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February 27, 2013
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Over the past decade, a significant gap has emerged between the research and development in digital curation, on the one hand, and professional practices of archivists, librarians, and museum curators, on the other. There are now many viable...
February 27, 2013
Ashley Brown and Lori Neumeier, Master’s students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Information and Library Science (SILS), have been awarded scholarships to attend the annual National Conference on Managing Electronic Records (MER) in Chicago, IL.
The...
February 27, 2013
Rebecca Vargha, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Information and Library Science (SILS) librarian and adjunct faculty member, has been named a Fellow by the Special Libraries Association (SLA), the "nonprofit global organization for innovative information professionals and...
February 27, 2013
The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) has announced that Jennifer Castaldo (MSLS 2008), SILS alumna and electronic resources manager/distance education librarian at the Johns Hopkins University, is the recipient of the 2013 First Step Award-A Wiley...
February 25, 2013
All students, faculty and staff of the School of Information and Library Science are invited to submit nominations for the 2013 “Deborah Barreau Award for Teaching Excellence.” SILS will recognize two outstanding faculty–one full-time faculty member and one adjunct faculty member...
February 25, 2013
The Open Planets Foundation (OPF) has welcomed two new affiliate organizations to its membership: Portico, a digital preservation service, and the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a number one ranked school in the United States....
February 22, 2013
Dr. Diane Kelly, associate professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Information and Library Science (SILS), has been selected to receive the prestigious British Computer Society (BCS) BCS Information Retrieval Specialist Group (BCS IRSG) Karen Spärck-Jones...
February 22, 2013
The Center for Children's Books will host the annual Gryphon Lecture on March 1, 2013 at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Brian Sturm, associate professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's School...
February 21, 2013
The Carolina faculty’s expertise will be available to online learners around the world as part of a new partnership.
Under an agreement announced today (Feb. 21), the University will partner with Coursera, an online education provider, to offer non-credit courses online at no cost. The...
February 21, 2013
Jennifer Lohmann (MSLS '06), 2010 Romance Writers of America Librarian of the Year, UNC at Chapel Hill School of Information and Library Science alumna and Durham County Library librarian, will share a reading from her first novel: Reservations for Two on Saturday, February 23, 2013. ...
February 20, 2013
Are you a student who is starting to think about the job market or looking for a field experience site? Interested in meeting potential contacts? Too busy to network and keep up with coursework or your master's paper? Hungry for pizza?
The SILS Alumni Association (SILSAA) and Information and...
February 20, 2013
Four students of the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have been selected to attend the tenth Computer Research Association on the Status of Women in Computing Research (CRA-W) Graduate Cohort Workshop http://cra.org/for-students/....
February 19, 2013
Dr. Christopher "Cal" Lee recently worked with a team of individuals from 11 countries (four continents) to organize and run a planning and strategy session about the international alignment of digital preservation approaches.
Held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on...
February 19, 2013
Board members pose for a photo. From left to right are Graham Lombardi, Kristen Brews, Pooja Chandramouleeswaran, Andrew Stowe, Jacob Massey, Edwin Yun and Sharona Yen. Not included in the photo is new board member Alaina Sajatovic.
Many undergraduates in SILS' BSIS program have an...
February 18, 2013
Calling all doctoral students! Are you conducting or planning to conduct research on digital curation? Do you hope to pursue a career direction that focuses on digital curation? Then we have an event for you.
Come to Chapel Hill to share ideas, strategies and advice about...
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