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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/ SPRING 2010 "A LIFE WELL LIVED" - A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR DR. EDWARD G. HOLLEY A memorial service for former School of Information and Library Science dean, Dr. Edward G. Holley, will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 12, 2010 at Gerrard Hall on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus. Hosted by his children, Gailon, Jens, Amy and Beth, the service will honor and celebrate the life of their father who was one of the library world's most outstanding leaders and highly regarded by those who knew him. http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2010/05_holley.htm SILS PARTNERS WITH DUKE FOR ONC HEALTH INFORMATICS GRANT SILS, in partnership with Duke University and other units at UNC at Chapel Hill, has been awarded a grant by the Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC). The grant for $865,000 will be used to recruit and fund students for the emerging health informatics program at SILS. http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2010/04_ONC_bioinformatics_grant.htm DR. EVELYN DANIEL TO RETIRE Two years after her official retirement, Dr. Evelyn Daniel, associate dean for Academic Affairs and professor, will leave the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to enjoy a much deserved retirement. http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2010/05_daniel.htm "LIBRARY TRENDS" ISSUE FEATURES UNC AT CHAPEL HILL RESEARCHERS 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 Marshall, alumni distinguished professor, SILS at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Paul Solomon, associate professor, School of Library and Information Science, University of South Carolina and former associate dean of Academic Affairs at SILS; and Susan Rathbun-Grubb, Ph.D., 2009 SILS alumna. http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2010/03_librarytrends.htm BLITZ CELEBATES 2010 AS THE YEAR OF CATALOGING RESEARCH! Library of Congress guests, School of Information and Library Science (SILS) students and faculty, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries staff and visitors from the Research Triangle Park and surrounding libraries came together April 19, 2010 in the Davis Library on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus for a celebration that featured a blitz on cataloging research. http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2010/04_blitz.htm T-RACES PROJECT DOCUMENTING HISTORY OF RACIAL ZONING IN US CITIES IN THE 1930s NOW ONLINE The Sustainable Archives and Leveraging Technologies (SALT) team at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of California Humanities Research Institute (UCHRI) are pleased to announce the enhanced Web site for T-RACES (Testbed for the Redlining Archives of California's Exclusionary Spaces), a project funded through an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) National Leadership Grant and developed by Dr. Richard Marciano, School of Information and Library Science (SILS) professor; Chien-Yi Hou, SILS research associate; and Dr. David Goldberg, director of UCHRI Institute. http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2010/04_T-Races.htm DIGCCURR PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTE Beginning May 16, SILS faculty, students and participants affiliated with the DigCCurr Professional Institute lead and took part in a five-day workshop that addressed current trends in digital curation. The workshop was designed to help library and information science professionals stay up-to-date with the latest work being done in the field. http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2010/04_DigCCurr.htm SILS - NEW HOME FOR GAMES4LEARNING INITIATIVE SILS is pleased to announce that it is the new home for the Games4Learning Initiative. http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2010/03_games4learning.htm OCLC/FREDERICK G. KILGOUR LECTURE VIDEO AND PRESENTATIONS AVAILABLE Lee Dirks, director of Education & Scholarly Communications in Microsoft's External Research division, presented "The Next Generation Scholarly Communication Ecosystem: Implications for Librarians" at the fifth annual OCLC/Frederick G. Kilgour Lecture in Information and Library Science on Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2010/04_dirks.htm $1,000 FELLOWSHIPS AWARDED FOR BSIS MAJOR Two newly admitted students have each received $1,000 fellowships for the Bachelor of Science in Information Science (BSIS) program. http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2010/04_bsisscholarships.htm EVENTS ----------- ALUMNI REUNION AT SLA ANNUAL CONFERENCE Join fellow School of Information and Library Science classmates at the Special Libraries Association alumni reunion on Monday, June 14, 2010 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2010/05_slareunion.htm SILS ALUMNI REUNION AT ALA A special SILS reunion will take place in Washington D.C. as we reunite with current and old friends and colleagues, meet our new dean - Dr. Gary Marchionini, remember Dr. Edward Holley and Gillian Debreczeny, sign up for door prizes and enjoy hor dourves. A cash bar will be available. The reunion will take place during the ALA Annual Conference on Sunday, June 27, 2010. The event will begin at 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the R.F.D. (Private Room) located at 810 7th St. NW near the MCI Center. http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2010/05_alareunion.htm PEOPLE NEWS --------------------- SILS NAMES 2010 OUTSTANDING TEACHERS Two SILS faculty members were presented with the 2010 Outstanding Teacher Awards during the School's commencement ceremony on May 9, 2010. http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2010/05_outstandingteacher.htm DEAN MARCHIONINI AWARDED FOR EXCELLENCE IN DOCTORAL MENTORING The winner of the 2010 Faculty Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is Dr. Gary Marchionini, dean and Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished Professor at the School of Information and Library Science (SILS). http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2010/05_mentor.htm DR. JANE GREENBERG WINS 2010 JESSE H. SHERA AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED PUBLISHED RESEARCH 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 been awarded the 2010 Jesse