[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…
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Please join us in October for the third annual GSLIS Fall Reunion, a month-long series of on-campus and online events providing opportunities to connect with current faculty, staff, students, and other alumni. The reunion offers an in-depth view of the GSLIS community as well as the opportunity to experience it—…
Assistant Professor Nicole A. Cooke and Merinda Kaye Hensley
(MS ’06) were awarded a best paper award at the Eighth International Conference
on Conceptions of Library and Information Science (CoLIS 8) held in Copenhagen,
Denmark, in August 2013. Their paper was titled, “The
Critical and Continuing Role of the LIS Curriculum in the Teacher Training of
Future Librarians.” The award, given by…
GSLIS alumna Ellen Swain (MS ’95) has been named a distinguished Fellow of the
Society of American Archivists (SAA). Swain was recognized at Archives 2013,
the joint annual meeting of the SAA and the Council of State Archivists, which
was held in New Orleans on August 11-17. SAA members who have made exceptional
contributions to the archives profession are selected as fellows, which is the…
[image1-right:resize-180w]GSLIS alumna Katie Blakeman (MS ’11) has been named one of the prestigious “Forty Under 40” award winners announced annually by Central Illinois Business Magazine.The “Forty Under 40” awards honor young professionals “based
on achievement, experience, innovation, leadership and community involvement,”
according to an
announcement in the News-Gazette.
Honorees are…
GSLIS alumni Paul Bracke (MS '97) and Beth McNeil (MS '89) have been selected
to participate in the 2013-2015 Association of Research Libraries (ARL)
Leadership Fellows Program.
Bracke, associate dean for assessment and technology at
Purdue University Libraries, and McNeil, associate dean for academic affairs
at Purdue University Libraries, will join twenty-four other professionals in…
[image1-right]Samip Mallick (MS ’11) co-founded the South Asian American
Digital Archive (SAADA) in 2008 and hasn’t had an average day since becoming
the project’s first full-time employee in July 2012. Mallick serves as SAADA’s
executive director and president of its board of directors. His day-to-day
work: figuring out what needs to be done and making it happen.
When SAADA began,…
[image1-right]Laura Barnes (MS ’93)
is the focus of a recent Illuminate Illinois feature by the Special Libraries
Association (SLA) Illinois Chapter. Barnes is a librarian at the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, the executive director of the Great Lakes Regional
Pollution Prevention Roundtable (GLRPPR), and the author of the Environmental News Bits blog. In the interview with SLA…
[image1-right:resize-180w]Sai Deng (MS ’05) is a recipient of a 2013 President’s
Recognition Award, given annually by the Chinese American Library Association (CALA). She is one of three award winners—including Maria Fung and Michael Bailou Huang—who were recognized with honorary plaques during CALA's 40th Anniversary Celebration and Awards Banquet on June 30, 2013.Deng joined CALA in 2006 and…
[image1-right]Ozzie Meza (MS ’05) has received the Impact Award from the Business
& Finance Division of the Special Libraries Association (SLA). Meza
received the award in recognition of his efforts to create and implement a
method of using knowledge management to improve recruitment of executives at
Allstate Insurance. Meza’s system was successfully expanded to other levels of…
