Wednesday February 11, 2026

Book Challenges and School Libraries

Leah Gregory (Illinois Heartland Library System) and Emily Pickell (Champaign School District 4) join the Center for Children's Books in a discussion about the ways Illinois school libraries have been impacted by the rise of book challenges and bans nationally. The panel will be introduced by Interim Dean and Professor Emily Knox. 

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  Wang appointed associate dean for research

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  Get to know Sneha Vyas, MSIM student

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  Haider joins academic affairs

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  Hooper joins admissions and records team

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• Wednesday

  February 4

  Making an Artist’s Book Workshop with Ben Blount

  3:00 - 5:00 PM

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  Raji selected for IAPP Westin Scholar Award

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Other recent news

ISAA seeks nominations for annual awards

January 28 2026

The iSchool Alumni Association (ISAA) is seeking nominations for three distinguished awards. The awards are given annually at the iSchool alumni reception held at the American Library Association conference. The deadline for nomination is April 1, 2026.

Uba invited to share research at Net Inclusion 2026

January 21 2026

PhD student Ebubechukwu Uba has been invited to present her work at the National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) conference, Net Inclusion 2026, which will be held on February 3-5 in Chicago. Uba will discuss her digital inclusion work with StepUp Academy, a nonprofit education and digital inclusion initiative in Nigeria that she founded in 2023.

iSchool recognizes 2025 PhD milestones

January 21 2026

The School of Information Sciences is proud to recognize the 2025 academic milestones of our PhD students.

Knox authors new edition of Book Banning

January 15 2026

The second edition of Interim Dean and Professor Emily Knox's book, Book Banning in 21st Century America, was recently released by Bloomsbury. The first edition, published by Rowman & Littlefield (now Bloomsbury) in 2015, was the first monograph in the Beta Phi Mu Scholars' Series. The new edition examines 25 contemporary cases of book challenges in schools and public libraries across the United States and breaks down how and why reading practices can lead to censorship.