Several GSLIS alumni have recently been elected to leadership positions in the following professional associations:
JoAnn Jacoby (MS ’97), Vice-Chair/ Chair-Elect, Steering Committee of the Library Research Round Table (LRRT) of the American Library Association (ALA)
M. Kathleen Kern (MS ’99), Vice-President/President-Elect, Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) of the American…
[image1-right:resize-180w]The Southeastern Conference (SEC) has awarded Carol Tenopir (PhD '84),
professor and director of the Center for Information and Communication
Studies at the University of Tennessee (UT), with one of its first Faculty Achievement Awards.
The new SEC award program was created to honor professors from the
SEC with outstanding records in teaching and scholarship. A…
James Blank (MS '97) is the recipient the of the Special Libraries Association (SLA) Engineering Librarian of the Year Award. The Engineering Librarian of the Year, sponsored by IHS, highlights the accomplishments and contributions of SLA Engineering Division members to the engineering librarian profession.Blank is a technical knowledge specialist in the engineering library at Caterpillar Inc.…
Graduation is approaching, and at this time of the year, we reflect on those individuals who have made a difference in our lives. New graduates and alumni are encouraged to honor GSLIS faculty and/or staff through the LSAA Tassel Project, which was established in 2011 by the Library School Alumni Association (LSAA) to support the creation of an endowed professorship in the School.
With a…
Rebecca Graham (MS '98) has been named the University of Guelph’s new chief
information officer (CIO) and chief librarian. Her five-year term begins
May 23.
The announcement was made on March 22 by provost and vice-president (academic) Maureen Mancuso, who chaired the search committee.
“Rebecca
possesses the knowledge, skills and qualities that we were looking for
in our next CIO…
Cyril Oberlander (MS '00), interim director, Milne Library, State University of New York, Geneseo, is the recipient of the Reference and User Services Association’s (RUSA) 2012 Virginia Boucher-OCLC Distinguished Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Librarian Award. The award, administered by RUSA’s Sharing and Transforming Access to Resources Section (STARS), recognizes an individual for outstanding…
Library Journal has released their annual list of Movers and
Shakers for 2012 and included among those honored are two GSLIS alumni, Michelle
Chronister (MS ’09) and Joshua Finnell (MS ’07).
Chronister is a program analyst with the U.S. General
Services Administration responsible for the social media program on USA.gov. She is being recognized for her work to increase the interaction…
“There is nothing more fun, synergistic, and fulfilling than to have a patron who is ready to dig in, excited about what they are doing, and cannot wait to tell you all about it.”Maggie Cusick’s (MS ’11) interest in special collections began during her time as an art history major at DePaul University. After visiting DePaul’s Special Collections and Archives Department for a class, Maggie fell in…
Anna Hartmann (MS ’09) has been named Advocate of
the Month by the Young Adult
Library Services Association (YALSA). This monthly feature on the YALSA blog, sponsored by the Legislative Committee,
highlights the advocacy work of passionate individuals on behalf of teens in
libraries.
As the teen services librarian at the Council Bluffs Public
Library in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Hartmann…
Beth Kumar (MS '06, CAS '07), e-resources and serials librarian at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, is the recipient of the 2012 First Step Award-A Wiley Professional Development Grant presented by the ALCTS Continuing Resources Section. The award will be presented on Sunday, June 24, at the ALCTS Awards Ceremony during the 2012 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference…
