2011 News
November 4, 2011
The latest addition to the School of Information and Library Science’s (SILS) list of faculty book publications is Interactive Information Seeking, Behaviour, and Retrieval, co-edited by Dr. Diane Kelly and Dr. Ian Ruthven (University of Strathclyde, UK).
The...
November 2, 2011
School of Information and Library Science (SILS) Dean Gary Marchionini will be the featured guest in an upcoming episode of North Carolina People, UNC-TV’s longest-running program. The show is hosted by William Friday, former president of the University system, who interviews “a range...
October 28, 2011
It's no secret that UNC at Chapel Hill students are pretty smart. Librarians and information scientists are known to be exceptionally smart. But how much do you really know? Are you good at trivia? Are you even... a trivia master?
If so, come use your skills to win fabulous prizes at Wilson Library...
October 26, 2011
The School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is seeking applicants interested in public information curation and public policy for fellowships in the "Educating Stewards of the Public Information Infrastructure" or...
October 26, 2011
The 2011 SILS Staff Excellence Award Committee is pleased to request your nominations for an outstanding staff member whom you feel is deserving of this recognition.
Please use the "Nomination Form" to address, in as much detail as you can provide, how your nominee meets the four...
October 26, 2011
The first SILS Library Vendor Fair took place on Wednesday, October 26, 2011. Activities included vendor product demonstrations, quizzes and prizes.
"Congratulations and thanks to everyone for the wonderful turnout today," said Rebecca Vargha, librarian, Information...
October 26, 2011
The School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill had a shining representation at the annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science & Technology that was held in New Orleans, LA on October 9 - 11. From organizing...
October 19, 2011
CHAPEL HILL - The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's School of Information and Library Science (SILS) has received a grant for $600,000 from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for a project that creates and analyzes systems for archivists, librarians and other information professionals to...
October 19, 2011
The School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill welcomes Thea Allen (MSLS ’07), who joined the United States Environmental Protection Agency Library in Research Triangle Park as Interlibrary Loan/Cataloging Librarian on October 17, 2011...
October 19, 2011
CHAPEL HILL - The Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has awarded Dr. Sandra Hughes-Hassell a $99,074 National Leadership grant to plan a summit addressing literacy in young African-American males. The summit, to be hosted jointly by the School of Information and Library Science (SILS...
October 19, 2011
Two students in the Bachelor’s in Information Science program at the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) have received Honors Undergraduate Research Awards from the Honors Carolina program at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Marla Sullivan and Helen Ching...
October 18, 2011
Just a few days after Dr. Helen Tibbo, alumni distinguished professor at the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, served as one of the expert instructors and content developers educating new trainers in the Library...
October 18, 2011
The School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill invites applications for the position of Career Services Coordinator.
Position Summary
The Coordinator will counsel students about all aspects of internships and the job search process and will...
October 14, 2011
The SILS Alumni Association Board has selected Aisha Harvey (MSLS ’01) as their latest featured SILS alumna. Harvey, who is Head of Collection Development at Duke University’s Perkins Library, says that her job is not necessarily as traditional as it may sound.
“As information...
October 13, 2011
The School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is seeking doctoral student applicants interested in Middle Eastern Studies and librarianship.
The “Educating Librarians in the Middle East: Building Bridges for the 21st Century: ELIME-21...
October 11, 2011
E-mails, bookmarks, blog entries and digital photos are just a few examples of personal digital collections, the sum total of an individual’s born-digital materials that they create and then decide to keep. Since our collections of digital materials are becoming ever more various and...
October 11, 2011
Video of the 2011 Henderson Lecture, delivered by Dr. Fred Roper as a part of the School of Information and Library Science’s (SILS) 80th anniversary celebrations, is now available via SILS’ Vimeo page. The lecture, entitled “On the shoulders of giants: How SILS achieved the...
October 3, 2011
Paul Jones, director of ibiblio and clinical associate professor at the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) and the School of Journalism and Mass Communications, has received a 2011 IBM Faculty Award for $15,000.
The IBM Faculty Awards is a highly competitive international program...
October 1, 2011
Faculty Position Announcement
Information and Library Science
The School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill invites nominations and applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor rank. The School offers the Master...
October 1, 2011
The School of Information and Library Science kicked off its 80th anniversary with a tailgate barbecue on September 17, 2011, the same day the School first held classes in 1931. More than 120 alumni, faculty, students, staff and friends attended the event that was held on the lawn in front of...
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