Carolina attracts world-renowned large-scale data research team; DICE group joins School of Information and Library Science

Aug. 26, 2008—The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is now home to the world-renowned Data Intensive Cyber Environments (DICE) group (formerly known as Data Intensive Computing Environments group), long of the University of California, San Diego’s  Supercomputer Center. For more on the story, visit: http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2008/08_DICE.htm

UNC at Chapel Hill receives Clinical and Translational Science Award

May 29, 2008— The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill today announced the award of a five year grant for $61 million from the National Institute of Health (NIH). The Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) will “help speed up how scientific discoveries directly benefit patients in communities across North Carolina.” The effort includes many units across campus including the School of Information and Library Science (SILS).

As part of the award, the formation of the Translational and Clinical Sciences (TraCS) Institute was announced this morning during a press conference on the medical campus. The leadership of the Institute includes, José-Marie Griffiths, deputy director of Biomedical Informatics for the TraCS Institute and director of the Bioinformatics Core. For the full news release, visit: http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2008/05_ctsa.htm

SILS researchers complete study on the Internet’s Impact on Museums and Libraries

IMLS Announces Results at the 9th annual WebWise Conference in Miami, Fl

March 6, 2008 - Institute of Museum and Library Services Director Anne-Imelda Radice released results of InterConnections: A National Study of Users and Potential Users of Online Information March 6 at the 9th annual WebWise Conference on Libraries and Museums in the Digital World in Miami. This new report offers insight into the ways people search for information in the online age, and how this impacts the ways they interact with public libraries and museums, both online and in person. For more, please see: http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2008/03_interconnections.htm

Library of Congress Bibliographic Working Group issues final report

Jan. 10, 2008—The Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control has released its final report on the future of bibliographic description in light of advances in search engine technology, the popularity of the Internet and the influx of electronic information resources. The group was chaired by Dr. José-Marie Griffiths, dean of the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Visit, http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2008/04_loc.htm for more information.

LOC Bibliographic Working Group issues draft report

Dec. 2, 2007—The Library of Congress has issued a draft report completed by the LOC Bibliographic Working Group, chaired by Dr. José-Marie Griffiths, dean of the School of Information and Library Science.

Web Page highlights previous directors of the Sara Fine Institute

Nov. 26, 2007 – A new Web page has been created to highlight the directors of The Sara Fine Institute. To visit the site, go to: http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~fineinst/people/pastdirectors.html

Dean Griffiths and Dr. Beth Fitzsimmons appointed to National Board

Nov. 13, 2006 – Dr. José-Marie Griffiths, dean of the School of Information and Library Science (SILS), and Dr. Beth Fitzsimmons, member of SILS Board of Visitors and the Louis Round Wilson Academy, have been appointed to serve on the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) Advisory Board.

Dean Griffiths appointed to the National Science Board

August, 2006 – Internationally acclaimed policy expert, researcher and university administrator, Dr. José-Marie Griffiths, has been appointed to the United States National Science Board. She was nominated by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the United States Senate for a term of six years.

PITAC - Dean Griffiths, Reed serve on presidential committee

July 20, 2005 – SILS dean, Dr. José-Marie Griffiths, and Dr. Daniel Reed, vice chancellor for information technology and chief information officer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, served on the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee that recently released its report on the future of computational science and high-end computing in the United States.

Researchers find significant return on investment of public libraries

A team of researchers led by Dr. José-Marie Griffiths, dean of the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, found that a return of $6.54 was seen for every $1 invested in Florida’s public libraries. (more...)

Surveys to study future of librarians coming soon

May 20, 2005 — Researchers conducting a national study on the future of librarians and other information professionals in the workforce will soon be collecting survey data. (more...)