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Louis Rosenfeld to Deliver 2023 SILS Departmental Commencement Address

May 5, 2023

Information architect, author, and publisher Louis Rosenfeld will deliver the 2023 SILS Departmental Commencement keynote address on May 11 in the Dean E. Smith Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus. About Rosenfeld  Rosenf…Read more


Lukasz Mazur

SILS Associate Professor Lukasz Mazur Awarded 2023 IISE Fellow Award

April 6, 2023

In March, Lukasz Mazur, an associate professor at the UNC School of Information and Library Science and the UNC School of Medicine, was awarded the 2023 IISE Fellow Award. The Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers (IISE), which distributes…Read more


Amy Vincent

Amy Vincent: Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week

April 6, 2023

Amy Vincent is a Master of Science in Library Science major at the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS). Vincent’s previous background teaching elementary school brought her to SILS, where she is pursuing her passion to become a Schoo…Read more


Master of Science in Library Science (MSLS), Masters
Aashka Dave

Aashka Dave: Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week Feature

April 5, 2023

Aashka Dave is pursuing her Ph.D. in Information and Library Science at the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS). At SILS, Dave currently conducts research to study how people find information on politically divisive topics. She is al…Read more


Doctor of Philosophy in Information and Library Sciences, Doctoral
Drew Robinson

Drew Robinson: 2023 Graduate & Professional Student Appreciation Week Feature

April 4, 2023

Drew Robinson is a Master of Science in Information Science major at the UNC School of Information and Library Science. As an undergraduate student at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, Robinson received a minor in information science wh…Read more


Master of Science in Information Science (MSIS), Masters
Donna Nixon

Donna Nixon (MSLS ‘01) Named 2023 SILS Distinguished Alum

April 3, 2023

The UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) presented the 2023 Distinguished Alumni Award to Donna Nixon (MSLS ‘01) on April 1 during the 2023 SILS Dean’s Luncheon. Established in 1981, the Distinguished Alumni Award recognizes alumni wh…Read more


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Julie Stivers (MSLS’15) named Library Journal “Mover & Shaker”

March 19, 2023

Julie Stivers (MSLS’15), alumna of the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) and current librarian at Mount Vernon Middle School in Wake County, N.C., has been named a 2019 “Mover & Shaker” by Library Journal. Click here to read th…Read more

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SILS Scholar Showcase

Registration Open: 2023 SILS Scholar Showcase

March 18, 2023

VIEW THE EVENT WEBSITE FOR MORE DETAILS HERE Hosted by the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS), the SILS Scholar Showcase is a day for the SILS community to gather and share research and professional projects as well as explore topic…Read more


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Mohammad Hossein Jarrahi wins award for best article

February 27, 2023

Mohammad Hossein Jarrahi, Assistant Professor at the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS), has won the Best Article Award for 2018 from Business Horizons. “Artificial intelligence and the future of work: Human-AI symbiosis in organiza…Read more


Research In Action & Equity in the Making: How the EITM Lab Promotes Inclusivity in Public Makerspaces

February 21, 2023

For some, working with new technologies can be an intimidating feat. For SILS Assistant Professor Maggie Melo and SILS graduate student researchers, their current research seeks to understand why this reaction happens in technological environments an…Read more