Six GSLIS students are recipients of the 2012 Sylvia Murphy Williams Scholarship Fund, and all are recipients of the Spectrum Scholarship awarded by the American Library Association. GSLIS is very proud of these students—be sure to read their profiles in the ILA Reporter to learn more about each award winner!Anthony BishopLiza BookerChristina NhekThomas PadillaCharlotte RohJose Miguel Ruiz 

GSLIS faculty, students, and staff will participate in the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) 75th Annual Meeting this week in Baltimore, including a preconference anniversary event featuring Professor Emeritus Boyd Rayward as the keynote speaker. GSLIS also will host an alumni reception at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, October 29, at the Pier 5 Hotel Harbor Club to…

GSLIS Assistant Professor Carol Tilley recently launched a new blog featuring interviews with youth services librarians. The blog, “For the Future: What Today's Youth Services Librarians Want the Next Generation to Know,” was born out of Tilley’s desire to provide her students with more access to practicing librarians and to give librarians an opportunity to share their expertise.“I wanted…

GSLIS doctoral student Sarah T. Roberts delivered the inaugural lecture for the Illinois Institute of Technology’s newly formed lecture series on digital humanities, which was held on September 21.Her lecture, “Digital Humanity: Foregrounding Human Traces in Technological Systems (and Why We Should Care),” addressed practical applications of technology and ethical issues involved in seemingly…

The Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) at the University of Illinois has received a National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) in the amount of $499,919 to develop a framework for curating scientific research data. The grant, “Site-Based Data Curation for Small Science” is a two-year project led by Carole Palmer, GSLIS Professor and…

GSLIS student Karen Smith-Cox has been invited to attend the 2012 School Library Journal Leadership Summit in Philadelphia on October 26 and 27. This year’s summit, “Advocacy and the E-volution: Creating Stronger Schools Through Stronger Libraries,” will focus on discussions of Common Core State Standards and the role of libraries in fostering and empowering innovation in schools. School…

The GSLIS International Music Information Retrieval Systems Evaluation Laboratory (IMIRSEL) is the principal organizer of the 2012 Music Information Exchange (MIREX), which took place at the 13th International Society for Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR) Conference in Porto, Portugal held from October 8-12, 2012. MIREX is an evaluation campaign of music information retrieval…

Martin Wolske, GSLIS research scientist and adjunct lecturer, presented his paper, "Technology Education and Engaged Scholarship: The Professional, Personal, and Political," at the National Outreach Scholarship Conference (NOSC) at the University of Alabama on October 1. NOSC brings together faculty, staff, administrators, students, and community partners to disseminate research, discuss…

[image1-right]When master’s student Kinyetta Nance started working at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as an intern in high school, she thought it would be a way to explore interests in engineering. Instead, it revealed her desire to be at the intersection of people, technology, and information, paths that meet squarely in the field of library and information science. While she studied…

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…