The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) has named Myung-Ja (MJ) Han (MS ’06), metadata librarian and associate professor of library administration at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, as the recipient of the 2015 Esther J. Piercy Award. The award will be presented on Saturday, June 27, at the ALCTS Awards Ceremony during the 2015 American Library…
Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker, written by GSLIS alumna Patricia Hruby Powell (MS ’94), was honored with two American Library Association (ALA) Youth Media Awards at the ALA’s Midwinter Meeting in Chicago on February 2.
Josephine (published by Chronicle Books LLC) was named a Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award honor book. The Sibert award recognizes the most…
GSLIS alumna Daylily Alvarez is confident in taking on any challenges that stand between her and her career goals. She recently completed a second master's degree—this one in nonprofit management—while working as an outreach librarian. She plans to continue working closely with community members while advancing to a leadership role.
Where do you work and what is your role?
I am currently a…
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.
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Alumni News…
Six GSLIS alumni have been selected to participate in the American Library Association’s 2015 class of Emerging Leaders.
Anna Coats (MS '11), Xiaoyu Duan (MS '12), Isabel Gonzalez-Smith (MS '11), Paolo Gujilde (MS '09), Ximin Mi (MS '13), and Bethany Tschaepe (MS '11) are included in this year's class of fifty individuals from across the country. Now in its ninth year, this leadership…
Michelle Kazmer (PhD '02) has received the 2014 Thomson Reuters Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award given by the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T). Kazmer is a professor at the School of Information within the College of Communication and Information at Florida State University (FSU).
Presented to Kazmer at the 2014 ASIS&T Annual Meeting, the…
What do macaroni and cheese, floral design, and corporate librarianship have in common? GSLIS alumnus Ozzie Meza has found a common thread throughout his career as a librarian and entrepreneur in his strong creative energy, a knack for building relationships, and the courage to take on new challenges.
Where do you work and what is your role?
I am an entrepreneur. This is the first time I…
Two GSLIS faculty members and two alumni will present at the 39th Annual Meeting of the Social Science History Association (SSHA) on November 6-9 in Toronto. The theme of the 2014 meeting is “Inequalities: Politics, Policy, and the Past.”
Associate Professor Christine Jenkins will chair a session on November 8 titled, “Unequal Access: Censorship and Library Services to Youth,” in which she,…
[image1-right]Lorraine J. Haricombe (MS ’88, PhD ’92) has been selected as the new vice provost and
director of libraries at University of Texas at Austin. Haricombe
currently serves as the dean of libraries at the University of Kansas.
She begins her new position February 1, 2015.
“Dr. Haricombe brings to UT Austin critical expertise on the evolving
role of libraries in advancing…
GSLIS alumna Nancy Gillfillan (MS '66) has been named an Illinois
Library Luminary by the Illinois Library
Association (ILA). This distinction honors individuals whose efforts have made a significant contribution to Illinois libraries and whose supporters have made a financial contribution of at least $1,000 to the Illinois Library Association Endowment on their behalf.In the award announcement…
