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FEBRUARY 2010
MARCHIONINI NAMED DEAN OF THE SCHOOL OF INFORMATION AND LIBRARY SCIENCE
Dr. Gary Marchionini, Cary C. Boshamer Professor at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been appointed dean of the School of
Information and Library Sciences.
http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2010/01_dean.htm
NEW - THE SUMMER SEMINAR TO LONDON!
The School of Information and Library Science and Department of Information
Studies, University College London invite you on a journey to the literary,
academic and cultural capital of England! The seminar will be held between
May 16th and 29th, 2010.
http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2010/01_london1.htm
A FEW SPACES LEFT FOR THE SUMMER SEMINAR TO PRAGUE
There are a few openings for the 2010 summer international program to
Prague in the Czech Republic.
http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2009/12_prague.htm
SILS OFFERS TWO $1,000 SCHOLARSHIPS FOR BSIS STUDENTS
Be part of one of the fastest growing fields in the nation. Apply for the
Bachelor of Science in Information Science (BSIS) program at the School of
Information and Library Science at University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill today!
http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2010/02_bsis.htm
NOW RECRUITING FOR 2010 FELLOWSHIPS FOR DOCTORAL STUDY IN DIGITAL CURATION
SILS is seeking applicants interested in Digital Archiving and Curation and
in earning a Doctoral Degree for its 2010 fellowhip program.
http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2009/11_recruitfellows.htm
PROGRAM TO PREPARE THE NEXT GENERATION OF INFORMATION STEWARDS GETS FUNDING
BOOST
Dr. Helen Tibbo, SILS professor, and Dr. Christopher "Cal" Lee, SILS
assistant professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, have
received an $803,258 grant from the Institute of Library and Museum
Services (IMLS) for a program called "Educating Stewards of Public
Information in the Twenty-First Century" (ESOPI-21).
http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2009/11_ESOPI-21.htm
DIGGCURR WINTER INSTITUTE - BUILDING COMMUNITY
The DigCCurr II (Digital Curation Curriculum) project hosted a Winter
Institute and Symposium January 6-8 at the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill (UNC at CH) continuing its efforts to promote and foster
digital curation practices and a community of digital curation
professionals.
http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2010/01_digin.htm
WINTER STORIES AND CHILDREN'S BOOK DRIVE - GREAT SUCCESSES!
In addition to storytelling and music of the season, the 17th Annual Winter
Stories program kicked off the evening of Dec. 10th with a special
announcement. The highlight of this year's event was the conclusion of a
very successful children' book drive.
http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2009/12_stories.htm
EVENTS
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CHAT - A DIGITAL ARTS AND HUMANITIES FESTIVAL BEGINS NEXT WEEK
The Institute for the Arts and Humanities (IAH), part of the College of
Arts and Sciences, will present CHAT (Collaborations: Humanities, Arts &
Technology), a digital arts and humanities festival open to the public Feb.
16-20, 2010 on the UNC campus.
http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2010/02_CHAT.htm
OCLC/FREDERICK G. KILGOUR LECTURE IN INFORMATION AND LIBRARY SCIENCE
Lee Dirks, director of Education & Scholarly Communications in Microsoft's
External Research division and SILS alumnus, will be the keynote presenter
for the annual OCLC/Frederick G. Kilgour Lecture in Information and Library
Science. The event will take place at the Frank Porter Graham Student Union
Auditorium on Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at 2 p.m. A reception is planned
immediately following the lecture in the Atrium outside of the Auditorium.
Follow uncsils on Twitter of the SILS Web site for more information as it
becomes available.
WWW2010
The 19th International World Wide Web conference, WWW2010, is fast
approaching. Early registration for the conference will end next week on
February 18. Keynote speakers include, Vint Cerf, vice president and chief
Internet evangelist for Google and widely know as a "Father of the
Internet;" danah boyd - Microsoft Research New England and a research
fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard
University; and Carl Malamud, founder and director of Public.Resource.Org a
nonprofit corporation that has placed over 90 million pages of U.S.
government documents on the Internet.
http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2010/02_www2010.htm
PEOPLE NEWS
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STUDENT VIDEO SELECTED FOR 2010 CHAT FESTIVAL
Disestablishmentarianism is the title of SILS graduate student Mike Nutt's
visual memoir project, which was selected by a jury for this year's CHAT
Festival Student Media Gallery.
http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2010/02_disestablishmentarianism.htm
MORGAN STODDARD - UNC'S FIRST GRADUATE WITH MSLS/JD
Morgan Stoddard is the first graduate of the MSLS/JD Dual Degree Program
offered by SILS and the UNC School of Law.
http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2009/12_morgan.htm
SKIP AULD SELECTED AS SILS DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS
Hampton "Skip" Auld (MSLS '79) has been named a 2009 Distinguished Alumnus
of the School of Information and Library Science.
http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2009/11_skipauld.htm
GARY BAREFOOT, SILS ALUMNUS, RECEIVES DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD
Gary F. Barefoot, director emeritus of Library Services at Mount Olive
College, received the 2009 Distinguished Service Award at Mount Olive
College during its Homecoming Weekend.
http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2009/12_barefoot.htm
SILS ALUMNUS AND POET LAUREATE, PUBLISHED
Patrick Herron, SILS alumus (MSIS 2006) and research analyst and
technologist for the Jenkins Chair for New Technologies in Society at Duke
University, has been published in a wide variety of places recently.
http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2009/12_herron.htm
NEW BOOK FOCUSES ON URBAN TEENS IN THE LIBRARY
"Urban Teens in the Library: Research and Practice" is the title of a new
book co-edited by Dr. Hughes-Hassell, SILS associate professor and Denise
E. Agosto, associate professor at Drexel University.
http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2009/10_urbanteens.htm
RUTH PALMQUIST RECEIVES WISE TEACHING AWARD
Ruth Palmquist, long-time SILS adjunct faculty member, has received a
Web-based Information Science Education (WISE) Faculty of the Year Award
for Excellence in Online Education in 2009!
http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2009/12_palmquist.htm
TAMIKA BARNES RECEIVES MERITORIOUS ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
On Thursday evening, Dec. 3, Tamika Barnes, director of the Environmental
Protection Agency Library in Research Triangle Park, NC, received the North
Carolina Special Libraries Association (SLA) Chapter Meritorious
Achievement Award at the NCSLA Gala and Awards Ceremony.
http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2009/12_tamika.htm
SILS DOCTORAL STUDENT WINS 2010 E.J. JOSEPH SCHOLARSHIP
This year's E.J. Joseph Scholarship Committee selected SILS doctoral
student Alice Etim's essay, "Following in the footsteps of Dr. E. J. Josey:
LIS Professionals Collaborating to Fix the Digital Divide in Modern
Society" as one of the winners of its annual essay-based scholarship
competition.
http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2010/01_etim.htm
STUDENTS RECEIVE ELFREDA CHATMAN AWARD FOR RESEARCH PAPER PROPOSALS
Two SILS master's students are the recipients of the Elfreda Chatman Fund
Award, an award given to master's students who demonstrate creative and
scholarly vision in their research proposals.
http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2010/01_chatman.htm
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