2011 News
August 16, 2011
Four new student films on the importance of Open Access to research and data have been voted the best by a panel of new media experts, students and librarians in “Open Up!” the fourth annual Sparky Awards. Two of the winning producers are students of the School of Information and...
August 12, 2011
Brooks "Jon" Breece has received the 2011 Pratt-Severn Best Student Research Paper Award offered by the American Society of Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T). His master's paper, for which he also received a SILS "Distinguished Achievement Award...
August 8, 2011
For a number of years, the UNC at Chapel Hill SILS Alumni Association (SILSAA) promoted a category of membership entitled “lifetime member.” SILSAA is in the process of verifying our records of lifetime members. If you are a lifetime member but your name does not appear on our list...
August 7, 2011
The second student to receive a Ph.D. from the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Dr. Arlene G. Taylor (Ph.D. '81), has been awarded the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Library School Alumni Association at the...
July 25, 2011
Cynthia Flanagan joined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Library as Library Assistant on May 23, 2011. She is responsible for assisting the Interlibrary Loan librarian with all aspects of ILL services, assist with copy cataloging, purchase supplies and provide reference assistance...
July 19, 2011
Master’s candidate Brooks Jonathan Breece ("Jon") has always been fascinated with maps and geospatial models. Even at a young age, he was drawn to maps and the ability to find his way. His first merit badge in Boy Scouts, while on his way to earning the Eagle Scout...
July 18, 2011
The SILS Alumni Association Board has selected Monica McCormick (MSLS '06) as its featured alumna. McCormick has an unusual job at New York University (NYU), where she is employed as a program officer for the university's Digital Scholarly Publishing office. While many smart and talented people do...
July 17, 2011
"Should Brandon and Nicole Get Engaged?" or ShBANGE, is the title of an interactive, truly collaborative research project that has resulted in an award from the Special Libraries Association (SLA) and recognition for two of the project's team members from the Library Journal....
July 15, 2011
The first "Eleanor M. and Frederick G. Kilgour Research Grant Awards" have been presented to three faculty members of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's School of Information and Library Science (SILS) for 2011-2012. Drs. Claudia Gollop, associate professor; Ryan Shaw...
July 12, 2011
Thanks to the contributions of faculty, staff and students to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Build A Block project, UNC has been awarded the Campus Chapter of the Year, Habitat for Humanity International. The ambitious goal of building 10 homes for the families of University...
July 6, 2011
Imagine the need and desire to index some important research data that have just been made available on the Web in digital form. The aim is to do high quality indexing, using standardized vocabularies (e.g., thesauri, taxonomies and ontologies). Let's say the research data are about...
June 30, 2011
School of Information and Library Science (SILS) distinguished alumnus and member of the SILS Board of Visitors, Dr. Fred Roper (MSLS '62), has been elected to serve on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Board of Visitors.
Dr. Roper is distinguished dean emeritus of the...
June 29, 2011
Amy VanScoy, doctoral student at the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and M. Cristina Pattuelli, SILS alumna, have been awarded 2011 Jesse H. Shera Awards. VanScoy has been selected for the 2011 Jesse H. Shera Award for...
June 27, 2011
The School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill welcomed Heather Lewis as health informatics coordinator on June 20, 2011.
In her new position, Lewis will collaborate with instructors to schedule courses, collect up-to-date syllabi and...
June 24, 2011
An application that assists patients and healthcare providers to arrive at informed decisions about healthcare is being developed by Keona Health, a brand new company located in Chapel Hill, N.C. Dr. Javed Mostafa, jointly appointed professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel...
June 23, 2011
Dr. Helen Tibbo, distinguished alumni professor at the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC at Chapel Hill), has been awarded a grant for $897,449 in the category "Programs to Build...
June 21, 2011
For those attending the American Library Association (ALA) Conference, please come to play the Blitz! @ the Cataloging & Classification Research Interest Group on Sunday, June 26th from 10:30 a.m. to noon. The Blitz will be part of the Annual Conference in New Orleans, and will...
June 20, 2011
Amidst the 25,000 plus attendees at the annual American Library Association (ALA) annual conference, the iSchools will be well-represented. Members of the iSchools will be found in booths at the conference exhibition area, presenting on panels, session speakers and of course the...
June 16, 2011
David Goble (MSLS '94) alumnus of the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and director of the South Carolina State Library, has been named a 2011 Distinguished Alumnus by the SILS Alumni Association (SILSAA).
Established...
June 15, 2011
A new course titled, "Intro to Public Health Informatics" will be available beginning this fall on Thursdays from 2:00 to 2:50 p.m. The instructor is Amy Ising (ising [at] email [dot] unc [dot] edu) with guest speakers, including, but not limited to:
Dr. Megan Davies, State...
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