news@sils January 2016, Volume II

SILS to host first ACM SIGIR Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval
CHIIR 2016, a forum for the dissemination and discussion of research on the user-centered aspects of information interaction and information retrieval, will be held March 13-17 in Chapel Hill. Click to read more.

• Health Informatics Seminar: "The Kiosk Project: The Laupus Library Experience" - January 27, 4-5 p.m., HSL 227
• SILS Youth Services Alumni Reception - January 27, 5-7 p.m., Hanes Hall
• Info session on summer program in South Korea - January 28, 5-5:45 p.m., Manning 014
• Health Informatics Seminar: "PCORnet: The National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network from a Plains Perspective" - February 3, 4-5 p.m., HSL 227
• Health Informatics Seminar: "Rare Disease Identification Using Administrative Claims Data" - February 17, 4-5 p.m., HSL 227
• Service to remember UNC Library’s Will Owen - January 29, 4:30-5:30 p.m., Carolina Inn
• Study Abroad and Your Career - March 4, 12-1 p.m., Manning 01
• 2016 Steinfirst Lecture in Children's Literature - March 13, 3 p.m., Durham Library Main Branch
• CHIIR 2016 - March 13-17, 2016, Chapel Hill

• BSIS students awarded $1,000 scholarships
  Jessica Head and Aileen Ma, two newly-admitted Bachelor of Science in Information Science (BSIS) students, have been selected to receive $1,000 scholarships for the spring semester. Click to read more.
• Three SILS grad students accepted to CRA-Women Workshop
  Ph.D. students Angela Murillo and Grace Shin and MSPH/MSIS student Nnenna Ibeanusi have been accepted to the 2016 Computing Research Association-Women (CRA-W) Graduate Cohort Workshop, April 15-16 in San Diego. Click to read more.
• SILS student wins award for paper relevant to art librarianship
  Meredith Hale, who is earning a dual degree in information science and art history, has received the Gerd Muehsam Award from the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA). Click to read more.
• Fall Elfreda Chatman Research Award recipient selected
  Congratulations to SILS master’s student Emma Boettcher for winning the fall 2015 Elfreda Chatman Research Award for her proposal titled, “What is Difficulty?: Estimating the Difficulty of Fact-Finding Questions Using the ‘Jeopardy’ Archive.” This award is given to the best student research proposal of those nominated by instructors of INLS 781-Proposal Development. Boettcher will receive $150 and be officially recognized at the May 2016 graduation ceremony. Click here for more details about the award.

Going forward (barring any ice storms) news@sils will return to its usual once-a-month schedule on Wednesdays (Feb. 17, March 16, April 20, May 18). 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.