Please join me in spreading the call far and wide for this scholarship! The application period for the Society of American Archivists’ (SAA) Mosaic Scholarship is currently open, with a deadline of February 28, 2022. The Mosaic Scholarship was established to provide financial and mentoring support to minority students pursuing graduate education in archival… Read more »
Students
Current Students invited to participate in a Data Visualization Literacy Study – link provided below
Please consider participating in the research study, “Comparative data visualization literacy skills of information science students.” This study consists of one online survey that should take between 13 – 17 minutes to complete. It concerns data visualization literacy skills. Data visualization is the representation of information in the form of a chart, diagram, or picture…. Read more »
Title: Looking for a course about your community? It’s not too late to enroll in S604 Community and Data (section 24368)
Data are the powerful source for many communities works to help community’s decision-making, program assessment as well as design. This course introduces to the concept of open data in the context of community work, their impact on community work, and data literacy skills to identify data sources and apply them to a give context. Half… Read more »
Student Highlight: Rebecca Mann
Rebecca Mann, who recently graduate December 2021 from the IUPUI MLIS program, has shared her experience in her internship this past Summer. Rebecca worked alongside Technical Services Manager, Lisa Rigsby, and Technical Services Supervisor, Emma Richey, to learn more about the world of cataloging. Little did she know that she would not only learn how… Read more »
Learn about what Consumer Health Informatics is and the INFO-B 644 course that dives into this field
Consumer health informatics CHI) examines patient information from different points of view and empowers patients by providing them with the knowledge to make their own health decisions. It enables consumers with the needed information and expertise to work with their healthcare preferences for a tailor-made medical experience. In INFO-B 644, Consumer Health Informatics, you will… Read more »