Two Important Lectures in February
The first lecture will feature Drs. Shirley and Wayne Wiegand. The lecture title is, "Free to All? The Painful Process of Desegregating Public Libraries in the American South." The lecture is co-hosted with the Hodges Library.
CCYAL Presents Nina Crews
The CCYAL presents critically acclaimed children's book author and illustrator Nina Crews as our spring semester 2012 guest lecturer on Tuesday, March 6.
SIS Adjuncts Add Expertise to Research
Continuing in the tradition of excellence, the School of Information Sciences highlights two adjunct professors of merit. Both adjuncts will work with SIS faculty and the Center for Information and Communication Studies on research studies,especially those focusing on scholarly communication, mobile information and behavior in the digital space.
Successful Exploration in Cuba
With the U.S. Government approval of educational exchange travel to Cuba, Dr. Ed Cortez from the School of Information Sciences joined a Special Libraries Research Delegation on a late October trip to the island nation. Cubans have been able to achieve notable success in information storage and retrieval systems over the years. The U.S. researchers were on a mission to understand the special challenges and the innovative solutions employed by the Cubans. Dr. Cortez was specifically interested in understanding the education of these information professions and the support they received.
Reaching West, Way West
Dr. Cortez and SIS staff attended the recent REFORMA Annual Conference in Denver Colorado from September 14 to 18. REFORMA is the national association created in 1971 to promote library and information sciences to Latinos and the Spanish speaking communities. Sessions at this conference mainly concentrated on two key areas: how libraries can better serve their Latino communities and how universities can recruit Latinos into librarianship.
Aversa Returns to SIS
Former Director Dr. Elizabeth Aversa will return to deliver the final lecture in the Past Director Lecture Series. She served as Director and Professor of the School of Information Sciences at The University of Tennessee from 1999 - 2003.
Dr. Aversa's lecture is available on streaming video at http://160.36.161.128/UTK/Viewer/?peid=be435fbdff6d45d4a7cba95df50b7f20
New SIS Student Orientation 2011
The campus is alive again with students! Kicking off the 2011 – 2012 school year, SIS faculty and staff greeted the incoming new students with an orientation on Friday August 12. Tanya Arnold, Coordinator of Student Services, planned and organized a very full day of activities to get the 80+ students prepared to begin classes. Faculty members held advising sessions and cohort groups met for the first time.
