Six GSLIS students have been named 2011 Spectrum Scholars by the American Library Association (ALA). Established in 1997, the Spectrum Scholarship Program was created to promote diversity among graduate-level library school students. Each scholar receives $5,000 from the ALA as well as over $1,500 toward professional development opportunities. In addition, GSLIS provides each scholar with a tuition waiver. Illinois recipients of the Spectrum Scholarship also receive a grant from The Sylvia Murphy Williams Fund, part of the Illinois Library Association.

Barbara Alvarez is pursuing...

Figure One exhibition space will be holding an opening for its newest exhibit “Accepted Knowing: Peer Review” this Friday, July 29th, from 6pm to 8 pm. The show, curated by a painter, a sculptor, and a librarian, features an array of work, including landscape painting, essays, Internet-based pieces and found object installations by a range of local and regional contributors.

This is an exhibition about the nature of knowledge: what do we know, how do we come to know, and what are the limits of knowing?

CAS student Jeanie Austin (MS '09) co-curated the exhibition and GSLIS alum Micah Jefferson (MS '10) and GSLIS student Julia Pollack have pieces in the show.

Two GSLIS students participated last week in the 2011 Archival Education and Research Institute (AERI), held in Boston, MA, July 11-15.

Hong Zhang (PhD anticipated 2011) presented “Understanding personal information organization in computer folders" and incoming doctoral student Noah Lenstra (MS '09, CAS '11) presented “eBlack Illinois: Cultural heritage cyberinfrastructure.”

The goal of AERI is to advance the field of archival studies in the following ways: