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SILS Remembers Professor Claudia Gollop
May 11, 2022
Please join SILS for a virtual memorial honoring Dr. Gollop via Zoom on Saturday, July 23rd at 4:30-6:00 p.m. ET. Zoom Link: https://unc.zoom.us/j/92383379091?pwd=eURORlFjVGJrZm9Jb3NTR1BXeHVjQT09 ALA Memorial Resolution Honoring Dr. Claudia J. Gollop…Read more![SILS news default image](https://sils.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1369/2023/10/News_Default_Image.jpg)
New Carolina center to craft public policy for a better internet
April 21, 2022
How can internet users speak freely online while also being protected from harmful content? How can real security threats from foreign technology products be addressed without depriving people of apps they use daily? How can technology better protect…Read more![SILS news default image](https://sils.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1369/2023/10/News_Default_Image.jpg)
SILS to host 2022 Symposium on Information for Social Good on April 22
April 1, 2022
The UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) is hosting the 2022 Symposium on Information for Social Good on Friday, April 22, 2022 from 8:30am-3pm. The SILS Symposium on Information for Social Good is a mini-conference that offers an opp…Read more![SILS news default image](https://sils.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1369/2023/10/News_Default_Image.jpg)
Registration Open for SILS Conference on AI and Knowledge Work
March 19, 2022
Join the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) for the SILS Conference on AI and Knowledge Work. The conference will focus on the changing landscape of workplace culture through the evolution of technology and knowledge work. Find furt…Read moreGoogle Researcher Daniel Russell to deliver keynote address at SILS Conference on AI and Knowledge Work
March 9, 2022
The UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) announced Daniel Russell, a Senior Research Scientist for Search Quality and User Happiness at Google, as the keynote speaker for the upcoming SILS Conference on AI and Knowledge Work on March…Read more![M.K. England](https://sils.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1369/2023/11/News_EnglandMK_Mar2022.jpeg)
SILS alum M.K. England to deliver 2022 Steinfirst Lecture
March 4, 2022
Author, librarian, and UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) alum M.K. England (MSLS ’13) will give the Susan Steinfirst Community Lecture in Children’s Literature on Sunday, March 27, at 7 p.m. at the Morehead Planetarium on the UNC –…Read more![SILS news default image](https://sils.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1369/2023/10/News_Default_Image.jpg)
UNC SILS joins iSchools committee to plan 2022 summit
February 11, 2022
The UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) joined a group of top iSchools in the nation to plan a summit centered on the role of iSchools in the future of the library and information science (LIS) field. The planning committee aims to p…Read more![SILS news default image](https://sils.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1369/2023/10/News_Default_Image.jpg)
Congratulations grads: Recognizing SILS December 2021 graduates
December 21, 2021
The UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) extends its congratulations to the SILS students that graduated in December 2021. “On behalf of the SILS faculty, staff, and alumni, I extend my congratulations to all our December 2021 graduat…Read more![EITM Research Lab](https://sils.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1369/2023/11/News_EITM_3D_Vista-_WIP_Render_Dec2021.png)
Equity in the Making Research Lab developing virtual reality makerspace
December 20, 2021
The Equity in the Making (EITM) Lab, a research lab within the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS), is working to develop a virtual reality (VR) makerspace lab. Led by Maggie Melo, an assistant professor at SILS, the EITM Lab conduct…Read more![SILS news default image](https://sils.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1369/2023/10/News_Default_Image.jpg)
CITAP to co-host conference on “The Capitol Coup One Year Later,” SILS Professor Francesca Tripodi named a keynote speaker
December 17, 2021
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Center for Information, Technology and Public Life (CITAP) and George Washington University’s Institute for Data Democracy & Politics (IDDP) announced they will co-host a two-day conference titled…Read more