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Inspiring Leaders for the Information Professions
The School of Information Sciences is recognized nationally and internationally as an interdisciplinary program of excellence in the information sciences. Graduates of the School's programs are knowledgeable, skillful, and ethical users of information and information technology in their educational, professional, and personal endeavors.
They are well prepared for further study and inquiry, for leadership in the information professions, and for enlightened participation in a global information society. The School's graduates recognize their responsibilities to contribute new knowledge and to engage in lifelong learning in the field.
SIS News
UT SIS Faculty Awarded Three Major IMLS Grants
Submitted by jsouther on June 22, 2009 - 10:00am.
Drs. Suzie Allard, Bharat Mehra, and Vandana Singh at the University of Tennessee School of Information Sciences have scored a triple play of grant awards from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) totaling over $1.6 million for the next four years.
SIS Research Forum with Digital Archives Expert Dr. Jinfang Niu
Submitted by jsouther on June 11, 2009 - 4:51pm.
The School of Information Sciences invites you to hear Dr. Jinfang Niu speak on “Perceived Documentation Quality of Social Science Data,” Friday, June 19, from 11:15 – 12:00 in Communications Bldg. Room 420. Dr. Jinfang Niu is visiting the School to grow acquainted with its students and faculty as she considers a visiting academic appointment for the 2009-2010 academic year. Due to increased student interest, the School seeks to strengthen its archives and records management areas.
Do You Know an Alumni to Nominate for the SIS Alumni Board?
Submitted by lancast on June 5, 2009 - 1:44pm.It's that time of year and, of course, the deadline is tight (June 30). Yes, it's time to nominate someone whom you feel has good ideas and would represent your alumni well.
SIS Announces 2009 Alumni Awards
Submitted by jsouther on May 9, 2009 - 4:56pm.
In front of some 75 alumni and friends, the School of Information Sciences Alumni Board announced its Distinguished Alumnus for 2009, along with its inaugural Innovator’s Award, at the School’s Alumni & Friends Day on March 7 at the UT Hoskins Library.
Dr. Mike Pemberton (’75) was honored with the School’s Distinguished Alumni award for 2009, and James Staub (’04) was honored with the inaugural Innovator’s Award.
2009 SIS Awards and Scholarships
Submitted by jsouther on May 8, 2009 - 12:50pm.The School of Information Sciences was pleased to announce several awards at today’s Graduation and Awards Ceremony in the University Center ballroom. Dr. Bharat Mehra, the chair of the Student Affairs Committee, announced the awards. The School received a large number of scholarship applications this year and fielded many outstanding applications.
Congratulations to the following students for the following SIS awards.
Best paper: Samuel Jason Ezell
SIS Research Forum with Dr. Bill Michener, April 13
Submitted by jsouther on March 27, 2009 - 1:19pm.
The School of Information Sciences invites you to hear Dr. Bill Michener, the director of e-Science Initiatives for University Libraries at the University of New Mexico, speak on the DataONE (Observation Network for Earth) project, which represents a “new virtual organization whose goal is to enable new science and knowledge creation through universal access to data about life on earth and the environment that sustains it.”
A webcast of the event is now available.
2009 Arbuthnot Lecture Tickets Available
Submitted by jsouther on March 6, 2009 - 1:55pm.
The School of Information Sciences’ Center for Children’s and Young Adult Literature is pleased to cosponsor the venerated May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture on April 18, 2009, at the Children's Defense Fund Haley Farm in Clinton, Tenn. A webcast of the event is available.
Walter Dean Myers, author of award-winning fiction, poetry and nonfiction for children and young adults, will deliver the lecture.
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School of Information Sciences
University of Tennessee
451 Communications Bldg.
1345 Circle Park Drive
Suite 451
Knoxville, TN 37996-0341
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