Virginia Beall was so excited about the Fall 2024 Career Treks that she signed up for both trips. As a first-year student in the M.S. in Library Science program, she felt the trips would help her learn about different ways … Read more

While working as an intern at a public library with a reputation for being haunted, a book-loving college student thinks about becoming a librarian. So, while a global pandemic turns life upside-down, she enrolls in graduate school. She works hard … Read more

Interning at the U.S. Copyright Office Emma Lubove had a background in dance and was working in the service industry when she decided to reevaluate her long-term career goals. Interested in a field that combined her passion for cultural preservation … Read more

Over the next five years, Associate Dean of Research Arcot Rajasekar will work with a team of scientists and researchers across the country to advance the understanding of environmental drivers of health and disease. The project is the Network for … Read more

This year, four students from the UNC School of Information and Library Science were awarded Spectrum Scholarships from the American Library Association. This scholarship program actively recruits and provides scholarships to American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, Middle Eastern … Read more

Only three years into his career as a professor, Elliott Kuecker has received his second teaching award. This time, it’s the 2024 Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Early Career Excellence in Teaching Award. According to ALISE, “Kuecker … Read more

Ashley Rockenbach hopes that she never forgets to question her role as an archivist.     California. Michigan. Uganda. The Netherlands. Malawi. Virginia. New York. India. North Carolina.   Graduate student Ashley Rockenbach’s life as a scholar, teacher, and researcher has taken … Read more

  The Environmental Protection Agency was a fairly new agency when Edward Holley, dean of the UNC School of Library Science, received a visitor. “Stanley Coerr, then with the EPA Office of Administration, approached the new dean with a question: … Read more

MS in Library Science student Shira Greer is the 2024 recipient of the Harold T. Pinkett Student of Color Award given by the Society of American Archivists (SAA). Greer will receive complimentary registration and travel expenses to attend the SAA … Read more

Second-year master’s in library science student Ashley Rockenbach has been named the 2024 recipient of the Society of American Archivists’ F. Gerald Ham and Elsie Ham Scholarship. The scholarship includes $10,000 and complimentary registration for the organization’s 2024 annual meeting this … Read more