Zeynep Tufekci explains how Coronavirus may have exposed “Authoritarianism’s Fatal Flaw”

February 25, 2020

In her latest column for The Atlantic, UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) Associate Professor Zeynep Tufekci argues that China’s increased use of surveillance and censorship may have prevented its leader from recognizing the Coronav…Read more

David Gotz and Ray Wang awarded grant to create integrated data visualization prototype

February 25, 2020

UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) faculty members David Gotz and Yue “Ray” Wang have been awarded over $200,000 in grant funding to develop a system that will allow users to bring unstructured contextual information into structured…Read more

Three information science majors awarded scholarships from SILS

February 18, 2020

The UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) recently awarded $1,000 scholarships to three information science majors: Solomon Duncan, Laura Haller, and Rachael Head. SILS annually confers the merit-based scholarships to recently admitted…Read more

Bachelor of Science in Information Science (BSIS)

Javed Mostafa and Saif Khairat discuss health informatics on Focus Carolina

February 18, 2020

Javed Mostafa, Director of the Carolina Health Informatics Program (CHIP), and CHIP core faculty member Saif Khairat were recently featured on Focus Carolina, a program on WCHL radio that highlights important research at UNC-Chapel Hill. Mostafa disc…Read more

Health Informatics
Carolina Health Informatics Program (CHIP)

SILS seeks candidates for Wilson Distinguished Professorship

February 15, 2020

The UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) invites nominations and applications for the Louis Round Wilson Distinguished Professorship. This tenured, full professor appointment honors the legacy of Dr. Wilson, the first librarian at the…Read more

Zeynep Tufecki breaks down the Iowa app debacle in new column for The Atlantic

February 4, 2020

Zeynep Tufecki, Associate Professor at the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS), offers a detailed analysis of what went wrong in Iowa and outlines a more secure route for reporting results in her latest column for The Atlantic. “Who…Read more

SILS Alumnus John Ulmschneider named ACRL Academic/Research Librarian of the Year

January 24, 2020

John E. Ulmschneider, Dean of Libraries and University Librarian at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), has been named the 2020 ACRL Academic/Research Librarian of the Year. The award, sponsored by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO, recognizes an…Read more

Registration open for summer seminars in Barcelona, Dublin, and Prague

January 15, 2020

The UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) has three international summer seminars planned for 2020, including a brand new course focused on libraries and librarianship in Spain. SILS Assistant Professor Maggie Melo will lead “Books in…Read more

19 times SILS students were awesome in 2019

December 27, 2019

UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) faculty and staff know that our students are pretty great every day and have been awesome way more than 19 times this year, but here are 19 quick summaries of events where they shined or recognitio…Read more

Congratulations to SILS winter graduates

December 21, 2019

Congratulations to the UNC School of Information and Library Science winter graduates! SILS grads from August 2019, December 2019, and May 2020 will be recognized at the SILS Spring Commencement on May 7, 2020. Bachelor of Science in Information Scie…Read more

Bachelor of Science in Information Science (BSIS), Doctor of Philosophy in Information and Library Sciences, Master of Science in Information Science (MSIS), Master of Science in Library Science (MSLS)