SILS News

February 13, 2013
Sofia Becerra-Licha (MSLS ’12), SILS alumna and project archivist at the  Berklee College of Music’s Stan Getz Library, is the featured guest on the INALJ (I Need a Library Job). The article covers her recent success in acquiring a job and the reporter asks Becerra-...
February 13, 2013
This Thursday, February 14th, UNC at Chapel Hill's School of Information and Library Science (SILS) alumnus Jason Griffey (MSLS'04) will host an episode of his new broadcast American Libraries Live (AL Live) titled “Mobile Services: The Library in Your Pocket.” Griffey’s broadcast...
February 13, 2013
The School of Information and Library Science (SILS) welcomes Mary Grace Flaherty, who will join the faculty as assistant professor on July 1, 2013. Flaherty comes to SILS from Syracuse University where she is a doctoral candidate and an Institute of Museum and Library Science (IMLS) fellow at...
February 13, 2013
Julia Khanova, doctoral student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Information and Library Science, has received one of the prestigious Web-based Information Science Education (WISE) Excellence in Online Teaching Awards for 2012 from the WISE organization. Khanova...
February 13, 2013
The Librarians' Association at UNC-Chapel Hill (LAUNC-CH) invites you to attend the LAUNC-CH 2013 Annual Conference: TRUE Collaborations: Creating New Structures, Services and Breakthroughs" on Monday, March 11th, 2013. Please join in for an engaging discussion about how libraries can create...
February 12, 2013
Please join us for a special lecture by Charles P. Friedman, Ph.D., director, Health Informatics Program, Schools of Information and Public Health; professor, Department of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health; and professor, School of Information at the University of Michigan, who...
February 6, 2013
For those who were unable to attend, a recording of the slides and audio from the "Careers in Federal Libraries Webinar" hosted at the University of North Carolina School of Information and Library Science on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 is now available. Sponsored by Careers in...
February 6, 2013
Jacqueline Dunlap, a 2012 graduate of UNC at Chapel Hill’s School of Information and Library Science, is the new teen librarian at East Regional Library, one of the libraries in the Wake County Public Library system. As teen librarian, Dunlap will provide services to the library’s teen...
February 6, 2013
Dr. Carolyn Hank, alumna of the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been appointed assistant professor at the University of Tennessee Knoxville's School of Information Sciences.  She joins the UT faculty from McGill...
February 6, 2013
Keith Morris, UNC at Chapel Hill School of Information and Library Science BSIS student, will be one of the featured presenters on February 20th at Ignite Raleigh. Held in Lincoln Theatre in Raleigh, N.C., the event is expected to host between 500 and 650 attendees. Morris' presentation is titled,...
February 1, 2013
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the School of Information and Library Science celebrates February as the 2013 Black History Month. Please join in on the various events taking place on campus in honor of those who have made a difference to our world.  
January 31, 2013
Great jobs, an interesting and engaging program and $1,000 scholarships that will be awarded to two lucky students are all part of the Bachelor of Science in Information Science (BSIS) program at the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill...
January 30, 2013
CHAPEL HILL – A new program that will assist those who wish to enhance their leadership skills in data curation is now available at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Information and Library Science. The new program is geared toward practicing professionals who...
January 30, 2013
  Digital Authoring Tools Incubator Group (DATIG) is a series of short (un)workshops that will address the use and integration of digital authoring tools into academic life. The group will cover some digital authoring basics of digital authoring. All those interested are invited to join...
January 29, 2013
Beyond e-mail: the constantly changing realm of communication   If you e-mail Paul Jones, you’ll receive a swan song to the electronic communication he helped bring to Carolina: “Good-bye E-mail, I’m divesting.” Jones, who gave up e-mail June 1, 2011, insists he isn...