The symposium created a platform for scholars, practitioners, and students to exchange insights on real-world challenges, ranging from AI and ethics to knowledge infrastructure, to community and inclusion.
Professor of Library and Information Science Marie L. Radford, who has mentored countless faculty, undergraduate, master’s, and Ph.D. students during her distinguished 21 year-career at SC&I, will retire on July 1, 2025.
“We are fortunate to have Lisa join us at a pivotal time for libraries in our nation,” Interim Executive Director Leslie Burger said. “Her background, experience and leadership will be vital as we advocate for libraries.”
Formerly Interaction Design and Informatics, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) reflects an evolving identity.
Spectrum Scholarships, the ALA said, are awarded to master’s students who demonstrate “their commitment to community building, leadership potential, and planned contributions to making social justice part of everybody's everyday work in Library and Information Science.”
Shortly after receiving her MI, Saito was selected as a 2020 ALA Emerging Leader by the American Library Association.
“You never know where that degree will take you,” Segal said.
The School of Communication and Information’s LIS Department and iSchool faculty and doctoral students will attend and present at the 87th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T), the premier international conference in the field, from October 25-29, 2024, in Calgary, Canada. SC&I is honored to sponsor the welcome reception.
Faculty and doctoral students will attend the 2024 Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) conference in Portland, Oregon, from October 14-17. ALISE '24, the premier annual gathering of library and information science (LIS) professionals, will focus on this year’s theme, 'The Ethics and Evolution of Truth and Information.’
Libraries and Information Institutions in the Digital Age (LIDA) is an international biennial conference that brings together researchers, educators, students, practitioners, and developers from around the world in a forum for personal exchanges, discussions, and learning, held in memorable environments. For LIDA 2025, we return to Dubrovnik, Croatia, May 19-21, 2025.
