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| April 2015 |
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| SILS Hosts First Annual Project Fair |
| SILS hosted its first annual Project Fair to showcase the work of students on April 10 in Manning Hall. More than 20 graduate and undergraduate students presented their research and creations to fellow students, faculty, and guests. Click to read more. |
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| SILS and EPA-RTP Library Celebrate 40 Great Years |
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The UNC-Chapel Hill School of Information and Library Science (SILS) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Research Triangle Park (RTP) Library celebrated 40 years of collaboration, education, and experience on April 11, 2015. Current and former interns and staff members of the EPA-RTP Library and SILS faculty and administrators gathered at the Carolina Club to help commemorate the milestone. Learn more about SILS and the EPA-RTP Library at http://sils.unc.edu/alumni/epa-reunion or click through photos from the event at https://www.flickr.com/phot…/uncsils/sets/72157651950158762/.
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| Long-time SILS Faculty Member Robert Newton Broadus Dies at 92 |
| Robert Newton Broadus was a professor at SILS from 1976-93 and greatly influenced many students during his tenure. He authored a widely-used book on library collection development, edited or co-edited two other books, and contributed scholarly and professional articles to books and periodicals in several academic fields. Click to read more. |
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| 2015 OCLC/Kilgour Lecture |
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Andrew Fiore, Growth and Internet.org Research Manager at Facebook, presented "The Limits of Data Science at Scale" as the topic of the 10th annual OCLC/Frederick G. Kilgour Lecture Monday, March 16, at 3 p.m. at the Carolina Club. Click here to watch a video of the lecture.
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| Upcoming Events |
- SILS Cradle Seminar: "Identifying Neurological Patterns Associated with Information Seeking: A Pilot fMRI Study" by Javed Mostafa and Vincent Carrasco - April 17, 12-1 pm, Manning 208
- 2015 Edible Book Contest - April 17, 12 pm, SILS Library
- Speed Networking Hosted by SILSAA- April 20, 5:30-7 pm, Wilson Library Pleasants Family Assembly Room
- "How Diversity Matters: Micro-Practices That Keep Libraries Relevant" Webinar - April 23, 2:30 pm, Davis Library, Rooms 214 A-B-C.
- SILS Spring Commencement - May 10, students and faculty gather at 12 pm in front of Manning Hall
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| Editor's Note |
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The next edition of news@sils will be sent on Wednesday, May 20. If you have an event or news item you would like to have featured, be sure to submit it through the event form or in an email to kpearl@email.unc.edu by May18.
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