Jane Frazier (MSIS ’13) to Be Featured on Spring 2023 SILS Alumni AMA Webina

February 18, 2023

REGISTER TO ATTEND HERE The UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) will host an Alumni Ask Me Anything (AMA) webinar with Jane Frazier (MSIS ’13), Senior Applied Information Scientist in the Xero Data Team, on Friday, March 3 at 2 p.m.…Read more

Graziella Tonfoni to Present on Meaning Management in a Globally Networked World

February 10, 2023

REGISTER TO ATTEND Graziella Tonfoni, a linguist and information systems specialist, will present on the challenges of translating texts and ideas from one language to another and from one cultural or temporal context to another. During her presentat…Read more

Nominate your favorite professor for the SILS teaching excellence award

February 6, 2023

All students, faculty, and staff of the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) are invited to submit nominations for the 2020 Deborah Barreau Award for Teaching Excellence. SILS will recognize one full-time faculty member and one adjunc…Read more

Kawanna Bright to Deliver 2023 Kilgour Lecture

February 3, 2023

REGISTER TO ATTEND Dr. Kawanna Bright, Assistant Professor of Library Science at East Carolina University will deliver the 2023 OCLC/Frederick G. Kilgour Lecture on Feb. 17 at 1 p.m. in the Hitchcock Multipurpose Room at the Sonja Haynes Stone Center…Read more

Francesca Tripodi Publishes New Research on the Role Libraries Play in Combating Disinformation

January 25, 2023

Francesca Tripodi, Assistant Professor at the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS), is the lead author on a newly published research article examining the role libraries play in finding a solution to disinformation. In “Libraries Comb…Read more

Anthony James joins SILS as inaugural director of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging

January 19, 2023

n the role, James also serves the UNC School of Education.  When talking about his new role as the inaugural director of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) at the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) and the UNC School…Read more

Tressie McMillan Cottom Ranked in Top 200 Education Scholars by “Education Week”

January 5, 2023

Tressie McMillan Cottom, an associate professor at the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS), ranked in the top 200 education scholars in the nation on Education Week’s “2023 Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings,” an annual list publi…Read more

Donna Nixon (MSLS ’01) to Deliver Spring 2023 Alumni Lecture

January 3, 2023

The UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) will host the first Spring 2023 alumni lecture by alum Donna Nixon (MSLS ’01) on Thursday, Feb. 9th at 3 p.m. ET via SILS YouTube Channel Livestream. Nixon currently serves as the Electronic Re…Read more

SILS Alum Larry Alford (MSLS ’78) Receives Ron MacDonald Distinguished Service Award

January 2, 2023

Alum Larry P. Alford (MSLS ’78) has been recognized with the prestigious Ron MacDonald Distinguished Service Award from colleagues at the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN).  Alford currently holds the role of university chief librarian at th…Read more

SILS Congratulates December 2022 Graduates

December 19, 2022

The UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) extends its congratulations to the SILS students that graduated in December 2022. During the University’s winter commencement ceremony, which was held in the Dean E. Smith Center on December 11…Read more