The Center for Children’s Books (CCB) at the
Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) will host their
annual Storytelling Festival on Saturday, April 6, 2013 from 7-9 pm at the
Graduate School of Library and Information Science Building, Room 126, 501 E.
Daniel St. in Champaign. The Festival will feature humor, horror, hubris, and
more. Our tellers will bring to life
some…
GSLIS eUpdate
Volume 12, Number 5: March 2013
The GSLIS eUpdate, published every other month, summarizes current news, events, alumni and advancement highlights, and continuing professional development opportunities. Other publications that may be of interest to alumni and friends are listed on the GSLIS Publications web page.
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IN THIS ISSUE
1. GSLIS…
The GSLIS Research Showcase will be held on the
afternoon of Friday, March 29. University of Illinois Vice Chancellor for
Research Peter Schiffer will present opening remarks for the annual event, which
highlights the scholarly work of GSLIS faculty and doctoral students in a series of
short presentations and posters.
“The research being conducted at GSLIS is truly astounding,” said J…
U.S. News & World Report has released its latest rankings of graduate professional schools of library and information science. GSLIS has once again been selected as number one, a position held by the School since the publication first started ranking library and information studies programs.
Interim Dean Allen Renear said, “We’re very pleased that the GSLIS master’s program remains once…
GSLIS will host 14 prospective students on March 15 as part of the campus-wide Community of Scholars (COS) Campus Visit Program. The program brings admitted graduate students from underrepresented backgrounds to campus to meet with their academic programs and give them the opportunity to network with current and prospective students. GSLIS will welcome four doctoral students and ten master’s…
Walter Dean Myers, critically acclaimed author of children’s and young adult literature, will visit the Champaign area this month as part of his work as this year’s National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. His visit, organized by the Children’s Book Council, is sponsored by the Center for Children’s Books (CCB) at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of…
On March 8-10, a national multidisciplinary graduate symposium, “The Collecting Impulse,” will feature presentations by GSLIS PhD student Noah Lenstra and alumni Penelope Yocum (MS '12) and Julia Pollack (MS '12). Assistant Professor Bonnie Mak will serve as the respondent.
The symposium, hosted by students from the School of Art and Design at Illinois, will include paneled presentations of…
At the recent iConference, a group of GSLIS students and faculty earned an Honorable Mention award for their poster, "Identifying Claims in Social Science Literature." The group included doctoral student Shameem Ahmed, Associate
Professor Catherine Blake, Assistant Professor Kate Williams,
doctoral student Noah Lenstra, and master’s student Qiyuan
Liu.The poster presented initial findings from…
Join GSLIS alumnus André Brock (PhD ’07) on Tuesday, February 19, from 3:00-4:30pm in GSLIS 126 as he presents, “Critical Cultural Informatics: Twitter and Black Discourse.” This presentation, sponsored by the GSLIS Inclusions and Exclusions Group and part of Black Geek Week, will be recorded and archived.Black Geek Week is a campus event highlighting the achievements of African Americans who…
Please join the Graduate School of Library and Information Science for the following activities during the 2013 iConference, including our reception on February 13 at Vidalias
Restaurant in the Worthington Renaissance.WORKSHOPS
“Filling the Workforce Gap in Data Science and Data Analytics”
February 12, 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Co-chairs include: GSLIS Associate Professor Catherine Blake
“…
