2011 News
April 11, 2011
The School of Information and Library Science (SILS) MSLS student, Megan Myers, has been announced as a finalist for the prestigious Presidential Management Fellowship. The fellowship is part of a federally-funded leadership development program designed to recruit entry-level...
April 11, 2011
Health Informatics Liaison Research Associate
with UNC at Chapel Hill and RTI International
We seek a motivated individual with five (5) years experience in health or clinical informatics to develop collaborative research programs between two leading research institutions in North Carolina....
April 10, 2011
Thanks to a gift from leading worldwide book distributor Baker & Taylor, two students at the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will have the opportunity to study in Europe this summer.
Elizabeth Davidson and Jacqueline Chapman...
April 7, 2011
This year's "Movers & Shakers" list, published in the March issue of the Library Journal, features two alumni of the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Emily King (MSLS '08) was selected as an...
April 4, 2011
The School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill welcomed Mark Snyder as desktop support and Help Desk manager on March 21, 2011.
Snyder's responsibilities include providing personal computing support for the faculty, staff and...
April 4, 2011
Marty Gengenbach and Elliott Hauser, Master’s students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Information and Library Science (SILS), have been awarded scholarships to attend the Managing Electronic Records Conference (MER) in Chicago May 23-25, which focuses on...
April 4, 2011
Since its creation in 2000, the International Edible Book Festival has been celebrated on April 1st in countries around the world, from Morocco to New Zealand. This year, members of the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) student organization, Art and Museum Library and Information...
March 31, 2011
Molly Raphael, the American Library Association's next president, presented "Empowering Voices: Communities Speak Out for Libraries and Libraries Speak Out for Communities" on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus Monday, March 28, 2011. Raphael described her...
March 31, 2011
Ashlee Edwards, a senior BSIS and English major from New York, NY, was recently inducted into UNC at Chapel Hill's legendary Order of the Golden Fleece. Taking its symbolism and organizational structure from the classical story of Jason and the Argonauts, who quested tirelessly for...
March 29, 2011
Entrepreneur, chief executive officer and co-founder of iContact, Ryan P. Allis, will present the spring commencement ceremony for the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Sunday, May 8, 2011.
The School's commencement...
March 29, 2011
As announced last fall, the Carolina Library Community building effort is part of the campus-wide UNC Class of 2011 Build a Block project which is a student-led initiative to build 10 houses for families of UNC staff over the 2010-2011 academic school year.
Working with Habitat for...
March 25, 2011
"The university and its digital libraries. A tale in three parts" was the topic of the 2011 sixth annual OCLC/Frederick G. Kilgour Lecture in Information and Library Science held on Monday, March 21, 2011. The lecture, which is hosted by the School of Information...
March 23, 2011
On Sunday, May 8, the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) will conduct its spring commencement ceremony and celebration for students who have completed their degree requirements.
Ceremony
The SILS ceremony will begin at 1 p.m. in the Great Hall of the Frank Porter Graham Student Union...
March 23, 2011
David Goble (MSLS '94), director of the South Carolina State Library and alumnus of the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will be presented with the University of South Carolina (USC) School of Library and Information Science...
March 18, 2011
Dear students, staff, faculty, alumni and friends:
Our hearts go out to the people of Japan and their families who are affected by last week's earthquake and resulting tsunami. With such tremendous devastation, we understand the enormous efforts that must be made to gain some measure of normalcy....
March 16, 2011
Led by Cynthia Reifsnider (MSLS '95), a team of UNC at Chapel Hill's School of Information and Library Science alumni including, Betsy Herzog (MSLS '08), Gretchen Ptacek (MSLS '08), and Brian A. Schneider (MSLS '09) and current student Elizabeth Hogenson, had the...
March 15, 2011
The latest rankings for "America's Best Graduate Schools" were released today by US News & World Report. Besides new rankings in business, education, engineering, law and medicine (these are ranked annually), new this year are rankings for public health and several nursing...
March 5, 2011
The American Council on Education (ACE) this evening honored Susan L. Perry (MSLS '66), a pioneer in the integration of computing and library services, with the 2011 Donna Shavlik Award in recognition of her lifelong commitment to advancing women’s issues in higher education.
Perry, a...
March 2, 2011
All students, faculty and staff of the School of Information and Library Science are invited to submit nominations for the 2011 “Outstanding Teacher Award.” SILS will recognize two outstanding faculty – one full-time faculty member and one adjunct faculty member - who have...
March 2, 2011
Spring break officially begins Friday, March 4th at 5 p.m. Classes resume on Monday, March 14th at 8 a.m.
Have a safe, relaxing and happy break!
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