2019 News and Highlights

December 20, 2019

The UNC School of Information and Library Science had another great year in 2019. Watch this short video with some of the most memorable news and events.…Read more

Important year-end gift deadlines and reminders

December 19, 2019

Friends and alumni who wish to make a gift to the UNC School of Information and Library Science for 2019 should take note of important year-end deadlines to ensure your gift qualifies as tax deductible contribution for this year. Credit card gifts ca…Read more

SILS statement on the Silent Sam settlement

December 6, 2019

The faculty of the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) condemn the recent decision to give UNC Chapel Hill funds to a private organization for the purpose of erecting a memorial to the Confederacy. To fund an organization with documented…Read more

SILS remembers Evelyn Daniel

December 3, 2019

Evelyn H. Daniel, PhD, Dean and Professor Emerita of the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS), passed away on November 24, 2019. Click here to read her obituary. Dr. Evelyn Daniel at the SILS 75th anniversary celebration in 2007. SILS…Read more

CITAP seeks executive director and program associate

November 19, 2019

The Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life (CITAP) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is searching for outstanding candidates to fill the roles of executive director and program associate. The Center, which launched in Ju…Read more

SILS undergraduate Michael Doucette profiled by Endeavors

November 14, 2019

Michael Doucette, a senior double majoring in information science and interdisciplinary studies, discusses his research and the journey he took to get there with Endeavors. “I got involved with a lab in the psychology department, which allowed me to…Read more

Bachelor of Science in Information Science (BSIS)

Zeynep Tufekci: “The Hong Kong Protesters Aren’t Driven by Hope”

November 14, 2019

In a recent article in The Atlantic, UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) Associate Professor Zeynep Tufekci paints a chilling picture of the Hong Kong protests, one full of fear, violence, and without an end in sight. Tufekci walked…Read more

Paul Jones discusses the past and future of the internet with Well Said and Popular Mechanics

November 7, 2019

Carolina’s Well Said podcast recently interviewed UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) Professor Paul Jones and RENCI Senior Research Software Architect Michael Shoffner about the first radio broadcast streamed over the internet on No…Read more

Tressie McMillan Cottom to deliver talk on “Constructing The Good Black Digital Subject”

November 6, 2019

The UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) and the Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life (CITAP) will host a talk by author, professor, and sociologist Tressie McMillan Cottom on Tuesday, Dec. 3, from 10-11:00 am in the Pl…Read more

SILS shines at ASIS&T

November 6, 2019

Faculty and graduate students from the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) shared research and received recogniztion at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting, October 19-23 in Melbourne, Australia. Matthew Johnson (MSLS ’18) was recognized a…Read more