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March 27, 2013
Leslie Sult (MSLS '02), instructional services librarian at the University of Arizona Libraries and alumna of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Information and Library Science (SILS), and her colleague Gregory (Mike) Hagedon, senior applications systems analyst/...
March 26, 2013
American Libraries, a magazine of the American Library Association (ALA), has named University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's School of Information and Library Science (SILS) alumnus, Tyler Dzuba (MSLS '11) as one of its 2013 Emerging Leaders (ELs).
Dzuba is one of only 55 new library...
March 26, 2013
The University of North Carolina School of Information and Library Science and School of Government invite you to attend the annual public symposium held on April 19, 2013 from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm. The event is titled, “Information Stewardship in Public-Private Partnerships: Managing...
March 22, 2013
This year's "Movers & Shakers" list, published in the March issue of the Library Journal, features three alumni of the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Ben Hunter (MSLS '05) and Krista Schmidt (MSLS ’02) were...
March 20, 2013
Olivia Miller, a current MSLS student at UNC at Chapel Hill’s School of Information and Library Science (SILS), has been awarded the 2013 ARLIS/SE Professional Development Travel Award, which will allow her to travel to Pasadena, California in April to give a presentation at the 41st annual...
March 20, 2013
Thirty experts in interactive information retrieval, from seven countries, gathered on the UNC at Chapel Hill campus for a special workshop to discuss the research and challenges taking place with task-based search engines. On March 14 and 15, 2013, the UNC's School of Information and Library...
March 20, 2013
By 2015, it is projected that there will be approximately 51,000 unfilled health information technology (health IT) jobs in need of qualified workers. To prepare students to enter this market, the Carolina Health Informatics Program (CHIP) is currently accepting applications for the Graduate...
March 20, 2013
UNC at Chapel Hill's School of Information and Library Science (SILS) alumnus Tim Cook (MSLS ’12) has been training and raising funds for a great cause. Cook plans to run in the 2013 Boston Marathon to support the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, an organization that provides summer camps,...
March 18, 2013
Michael Tiemann, vice president of Open Source Affairs for Red Hat, will be the 2013 spring commencement speaker for the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
In 1989, Tiemann's technical expertise and entrepreneurial spirit led him to...
March 18, 2013
After conducting a nationwide search, Chapel Hill Town manager Roger Stancil announced today his appointment of Susan Brown (MSLS '01) as Chapel Hill Public Library director to be effective May 20. Brown is an alumna of the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University of North...
March 14, 2013
Bored with your bookshelves? In need of new treasures? Add to your collection at the UNC at Chapel Hill School of Information and Library Science (SILS) Annual Used Book Sale!
From Tuesday, March 26 through Thursday, March 28, the Student Chapter of the American Library Association (SCALA)...
March 13, 2013
Dr. Sandra Hughes-Hassell, professor at the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and doctoral student, Casey Rawson, have been selected for the 2013 Virginia Hamilton Essay Award Honor Citation for their...
March 13, 2013
Evan Carroll (BSIS ‘08, MSIS ’12) was featured on the PBS Newshour on March 11, 2013 during a broadcast titled, "What Happens to Our Digital Lives When We Die?” The show spoke about the struggles people are having to gain access to online files and accounts when their loved...
March 13, 2013
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Information and Library Science (SILS) alumnus and chair of the School’s Board of Visitors, Charles B. Lowry (MSLS, ‘74), retired in December 2012 as the executive director of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Dr....
March 12, 2013
The School of Information and Library Science (SILS) of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received the nation's number two ranking of best "Library and Information Studies" graduate schools by U.S. News and World Report in the magazine's 2014 edition of “America's...
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