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…
This
week during spring break, more than 90 students in the Graduate School of
Library and Information Science (GSLIS) will be spending time away from the
beach, completing special projects in libraries and information centers around
the country.
Through
GSLIS’s Alternative
Spring Break (ASB) program, graduate students have the opportunity to
experience professional life in public,…
GSLIS is hosting nine prospective students as part of the
campus-wide Community of Scholars Campus Visit Program (COS). The program
brings admitted graduate students from underrepresented backgrounds to campus
to meet with their academic department and give them the opportunity to network
with current and prospective students. Students will visit campus from March
11-March 13, 2012.
Amani…
GSLIS faculty and doctoral students were honored at the 2012 iConference that was held from February 7-10, 2012, and was hosted by the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto. A Best Paper Award was given to doctoral student Noah Lenstra and Professor Abdul Alkalimat for their paper, “Networked Cultural Heritage and Socio-Digital Inequalities: A Case Study in an African-American…
The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) awarded Allison Cabaj the 2012 MAE Award for Best Literature Program for Teens. The MAE Award provides $500 to the recipient and $500 to the recipient’s library and is sponsored by the Margaret A. Edwards Trust.Cabaj, a library and media specialist and English teacher, created a program that brought together reading and technology at the…
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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GSLIS master’s student Brian Flota is the co-editor of a recently published book, The Politics of Post-9/11 Music: Sound, Trauma, and the Music Industry in the Time of Terror (Ashgate, 2011).From the publisher’s website:“Seeking to extend discussions of 9/11 music beyond the acts typically associated with the September 11th attacks—U2, Toby Keith, The Dixie Chicks, Bruce Springsteen—this…
