[image1-right]An assistantship with The Center for Children's Books (CCB) during her time at GSLIS provided Ayanna Coleman with the knowledge and skills she needs to navigate the publishing world, and now she is launching her own literary agency, Quill Shift Literary Agency.Where do you work and what is your role?I'm the associate manager of events and programs as well as the librarian at the…

A first career in journalism led Melinda Miller to explore information architecture, and her experience at GSLIS helped prepare her for a recent promotion. [image1-right]Where do you work and what is your role? I work at Pixo as the director of user experience and research. Pixo, located in Urbana, is a software company that designs and develops websites, mobile apps, and custom…

[image1-right]Cynthia Kremer (MS '11) is the focus of a recent Illuminate Illinois feature by the Special Libraries Association (SLA) Illinois Chapter. Kremer is a part-time reference librarian at National Louis University (NLU) and is currently working on a practicum in health sciences librarianship at Rush Medical Center and the University of Illinois at Chicago's Library of the Health…

The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) and the Special Collections and Bechtel Fellowship Committee have awarded the 2014 Louise Seaman Bechtel Fellowship to Natalie Ziarnik.The Bechtel Fellowship is designed to allow qualified children’s librarians to spend a total of four weeks or more reading and studying at the Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature, a part of the…

A relocation to Portland, Maine required Elizabeth Pope (MS ’09) to get creative with her job search, but the skills she gained at GSLIS allowed her to find her current position at a nonprofit research company. Where do you work and what is your role?[image1-right]I'm the director of research and operations at Idealware, a nonprofit based out of beautiful Portland, Maine. Our mission is to help…

Five GSLIS alumni have been selected to participate in the American Library Association’s 2014 class of Emerging Leaders. Joy McGehee (MS '09), Ashley Rayner (MS '11), Ben Rodriguez (MS '13), Soraya Silverman-Montano (MS '11), and Samuel Suber (MS '12) are included in this year's class of 56 individuals from across the country. Now in its eighth year, this leadership development initiative…

[image1-right:resize-180w]With a background in nonprofits and a passion for keeping the web open and accessible, Gemma Petrie has put the skills she gained at GSLIS to good use in her job as a user experience researcher for Mozilla. Where do you work and what is your role? I work at Mozilla as a user experience researcher. It is my job to learn about the goals and challenges faced by…

For someone with a background in medieval literature and bibliography, as well as a love of books and paper, pursuing a degree in library and information science seems like a natural choice. In the case of Sidney Berger (MS ’87), GSLIS adjunct professor, a degree from GSLIS followed nearly 20 years of working as a professor, author, and rare book expert.

[image1-right]Christopher Cook (MS ’06, CSC ’07) fulfilled one of his professional goals this summer with the publication of his first peer-reviewed book, Incunabula in the Westminster Abbey and Westminster School Libraries. Published in June 2013 by the Bibliographical Society, this work represents the most comprehensive and detailed review of the Abbey’s collection of incunabula. “It is a…

[image1-right:resize-180w]Brian Flota (MS '13) is the focus of a recent Illuminate Illinois feature by the Special Libraries Association (SLA) Illinois Chapter. He recently was hired as the English librarian at James Madison University. In the interview with SLA, Flota discussed how his previous experience as a PhD student in English influenced his decision to pursue a degree at GSLIS and a…