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Current News StoriesSchool News| Faculty News | Student News | Alumni News | Press Clippings School NewsGuide Highlights Best Gift Books for YouthNovember 11, 2009: Just in time for the holidays, the 2009 Guide Book to Gift Books is now available. Read More...CIRSS Funded for Data Curation Research and Education as Part of $20 Million NSF AwardOctober 9, 2009: The Center for Informatics Research in Science and Scholarship at GSLIS will receive approximately $2.9 million dollars as a partner on the Data Conservancy project, a $20 million initiative led by the Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries. Read More...BCCB is 1-millionth Download for IDEALS Digital RepositoryOctober 9, 2009: A 1987 issue of The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books was the one-millionth download from the Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship. Read More...Faculty Revise Mission StatementOctober 8, 2009: GSLIS faculty revised the School mission statement at a recent faculty retreat. Read More...Community Informatics Initiative Supports Artist's VisitOctober 2, 2009: CII is providing support for a local visit by artist Angela M. Rivers to commemorate the thirty-first anniversary of her mural at Fifth and Park Streets in Champaign. Read More...Faculty NewsFor Improving Early Literacy, Reading Comics is No Child's PlayNovember 6, 2009: Assistant Professor Carol Tilley says that comic books are just as sophisticated as other forms of literature, and children benefit from reading them at least as much as they do from reading other types of books. Read More...Smith Named President-Elect of ASIS&TOctober 23, 2009: GSLIS Associate Dean and Professor Linda C. Smith has been named president-elect of the American Society for Information Science & Technology. Read More...Hotchkiss Elected to Phi Beta Kappa SenateOctober 23, 2009: Valerie Hotchkiss, GSLIS affliate professor and director of the MBMS program, will serve the prestigious academic society for the next six years. Read More...Weech Named Chair of IFLA SectionSeptember 10, 2009: Associate Professor Terry Weech was elected chair of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions Section on Library Theory and Research. Read More...Heidorn to Lead Arizona LIS SchoolSeptember 9, 2009: Associate Professor P. Bryan Heidorn has accepted a new position as director of the University of Arizona School of Information Resources and Library Science. Read More...Student NewsTwelve Students Honored with GrantsNovember 16, 2009: Twelve incoming GSLIS students have received llinois Library and Information Science Training Grants. Read More...GSLIS Students Named Diversity ScholarsNovember 12, 2009: Several GSLIS students have been selected by the Association of Research Libraries as ARL Diversity Scholars. Read More...Three GSLIS Doctoral Students Named HASTAC ScholarsOctober 26, 2009: Damian Duffy, Safiya Noble, and Sarah Roberts have each been named 2009-2010 University of Illinois HASTAC Scholars by the Institute for Computing in Humanities, Arts and Social Science (I-CHASS). Read More...Master's Student Curates Exhibit on Morrill ActOctober 7, 2009: GSLIS student Ryan Ross has curated an exhibition about Illinois' early history as part of the land-grant college movement. Read More...Student Co-authors New Book on UrbanaOctober 2, 2009: GSLIS student Ilona Matkovszki has co-authored a new book on Urbana in Arcadia's Images of America series. Read More...Alumni NewsAlumnus Receives Award for Leadership and ServiceNovember 6, 2009: Philip Orr (MS '92), distance learning librarian at the University of Southern Indiana, was recognized by the Indiana Library Federationfor his outstanding leadership and service to the library community. Read More...Library School Alumni Association Announces 2009 AwardsJuly 16, 2009: Six are honored with annual awards given by LSAA. Read More...Alumna Honored with ALA Lippincott AwardJuly 8, 2009: Beverly P. Lynch (M.S., ’59) is the 2009 recipient of the American Library Association (ALA) Joseph W. Lippincott Award for distinguished service to the profession of librarianship. Read More...Frett Leads Winning School Library Media ProgramMay 13, 2009: Beverly Frett (MS '04) is the library media center director at Robert Clow Elementary School in Naperville, IL, a recipient of the 2009 National School Library Media Program of the Year (NSLMPY) award. Read More...Alumna Receives Highest Honor from the Association of American Law LibrariesMay 8, 2009: E. Ann Puckett (MS '77) has been named a recipient of the most prestigious award presented by the Association of American Law Libraries, the Marian Gould Gallagher Distinguished Service Award. Read More...Classnotes
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R. Patrick MalloryPress ClippingsOur faculty, staff, and students are often consulted by local and national media to comment on issues that are important to the field of LIS. GSLIS programs and awards also receive frequent media coverage. Below are recent media hits that showcase our expertise (some links require site registration to view). Digital Dark AgeChemical & Engineering News, "Born Digital? Die Young" (December 8, 2008): Associate Professor Jerome McDonough talks about the importance of preserving and archiving born digital data. Searching Together OnlineNew York Times, "The Online Search Party: A Way to Share the Load" (November 23, 2008): Associate Professor Michael Twidale is interviewed about SearchTogether, a new Microsoft tool that allows multiple users to create shared searches on the Internet. GSLIS-trained Librarians Settle the WestNews-Gazette, "'Such a Spirit of Adventure':A Century Ago, UI Librarians were doing their Part to Bring Culture to the West" (November 22, 2008): A look at how GSLIS alumnae opened libraries across the West over 100 years ago. ISMIR and MIREXPhiladelphia Inquirer, "Analyzing music the digital way: Computers have exquisite ears" (September 22, 2008): This article, which includes a quote from Associate Professor J. Stephen Downie, provides an overview of the recent