H. Shera Award for Distinguished Published Research by the Library Research Round Table of the American Library Association (ALA). http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2010/04_shera.htm JOANNE MARSHALL & CONNIE SCHARDT RECEIVE MLA FELLOWSHIPS Dr. Joanne Gard Marshall, alumni distinguished professor at SILS at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been awarded the Medical Library Association's (MLA) Donald A. B. Lindberg Research Fellowship. Connie Schardt, current president of MLA, adjunct instructor at SILS and associate director for Public Services at the Duke University Medical Center Library, received an MLA Fellowship from the Association. http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2010/03_joanne.htm ROBERT MOLYNEUX SELECTED SILS DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS Robert Molyneux (Ph.D. '84) was selected as a 2010 Distinguished Alumnus of the School of Information and Library Science. He received the School's highest honor bestowed to its alumni, the Distinguished Alumni Award, during the 2010 spring commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 9. Molyneux also delivered the commencement address to a crowd of nearly 600, "...something commensurate to our capacity for wonder." http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2010/04_molyneux.htm SILS ALUMNA, JOYCE L. OGBURN, ELECTED ACRL VICE PRESIDENT/PRESIDENT ELECT Joyce L. Ogburn, SILS alumna, university librarian and director of the University of Utah Marriott Library, has been elected vice-president/president-elect of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). She will become president-elect following the 2010 ALA Annual Conference in Washington D.C. and assume the presidency in July 2011 for a one-year term. http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2010/05_acrl.htm FELIX PORTNOY RECEIVES GOOGLE AWARD SILS graduate student, Felix Portnoy, is the recipient of a $50,000 award from Google's Research Award program for his proposal, "Modeling the Effect of Habituation on Banner Blindness as a Function of Repetition and Search Type." The award will support Portnoy's current research on banner blindness. http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2010/03_felix.htm MOVERS & SHAKERS: ERNIE COX RECOGNIZED IN THE "LIBRARY JOURNAL" Ernie Cox, doctoral student at SILS at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and media specialist at St. Timothy's School in Raleigh, has been named a "Mover & Shaker" by the Library Journal. http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2010/03_moversandshakers.htm MEGHAN GAHERTY RECEIVES 2010 IREX FELLOWSHIP SILS student Meghan Gaherty (MSLS) has been named a 2010 IREX Fellow. The International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX) "is an international nonprofit organization providing leadership and innovative programs to improve the quality of education, strengthen independent media, and foster pluralistic civil society development," according to its Web site. As part of her IREX fellowship experience, Gaherty will spend three months working in Washington, D.C., followed by a two week stint in Romania. http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2010/04_IREX_fellowship.htm STUDENTS NAMED 2010 NCSU LIBRARIES FELLOWS 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 two year term appointments as NCSU Libraries Fellows. During that time, Rogers and Taylor will be working on a variety of projects related to academic librarianship at North Carolina State University. http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2010/04_NCSU_Fellows.htm AARON BRUBAKER, HINAR POLCZER AND DOUGLAS EDMUNDS WIN IT AWARDS Aaron Brubaker (MSIS '06), assistant director of Instructional Technology at SILS and two other SILS alumni were recognized for their outstanding service to their schools and to the university during the 18th annual IT Awards ceremony hosted by UNC's Information Technology Services on Thursday, April 15, 2010. http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2010/04_brubaker.htm DANA HANSON-BAUDAUF AWARDED FIRST PLACE Dana Hanson-Baldauf, SILS doctoral candidate, has been awarded first place for her poster presentation in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School's 12th Annual Graduate Student Recognition celebration. http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2010/03_dana.htm FRED STUTZMAN WINS MENTORING GRANT Doctoral student Fred Stutzman has been awarded the Graduate Mentor Support Grant from the UNC at Chapel Hill's Office for Undergraduate Research for his excellent mentoring skills. http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2010/02_stutzman.htm BRIAN D. LEAF RECEIVES ARL FELLOWSHIP SILS graduate student, Brian D. Leaf, is one of 17 fellows selected to participate in the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) 2010 Career Enhancement Program. http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2010/03_ARLfellow.htm RUNNING THE STATES - SCOTT ADAMS RAN ACROSS GEORGIA In spite of injuries, Scott Adams, director of Information Technology at the School of Information and Library Science at UNC at Chapel Hill, once again put on his running shoes this time to run across the state of Georgia. Scott has been training for the 260 mile run that began at Ft. Benning, GA on May 27, 2010 and ended in Savannah, GA on May 30. http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2010/05_adams.htm OPEN POSITIONS -------------------------- DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT The School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill invites applications for the position of Director of Development. The Director of Development will report directly to the Dean and will be a member of the Dean's Office in a senior management capacity. http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2010/05_dirdev.htm SUBMIT YOUR NEWS ------------------------------- We welcome submissions to our newsletters. Please send news to the editor via e-mail at: [log in to unmask] Have a wonderful summer! ******************************************* Wanda Monroe Director of Communications School of Information and Library Science University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 100 Manning Hall Campus Box 3360 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3360 Phone: 919.843.8337 Web site: sils.unc.edu Follow us on Twitter at: UNC SILS