Students taking Systems Analysis at SILS contribute to campus printing upgrade

June 18, 2019

Students taking the INLS 582 Systems Analysis class at the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) this spring worked with UNC ITS Teaching and Learning to improve the Carolina Computing Initiative (CCI) printing process on campus. “We w…Read more

Paul Jones: “Science behind the ‘Jeopardy!’ giant killer”

June 12, 2019

Emma Boettcher is a user experience librarian who won at “Jeopardy!” ending the rich run of James Holzhauer. (Google, or Siri, or Alexa): “What is a user experience librarian?” Just answering this question can be a challenge to a machine – and to a h…Read more

SILS alumna Emma Boettcher (MSIS ’16) makes headlines with ‘Jeopardy!’ triumph

June 10, 2019

Emma Boettcher (MSIS ’16), an alumna of the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS), became a media sensation in early June after her defeat of “Jeopardy!” phenomenon James Holzhauer. Before Boettcher’s debut, Holzhauer had enjoyed a 32-…Read more

Zeynep Tufekci examines the rise of digital tenancy and the failures of the GOT finale

May 31, 2019

In a recent article for WIRED, UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) Associate Professor Zeynep Tufekci highlights the ways that companies are using connectivity and embedded intelligence to increase profits by limiting consumer option…Read more

PhD students Megan Threats and Kristen Bowen selected as i3 teaching fellows

May 31, 2019

Megan Threats and Kristen Bowen, doctoral students at the UNC School of Information and Library Science, are two of the four PhD students selected from a nationwide search to co-teach modules on research design and programming for the iSchool Inclusi…Read more

Equity and Inclusion, Health Informatics

Amelia Gibson delivers keynote at BTAA Library Conference

May 31, 2019

Amelia Gibson, Assistant Professor in the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS), gave the keynote address at the Big Ten Academic Alliance Library Conference on May 23 at the University of Michigan. The 2019 conference theme was Equita…Read more

Equity and Inclusion

Rose Timmons Dawson (MSLS ’86): 2019 SILS Distinguished Alumna

May 30, 2019

Rose Timmons Dawson (MSLS ’86) began her library career the same year that Martin Luther King Jr. Day became a federal holiday. Dawson created three different programs to help educate young patrons about the civil rights leader. As the first African-…Read more

Sofía Becerra-Licha (MSLS ’12) named lead archivist for the Kennedy Center

May 30, 2019

Sofía Becerra-Licha (MSLS ’12), alumna of the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS), has been appointed lead archivist at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Sofia Becerra-Licha (MSLS ’12) The Kennedy…Read more

Gerald Holmes (MSLS ’85): 2019 SILS Distinguished Alumnus

May 30, 2019

Through his work at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNC-G), his service to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and his involvement with professional library organizations, Gerald Holmes (MSLS ’85) has encouraged individua…Read more

David Gotz discusses data visualization in Focus Carolina segment

May 16, 2019

David Gotz, Associate Professor at the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) and Assistant Director of the Carolina Health Informatics Program (CHIP), was recently interviewed for WCHL’s Focus Carolina program. In the radio segment, Go…Read more