SIS to Offer Undergraduate Minor
A new Undergraduate Minor in Information Studies and Technology has been
approved by school and college faculty and will be in place fall 2006, when
accepted by the University Undergraduate Council early next year.
Dr. Wang Receives National Grant
Information Sciences Associate Professor Dr. Peiling Wang is among three researchers nationwide to win an OCLC/ALISE Library and Information Science Research Grant Program award.
2005 Distinguished Alumni Announced
Dr. Doug Raber to Pursue Opportunity at Missouri
School of Information Sciences (SIS) Interim Director Dr. Doug Raber has accepted a position as tenured associate professor at the University of Missouri
IEEE grant has students observe and compare how technology professionals work
Professor Carol Tenopir Is Lead Investigator
The School of Information Sciences Revises its Curriculum
The school’s curricular revisions formalize changes that have --
substantively -- already been adopted by SIS faculty. The curriculum has not
substantially changed, just revised to reflect what the school actually
offers, which also more adequately reflects evolving trends in library and
information sciences. The University Graduate Council approved the
changes on January 27, 2005.
Peiling Wang Awarded Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award
Information Sciences Associate Professor Peiling Wang has won the 2005 Outstanding Information Science Teacher award co-sponsored by the American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) and the Institute for Scientific Information.
School's first spring Research Forum to kick off March 9
On March 9, UT librarians Travis Dolence and Ron Gilmour will open the forum by discussing survey results of the information gathering behaviors of amateur scientists related to library usage, Internet resources, scholarly journals, and popular magazines.
Peiling Wang Awarded IMLS Grant to Improve Search Capabilities
The University of Tennessee School of Information Sciences (SIS) is pleased to announce that it has won a third grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services this year for a total of $1,281,232.
Distinguished Alumni Award
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