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. [image1-left:…

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…