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2007 News StoriesSchool News| Faculty News | Student News | Alumni News School NewsGSLIS Community Mourns Death of Student and His Family, Plans Remembrance ActivitiesDecember 11, 2007: After master's student Mark Everett Moss and his family died last week, GSLIS students and faculty have made plans to remember Mark and his family. Read More...Guide Book Offers Tips on Buying Books to Give to ChildrenDecember 5, 2007: The 2007 Guide Book to Gift Books has been published. Read More...New Release of TEI Guidelines Announced at Annual MeetingNovember 12, 2007: The fifth release of the Text Encoding Initiative's Guidelines was announced at TEI's annual meeting in November. Read More...GSLIS Names Two New Research FellowsNovember 8, 2007: Richard Andrews and Sayeed Choudhury have been named research fellows at GSLIS. Read More...Betty Sue Flowers Looks to the Future in Windsor LectureSeptember 13, 2007: Betty Sue Flowers, Director of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, will give the Fall 2007 Windsor Lecture. Read More...GSLIS to Lead Team that will Preserve Virtual WorldsAugust 31, 2007: A team of experts from GSLIS embarks on a two-year project to preserve virtual worlds. Read More...Abdul Alkalimat Joins GSLIS FacultyAugust 20, 2007: Professor Abdul Alkalimat joins the GSLIS faculty in August. Read More...Kate Williams Joins GSLIS FacultyAugust 7, 2007: Assistant Professor Kate Williams joins the GSLIS faculty in August. Read More...GSLIS Returns to AfricaGSLIS is once again heading to Sao Tome and Principe, a tiny island nation off the coast of Gabon. Read More...GSLIS Receives Sizable Federal Grant AwardsJuly 4, 2007: GSLIS has fared well in the latest round of funding from IMLS. Read More...Professor Les Gasser and Students Present in SicilyJuly 2, 2007: In mid-July, Professor Les Gasser and his students Kiran Lakkaraju and Samarth Swarup illustrated some of their recent work . . . Read More...W. John MacMullen Joins GSLIS FacultyMay 24, 2007: In August 2007, W. John MacMullen will join the GSLIS faculty as an assistant professor working in bioinformatics. Read More...Jon Gant Joins GSLIS FacultyMay 24, 2007: In July 2007, Jon Gant will join the GSLIS faculty as an assistant professor. Read More...Carol Tilley Joins GSLIS FacultyMay 24, 2007: In August 2007, Carol Tilley will join the GSLIS faculty as an assistant professor working in youth services. Read More...Africa Trip a Success for GSLISApril 11, 2007: Participants just returning from working in Sao Tome and Principe off the western coast Africa are already gearing up for a return trip this June. Read More...GSLIS Faculty Rated ExcellentApril 4, 2007: Eighteen members of the GSLIS teaching staff were named to the University's "Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students" for their teaching during the Fall 2006 semester. Read More...CIC Garners Support from Government Officials, CampusMarch 30, 2007: Nearly one year after its launch as a new concentration GSLIS master's program, the Community Informatics Corps is catching the attention of local and state officials. Read More...McKinney to Work on WISE ProjectMarch 27, 2007: Anne McKinney has joined GSLIS as Visiting Coordinator of Instructional Design (WISE). Read More...GSLIS Students and Alumna Attend BOBCATSSS Library and Information Science Symposium in PragueMarch 21, 2007: In January, Associate Professor Terry Weech traveled to Prague with seven graduate students and one alumna to attend BOBCATSSS, an international meeting of library and information science professionals, faculty, and students. Read More...LEEP Classes Continue in Face of BlizzardFebruary 14, 2007: The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign cancelled classes for the first time since 1979, but LEEP classes soldier on. Read More...Center for Children's Books Names Gryphon Winner, Three 'Honor Books'February 5, 2007: "The True Story of Stellina," written and illustrated by Matteo Pericoli, has won the 2007 Gryphon Award for Children's Literature. Read More...New Master's Degree Concentration in Data Curation Offered at GSLISFebruary 1, 2007: GSLIS has launched a new master's concentration in data curation. The Data Curation Education Program (DCEP) received funding under the Institute of Museum & Library Services through the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian grant program. Read More...Paseo Boricua Welcomes Michigan's CICJanuary 31, 2007: On the weekend of January 26th to 28th, the GSLIS Community Informatics Corps (CIC) hosted a visit to Paseo Boricua, Chicago from the University of Michigan School of Information's Community Information Corps. Read More...Mellon Foundation Awards MONK a MillionJanuary 24, 2007: The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a two-year $1,000,000 grant to the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, for a humanities text-mining project called "Metadata Offer New Knowledge" (MONK). Read More...Johnson Joins GSLIS Development StaffJanuary 19, 2007: Sharon Johnson is joining the GSLIS staff on January 22 as an Associate Director of Development. Read More...Faculty NewsRayward Awarded Kaula Gold MedalNovember 16, 2007: Professor W. Boyd Rayward was presented the Kaula Gold Medal in October. Read More...Grant Supports New Phase of Research for 'Digital Collections and Content' ProjectNovember 14, 2007: The Institute of Museum and Library Services has extended a grant for the DCC project. Read More...Faculty and Students Present at ASIS&TNovember 6, 2007: GSLIS faculty and students attend 2007 ASIS&T annual conference. Read More...MacMullen Receives Dissertation AwardNovember 1, 2007: Assistant Professor W. John MacMullen has received