Several of our alumni have been active in this professional association. This is a wonderful opportunity to network within the Library Information Science community. The Membership Committee of the Research Data Access and Preservation (RDAP) Association would like to invite you to join during our free membership drive and also share this opportunity with your… Read more »
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Attention, Attention! Distance Library Services 2020 Virtual Conference; Registration closes 10/23
Kat Phillips and Torrie Raish would like to invite all students, faculty, and staff to attend the Distance Library Services 2020 Virtual Conference on November 3rd and 4th. Historically, this conference has highlighted the great work of distance librarianship. The pandemic has elevated and highlighted the need for librarians working at a distance, and this conference… Read more »
LIS faculty Dr. Angela P. Murillo, in collaboration with HCC faculty, publishes research regarding immigration information seeking
LIS faculty Dr. Angela P. Murillo, in collaboration with HCC faculty Dr. Andrew Miller and Alyson Young and HCC Ph.D. Student Sarah Nikkhah, published “Coming to America: Iranians’ use of Telegram for immigration information seeking” in the journal Aslib Journal of Information Management. This study examines Iran-US migrants’ use of the most popular messaging application… Read more »
LIS Faculty publishes research regarding creating quality online courses in the time of COVID
LIS faculty Dr. Angela P. Murillo and Dr. Kyle M. L. Jones recently published “A ‘just-in-time’ pragmatic approach to creating Quality Matters-informed online courses” in the journal Information and Learning Sciences. Their work helps provide guidance for faculty and instructors to quickly create high-quality online classes using Quality Matters. Quality Matters is one of the most… Read more »
Applications are now open for the ALSC 2020 Equity Fellowship!
The Equity Fellowship is a BIPOC mentorship program that awards funding for two years of ALA and ALSC membership, one year of registration and travel stipends to both ALA Annual and ALA Midwinter Conferences and provides valuable mentoring and networking opportunities. This is the second round of Fellowships and some of our first Fellows have… Read more »