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Current grant-funded research projects at SILS
Presented in alphabetical order by faculty member's last name.
Modeling Cross-Component Effects in Aggregated Search Prediction and Evaluation...
Dissertations
To earn a doctoral degree, Ph.D. students must propose and successfully defend a dissertation that represents an original contribution to knowledge.
Master's papers
In addition to...
In support of the University’s diversity goals and the mission of the UNC School of Information and Library Science, SILS embraces and promotes diversity and inclusion in all their forms. We broadly...
The Deborah Barreau Award for Teaching Excellence
Recognizes one full-time faculty member and one adjunct faculty member, nominated by students for teaching excellence.
Dean's Achievement Award...
The Information and Library Science Library website has moved to: http://library.unc.edu/sils
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Contact the Library
Phone: (919) 962-8361
E-mail: silslibrary [@] unc.edu...
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Our Mission
SILS educates innovative and responsible thinkers who will lead the information professions; discovers principles and impacts of information; creates systems, techniques, and policies to...
Students
All UNC students are granted an Adobe Creative Cloud User Account. There are two primary options of accessing this software:
Download Adobe Creative Cloud on your laptop or desktop...
Follow these three important steps to keeping your computer in good working order:
1. Always use antivirus software. UNC provides the Microsoft Security Essentials client for free to students on...
Instructional Technology Resources
Sakai Resources: Getting started & support for using Sakai.
Zoom Video Conferencing: Getting started resources
Microsoft Teams: Introductory videos, client...
Directors
1931 - 1932
Louis Round Wilson
1932 - 1935
Susan Grey Akers (acting director)
1935 - 1942
Susan Grey Akers
Deans
1942 - 1954
Susan Grey Akers
1954 - 1960
Lucile Kelling Henderson
1960 -...
SILS invites distinguished scholars and industry leaders to share their knowledge and expertise with students, faculty, and the general public throughout the year. The following list highlights four...
The Outer Computer Lab in Manning Hall provides SILS affiliates with a productive and spacious work or study area equipped with high-quality Windows and Apple Machines. The Outer Lab is open during...
Connecting to Eduroam for any device:
Eduroam is the primary wireless network at UNC. Configuring your device to use the UNC eduroam network gives you access at all eduroam institutions worldwide....
Students must take steps to backup important data on personal computers and laptops in case of loss, damage or hard drive failure. It is a good practice to ensure your data is in two locations....
There are two methods to password protect your web directories on the opal and ruby servers.
1. UNC Onyen authentication:
Each user home directory includes a file named ONYEN-AUTHENTICATION.txt....
About Our Collection
The SILS Library consists of over 99,000 volumes. We check in approximately 1,300 serials titles every year. The professional collection (Library of Congress classification)...
Renewal | UNC Catalog Search | Borrowing | Email Notification | Inter-library Loan
SILS Library Reference Desk
The SILS library staff wants to share some books with you.
Mister Seahorse by Eric Carle
Mister Seahorse by Eric Carle follows the journey of a father seahorse who meets other male sea creatures...
The PDF files with full text of SILS master's papers are available beginning with papers completed in 1999. The Information and Library Science Library has print copies of papers from 1963-present....
Borrowing
The School of Information and Library Science (SILS) Library is part of the UNC-CH Academic Affairs Library System and its collections are available for use in the Library by all...
Generally reserve items, some periodicals and non-print materials, items which are assumed lost, and items which have been requested by another borrower cannot be renewed.
Renewals Online
To renew...
Email Notifications
Borrowers affiliated with the University: The Library will use your ONYEN email address from the University Directory.
Borrowers not affiliated with the University: You must enter...