International Conference on Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR) and mentions the Music Information Retrieval Evaluation Exchange (MIREX) "shoot-out" contest. Slashdot, "Using Computers for Sophisticated Music Analysis" (September 22, 2008) Search Engine Generates Money for CharityWall Street Journal, "Money for Nothing" (April 21, 2008): By performing Google searches on GSLIS student Syed Karim's Web site, SearchKindly.org, you can raise money for charitable organizations without spending a dime. Letter to the EditorNew York Times, "Paperless, Not Perfect" (February 24, 2008): Master's student Kaitlin Costello challenges the notion that digital technology is a "perfect and undying solution to preserving information resources." Children and BooksThe Journal Gazette and Times-Courier, "Presentation identifies books for young people" (January 15, 2008): Area paper covers CAS student Elaine Beardon's recent presentation on children's books for the Mattoon (IL) school district. East St. LouisNews-Gazette, "UI program changes lives in East St. Louis and C-U" (December 23, 2007): A profile of the East St. Louis Action Research Project. Note: Article is available in a paid archive. Nerds in Pop CultureThe Globe & Mail, "In pop culture, nerd's the word" (November 10, 2007): Associate Professor Lori Kendall is cited for having "explored geek-related matters." In her paper "White and Nerdy: Computers, Race, and the Nerd Stereotype," she argued that advertising for the Geek Squad technical-support company, the video for Weird Al Yankovic's hit White & Nerdy (a parody of rapper Chamillionaire's Ridin' Dirty) and imagery in "nerdcore" hip hop music are all "playful reconfigurings" of the nerd stereotype that nevertheless fail to dispel its "original negative tone." Editor's note: The article is available online only to paid subscribers. Natural Language ProcessingThe Varsity, "Facebook could save the world" (November 5, 2007): Associate Professor Caroline Haythornethwaite and doctoral student Anatoliy Gruzd are interviewed about Natural Language Processing. NESTER ProjectNews-Gazette, "Researchers Monitor Cardinals' Activity by Listening to Songs" (August 5, 2007): The article describes the Networked Environmental Sonic-Toolkits for Exploratory Research (NESTER) Project headed up by Associate Professors J. Stephen Downie and Bryan Heidorn. UI History ProjectNews-Gazette, "UI Building Web Site has Grown to Epic Size" (April 29, 2007): A profile of Ph.D. student Kalev Leetaru and his UI history project. Digital HumanitiesChronicle of Higher Education, "Summit Brings Together Digital Humanities Centers and Financial Backers" (April 16, 2007): Dean John Unsworth provided opening remarks at a recent meeting of 17 digital humanities centers and 15 organizations that support them in Washington, D.C. Game AccessibilityChicago Tribune, "Disabled Gamers Want More than 'Fluffy' Choices" (April 10, 2007): GSLIS instructor Michelle Hinn talks about video game accessibility for disabled players. GSLIS in AfricaNews-Gazette, "UI Project Brings Whole New World to African Nation" (April 15, 2007): GSLIS students install computer labs on the small African island of Sao Tome and Principe. 'Nerdism'Jewish Exponent, "Geek Fraternities: Nerds 'R Us?" (January 25, 2007): GSLIS associate professor Lori Kendall, author of "Nerd Nation: Images of Nerds in U.S. Popular Culture," says societal perceptions of nerdism wax and wane. Children's BooksSt. Louis Post-Dispatch, "Shiloh Parents Want Book Blocked" (November 16, 2006): A book about two male penguins falling in love and raising a baby has some parents at an elementary school questioning the subject matter. It's different from many other gay-themed children's books because it was published by the mainstream press, and homosexuality isn't the source of conflict in the story, says GSLIS professor Christine Jenkins. She said the characters are just gay and living their lives--the plot doesn't grapple with being homosexual as do many books for youths of the same nature. Also appeared in: Current ClipsACRLog, "Great Compilation On Library As Place" (October 3, 2006): Praise for UI Current LIS Clips on the Association of College & Research Libraries Blog. Library UsageWaukegan Sun, "Warren-Newport Eyes Second Library" (October 3, 2006): The Library Research Center at Illinois took a look at library usage in and around Chicago. Queer Content in Young Adult LiteratureBooklist, "Book Review of The Heart Has Its Reasons" (September 1, 2006): Associate Professor Christine Jenkins received a glowing review for her new book, co-authored with Michael Cart, The Heart Has Its Reasons: Young Adult Literature with Gay/Lesbian/Queer Content, 1969-2004. The September 1, 2006 issue of ALA's Booklist called the book "Both a comprehensive overview and a lively, detailed discussion" and "highly readable." More information on the book can be found at the publisher's Web site. Open Source Course MaterialsInside Higher Ed, "The Next Level of Open Source" (September 20, 2006): Dean John Unsworth said he thinks there has been "great benefit" from MIT making its course materials available free. But he said of the video approach for lectures: "That's the most interesting stuff." Beyond sharing knowledge, Unsworth noted, universities that put course materials or lectures online free benefit from "great PR and marketing," especially if they are institutions that don't enjoy the name recognition of MIT or Yale. WikipediaNPR Morning Edition, "Wikipedia Wins Users and Critics" (September 11, 2006): As vibrant and contentious as the Wikipedia Web site is now, it could disappear in a flash, says Associate Professor Michael Twidale. "Wikipedia and all those Wikipedians - the people who get involved in adding articles, improving articles and addressing vandalism - if too many of them got bored and just went off to, you know, the next cool Web thing, whatever that might be, if they did that tomorrow I think Wikipedia would just degenerate into a froth of spam, porn, graffiti, lies and drivel in less than a month," Twidale said. |
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