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GREETINGS from the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Please share this news message. For the latest news and information, visit the SILS Web site: http://sils.unc.edu/ 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 ----------- 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 --------------------- 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 NEW TECHNOLOGY ------------------------------- FOLLOW SILS ON TWITTER For all of the latest information on awards, events, research, and news associated with the School of Information and Library Science, become a follower of SILS on Twitter. http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2010/02_twitter.htm SUBMIT YOUR NEWS ------------------------------- We welcome submissions to our newsletters. 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