Please join us in October for the second annual GSLIS Fall Reunion, a month-long series of on-campus and online events providing opportunities to connect with current faculty, staff, and students. The reunion offers an in-depth view of the GSLIS community as well as the opportunity to experience it—through classes, conversations, and activities that offer a variety of ideas and perspectives.…
GSLIS is enhancing its top-ranked
program in youth services librarianship with a new certificate that will
better prepare students for their careers. The Certificate
in Youth Services is designed to fully meet the educational needs of GSLIS
students who are interested in working with young people in a public library
setting. The certificate also will provide a competitive edge to graduates…
Where did you grow up?Buffalo, NY for a few years and then Pittsburgh, PA. What year did you begin working for GSLIS?I began at GSLIS in June 2010. Where did you work prior to GSLIS?I coordinated the Information Specialist Internship Program (ISIP) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison libraries. The ISIP is an experiential learning opportunity with the mission to recruit students from…
First-year GSLIS students Karen Barton and Tracy Drake participated in this year’s Summer Pre-doctoral Institute (SPI) at
the University of Illinois. SPI is a campus-wide
orientation program that accepts incoming graduate students from U.S.
populations that are underrepresented in campus graduate programs. During the
eight-week program, students enroll in an independent study, participate in…
GSLIS is opening a spring admissions cycle for our popular
LEEP distance learning option. The new MS cohort will begin in January. The
priority application deadline is November 15, 2012. Dates for the on-campus
orientation are tentatively set for January 3-9, 2013.
Since its beginning in 1996, LEEP has been an innovative
hybrid program that combines web-based education with brief periods…
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._____________________________________________________ IN THIS ISSUE1. GSLIS Spotlight – GSLIS Fall…
Washington, DC—The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Committee on Diversity and Leadership has selected 14 masters of library and information science (MLIS) students to participate in the 2012–2014 Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce (IRDW) as ARL Diversity Scholars. Among those named is GSLIS student Thomas Padilla.The ARL IRDW offers numerous financial benefits to program…
Where did you grow up?
I grew up in southern New York state, but on the Jersey side of the Hudson
River. I lived in a small town (at least at that time it was small) called
Pearl River - a place with no rivers, and I never found any pearls.
What year did you begin
working for GSLIS?
I started in August 2001, after having completed my master's degree at GSLIS in
May of that year. Thank…
Rebecca King, Spectrum Scholar and GSLIS master's student, sent us this dispatch from her trip to the 2012 ALA Conference in Anaheim, California. Outgoing ALA President Molly Raphael was more than happy to
announce at Opening Session that the Spectrum Presidential Initiative
successfully raised more than $1 million to further enhance the recruitment and
training efforts of…
Assistant
Professor Kate McDowell has been named the 2012-2013 GSLIS Centennial Scholar in
recognition and support of her accomplishments and promising scholarship in the
field of library and information science.
McDowell, a
member of the youth services faculty at GSLIS, is an accomplished storyteller
whose research focuses on the history of children as readers and of youth
services…