration's announcement of a $200 million research initiative in "big data" computing: Informatics is about methods and strategies for using information in organizations, networks, cultures, and societies. Our job is to make…

Applications are now being accepted for the Mix IT Up! Fellowship Program at GSLIS. Fellowships are available for the Fall 2012 semester for on-campus GSLIS students. Mix  IT Up! Fellows will participate in intentional, long-term, structured engagement with community groups in order to gain the experience and contextual knowledge to become youth advocates. Participants will benefit from…

Graduation is approaching, and at this time of the year, we reflect on those individuals who have made a difference in our lives. New graduates and alumni are encouraged to honor GSLIS faculty and/or staff through the LSAA Tassel Project, which was established in 2011 by the Library School Alumni Association (LSAA) to support the creation of an endowed professorship in the School. With a…

[image1-right] Click here for live webcast on April 20 and 21. Please join us for the sixth year of eChicago, which brings together practitioners, policymakers, and researchers to share ideas and strategies for all communities becoming full participants in the digital age. Our mission is to facilitate discussion that will help Chicago become a more digital and democratic city. eChicago…

[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,…