2001 News
December 10, 2001
Shawn Jackson has joined SILS as its new director of development.
Jackson, who graduated from the University of South Carolina at Columbia in 1990 with a bachelor's degree in international studies, comes to SILS from the Charlotte-based Foundation For The Carolinas, where she...
December 10, 2001
Dr. Brian Sturm, an assistant professor at SILS, has received $20,000 from the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center to support his research into the effects of storytelling on MRI-related stress.
The purpose of the Cancer Center's grant is to stimulate novel projects...
November 8, 2001
Brian Hilligoss, a May graduate of UNC at Chapel Hill's School of Information and Library Science (SILS), was awarded the 2001 Pratt-Severn Student Research Paper Award at the recent annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST) in...
November 8, 2001
SILS Professor Dr. Robert Losee has been awarded the 2001 Best Paper Award by the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST). The award was presented to Losee at the society's recent annual meeting in Washington, D.C.
Losee's paper, "When...
November 8, 2001
SILS Associate Professor Dr. Diane Sonnenwald has been awarded a Fulbright grant to conduct research and teach in Finland during the spring 2002 semester. During her five-month stay, she will be based at the University of Tampere's Department of Information Studies....
November 6, 2001
Dr. Olivier Bodenreider, staff scientist at the National Library of Medicine (NLM) will address "Issues in the Organization of Biomedical Knowledge" at a special presentation on Monday, December 3 at UNC at Chapel Hill's School of Information and Library Science...
October 1, 2001
UNC at Chapel Hill's School of Information and Library Science (SILS) and The Scholarly Communication Working Group, sponsored by the Odum Institute for Research in Social Science, have joined together to help celebrate SILS' 70th anniversary with a special metadata...
August 15, 2001
John C. Vaughn, executive vice president of the Association of American Universities (AAU) will help kick off the 70th anniversary of UNC at Chapel Hill's School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at a special presentation co-sponsored by UNC Libraries.
Vaughn will present the 2001 Lucile...
August 2, 2001
The School of Information and Library Science (SILS) welcomes its newest group of students on Monday, August. 20, with a full slate of orientation activities and a picnic in the sculpture garden adjacent to Manning Hall.
The full schedule is listed below. Students...
August 2, 2001
UNC at Chapel Hill graduate Rebecca B. Vargha has been hired as the new librarian at the university's School of Information and Library Science (SILS).
Vargha, most recently a senior research specialist at Nortel Networks in Research Triangle Park, comes to SILS with more than 20...
July 1, 2001
Deborah K. Balsamo, director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Library in Research Triangle Park, was recently awarded a grant from 3M Corporation to attend the American Library Association’s (ALA) annual conference in San Francisco.
3M’s New Member Round Table (NMRT)...
July 1, 2001
Joanne Gard Marshall, dean of the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been named a fellow of the Special Library Association (SLA). The honor, recognizing leadership and outstanding contributions in the field of special...
July 1, 2001
California-based Sun Microsystems has provided the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a grant worth almost $34,000 for a new computer server at the school.
SILS purchased one machine and Sun’s grant...
May 17, 2001
Professors Gary Marchionini and Barbara Wildemuth at the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) and its Interaction Design Laboratory (IDL) have been awarded a $518,855 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to design and test user interfaces for digital video.
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May 1, 2001
Associate Professor Dr. David W. Carr has been named Outstanding Teacher of the Year (2000-2001) 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 recent commencement ceremony. ...
May 1, 2001
Chapel Hill, NC – Responding to marketplace needs for high-tech managers with well-rounded, leading-edge business skills, the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) and the Kenan-Flagler Business School have developed a dual master’s degree program. ...
April 2, 2001
On Friday, March 30, SILS hosted a visit from North Carolina Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue.
Perdue took a guided tour of the school led by Dean Joanne Gard Marshall, and then had the opportunity to meet with SILS faculty, staff and students. Perdue, who took office in November,...
March 26, 2001
The Information and Library Science Student Association (ILSSA) and INLS 204 (Dr. Evelyn Daniel's International and Cross Cultural Perspectives Class) invite you to a presentation on information, communications and technology use on the international scene.
Date: Monday...
March 20, 2001
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Information and Library Science (SILS) has awarded its 2001 Baker & Taylor Scholarship to master’s student Melinda Ellison.
The scholarship, which funds participation in the school’s seminar...
February 1, 2001
The North Carolina chapter of the Special Libraries Association (NC/SLA) will host a Neighborhood Networking Dinner in Chapel Hill on Tuesday, Feb. 13, at 6 p.m. at the Carolina Club in UNC at Chapel Hill's George Watts Hill Alumni Center.
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