2000 News
December 1, 2000
Area children will soon have an opportunity to enjoy a morning of storytelling under the stars and learn something about helping others at the same time.
On Saturday, December 11, from 10-11 a.m., UNC’s School of Information and Library Science (SILS) and...
November 16, 2000
Acclaimed storyteller Jackie Torrence will appear at UNC’s Wilson Library at 11 a.m. on Saturday, December 2, in a special program presented by the School of Information and Library Science (SILS).
Torrence, a Salisbury, N.C., native whose...
November 16, 2000
Dr. Joanne Gard Marshall, dean of UNC’s number-one ranked School of Information and Library Science (SILS), is featured on the cover of the current (Nov. 15, 2000) edition of Library Journal, the nation’s oldest independent library publication. Marshall...
November 16, 2000
Dr. Barbara M. Wildemuth, a professor at UNC-Chapel Hill’s School of Information and Library Science (SILS) since 1988, has been named Outstanding Information Science Teacher by the American Society for Information Science (ASIS). She received her award...
September 29, 2000
The SILS Alumni Association present four awards to members of the SILS family on Sept. 29, following Chancellor James Moeser's Alumni Day presentation at Wilson Library. This year's honorees included Dr. Marshall Keyes, Gillian Debreczeny, Fred Kilgour and Ed Holley....
September 29, 2000
The Alumni Association is planning some very special events for Friday, September 29, and would like to invite you to participate.
Each year the Alumni Association hosts a special Alumni Day event. For our Alumni Day celebration this year we are coordinating a student...
September 29, 2000
In his first appearance at a SILS event, new UNC Chancellor James Moeser outlined his goals for the future of the university and recognized the number-one ranked school as "one of the jewels in Carolina's crown."
"The School of Information and Library Science...
September 29, 2000
At a special luncheon on Sept. 29, SILS paid tribute to faculty members who have served as associate or assistant dean at the school. Honorees included Fred Roper, Barbara Moran, Jerry Saye, Helen Tibbo and current associate dean Paul Solomon.
Dr. Fred W. Roper, dean of the College of...
September 1, 2000
Deborah K. Balsamo, a master’s graduate of UNC’s School of Information and Library Science (SILS), has been promoted to director of the Environmental Protection Agency Library in Research Triangle Park.
Balsamo, who earned her master of science in library...
Attention SILS Alumni: Help Tomorrow's Professionals Today By Mentoring a SILS Student on Alumni Day
August 14, 2000
The SILS Alumni Board is planning something very different this year to celebrate Alumni Day at the School of Information and Library Science.
To commemorate the occasion, and to lend a helping hand to tomorrow's information and library science professionals, SILS alumni are being asked...
July 21, 2000
Small grants are available to students in the School of Information and Library Science for assistance with research costs where unusual expenses are involved. Master’s students may apply once for up to $100 for expenses associated with their master’s paper. Doctoral...
July 7, 2000
The School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received a $120,000 gift from Cisco Systems Inc. and the Cisco Systems Foundation to honor the memory of the university’s late chancellor.
The...
July 7, 2000
Dr. Barbara M. Wildemuth, a faculty member at UNC at Chapel Hill’s School of Information and Library Science (SILS) since 1988, has been promoted to full professor.
Dr. Claudia J. Gollop, a faculty member at SILS since 1994, has been promoted to associate...
June 23, 2000
Joanne Gard Marshall, dean of the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been awarded the Winifred Sewell Prize for innovation in information technologies in biomedical and life sciences librarianship. ...
February 27, 2000
The School of Information and Library Science Alumni Association invites members of the SILS community to join it on Sunday, February 27, 2000, for the second annual "SILS at the Lady Tar Heels" event.
Please join us when UNC's women's basketball team...
February 16, 2000
The 2000 Information Science & Library Science Career Fair will be held on Wednesday, February 16, 2000, in the Great Hall of the Student Union, from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.
Sponsored by University Career Services and the School of Information & Library...
January 1, 2000
The School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at UNC at Chapel Hill has received the maximum allowable accreditation period of seven years from the American Library Association (ALA) for its two professional degrees (master of science in library science and the master of science...
January 1, 2000
Dr. Helen R. Tibbo, associate professor at the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been named the school's Frances Carroll McColl Professor for 2000-2002.
The McColl Professorship was...
January 1, 2000
Associate Professor Dr. Barbara M. Wildemuth has been named Outstanding Teacher of the Year (1999-2000) at the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The award was announced at the school’s commencement ceremony on...
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