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…
GSLIS doctoral student Sarah T. Roberts has spent the first few
weeks of this record-breaking July heat organizing a campaign to help a small
community library on the South Side of Chicago.
The William Leonard Public Library in Robbins provides
essential services to a financially disadvantaged community but has recently
fallen on hard times due to a declining tax base in the community.…
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…
GSLIS PhD student Sarah T. Roberts has been honored with a 2012 Eugene
Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship 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. The amount awarded
for each…
Six GSLIS students have been named 2012 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 scholar
receives $5,000 from the ALA as well as over $1,500 toward professional
development opportunities. In addition, GSLIS provides each scholar with a…
The New York Times has highlighted the research of Kalev Leetaru, GSLIS PhD student, exploring Wikipedia as a historical resource. The article, "How Big Data Sees Wikipedia,"
shares his methodology for studying connections between cities around
the globe over time and describes the result as "an interesting
historical atlas of the rise of globalization and warfare."According to the article:…
GSLIS PhD student Kalev Leetaru, whose data
mining research has received national attention for its predictive value in
social and political crises, recently presented three major invited talks as
well as published his first book.
At the Silicon Graphics (SGI)
Annual Conference on April 17, Leetaru presented the keynote address on his
Culturomics 2.0 doctoral work, which explores broad…
Each year, GSLIS recognizes a group of outstanding students for their achievement in academics as well as a number of attributes that contribute to professional success. The following student awards were presented at the GSLIS Convocation on May 13, 2012.
Bryce Allen Award for Reference Services
Presented to Matthew Short by Merinda Hensley and M. Kathleen Kern:
Matthew Short is the winner of…
Doctoral student Colin Rhinesmith recently received a
fellowship to the attend this year's Digital Media and Learning Research
Associates Summer Institute to be held June 11-15 at Microsoft Research New
England in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
The one-week institute, entitled "Thinking In and Out
of the Box: How Innovation and Policy Shape Networked Learning," will examine the convergence of…
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…
