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February 9, 2012
The University Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has appointed Emily Jack (MSLS '07) as Digital Projects and Outreach Librarian in the North Carolina Collection Gallery of the Wilson Special Collections Library. She began Feb. 1.
Jack works under the supervision of...
February 9, 2012
Prague Summer Seminar in Libraries and Librarianship
May 20th - June 2nd, 2012
Prague, the magical city of cathedrals, gold-tipped towers, and church domes, is one of the most popular destinations in East Central Europe. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of...
February 8, 2012
Chelcie Rowell, an MSLS candidate at the School of Information and Library Science (SILS), has recently been chosen as the winner of an essay contest for the Student Chapter of the American Library Association (SCALA). As a winner, Chelcie will have the opportunity to participate in the student to...
February 8, 2012
The School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is pleased to announce that Cathy N. Davidson, Ruth F. DeVarney Professor of English at Duke University and the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies...
February 8, 2012
The School of Information and Library Science (SILS) and School of Government (SOG) at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) will hold a day-long symposium called “Government Bits: Stewardship of Public Information in a Changing Digital Landscape” on March 16, 2012 from...
February 8, 2012
Ed Sheary (MSLS ‘77), an alumnus of the School of Information and Library Science (SILS), was recently named Library Director of the Year for 2011 by the North Carolina Public Libraries Directors Association (NCPLDA).
Sheary is the director of public libraries in Buncombe County in western...
February 1, 2012
The School of Information and Library Science (SILS) is proud to announce that one of its alumni, Valerie Gillispie (MSLS ’05), has been named University Archivist at Duke University. Gillispie returns to North Carolina after having worked for the last five years as assistant...
February 1, 2012
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...
February 1, 2012
Amanda Click, doctoral student at the School of Information and Library Science (SILS), was recently named as one of the 2012 class of Emerging Leaders by the American Library Association (ALA).
According to the ALA’s press release, "the Emerging Leaders program is designed to enable...
January 26, 2012
Adam Rogers (MSLS '10), UNC at Chapel Hill School of Information and Library Science alumnus, has been appointed emerging technology services librarian at North Carolina State University (NCSU) Libraries effective Feb. 1, 2012.
"Rogers will develop and provide services for the NCSU...
January 25, 2012
Five members of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Information and Library Science (SILS) community, past and present, have received research awards from the Association of Library and Information Science Education (ALISE).
Alumni Carolyn Hank (Ph.D. ’11),...
January 25, 2012
To start 2012 with a bang, the School of Information and Library Science Alumni Association (SILSAA) has chosen not one, but two alumni to feature: Anna van Scoyoc (MSLS '01) and her husband, James Damron (MSLS '01). James is branch manager of the Lawrence Headquarters Branch Library, a...
January 23, 2012
An achievement award acknowledging contributions to the 2011 North Carolina State Employees Combined Campaign (NCSECC) was presented to the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) as a participant in UNC at Chapel Hill’s campaign team. The award was presented to divisions within...
January 23, 2012
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's School of Information and Library Science (SILS) invites you on a journey to the literary, academic and cultural capitols of London, England and Prague, Czech Republic by attending one of these international summer seminars for 2012.
The two-week...
January 23, 2012
Lori Haight has joined the School of Information and Library Science as the School’s first career services coordinator effective January 23, 2012.
Haight will be responsible for educating students on employment issues and fellowships and will counsel them on all aspects of internships and the...
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