GSLIS PhD student Yang Luo successfully defended her dissertation proposal last spring and promptly left on a trip to China for field research over the summer. The CCB was excited to find the opportunity to meet with Luo and to talk about her research and trip.“My research is on the history of children’s libraries in China. I’m specifically looking at the time period from 1912-1937,” says Luo…

GSLIS students William Langston and Sophie Young have been selected to receive 2014 Spectrum Scholar/PLA Conference Travel Grants from the Public Library Association. In total, ten of the nation's 2013 Spectrum Scholars were selected to receive funding to attend the conference. Langston and Young, both master's students, were named ALA Spectrum Scholars earlier this year along with four other…

[image1-right]With a background in history and initially inspired by an interest in archives and special collections, Christina John decided to pursue a master’s degree at GSLIS. She now plans to apply her research and LIS skills to a career in the corporate or nonprofit sector.Why did you decide to pursue an LIS degree?I decided to pursue an LIS degree when I was an undergrad at DePaul…

Information management in a corporate setting can take many forms. For Shannon Roberts (MS ’12), it involves working as a price and market analyst for John Deere. For GSLIS master’s student Kelsey Heffren, it means conducting oral history interviews of longtime staff at W. W. Grainger, Inc., and working to organize, preserve, and expand the company’s intellectual property collection. And for…

[image1-right]GSLIS master's student and LAMP Scholar Katrina Spencer recently attended the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) regional conference held at the St. Louis Public Library from October 18-20. Her trip was partially funded by GSLIS and the Center for Children's Books (CCB). The CCB sat down with Spencer, who is interested in translation of children’s literature and…

In this essay, master's student Regina Sierra Carter recounts her summer at the Smithsonian Institution, where she worked as a multicultural junior fellow. If you are interested in hosting a GSLIS student for an internship or practicum, please contact Roy Brooks, practicum coordinator. [image1-right]As a result of the generous support of the Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., I was blessed to serve…

Carole Palmer, GSLIS professor and director of CIRSS, and Nicholas Weber, GSLIS doctoral candidate, will share their expertise in data curation at the upcoming John Deere Big Data Summit, which will be held in Champaign on October 1 and 2. The summit is intended to bring together analytic and big data thought leaders from inside and outside the company to showcase cutting edge academic…

Washington, DC—The ARL Committee on Diversity and Leadership has selected 15 masters of library and information science (MLIS) students to participate in the 2013–2015 Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce (IRDW) as ARL Diversity Scholars.The ARL IRDW offers numerous financial benefits to program participants as well as leadership development provided through the annual ARL Leadership…

[image1-right]GSLIS master’s student Yan Liu has demonstrated time and again that she is dedicated to pursuing a career in librarianship and willing to put in the extra effort required to stand out from the crowd. Since moving from her home in Beijing to the United States to study library and information science at GSLIS, Liu’s dedication has garnered well-deserved attention and praise.…

Five GSLIS master's students participated in the University of Illinois’s 2013 Summer Pre-doctoral Institute (SPI). SPI is a campus-wide orientation program that accepts incoming graduate students from U.S. populations that are underrepresented in campus graduate programs. During the eight-week program, students enroll in an independent study, participate in a series of research-based seminars,…

[image1-right]LEEP student Christina Nhek was recently named the recipient of two scholarships, the Asian Pacific American Librarians Association or APALA Scholarship and the California Library Association or CLA Scholarship for Minority Students in Memory of Edna Yelland. Nhek, the daughter of Cambodian refugees, is currently pursuing a master’s degree and certificate in special…

GSLIS doctoral candidates Sarah T. Roberts and Miriam E. Sweeney presented on a panel at the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) in Dublin, Ireland, on June 28. The presentation, "Free Speech, Visual Discourses and the Invisible," also included panelists Ergin Bulut, doctoral candidate in Institute of Communications Research at the University of Illinois,…

GSLIS master's students I-Ju Chen and Brian Flota earned stipend awards to attend the Special Libraries Association (SLA) Annual Conference, which was held earlier this month in San Diego, California. Chen, whose studies focus on competitive intelligence and knowledge management, received the student travel award from the Business and Finance Division of the SLA. The annual award is…

Current and prospective LIS students from across the Midwest traveled to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to participate in the 2013 LIS Access Midwest Program (LAMP) Summer Institute, which was hosted by the University Library from May 30 through June 2. LAMP is a network of information schools and academic libraries in the Midwest that collaborate to encourage students from…

GSLIS master's students Karen Barton and Tracy Drake and doctoral students LaTesha Velez and Melissa Villa-Nicholas discussed librarianship, diversity, and technology at the University of California, Irvine’s History Graduate Student Association’s 17th Annual Conference, "Responding to Crisis: Historical and Contemporary Strategies of Resistance." The conference brought together…

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 12, 2013. Bryce Allen Award for Reference Services Presented to Carl Lehnen by JoAnn Jacoby: As a graduate assistant in Reference, Research and…

Several GSLIS master’s students were among fourteen students selected to present posters at the Midwest Archives Conference (MAC) Annual Meeting held this past April in Indianapolis. Rachel Lux took second place for her poster, “All A-Twitter: Archiving the Public Record 140 Characters at a Time,” while Sarah Hoover earned third place for her poster, “Digitization for the Digital…

Several GSLIS students and alumni presented at a series of mini-conferences held by the Illinois School Library Media Association over the past month.The following presentations and workshops were given on April 20 at Westfield Middle School in Bloomingdale, Illinois: "More Than Just a Handsome Face: Male Protagonists in YA Literature and Their Struggles with Body Issues"Leanne Brown (master's…

Five GSLIS master's students will make presentations at the LOEX Annual Conference in Nashville, Tennessee, on May 2-4, 2013. The conference, which focuses on information literacy and instruction, is a long-standing event in a field that is highly competitive for presentations and registration. Presentations include:Blogging is Half the Battle: Best Practices for Content Development,…

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…