International Honor Society for Library and Information Science
"The First Link in the Chain"

Beta Phi Mu, the library and information studies honor society, was founded at the University of Illinois in August 1948 by a group of leading librarians and library educators to recognize and encourage scholastic achievement among library and information studies students.

Our motto, Aliis inserviendo consumor, meaning 'Consumed in the service of others' was selected by the founders based on the concept of dedication of librarians and other information professionals to the service of others.

Today there are over 47 active chapters of the organization. More than 30,000 individuals have become members.

Alpha Chapter News

Annual Initiation and Luncheon Meeting

New members of Alpha Chapter will be welcomed into the society at the Annual Initiaton and Luncheon Meeting on November 5, 2011, in the Hogan Room of Kennedy's at Stone Creek, 2560 Stone Creek Boulevard, Urbana.  After the 11:00 a.m. initiation ceremony, lunch will be served.  This year, our after-luncheon speaker will be Dr. William Gropp, Deputy Director for Research at the University of Illinois Institute for Advanced Computing Applications and Technologies. His topic will be “The Next Generation of High-Performance Computing,” and he will discuss the Blue Waters Project at University of Illinois.

The deadline for luncheon registration is October 20, 2011.  Please contact BPM President, Peggy Glatthaar at pglatt@illinois.edu for a registration form.

Stay informed: Join the new Alpha Chapter electronic mailing list

We've established a Beta Phi Mu mailing list, hosted by GSLIS UIUC, to communicate with our Beta Phi Mu members about Alpha Chapter events.
To join this low volume but important list, register at
https://mail.lis.illinois.edu/mailman/listinfo/beta_phi_mu
If you encounter difficulty using the web form, please contact Sue Searing (-searing, at illinois.edu- )

We've sent invitations to Alpha Chapter members for whom we have current email addresses. If we've missed you for some reason, please sign up for our mailing list so we can stay in contact. Are you a BPM member initiated at another chapter who's now living in the CU area? Join us!

Beta Phi Mu Now On Facebook!

Join the global Beta Phi Mu Facebook group to reconnect and network with fellow BPM members around the world.

Beyond Alpha Chapter

Spring 2009 Pipeline, the current issue of the international Beta Phi Mu newsletter.

Read the Spring 2008 issue of The Pipeline, This issue includes "THE FOUNDING AND FLOURISHING OF BETA PHI MU: A FOND REMEMBRANCE," written by Kathryn Luther Henderson.