the ProQuest Doctoral Dissertation Award given by ASIS&T. Read More...Heidorn Speaks at Biodiversity Standards Conference in SlovakiaSeptember 26, 2007: Associate Professor Bryan Heidorn and GSLIS doctoral student Qin Wei attend conference in Slovakia. Read More...Schiller Interviewed on Book TVSeptember 21, 2007: Professor Dan Schiller was one of five Illinois authors interviewed when the Book TV Bus visited campus. Read More...GSLIS Faculty Rated ExcellentAugust 21, 2007: Twenty-four members of the GSLIS teaching staff were named to the University's "Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students" Read More...Dean Unsworth Presents at ConferencesAugust 4, 2007: Dean John Unsworth gave a presentation addressing the dimensions and possibilities of e-Research Read More...Associate Professor Allen Renear Speaks at ALAJuly 9, 2007: Associate Professor Allen Renear spoke recently at the American Library Association 2007 Conference held in Washington D.C. Read More...Associate Professor Michael Twidale to give keynote address in UKJune 7, 2007: Associate Professor Michael Twidale will be giving a keynote address at the UK Museums on the Web Conference at the University of Leicester later this June. Read More...Professor Bertram (Chip) Bruce accepts Fulbright Distinguished Research ChairMay 17, 2007: Professor (Chip) Bruce has recently accepted the prestigious Fulbright Distinguished Research Chair in Learning and Teaching at the National College of Ireland (NCI). Read More...GSLIS Researchers Design New Model Pulling Together Information, Biology, Evolution, and NetworksApril 27, 2007: GSLIS Professor Les Gasser and computer science graduate student Samarth Swarup have found a way to unify several models of evolutionary change and network growth. Read More...Dean Unsworth to Address NEH, MITH SummitApril 3, 2007: Dean John Unsworth will be giving a plenary address on "Digital Humanities Centers as Cyberinfrastructure." Read More...Smith Honored with Off-Campus Teaching AwardMarch 13, 2007: Associate Dean and Professor Linda C. Smith has been awarded the University of Illinois 2006-2007 Campus Award for Excellence in Off-Campus Teaching. Read More...Schiller Publishes New BookMarch 9, 2007: The University of Illinois Press has just published Professor Dan Schiller's new book, How to Think about Information. Read More...GSLIS Faculty, Students Make Mark at ALISE, HICSSJanuary 17, 2007: GSLIS faculty and students recently attended the ALISE and HICSS meetings. Read More...Hearne Receives ALISE Teaching Excellence AwardJanuary 16, 2007: Professor Betsy Hearne has received the 2007 ALISE Award for Teaching Excellence in the Field of Library and Information Science Education. Read More...Willingham Named Faculty Fellow in AELJanuary 11, 2007: Adjunct lecturer Taylor Willingham has been named a 2007 Faculty Fellow in the university's Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership. Read More...Faculty Present at London Workshop on Service-Oriented Computing in the HumanitiesJanuary 11, 2007: GSLIS faculty Allen Renear and J. Stephen Downie gave talks at a Workshop on Service-Oriented Computing in the Humanities, at Kings College London, UK, December 18-19, 2006. Read More...Student NewsTen GSLIS Students Receive Training GrantSeptember 17, 2007: Ten GSLIS students received this grant given by the Illinois State Library. Read More...PhD Student M. Cameron Jones Wins Poster CompetitionJune 18, 2007: GSLIS PhD student M. Cameron Jones is the winner of this year's student research poster competition at the 2007 meeting of the Classification Society of North America. Read More...GSLIS Student Publishes in EDUCAUSE ReviewJune 18, 2007: GSLIS Student Daphnee Rentfrow has an article in the May/June issue of EDUCAUSE Review. Read More...GSLIS Student Participates in McNair Scholar ProgramJune 18, 2007: GSLIS undergraduate minor Kristin Palmer will be researching the role of digital family stories this summer. Read More...SLA Student Group Receives Honorable MentionJune 7, 2007: The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign SLA student group has received an honorable mention for innovative programming. Read More...GSLIS Student Receives Travel AwardApril 25, 2007: GSLIS student Melissa Zilic is the recipient of this year's Special Libraries Association (SLA) Illinois Student Travel Stipend Award. Read More...New Student Group LaunchedApril 11, 2007: Last month, a group of GSLIS students made GSLIS an official chapter of the Progressive Librarians Guild. Read More...Caizzi Receives Student Award from ACRLFebruary 9, 2007: Master's student Carolyn Caizzi has been awarded an ACRL National Conference Library School Student scholarship. Read More...GSLIS Faculty, Students Make Mark at ALISE, HICSSJanuary 17, 2007: GSLIS faculty and students recently attended the ALISE and HICSS meetings. Read More...Zilic Selected for ALA Student-to-Staff ProgramJanuary 12, 2007: Master's student Melissa Zilic has been selected as the GSLIS nominee for the ALA Student-to-Staff program for the ALA annual meeting. Read More...Alumni News
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HEADLINESSchiller Named Centennial Scholar Tilley Article Selected as One of LIRT's Best in 2007 UPCOMING EVENTSBiological Informatics Meet 'n Greet (Sep 5) Lunch discussion with Dr. James Cortada (Sep 8) Afternoon office hour with Dr. James Cortada (Sep 8) Dr. James Cortada: How Demand-Side Computing Shaped the History of Digitization (Sep 8) CII Speaker Series: Rural Librarians as Community Leaders (Sep 17) 18th Annual Mortenson Distinguished Lecture (Sep 17) Visiting Research Fellow Richard Andrews: The Doctoral Thesis in the Digital Age (Sep 24) |
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