The GSLIS faculty have voted in favor of submitting a formal proposal to change the name of our School to the School of Information Sciences. This vote followed several years of discussion among faculty and a month-long period of stakeholder consultation during which formal feedback was solicited from alumni, students, staff, and friends.
“This name encompasses the breadth of our teaching,…
GSLIS faculty and staff will participate in the 2015 All for One Conference: A Library State of Mind, the first joint conference of the Illinois Library Association (ILA) and the Illinois School Library Media Association, held in collaboration with the Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries and the Special Libraries Association Illinois Chapter. The conference will be held on…
“Answering Your Burning Questions” is the theme for this year’s campus Summit on Online Education. Now in its fifth year, the interdisciplinary event is designed to provide a forum for researchers, educators, and learners, both on and off campus, to meet and discuss topics related to online, blended, and technology-enhanced learning. The event will take place on October 14 at the Illini Union and…
A four-year, $1 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will help University of Illinois humanities scholars identify digital publishing options and produce new publications that will best disseminate their research.
GSLIS is pleased to announce the establishment of Leep Welcome Weekend, a three-day event for students enrolled in our Leep online learning option that will serve as an orientation to the school and to our learning community of online classmates, on campus students, faculty, and staff. Beginning in Fall 2016, admitted Leep students will attend Leep Welcome Weekend during their first semester,…
This October, GSLIS will welcome to campus Cuban librarian and educator Marta Terry González, a George A. Miller Visiting Professor. Her visit was organized by GSLIS Associate Professor Kate Williams, who coauthored Terry’s biography with GSLIS Professor Emeritus Abdul Alkalimat.
“Cuba and the United States are working out a new state-to-state relationship, and all kinds of new collaborations…
The National Science Foundation has awarded $6 million to US Ignite—an independent, nonprofit organization whose mission is to spur development of advanced Internet applications that enable transformative public benefit—for a project to develop “living lab” communities across the country. Participating cities will serve as testing grounds for smart gigabit applications. Announcement of the grant…
The GSLIS faculty have selected three scholars to be appointed research fellows from August 2015 to August 2017. GSLIS research fellows are chosen because their work is relevant to the interests of GSLIS faculty and students. Each will give at least one lecture during their appointment.
Nominated by Associate Professor Emerita Christine Jenkins and Associate Professor Carol Tilley is Denise…
The Institute of Museum and Library Services has awarded GSLIS a $248,205 National Leadership Grant for the project, “App Authors: Closing the App Gap II.” Principal investigator Deborah Stevenson, assistant professor and director of the Center for Children’s Books, and co-PI Kate McDowell, associate professor and assistant dean for student affairs, began work on the IMLS-funded planning phase of…
