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…
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…
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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…
