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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 new and improved SILS Web site: http://sils.unc.edu/ FALL 2010 SILS BOARD OF VISITORS MEET The School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill welcomed its Board of Visitors (BOV) to Chapel Hill for its fall meeting on Oct. 4, 2010. http://sils.unc.edu/news/2010/BOV SILS CELEBRATES THE FIRST LOUIS ROUND WILSON DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR - VIDEO NOW AVAILABLE The School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill celebrated the appointment of the first Louis Round Wilson Distinguished Professor on Sept. 17, 2010, in the former home of the school, Wilson Library, on the anniversary of the day library classes were first held at UNC at Chapel Hill in 1931. http://sils.unc.edu/news/2010/LRWProfessor-celebration "IF WE DID NOT HAVE LIBRARIES, WOULD ANYONE INVENT THEM? - VIDEO NOW AVAILABLE "If we did not have libraries, would anyone invent them?" was the topic of the 2010 annual Lucile Kelling Henderson Lecture held on Tues., Oct. 5, 2010. The lecture featured Chris Batt, officer of the British Empire, director of Chris Batt Consulting, Ltd. and former chief executive of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council in London, England. http://sils.unc.edu/news/2010/chris-batt NEW MURAL SYMBOLIZES SILS In addition to the enhancements made to Manning Hall this summer, which included new paint throughout the building, new carpeting and new, more comfortable furniture, artist Megan McLeod Brown lent her talents to SILS-covering previously blank Manning Hall walls with her beautiful artwork. http://sils.unc.edu/news/2010/mural SILS & UNC LIBRARIES JOIN TO BUILD A HOUSE FOR HABITAT FOR HUMANITY A kick-off meeting that shared information about a joint project for Habitat for Humanity of Orange County between SILS and the University Libraries was held Sept. 23, 2010 in the Pleasants Family Assembly Room of the Wilson Library. http://sils.unc.edu/news/2010/Habitat IBIBLIO RECEIVES $50,000 DONATION ibiblio, the public's library and digital archive, has received $50,000 from the Beal Fund of the Triangle Community Foundation on behalf of Lulu.com. http://sils.unc.edu/news/2010/ibibliolulu CAROLINAS CHAPTER & UNC STUDENT CHAPTER OF ASIS&T RECEIVE 2010 CHAPTER EVENT OF THE YEAR AWARD The Carolinas Chapter of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Student Chapter have been awarded the 2010 Chapter Event of the Year Award for the group's information design workshop. http://sils.unc.edu/NEWS/2010/ASIS%2526Taward EVENTS --------- ALUMNI REUNION AT ASIS&T ANNUAL CONFERENCE Join fellow School of Information and Library Science classmates at the ASIS&T alumni reunion on Tuesday, October 26, 2010 from 6 - 7:30 p.m. in Pittsburgh, PA. RESEARCH GRANTS ----------------------- DRS. BARBARA MORAN AND JAVED MOSTAFA RECEIVE GRANT The Institute of Museum and Library Science (IMLS) has awarded Drs. Barbara Moran and Javed Mostafa a grant in the amount of $891,451 for their project, "Educating Librarians in the Middle East: Building Bridges for the 21st Century: ELIME-21." http://sils.unc.edu/news/2010/moran-mostafa-grant DR. JOANNE MARSHALL RECEIVES IMLS GRANT FOR WILIS 3 PROJECT The Institute of Museum and Library Science (IMLS) has awarded SILS Alumni Distinguished Professor Joanne Marshall a grant in the amount of $298,385 for her project, "Workforce Issues in Library and Information Science 3 (WILIS 3): Sustaining the Career Tracking Model through Data sharing." http://sils.unc.edu/news/2010/marshall-grant WELCOME TO SILS! ----------------------- SILS WELCOMES STEPHANIE B. COLE AS DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT Stephanie B. Cole has joined SILS in the position of director of development. In this role, she will direct the School's development activities and will be responsible for creating and implementing a strategy which meets the fundraising goals established for the School. http://sils.unc.edu/news/2010/Cole-named-director-of-development APRIL HUTCHINSON JOINS SILS The School of Information and Library Science is pleased to welcome April Hutchinson to the position of health informatics technology coordinator. http://sils.unc.edu/news/2010/welcomeApril JANE BETHEL JOINS EPA LIBRARY A contractor with the UNC at Chapel Hill School of Information and Library Science, Jane Bethel joins the Environmental Protection Agency Library in Research Triangle Park (RTP), NC as the electronic resources/reference librarian. http://sils.unc.edu/news/2010/Bethel-joins-EPA-library PEOPLE NEWS ----------------- SILS PROFESSOR BARBARA WILDEMUTH RECEIVES ASIS&T WATSON DAVIS AWARD http://sils.unc.edu/news/2010/wildemuth DR. DIANE KELLY NAMED MCCOLL PROFESSOR Dr. Diane Kelly, associate professor at SILS, has been named a Frances Carroll McColl Term Professor (2010-2012). http://sils.unc.edu/news/2010/Kelly-named-McColl-term-professor PAUL JONES RECEIVE IBM FACULTY AWARD Paul Jones, director of ibiblio and clinical associate professor at the School of Information and Library Science and the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, has received a 2010 IBM Faculty Award. http://sils.unc.edu/NEWS/2010/jones SILS ADJUNCT PROFESSOR AND UNC HEALTH SCIENCES LIBRARY DIRECTOR RECEIVES NATIONAL AWARD Carol Jenkins, an adjunct professor at the School of Information and Library Science and director of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Health Sciences Library, will receive the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries' 2010 Cornerstone Award. http://sils.unc.edu/news/2010/jenkins KIMBERLY HIRSH SELECTED FOR YALSA MENTORING PROGRAM The School of Information and Library Science graduate student, Kimberly Hirsh, has been selected as a protégée for the Young Adult Library Services Association's (YALSA) new mentoring program. http://sils.unc.edu/news/2010/hirsh SILS STUDENT, LAURA CHRISTOPHERSON RECEIVES ASIS&T NEW LEADER AWARD Laura Christopherson has been named an ASIS&T New Leaders Award Winner. http://sils.unc.edu/news/2010/christopherson UNDERGRADUATE, JUSTIN BRINEGAR, TO PRESENT AT ASIS&T Justin Brinegar (BSIS 2011) will present the poster, "Understanding Personal Digital Music Collections," at the ASIS&T annual meeting later this month. http://sils.unc.edu/news/2010/brinegar SILS ALUMNA, DR. IRENE OWENS, RECEIVES SAWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN LIBRARIANSHIP Dr. Irene Owens, SILS 2006 distinguished alumna (Ph.D. '95) and dean of the School of Library and Information Sciences at North Carolina Central University, was awarded the DEMCO/ALA Black Caucus Award for Excellence in Librarianship in Birmingham, AL at the annual Black Caucus of the American Library Association's National Conference of African American Librarians earlier this month. http://sils.unc.edu/news/2010/IreneOwens SILS ALUMNA, ROSE T. DAWSON, RECEIVES DISTINGUISHED SERVICE LIBRARY AWARD Rose T. Dawson, SILS alumna (MSLS '86) and director of the Alexandria Library in Virginia, received the prestigious Distinguished Service to the Library Profession Award at the National Conference of African American Librarians of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association held in Birmingham, AL, Aug. 4 to 8. http://sils.unc.edu/news/2010/RoseDawson SILS ALUMNA, CHARLESANNA FOX, CELEBRATES 100TH BIRTHDAY One of North Carolina's highest regarded citizens and a distinguished figure in the library world, School of Information and Library Science (SILS) alumna Charlesanna Fox, celebrated her 100th birthday with family and friends on Aug. 1st, 2010 at the Twin Lakes Community in Burlington, NC. http://sils.unc.edu/news/2010/Charlesanna-Fox-celebrates-centennial%20 SILS ALUMNUS, DAVID WOODBURY, NAMED NCSU LEARNING COMMONS LIBRARIAN On August 2nd, David Woodbury took on a new role as Learning Commons Librarian at North Carolina State University. http://sils.unc.edu/news/2010/Woodbury-learning-commons-librarian SILS ALUMNA, CAROLINE OSBOURNE, NAMED DIRECTOR OF THE LAW LIBRSARY AT WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY Washington and Lee University announced on September 21, 2010 the appointment of SILS alumna Caroline L. Osbourne as director of the Law Library and professor of Legal Research. http://sils.unc.edu/news/2010/osbourne SILS ALUMNUS, LUKE MILLER, INFORMATION ARCHITECT AT THE "WALL STREET JOURNAL" SILS alumnus Luke Miller (MSIS '10) has been appointed information architect at the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) in their Online Products department. http://sils.unc.edu/news/2010/miller SILS ALUMNUS, CHIRAG SHAH, RECEIVES SURPRISE AWARD The American Political Science Association has awarded its "Best Political Science Software Award" to SILS alumnus, Dr. Chirag Shah, for ContextMiner, a software program he created while a doctoral student at SILS. http://sils.unc.edu/news/2010/chirag_shah SILS ALUMNA, MARIAN G. FRAGOLA, TAKES ON KEY LEADERSHIP ROLE AT NCSU LIBRARIES On September 7, 2010, Marian G. Fragola began her new position as North Carolina State University (NCSU) Libraries director of Program Planning and Outreach. http://sils.unc.edu/news/2010/fragola OPEN POSITIONS -------------------------- ASSISTANT PROFESSORS The School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill invites applications for the position Assistant professor. http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2010/05_dirdev.htm DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP Fellowship openings for Doctoral Students: Educating Librarians in the Middle East http://sils.unc.edu/news/2010/fellowships-ELIME-21 SUBMIT YOUR NEWS ------------------------------- We welcome submissions to our newsletters. 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