SILS News

February 13, 2013
Dani Brecher, a graduate student at UNC at Chapel Hill’s School of Information and Library Science (SILS) has received one of two LOEX Minority Scholarships. The award is given to a student “who is a member of an under-represented minority group and/or has done significant work to bring...
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
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 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
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 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
  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 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 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...
January 28, 2013
Meg Tuomala (MSLS 2010) began as electronic records archivist in the University Archives and Records Management Services of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries on Dec. 1, 2012. In her new position, Tuomala will lead efforts within the Archives to manage and preserve...
January 28, 2013
  Amanda Click, a Ph.D. student at the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has recently hosted a series of webinars as a part of a collaboration between the Educating Librarians in the Middle East: Building Bridges for the 21st...
January 28, 2013
Sean Gartland, an undergraduate student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Information and Library Science (SILS), is owner and founder of a business that has recently opened on Franklin Street in Chapel Hill, NC. The business, a shop called iCan Fix It, opened for...
January 28, 2013
The School of Information and Library Science (SILS) welcomes Tiffany Harris as administrative office support in the School's Administrative Offices effective Jan. 22, 2013. Harris will assist with a number of office responsibilities including welcoming visitors and interacting with faculty,...