SILS News
May 8, 2013
Dr. Jennifer Weil Arns (Ph.D. '02), assistant professor, School of Information and Library Science, University of South Carolina, and alumna of the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been elected vice-chair/chair-elect of the...
May 8, 2013
M. Cristina Pattuelli (Ph.D. '07), alumna of the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and associate professor in Information and Science at the Pratt Institute, and her colleague Irene Lopatovska are the winners of the 2013 American...
May 8, 2013
Students, faculty and staff were treasted with a visit by Othello the Therapy Dog on May 1st, 2013 in the Library of the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Therapy dogs are used to reduce stress and bring cheer and happiness to...
May 8, 2013
Anne Less (MSLS '08), Google Green Team consultant, and a 2008 alumna of the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, collaborated with Beth Filar Williams and Sarah Dorsey of UNC-Greensboro last fall to publish a paper titled, "Librarians...
May 1, 2013
Work, research and studying at the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) means that we all spend most of our time parked in front of computers, the beautiful campus and spring weather tantalizing us from just beyond the window. But recently a sizable number of SILSters got out...
April 29, 2013
Jacob Hill, a Ph.D. student and a Fellow in the Educating Librarians in the Middle East: Building Bridges for the 21st Century (ELIME-21) program in the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina, has been accepted to participate in the Carolina Digital...
April 26, 2013
The need for quality literacy education is strong, particularly for certain underserved populations. One group in critical need of improved literacy instruction is African American males. According to the National Association for Educational Progress 2011 Report Card, only 14 percent of African...
April 25, 2013
For students with 60 credits who may be graduating, expecting to graduate in the future or alumni who have already graduated, a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill class ring to symbolize the completion of your degree may be on your wish list.
The rings, which are...
April 24, 2013
The annual meeting of the Medical Library Association will take place from May 3rd to May 8th, 2013 in Boston, MA.
A special library school reunion is planned for alumni of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's School of Information and Library Science at 6 to 7 p.m...
April 23, 2013
Leslie Sult (MSLS '02), has been selected as the latest featured alumna by the School of Information and Library Science Alumni Association (SILSAA). Sult received her Master’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Information and Library Science (...
April 23, 2013
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is switching to a new voice over IP (VoIP) phone system. Members of the Information Technology Services (ITS) Telecom team have delivered the new VoIP telephone instruments to offices in Manning Hall, and activation is scheduled for...
April 23, 2013
A few years ago, you would have been forgiven for not expecting that Jane Smith (MSIS '13) would now be serving on a bibliographic control working group of the Music Library Association (MLA). With a Master's degree in music and a number of opera performances and competitions under her belt, you...
April 22, 2013
A day-long symposium, a poster session featuring the research of doctoral students and a two-day Digital Curation Education Experts meeting marked the closing of almost seven years of funding from the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) for Digital Curation Curriculum (DigCCurr)...
April 19, 2013
Dr. Brian Sturm, associate professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Information and Library Science (SILS), was inducted into the Frank Porter Graham Honor Society on April, 18, 2013 during a special ceremony held in the Pleasants Family Assembly Room of the Wilson...
April 17, 2013
UNC at Chapel Hill School of Information and Library Science graduate student, Amanda MacDonald, is the recipient of a Baker & Taylor award to Egypt. The $5000 award will cover airfare, the cost of subsistence, ground transportation and in-country travel during the 4-6 week program at the...
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