Registration Open: 2023 SILS Scholar Showcase

March 18, 2023

VIEW THE EVENT WEBSITE FOR MORE DETAILS HERE Hosted by the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS), the SILS Scholar Showcase is a day for the SILS community to gather and share research and professional projects as well as explore topic…Read more

Mohammad Hossein Jarrahi wins award for best article

February 27, 2023

Mohammad Hossein Jarrahi, Assistant Professor at the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS), has won the Best Article Award for 2018 from Business Horizons. “Artificial intelligence and the future of work: Human-AI symbiosis in organiza…Read more

Research In Action & Equity in the Making: How the EITM Lab Promotes Inclusivity in Public Makerspaces

February 21, 2023

For some, working with new technologies can be an intimidating feat. For SILS Assistant Professor Maggie Melo and SILS graduate student researchers, their current research seeks to understand why this reaction happens in technological environments an…Read more

Jane Frazier (MSIS ’13) to Be Featured on Spring 2023 SILS Alumni AMA Webina

February 18, 2023

REGISTER TO ATTEND HERE The UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) will host an Alumni Ask Me Anything (AMA) webinar with Jane Frazier (MSIS ’13), Senior Applied Information Scientist in the Xero Data Team, on Friday, March 3 at 2 p.m.…Read more

Graziella Tonfoni to Present on Meaning Management in a Globally Networked World

February 10, 2023

REGISTER TO ATTEND Graziella Tonfoni, a linguist and information systems specialist, will present on the challenges of translating texts and ideas from one language to another and from one cultural or temporal context to another. During her presentat…Read more

Nominate your favorite professor for the SILS teaching excellence award

February 6, 2023

All students, faculty, and staff of the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) are invited to submit nominations for the 2020 Deborah Barreau Award for Teaching Excellence. SILS will recognize one full-time faculty member and one adjunc…Read more

Kawanna Bright to Deliver 2023 Kilgour Lecture

February 3, 2023

REGISTER TO ATTEND Dr. Kawanna Bright, Assistant Professor of Library Science at East Carolina University will deliver the 2023 OCLC/Frederick G. Kilgour Lecture on Feb. 17 at 1 p.m. in the Hitchcock Multipurpose Room at the Sonja Haynes Stone Center…Read more

Francesca Tripodi Publishes New Research on the Role Libraries Play in Combating Disinformation

January 25, 2023

Francesca Tripodi, Assistant Professor at the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS), is the lead author on a newly published research article examining the role libraries play in finding a solution to disinformation. In “Libraries Comb…Read more

Anthony James joins SILS as inaugural director of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging

January 19, 2023

n the role, James also serves the UNC School of Education.  When talking about his new role as the inaugural director of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) at the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) and the UNC School…Read more

Tressie McMillan Cottom Ranked in Top 200 Education Scholars by “Education Week”

January 5, 2023

Tressie McMillan Cottom, an associate professor at the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS), ranked in the top 200 education scholars in the nation on Education Week’s “2023 Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings,” an annual list publi…Read more