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The closest disability parking is on Lenior Drive in front of Davis Library. For more details and exact parking maps check the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Department of Public...
All UNC students must own a laptop that meets campus computing requirements.
The laptop requirement applies to all SILS students, including graduate students and students in continuing studies or...
Outer Lab
The general use area of the lab includes nine PCs, four dual-core iMacs and a Mac Mini. One PC is designated as the "multimedia PC". Premiere Pro is configured on this machine to allow...
The SILS lab has two scanners that can be used to scan text documents and photos. We have an HP ScanJet Pro 2500 f1, which can scan documents with dimensions up to 21.6 cm x 309.9 cm (8.5 x 122...
SSH and Secure File Transfer Protocol
SSH is a command-line utility designed for logging into and executing commands on a remote system (opal.ils.unc.edu for example). SFTP is a way to transfer...
The Documentation Shelves contain numerous manuals for the software installed on the Lab computers, as well as books on the latest programming and scripting languages, networking, and database...
The SILS Library serials collection is located on the first floor stacks. They are labeled with title, volume, and year, and are organized alphabetically by title. To locate a journal, find the title...
The official podcast of the Information and Library Science Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Each episode will explore a different facet of the library's collection.
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The Elfreda Chatman Research Awards are given to masters' students who demonstrate creative and scholarly vision in their research proposals. The award was created by the SILS Alumni Association in...
In 1995, UNC Chancellor Paul Hardin and SILS Dean Barbara Moran established the SILS Award for Teaching Excellence. In February 2012, the award was renamed the Deborah Barreau Award for Teaching...
The Dean's Achievement Award is presented annually to one information science student and one library science student who produce the highest quality masters' papers in a given year. The papers are...
The Outstanding Service to the School Award is presented annually by the SILS Alumni Association (SILSAA), which asks members of the faculty to select a student who has contributed outstanding...
Submit nominations for the 2024 Distinguished Alumni Award: https://forms.office.com/r/eSgkDDS2JH
The deadline to submit nominations for the 2024 Distinguished Alumni Award is December 15th, 2023....
The Qualtrics survey tool is now available through a campus-wide site license. Faculty, students and staff can use Onyen authentication to access their Qualtrics account. Qualtrics provides the...
UNC's Health Sciences Library has produced an online tutorial on designing effective posters. The tutorial outlines the criteria for designing effective posters and describes the tasks involved in...
When you have to take your presentation on-the-road, check out the new Epson EMP-1715 portable projector. It's a light weight projector that uses 3LCD display technology, and provides a 1024 x 768...
SILS Instructors can check out the Shure PG188/PG185 Dual Lavalier Wireless System.
This system includes the PG88 Dual Diversity Receiver, two (2) PG1 Bodypack Transmitters and two (2) PG185...
Below is a list of forms used internally in SILS. For forms not listed on our site, please contact SILS Student Services at (919) 962-8366.
Advising
Bachelor of Science in Information Science...
Overview
Two-Possible Approaches
Topics
Registration and Deadlines
Frequently Asked Questions
Master's Paper Guidelines
Completed Papers
Overview
The final Master's paper requirement gives you...
SILSAA Membership
All graduates of the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) become members of the SILS Alumni Association (SILSAA) automatically upon graduation.
On September 17,...
Distinguished Alumni Award
In 1981, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the School of Library Science the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the anniversary...
Give Back to SILS: Volunteer for the Alumni Association Board
The SILS Alumni Association (SILSAA) Board includes the following elected representatives, as well as ex officio members Gary Marchionini...
The primary mission of the SILS Alumni Association is to foster positive and productive relationships between the school (including students) and its alumni. Recognizing that the continued health and...
