SLIS alumnus Marshall Shore, MLS '92, has been named as one of Library Journal's 50 Movers and Shakers for 2008. Shore works as an adult services coordinator for the Maricopa County Library District in Phoenix, Arizona, and was nominated as
Scholarly Communication in East Asia: Modernization and Traditions" was presented by SLIS faculty member Jingfeng Xia at the Council for East Asian Librarians (CEAL) in Atlanta, Georgia, held April 1-3, 2008. The presentation comes a little more than a month
Howard White , professor emeritus of Drexel University's College of Information Science and Technology, will visit IU April 24-29, 2008, to give two presentations and meet with SLIS faculty and students. White's full schedule for the IU visit can be
By Keith Kuhn (MLS '76)Note: This piece has been reprinted from the Spring 2008 issue of SLIS Network, our semiannual alumni magazine.This issue marks my last as Alumni Board president. While I will certainly miss working with alumni in this
SLIS faculty member Jingfeng Xia recently presented "Open Access for Archaeological Literature: A Manager's Perspective" at the Society of American Archaeology's annual meeting held in Vancouver, British Columbia, March 26-30, 2008.
Note: This piece has been reprinted from the Spring 2008 issue of SLIS Network, our semiannual alumni magazine.SLIS Alumni Board member Pat Court, who earned a bachelor's degree in French from IU in 1975 and a master's of library science
SLIS faculty member Hamid Ekbia chaired a panel called "Geographies of Information Society" on April 15, 2008, at the Association of American Geographers annual meeting in Boston, Massachusetts. He was also the co-organizer of the panel along with Nadine Schuurman,
By Blaise Cronin, Dean and Rudy Professor of Information ScienceNote: This piece has been reprinted from the Spring 2008 issue of SLIS Network, our semiannual alumni magazine.Sometimes it seems as if there are as many rankings as there are universities.
Lupita (Maria) Garza-Grande (MLS '04) recently started a job as an adult services and reference librarian at the Grand Rapids Public Library system in Michigan. She shared her job-search experience in an e-mail message:
Published:April 17, 2008Paper Released:March 2008Authors:Michael J. Lenox and Michael W. Toffel Executive Summary: Managers face a range of options to diffuse innovative practices within their organizations. This paper focuses on one such technique: providing practice-specific information through mechanisms such as
Former British and Irish Lion, Mick Galwey, will be guest-of-honour at the RGU: SPORT Blues Awards Ball, which will take place on Friday 18 April at RGU: SPORT, Garthdee.Sponsored by Technip, the...
For half a century, the campus has honored its top teachers with the Distinguished Teaching Award. Four new recipients this year carry on the tradition: Nezar AlSayyad, of architecture and city and regional planning; Karl Ashoka Britto, of French and
UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau and student leaders on Wednesday signed an agreement that is expected to improve the look and operation of the campus's multicultural center.
