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Dubin, Stodden lead session at RDA Fifth Plenary Meeting

Research Associate Professor David Dubin and Associate Professor Victoria Stodden participated in the Fifth Plenary Meeting of the Research Data Alliance (RDA), held March 8-11 in San Diego. They organized a session on the use of provenance encoding vocabularies for supporting research replication, with discussions focused on a use case in the field of epidemiology. The session was jointly…

Cooke receives Leadership Award in Education

Assistant Professor Nicole A. Cooke has been selected to receive the University YWCA’s 2015 Leadership Award in Education in recognition of her work in social justice and higher education. The annual award honors individuals or organizations whose work supports the mission of the YWCA, which is “dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity…

Tilley receives Beckman Award to fund ‘Children, Comics, and Print Culture’

A prestigious campus award will allow Associate Professor Carol Tilley to expand her comics research through a new project, Children, Comics, and Print Culture – A Historical Investigation. The Campus Research Board has funded Tilley’s project in the amount of $19,036 and has designated the award as the Arnold O. Beckman Award. Only projects of special distinction or promise receive this designation.

Cooke speaks at Digital Sociology conference, publishes in LQ

GSLIS Assistant Professor Nicole A. Cooke recently spoke at the Digital Sociology Mini-conference, which was held February 27-28 in New York. Her talk, "Combating Cultural Misinformation/Disinformation on the Internet," was presented as part of a panel discussion titled, "Race, Racism, and Digitally Mediated Spaces." The mini-conference was hosted by the Digital Laboratory Working Group of The…

Diesner to speak at Illinois Digital Humanities Symposium

Assistant Professor Jana Diesner will speak Saturday at the 2015 Illinois Digital Humanities Symposium. Cosponsored by GSLIS, the symposium will bring together graduate students, faculty, and researchers from across campus to discuss current work and methodologies in digital humanities. Registration is free and open to anyone. Diesner's talk, “Bringing Computational Social Science to the Real…

Tilley speaks on comics, online scholarly presence in March

Associate Professor Carol Tilley has several speaking engagements scheduled in March, including two on campus at the University of Illinois. On March 3, Tilley will deliver the opening address of Central Michigan University’s (CMU) ComiConference 3. Her talk is titled, “The Secret History of Comics Readers,” and will be held in the CMU Park Library Auditorium. ComiConference 3 is free and open…

Twidale to speak at Learning Sciences Design Lab event

Professor Michael Twidale will speak this Friday, February 27, at a lightning symposium hosted by the University of Illinois College of Education. The event, Toward an Illinois Learning Sciences Design Laboratory, will launch the new Illinois Learning Sciences Design Laboratory (ILSDL), a venture developed by campus leaders in response to recommendations made in the 2013 Visioning Future…

Jenkins publishes guide on LGBTQ resources for teens

Associate Professor Christine Jenkins and coauthor Michael Cart have written a book they hope will serve as a guide for young adults and for those who support lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning teenagers, including parents, educators, and librarians. Top 250 LGBTQ Books for Teens: Coming Out, Being Out, and the Search for Community is now available from Huron Street Press…

CIRSS researchers to present at IDCC15

CIRSS faculty and students will participate in the upcoming 10th International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC), February 9-12 in London. This year's theme, "Ten years back, ten years forward: achievements, lessons and the future for digital curation," will focus on how the digital curation research community will be moving the domain forward in the years to come.  Posters Crediting…

Join GSLIS at ALISE 2015

Join GSLIS faculty, staff, and students at the 2015 ALISE Annual Conference, which will be held January 27-30 in Chicago. The theme of the conference is “Mirrors & Windows: Reflections on Social Justice and Re-Imagining LIS Education.” January 27 WISE Pedagogy Pre-conference Workshop, “Integrating Community Engagement in Online Education,” 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., presenters include…