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Students select courses in consultation with their faculty advisor, and may specialize their programs of study according to their interests and career objectives. Some advising grids showing...
Degree Requirements and Process
The doctoral program is structured to help students develop both a general understanding of information and library science as a field and expertise in a specific...
Degree Requirements and Process
The doctoral program is structured to help students develop both a general understanding of information and library science as a field and expertise in a specific...
SILS typically provides financial support for full-time doctoral students for up to five years of study. We expect full-time doctoral students to complete the program in five years or less. Financial...
All professional employees of public schools must hold a license for the subject or grade level they teach or for the professional assignment they hold. The official title for school librarians in...
The school library preparatory program at the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) is intended for all those seeking the NC 076 school library media coordinator (SLMC) license. Please...
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School Library Media Certification curriculum for Students with Prior Teacher Certification
Download a brochure that describes the School Library Media Coordinator Program...
In a time where our world is changing so fast and information is overwhelmingly abundant, children and young adult librarians can help young people learn to navigate, understand, and take positive...
Professors Gary Marchionini and Barbara Wildemuth at the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) and its Interaction Design Laboratory (IDL) have been awarded a $518,855 grant from the...
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK - The RTP Chapter of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) is sponsoring a "Forum on Personal Privacy" on May 23rd from 1 to 4pm in Kamphoefner auditorium...
The TRLN Seminar on Issues and Trends in Academic Librarianship is intended to engage the fellows in a discussion of critical issues faced by practitioners managing library resources, functions and...
Congress requires the Institute of Museum and Library Services to document results of grant activities to meet the requirements of the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993.
Outcome Based...
The following items were recommended to participants of the Time Management Workshop by Diane Newton, Falling Apples Consulting.
Time Management Literature
Alexander, Roy.
Commonsense Time...
The Librarians' Association at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (LAUNC-Chapel Hill) will host the 2010 LAUNC-CH Research Forum on Wednesday, May 5, 2010 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the...
Ricardo Baeza-Yates, vice president of Yahoo! Research for Europe, Middle East and Latin America, will present "Towards a Distributed Web Search Engine" on Monday, April 26, 2010.
The event, which is...
Robert Molyneux (Ph.D. '84) has been selected as a 2010 Distinguished Alumnus of the School of Information and Library Science (SILS). He will receive the School's highest honor bestowed to its...
Join guests from the Library of Congress, School of Information and Library Science (SILS) students and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries staff for a celebration that features a...
Aaron Brubaker and Hínár Polczer receive their individual Information Technology Awards from Mike Barker, assistant vice chancellor and chief technology officer in ITS, and Bruce Carney...
North Carolina State University Libraries recently announced their new fellows for next fall, two of which are SILS students. Beginning this summer, Adam Rogers and L. Hill Taylor will start their...
Apr. 22, 2010 – Dr. Jane Greenberg, professor and director of the Metadata Research Center, of the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has...
SILS student Meghan Gaherty (MSLS) has been named a 2010 IREX Fellow.
The International Research & Exchanges Board, or IREX, "is an international nonprofit organization providing leadership and...
Lee Dirks, director of Education & Scholarly Communications in Microsoft’s External Research division, presented "The Next Generation Scholarly Communication Ecosystem: Implications for...
The Fall 2009 issue of Library Trends, a quarterly standard in the field of library science scholarship, features "Workforce Issues in Library and Information Science." Edited by Drs. Joanne Gard...
The winner of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's prestigious 2010 Faculty Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring is Dr. Gary Marchionini, dean and Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished...
Beginning May 16, SILS faculty and students affiliated with the DigCCurr Professional Institute will lead and take part in a five day workshop (May 16-21) that addresses current trends in digital...
