Sue Searing, LIS librarian and GSLIS affiliated faculty
member, has been appointed interim associate university librarian for user services
at the University of Illinois Library. She will serve in this position for
three years, providing coordination and leadership for a variety of library-wide
programs and initiatives, including information literacy and instruction, staff
training and…
[image1-right:resize-180w]GSLIS Professor Emeritus D. W. Krummel has received the 2012 Lifetime
Achievement Award from the Society for American Music for his distinguished
research and teaching in American-music printing, publishing, and resources.
Krummel earned degrees in music from the University of Michigan, where
he briefly served on the music faculty. He completed his doctorate in…
The Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is pleased to announce the addition of two new faculty members: Nicole A. Cooke and Emily Knox will join GSLIS as assistant professors in August 2012.
The Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities (IPRH) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has awarded Bonnie Mak, GSLIS assistant professor, a Faculty Fellowship for the academic year 2012–13. Mak will focus on her project, Implications of a Digital Revolution, a critical investigation of the processes and products of digitization and their ultimate cultural impact. “[The]…
The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces the appointment of Scott Walter, a GSLIS affiliated faculty member, to the post of editor for College & Research Libraries (C&RL). Walter will serve a three-year term beginning July 1, 2013.
“Scott brings excellent credentials to the position of editing College & Research Libraries,” said 2011-12 ACRL
President…
Christian Sandvig, an associate professor in the College of Media and an affiliated faculty member at GSLIS, appeared recently on American Public Media's Marketplace. Sandvig is a frequent guest on the program.
February 23, 2011Will Verizon become the only wireless company in the country?February 17, 2011Congress finds funds in the spectrumIn addition to his appointments in Media and GSLIS,…
Champaign’s
Figure One Gallery celebrates the opening of "A Cabinet of Curiosity:
The Library's Dead Time," an exhibit created by GSLIS Assistant Professor
Bonnie Mak and master's student Julia Pollack. The
exhibit will be held at the gallery's downtown Champaign location (116 N. Walnut) on February 17-18 from 5:00-9:00pm. GSLIS will sponsor a reception on
Friday evening.
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Scott Walter, associate university librarian for services, associate dean of libraries and professor of library administration and library and information science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is the recipient of the 2012 Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Education and Behavioral Sciences Section (EBSS) Distinguished Education and Behavioral Sciences…
DePaul University has appointed Scott Walter as university librarian. Walter, a GSLIS affiliated faculty member, currently serves as associate university librarian for services and associate dean of libraries at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Walter also holds faculty appointments as professor of library administration and professor of library and information science and has held…
