GSLIS is pleased to announce that Tonyia Tidline
(PhD ’03) will join the School as the new director of professional development on August 16. In this role, Tidline will coordinate the robust continuing
professional development program at GSLIS, which provides a variety of advanced
learning opportunities in many areas of library and information science,
services, and operations. In addition to…
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Assistant Professor Bonnie Mak has been named the GSLIS
Centennial Scholar for 2013-2014. The Centennial Scholar award is endowed by
alumni and friends of GSLIS and is given in recognition of outstanding
accomplishments and/or professional promise in the field of library and
information science.
Mak holds a PhD in medieval studies from the University of
Notre Dame. Her research areas…
GSLIS Professor Dan Schiller recently discussed the
importance of inclusion in his teaching and research with Associate Professor
Kathryn La Barre. Schiller’s remarks are part of the interview series Reflections
on Inclusion, which explores the School’s efforts to respect varied
perspectives and diversity of experiences.
Schiller teaches courses in information in society,
information…
GSLIS Associate Professor Terry L. Weech recently discussed the
importance of inclusion in his teaching and research with Associate Professor
Kathryn La Barre. Weech’s remarks are part of the interview series Reflections
on Inclusion, which explores the School’s efforts to respect varied
perspectives and diversity of experiences.
Weech teaches courses and conducts research related to…
GSLIS doctoral candidates Claudia
Serbanuta and Miriam E. Sweeney have been honored with 2013
Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships from Beta Phi Mu,
the International Library and Information Studies Honor Society. Up to six
recipients are selected each year for this prestigious award, a national
competition among doctoral students who are working on their dissertations…
GSLIS
will make a strong showing at the upcoming ACM/IEEE
Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL), an event that brings together international scholars focusing on digital libraries
and associated technical, practical, organizational, and social issues. The
conference will be held in Indianapolis, Indiana, on July 22-26, 2013.
J. Stephen Downie, GSLIS professor and associate
dean for…
Five GSLIS master's degree students and one doctoral student have been named 2013 Spectrum Scholars by the American Library Association (ALA). Established in 1997, the Spectrum Scholarship Program was created to promote diversity among graduate-level library school students. Each master's-level scholar receives $5,000 from the ALA as well as over $1,500 toward professional development…
The GSLIS Library School Alumni Association (LSAA) has announced the
recipients of its annual awards. The recipients were recognized on June 30,
2013, at the GSLIS reception held at the annual meeting of the ALA in Chicago.
Katrina Stierholz (MS ’93) has been awarded the
Distinguished Alumnus Award. Each year this award is given to an alum who has
made an outstanding contribution to the…
GSLIS Assistant Professor Nicole Cooke recently discussed the importance of inclusion in her teaching and
research with Associate Professor Kathryn La Barre. Cooke’s remarks are part of
the interview series Reflections on Inclusion, which explores the School’s efforts
to respect varied perspectives and diversity of experiences.
Cooke teaches courses that focus on information
behavior,…
