SLIS is also pleased to announce a new faculty member, Dr. Matthew Griffis, who earned his Ph.D. from the University of Western Ontario, has joined us this fall. His interests include public libraries and society, the public library as place, library buildings and architecture, and library history.    http://www.usm.edu/library-information-science/dr-matthew-griffis

In other news:

Dr. Xinyu (Cindy) Yu has been awarded tenure and promotion to Associate Professor.
http://www.usm.edu/library-information-science/faculty/dr-xinyu-yu

Dr Yu is the recipient of an outreach award of $20,000 funded by the National Library of Medicine through the National Network of Libraries of Medicine Southeastern Atlantic Region. In this project titled "Strengthening the 21st Century Public Health Informatics Competencies: Outreach to the Future Public health Professionals at the University of Southern Mississippi," she will assess public health professionals' information needs and develop a public health informatics graduate course for the Department of Public Health and School of Library and Information Science.

British Studies LIS class of 2013, 17 grad students from nine LIS programs across the U.S., has just completed another summer of study abroad in London and Edinburgh. http://www.usm.edu/library-information-science/british-studies

Response has been good to two certificate programs, the Graduate Certificate in Archives and Special Collections and the Graduate Certificate in Youth Literature and Services:  http://www.usm.edu/library-information-science.