Professor Alistair Black has been invited to give a talk at
the Institute of English Studies (IES) at the School of Advanced Study,
University of London on July 3, 2012. His talk, titled:
"'The necessity of clear expression’: home-grown writing, organisational
learning and the library staff magazine in Britain in the first half of the
twentieth century,” is part of IES’s History of Libraries…
US IGNITE LAUNCHES TO CATALYZE THE NEXT GENERATION OF
INTERNET APPLICATIONS: Public-private partnership will spur development of 60 next-gen apps within 5
yearsA new public-private effort, the US Ignite Partnership, has
launched to capitalize on what is possible through virtualized, ultra-fast
broadband networks, and “ignite” the development of next-generation Internet
applications and…
Christian Sandvig, associate professor in the Department of Communication and GSLIS affiliated faculty member, has been appointed to the Broadband Deployment Council, an executive body reporting jointly to the Illinois governor and the State of Illinois assembly. The council is tasked with promoting the development and deployment of broadband technology in an effort to keep Illinois economically…
[image1-right:resize-180w]The
School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) at Kent State University
announces the appointment of Tomas A. Lipinski, J.D., LL.M., Ph.D., as its new
director. Lipiniski (PhD '98) is a GSLIS adjunct faculty member.
Lipinski
will join the department in January 2013 to replace Richard Rubin, Ph.D., who
left in 2010 to become Kent State’s associate provost…
Robert L. Bothmann, an adjunct instructor at GSLIS, has been
awarded the 2012 Nancy B. Olson Award. The annual award, sponsored by the
Online Audiovisual Catalogers (OLAC) network, recognizes a librarian who has
made significant contributions to the advancement and understanding of
audiovisual cataloging and electronic resources. Bothmann was recognized for
his multiple leadership roles in…
Bonnie Mak, GSLIS assistant professor, is speaking at the conference "Unbound: Speculations on the Future of the Book" held at MIT on May 3-4, 2012.This symposium explores the future potential of the book by engaging practitioners and performers of this versatile technology to ask some key questions: is the book an artifact on its deathbed or a mutable medium transitioning into future forms? What…
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…
Jerome McDonough, GSLIS associate professor, has received the Best Paper award in the Digital Media: Content and Communication track at the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, held in Maui in January.
His paper, “Knee-Deep in Data: Practical Problems in Applying the OAIS Reference Model to the Preservation of Computer Games,” examines the reference model for an Open Archival…
Paula T. Kaufman, Juanita J. and Robert E. Simpson Dean of Libraries and university librarian and GSLIS affiliated faculty member at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is the 2012 Association of College and Research Libraries' (ACRL) Academic/Research Librarian of the Year. The award, sponsored by YBP Library Services, recognizes an outstanding member of the library profession who…
