On September 8th, Eric Meyer, Dean and Professor at the School of Information at the University of Texas at Austin delivered the talk “Blockchain as a Computerization Movement and Blockchain Technologies as Socio-Technical Networks” as part of the Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics (RKCSI) Speaker Series. Meyer is also a graduate of the ILS… Read more »
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Information and Library Science Alumni Appointed to New Positions
Alums Grayson Murphy (MIS/MLS ’22) and Runxiao Zhu (MLS ’14) were recently appointed to new positions in university libraries. We talked to them about their new jobs and their time in the ILS department. You can see more of our conversation here!
Rosemary Pleva Flynn to be Inducted as Fellow of the Society of American Archivists
From the press release: “Rosemary Pleva Flynn, principal librarian and archivist at the University of North Dakota, will be inducted as a Fellow of the Society of American Archivists (SAA) on July 27 during an awards ceremony at the Joint Annual Meeting of the Council of State Archivists and SAA in Washington, DC. The distinction… Read more »
IU alums hope to make impact with new digital collection creation tool
Two ILS department alums, Devin Becker (MLS ’10) and Olivia Wikle (MLS ’18) are part of a team out of the University of Idaho that created and maintain CollectionBuilder, a new free tool for publishing online digital collections. See what they’re up to and read more about their project here! ** For further information about… Read more »
The 2022-2023 Newsletter is here!
We have reached the end of yet another academic year, and with that comes the publication of our annual newsletter! The newsletter can be viewed here: 2022-2023 Newsletter Accessible text and links can be viewed here: 2022-2023 Newsletter Pages
IU Faculty and Doctoral Students Present at International Conference
Back in person for the first time since 2020, ILS faculty and students started the new year off big by attending a major international conference in Hawaii earlier this month. From Jan. 3-6, Prof. Pnina Fichman, along with Information Science doctoral students Meredith Dedema and Holly Lopez Long, attended the 56th Hawaii International Conference on… Read more »
ILS Professor Ron Day speaks at Cosmopolitanism conference in Paris
This past October, Indiana University Information and Library Science Professor Ron Day delivered a keynote talk at an international symposium examining the contributions of key figures of Cosmopolitanism during the early 20th century. The conference “Instruments for Peace? Albert Kahn, Henri Bergson and the Legacy of Belle Époque Cosmopolitanism,” took place on Oct. 25, 2022,… Read more »
MLA Midwest Chapter Conference highlights
The Midwest Chapter of the Music Librarians Association held their annual meeting at IU this past October. Read all about the meeting and its highlights on the ILS News Page: 2022 Music Library Association Annual Meeting and, check out the story on the Luddy News Page! History and Music Share Music Library Association Midwest Chapter… Read more »
Meet our newest faculty!
Professors Rongqian Ma and Allan Martell are first year ILS faculty members this year. We caught up with both of them a few months into their time here at IU to ask a few questions about their thoughts on IU, Bloomington, and their work so far. Read the full Q&A here!
Fall 2022 Doctoral Student Research Forum
Our Fall 2022 Doctoral Student Research Forum was a hit! Each of the six participating students was recognized for their hard work and professionalism. 4 November 2022, 12pm | Geology Building Room 1050 The top three awards were given to: Alex Wingate – “From Inventory to Database: Sharing data in Book History” (first place) Shohana Akter –… Read more »