SILS at iConference 2019

March 30, 2019

The UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) will be well represented at the 2019 iConference in Washington, D.C. Monday, April 1 1:30pm-3:00pm – “Automating Documentation: A Critical Perspective into the Role of Artificial Intelligence i…Read more

Wei Gao (MSIS ’01), VP at Amazon, selected for National Diversity Council’s Top 50 Women in Tech

March 28, 2019

Wei Gao (MSIS ’01), alumna of the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) and Vice President, Technical Advisor to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, has been named one of the Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology by the National Diversity Counci…Read more

NSF Cyber Carpentry Workshop application deadline extended to April 15

March 27, 2019

The application deadline for the NSF Cyber Carpentry Workshop: Data Lifecycle Training has been extended to April 15, 2019. The workshop will take place July 15-26, 2019 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Travel and accommodations wi…Read more

Mary Grace Flaherty receives fellowship from MLA to study health information use

March 26, 2019

UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) Assistant Professor Mary Grace Flaherty has received a Lindberg Research Fellowship from the Medical Library Association (MLA) to study how information use affects timely diagnosis and health servi…Read more

Health Informatics

Alumna author Mélina Mangal to discuss her new picture book at SILS Library

March 21, 2019

Author, school librarian, and UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) alumna Mélina Mangal (MSLS ’94) is visiting Chapel Hill in early April to share her new book, The Vast Wonder of the World: Biologist Ernest Everett Just. She will rea…Read more

Megan Oakleaf (PhD ’06) wins ACRL/IS Miriam Dudley Instruction Librarian Award

March 20, 2019

Megan Oakleaf (PhD ’06), alumna of the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) is the winner of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Instruction Section’s (IS) Miriam Dudley Instruction Librarian Award. The award reco…Read more

University Librarian issues statement on UC System’s Termination of Elsevier Subscriptions

March 20, 2019

Elaine L. Westbrooks, Vice Provost for University Libraries and University Librarian, issued a statement on March 20 regarding the University of California (UC) system’s decision to cancel their $50 million subscription deal with publishing giant Els…Read more

Prague summer seminar deadline extended to April 1

March 18, 2019

The deadline to register for the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) Prague Summer Seminar has been extended to April 1. The two-week seminar offers lectures and tours related to librarianship in a country that deals with a history o…Read more

Zeynep Tufekci weighs in on the Web’s 30th Anniversary

March 16, 2019

UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) Associate Professor Zeynep Tufekci was one of the featured speakers at the 30th Anniversary of the World Wide Web at CERN in Switzerland. Lou Montulli, Zeynep Tufekci, Tim Berners-Lee, Robert Caill…Read more

Zeynep Tufekci weighs in on the Web’s 30th Anniversary

March 16, 2019

UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) Associate Professor Zeynep Tufekci was one of the featured speakers at the 30th Anniversary of the World Wide Web at CERN in Switzerland. Lou Montulli, Zeynep Tufekci, Tim Berners-Lee, Robert Caill…Read more