Cal Lee and Kam Woods to lead new redaction software project with $300K NSF grant

July 14, 2021

A $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) will support a new project at the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) to develop software that can identify and redact sensitive information within research-related datasets…Read more

Zeynep Tufekci examines possible origins and undeniable implications of SARS-CoV-2

June 25, 2021

In a guest essay for the New York Times, Zeynep Tufekci, Associate Professor at the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS), gives a thorough review of facts and theories surrounding the emergence of SARS-CoV-2. “Once a rare event, like…Read more

SILS alumna Katherine Wisser named Fellow of the Society of American Archivists

June 25, 2021

Katherine Wisser (MSLS ’00, PhD ’09), Associate Professor at the School of Library and Information Science and Director of the Archives Concentration and Archives Certificate programs at Simmons University in Boston, Mass., will be inducted as a Fell…Read more

CITAP launches new podcast about people, power, and technology

June 24, 2021

The Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life released the first episode of its new podcast, “Does Not Compute,” on June 22. “If we want to fix our relationship to technology, we have to understand what’s broken first,” says the podcast int…Read more

Tressie McMillan Cottom signs two-book deal with Random House

June 22, 2021

Tressie McMillan Cottom, Associate Professor at the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS), is writing two new books for Random House. The first book, BASIC, will be a paradigm-shifting exploration of how white identity is created, comm…Read more

Francesca Tripodi talks with The Well about navigating the complex information ecosystem

June 15, 2021

Francesca Tripodi, Assistant Professor at the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS), was recently featured by Carolina’s online publication The Well in an article about “How to improve your media literacy skills.” Francesca Tripodi in…Read more

Francesca Tripodi to deliver keynote at Responsible Machine Learning conference

May 26, 2021

Francesca Tripodi, Assistant Professor at the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS), will deliver the keynote address, “Searching for Alternative Facts,” for the Responsible Machine Learning conference, June 3-4. Organized by Women in…Read more

Endeavors looks at the history and future of search research at SILS

May 25, 2021

Endeavors, the online research magazine of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, recently published a series of retrospective features to show the advancement of projects that the publication highlighted years or even decades earlier. In 2…Read more

Mary Grace Flaherty authors new book on planning library events

April 23, 2021

Mary Grace Flaherty, Associate Professor at the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS), has written a new book to help library staff plan and execute events that will serve their communities. Great Library Events: From Planning to Promo…Read more

‘Searching for Information in the Digital Era’ panel with Francesca Tripodi on April 22

April 19, 2021

Francesca Tripodi, Assistant Professor at the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS), will serve as a panelist for “Truth & Denial: Searching for Information in the Digital Era,” Thursday, April 22, 12:00-1:30pm PST (3:00pm-4:30pm E…Read more