SILS team led by Brian Sturm will use $150K IMLS grant to help transform LIS youth services education

October 2, 2020

Brian Sturm, Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS), has been awarded nearly $150,000 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to help facilitate a national conver…Read more

SILS removes GRE requirement for graduate programs

October 2, 2020

The UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) has stopped requiring graduate program applicants to submit Graduate Record Exam (GRE) scores. SILS implemented the change over the summer, so students matriculating in January will be the firs…Read more

Doctoral, Masters

CEDI and CMIH begin NC Pregnancy & Birth Journeys Project

September 4, 2020

Amelia Gibson, Director of the Community Equity, Data & Information Lab (CEDI) at the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS), Kristin Tully and Erin McClain of the UNC Center for Maternal and Infant Health (CMIH), and Kate Menard fr…Read more

Health Informatics

NY Times: “How Zeynep Tufekci Keeps Getting the Big Things Right”

August 27, 2020

Zeynep Tufekci, Associate Professor at the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) and Principal Researcher for the Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life (CITAP), was lauded in the Aug. 23 New York Times for her ability to…Read more

SILS faculty lightning talks start Aug. 21

August 17, 2020

The UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) will host faculty lightning talks each Friday at 12:00pm from Aug. 21 to Sept. 25. These virtual events are open to everyone. Faculty members will give brief (10 minutes or less) talks on their…Read more

Helen Tibbo receives SAA Council Exemplary Service Award

August 17, 2020

The Society of American Archivists (SAA) has presented the 2020 SAA Council Exemplary Service Award to Helen Tibbo, Alumni Distinguished Professor at the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS), for her work on the Archival Metrics proje…Read more

Digital Curation
Master of Professional Science in Digital Curation and Management

Terika McCall earns first PhD in health informatics from Carolina

August 11, 2020

The Carolina Health Informatics Program (CHIP) recently celebrated a significant milestone as Terika McCall became the first student to graduate with her Doctor of Philosophy in Health Informatics. Dr. Terika McCall, PhD, MBA, MPH, on Carolina’s camp…Read more

Health Informatics
Carolina Health Informatics Program (CHIP)

Mohammad Jarrahi awarded NC Policy Collaboratory funding for research on COVID-19’s impact on gig workers

July 15, 2020

Mohammad Hossein Jarrahi, Associate Professor at the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS), has been awarded funding from the NC Policy Collaboratory for a project that will document the impact of COVID-19 on gig workers and their abil…Read more

Sayamindu Dasgupta awarded NSF grant for project to foster data literacies among young people

July 8, 2020

Sayamindu Dasgupta, Assistant Professor at the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS), has been awarded funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a two-year project aimed at fostering data literacies in middle-school and hi…Read more

Book by Sandra Hughes-Hassell offers guidance on fostering equity through collection management

July 7, 2020

This summer, ALA Editions published an updated and revised second edition of Collection Management for Youth by UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) Professor Sandra Hughes-Hassell. The book offers models and tools that will help libr…Read more

Equity and Inclusion