Professor Alistair Black has been invited to give a talk at
the Institute of English Studies (IES) at the School of Advanced Study,
University of London on July 3, 2012. His talk, titled:
"'The necessity of clear expression’: home-grown writing, organisational
learning and the library staff magazine in Britain in the first half of the
twentieth century,” is part of IES’s History of Libraries…
GSLIS PhD student Sarah T. Roberts has been honored with a 2012 Eugene
Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship from Beta Phi Mu, the International
Library and Information Studies Honor Society. Up to six recipients are
selected each year for this prestigious award, a national competition among
doctoral students who are working on their dissertations. The amount awarded
for each…
The final grant report is now
available for "Centuries of Knowledge: Graduate School of Library and
Information Science Data Curation Education Program (DCEP)." DCEP was one
of the longest-running grant projects at GSLIS, active between October 2006 and
December 2011. The full report is available in IDEALS.
DCEP was funded by the Institute for
Museum and Library Services and was designed…
Six GSLIS students have been named 2012 Spectrum Scholars
by the American Library Association
(ALA). Established in 1997, the Spectrum Scholarship Program was created to
promote diversity among graduate-level library school students. Each scholar
receives $5,000 from the ALA as well as over $1,500 toward professional
development opportunities. In addition, GSLIS provides each scholar with a…
GSLIS has been awarded a Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program grant from The Institute of Museum and Library Services totaling $498,777 to create a specialization in Socio-technical Data Analytics (SODA) within both the master’s and doctoral degrees.
"One of the exciting aspects about the SODA education program is the dual emphasis on social and technical aspects of data analytics,"…
Craig Evans has assumed the position of senior research
programmer for GSLIS Research Services. Evans holds a bachelor’s degree in
computer science from the University of Wollongong and completed graduate-level
coursework at Swinburne University of Technology (Melbourne, Australia) in the
engineering program. His research interests include online environments and
human computer interface…
GSLIS seeks nominations for the Robert B. Downs
Intellectual Freedom Award. The deadline for nominations is October 1, 2012.
Given annually, the award acknowledges individuals or groups
who have furthered the cause of intellectual freedom, particularly as it
impacts libraries and information centers and the dissemination of ideas.
Granted to those who have resisted censorship or efforts to…
The New York Times has highlighted the research of Kalev Leetaru, GSLIS PhD student, exploring Wikipedia as a historical resource. The article, "How Big Data Sees Wikipedia,"
shares his methodology for studying connections between cities around
the globe over time and describes the result as "an interesting
historical atlas of the rise of globalization and warfare."According to the article:…
We look forward to seeing you at ALA this week, where you
can visit with us at booth #2731. Also tune in to Twitter where four GSLIS
students and alumni will track their ALA experiences with our hashtag: #gslisui.
Meet them this week, and be sure to join in the conversation.
Ziba Zehdar (@iLuvLibraries) "I
have a bachelor of science from the University of California in Irvine in biological…
US IGNITE LAUNCHES TO CATALYZE THE NEXT GENERATION OF
INTERNET APPLICATIONS: Public-private partnership will spur development of 60 next-gen apps within 5
yearsA new public-private effort, the US Ignite Partnership, has
launched to capitalize on what is possible through virtualized, ultra-fast
broadband networks, and “ignite” the development of next-generation Internet
applications and…
