2011 News
September 28, 2011
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is leading a new effort to address key data challenges facing scientific researchers in the digital age.
The National Science Foundation has awarded nearly $8 million over five years to the DataNet Federation Consortium, a group that spans...
September 27, 2011
Felix Portnoy, doctoral student at the School of Information and Library Science (SILS), is the recipient of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) Student Member with Honors Award. The Award was presented to Portnoy during the annual HFES meeting held in Las Vegas on September 20, 2011....
September 27, 2011
The School of Information and Library Science (SILS) is a multicultural place, and nowhere is SILS’ commitment to bringing diverse perspectives to our intellectual community more evident than in the range of international scholars, both visiting scholars and research collaborators, who are...
September 26, 2011
Celebrating 80 years of a winning tradition of building an innovative future
Since its beginning 80 years ago, the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) has focused on educating those who organize, research, locate, preserve and share information in its many forms for its many...
September 21, 2011
Former faculty member, Dr. David Carr, who retired from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's School of Information and Library Science (SILS) in 2010, has published his latest book, Open Conversations: Public Learning in Libraries and Museums through Libraries Unlimited...
September 21, 2011
By Hope Baptiste
Irene Owens isn’t your typical librarian. In fact, she says there is really no such thing. She and her colleagues and peers across the state and nation are bona fide information scientists, a discipline that is gaining popularity among undergraduate students at UNC and other...
September 20, 2011
The Margaret Kalp Merit Scholarships, two $1,000 merit-based scholarships for newly admitted undergraduates in SILS’ bachelor’s in information science degree program, have been awarded to Vikram Raisinghani and William Fu. Two scholarships are awarded spring and fall semesters...
September 20, 2011
The first certificates in Clinical Information Science (CIS) have been awarded by the Carolina Health Informatics Program (CHIP) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Information and Library Science (SILS). The students who received the CIS certificates are Emily...
September 15, 2011
The LIFETIME LIBRARY will provide digital storage throughout a graduate’s lifetime
How often have you asked yourself, “What did I do with that report I presented during my days at the university? Did I save it on my laptop, on a CD, to my cellphone or is it on a computer I no longer...
September 14, 2011
Dr. Richard Marciano, professor in the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, co-founder and former executive director of the Data Intensive Cyber Environments (DICE) Center, affiliated professor in American studies and director of Sustainable...
September 14, 2011
The 80th anniversary celebration continues Friday, Sept. 23, 2011 at 3 p.m. with a very special lecture by Dr. Fred Roper, distinguished dean emeritus of the University of South Carolina's School of Library and Information Science and SILS distinguished alumnus.
"On the shoulders of...
September 9, 2011
Special lectures, storytelling, tours, historical exhibits, research presentations, a pre-game “tailgate” featuring Carolina barbecue and just plain fun will be part of the festivities surrounding the kick-off of the 80th anniversary of the School of Information and Library...
September 7, 2011
The Special Libraries Association (SLA) student group at the School of Information and Library Sciences (SILS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been awarded a Certificate of Merit from the SLA Student and Academic Affairs Council. Awarded in June, the certificate recognizes...
September 6, 2011
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...
September 5, 2011
Dr. Meredith Weiss (Ph.D. ‘10) has received plaudits upon the release of a new research bulletin created for the EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research (ECAR).
Weiss, associate dean for Administration, Finance and Information Technology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’...
September 1, 2011
Amber Cushing, doctoral candidate at the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has received the 2011 Thomson Reuters Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Award. Awarded annually by the American Society of Information Science and Technology (...
September 1, 2011
Dr. Christopher (Cal) Lee is not a police officer, nor is he a lawyer or in the criminal justice field, but he is an information practitioner. He studies and helps others to understand digital forensics – defined by Rodney McKemmish as “the process of identifying, preserving, analysing...
August 29, 2011
Even as School of Information and Library Science (SILS) students were making the transition from summer into a new semester, a number of changes were afoot at SILS itself. This fall, several faculty and staff are joining new students in becoming oriented to life in Manning Hall. ...
August 29, 2011
Dr. Gary Marchionini, dean and Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished Professor at the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been selected to receive the Award of Merit, the highest honor presented by the American...
August 16, 2011
Tammy Cox, assistant dean of administration at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's School of Information and Library Science (SILS), has received the 2011 Chancellor's Award in the category of Human Relations.
"The Chancellor's Awards program celebrates meritorious or...
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