[Asis-l] Research News from GSLIS at Illinois

[Schmidt, Kimberly Rae]

FEATURES

Putting documentary films in ConText
Assistant Professor Jana Diesner and her multidisciplinary team have combined natural language processing, social network analysis, and data visualization methods in a new tool, ConText, to measure the effectiveness of social justice documentaries like never before. Read more.<http://www.lis.illinois.edu/articles/2014/08/putting-documentary-films-context>

How making makes a difference: Makerspaces in public libraries
The supportive, informal environment found in makerspaces has made these community-based labs a popular new tool for learning and doing. Often in partnership with public libraries, makerspaces are popping up all over the country. Read more.<http://www.lis.illinois.edu/articles/2014/07/how-making-makes-difference>

GSLIS faculty, students work to create data literate citizenry
As data becomes more accessible and the tools to use and explore it become more common, the need for a data literate citizenry is growing. Three GSLIS faculty members are investigating these issues and ways of growing data literacy. Read more.<http://www.lis.illinois.edu/articles/2014/07/gslis-faculty-students-work-create-data-literate-citizenry>

NEWS

Ludäscher joins GSLIS faculty

Professor Bertram Ludäscher will join our faculty in Fall 2014. Ludäscher is a leading figure in data and knowledge management, focusing on the modeling, design, and optimization of scientific workflows as well as provenance, data integration, and knowledge representation. Read more<http://www.lis.illinois.edu/articles/2014/07/ludaescher-joins-gslis-faculty>.

Hoiem joins GSLIS faculty

This fall GSLIS will welcome Elizabeth Hoiem as an assistant professor. She will teach and conduct research in youth services. Specifically, Hoiem explores the history of technological innovations in children's literature—from early children's books and toys to contemporary applications of digital pedagogy—and looks at modern technology through a historical lens. Read more<http://www.lis.illinois.edu/articles/2014/05/elizabeth-hoiem-joins-gslis-faculty>.
HathiTrust Research Center awarded grant from NEH
Professor and Associate Dean for Research J. Stephen Downie will direct “Exploring the Billions and Billions of Words in the HathiTrust Corpus with Bookworm: HathiTrust + Bookworm,” a new  project funded the National Endowment for the Humanities. Read more<http://www.lis.illinois.edu/articles/2014/07/hathitrust-research-center-awarded-grant-national-endowment-humanities>.

JASIST publishes Mak's 'Archaeology of a Digitization'
Associate Professor Bonnie Mak proposes a new approach to analyzing databases and other digitized resources in her most recent JASIST publication, "Archaeology of a Digitization." Read more.<http://www.lis.illinois.edu/articles/2014/07/jasist-publish-maks-archaeology-digitization>

Tilley speaks at Comic-Con International: San Diego
Associate Professor Carol Tilley spoke on her comics history research at Comic-Con International in San Diego in July, and has received recent press coverage for her work in several interviews and in the documentary “Diagram for Delinquents.” Read more<http://www.lis.illinois.edu/articles/2014/07/tilley-speak-comic-con-international-san-diego>.

La Barre named to BRAJIS editorial board
Associate Professor Kathryn La Barre has been appointed to the editorial board of BRAJIS, theBrazilian Journal of Information Science. Read more.<http://www.lis.illinois.edu/articles/2014/06/la-barre-named-brajis-editorial-board>

McDowell delivers invited talk at IFLA symposium
Kate McDowell, assistant dean for student affairs and associate professor, discussed planning and implementation of the Closing the App Gap grant in an invited talk delivered at the International Symposium on Library Services for Children and Young Adults. Read more.<http://www.lis.illinois.edu/articles/2014/06/mcdowell-deliver-invited-talk-ifla-symposium>
Six from GSLIS lead Chinese American Librarians Association in a global virtual conference
Six members of the GSLIS community and of the Midwest chapter of the Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA) participated in a global exchange via CALA Midwest’s first virtual annual conference. Read more<http://www.lis.illinois.edu/articles/2014/06/six-gslis-lead-chinese-american-librarians-association-global-virtual-conference>.

CIRSS faculty, staff travel to Oxford for digital humanities workshop
GSLIS faculty and staff collaborated with the Oxford e-Research Centre to organize and lead a five-day workshop, Data Curation and Access for the Digital Humanities, as part of the Digital Humanities at Oxford Summer School. Read more.<http://www.lis.illinois.edu/articles/2014/06/cirss-faculty-staff-travel-oxford-digital-humanities-workshop>

Black speaks on information history at UW-Milwaukee
Professor Alistair Black gave an invited talk at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Information Studies as part of the school’s Social Studies of Information Research Group speaker series. Read more.<http://www.lis.illinois.edu/articles/2014/05/black-speaks-information-history-uw-milwaukee>

Cooke speaks at diversity and fluency conferences, PhD colloquium
Assistant Professor Nicole A. Cooke spoke at three events in April, discussing topics from social justice to the roles of LIS faculty. Read more.<http://www.lis.illinois.edu/articles/2014/04/cooke-speaks-diversity-fluency-conferences-phd-colloquium>

FTRF, GSLIS to collaborate on intellectual freedom course
The Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) and GSLIS will offer an online graduate-level course on intellectual freedom this fall for library and information science students around the country. Read more.<http://www.lis.illinois.edu/articles/2014/04/ftrf-gslis-collaborate-intellectual-freedom-course>

Rayward edits Information Beyond Borders
Professor Emeritus W. Boyd Rayward has assembled a collection of essays by international scholars exploring the globalization of culture and information in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in his new book. Read more.<http://www.lis.illinois.edu/articles/2014/04/rayward-edits-information-beyond-borders>

Smith, partners examine future of LIS education
Linda C. Smith, professor and associate dean for academic programs, will serve as a partner on an IMLS planning grant that will look at the future of library and information science education. Read more.<http://www.lis.illinois.edu/articles/2014/04/smith-partners-examine-future-lis-education>

Bonn named editor of Journal of Electronic Publishing
Maria Bonn, senior lecturer, has assumed the role of editor for the Journal of Electronic Publishing (JEP). Read more.<http://www.lis.illinois.edu/articles/2014/03/bonn-named-editor-journal-electronic-publishing>

Mak delivers invited talk, leads seminar at Haverford College
Assistant Professor Bonnie Mak visited Haverford College in March, where she delivered an invited talk to launch the Haverford College Libraries’ Texts and Technologies Lecture Series. Read more.<http://www.lis.illinois.edu/articles/2014/03/mak-deliver-invited-talk-lead-seminar-haverford-college>

INSPIRE supports research collaborations with Swedish scholars
Two research projects at GSLIS have received support from the Illinois-Sweden Program for Educational and Research Exchange (INSPIRE) program, allowing research to be conducted in collaboration with researchers in Sweden. Read more.<http://www.lis.illinois.edu/articles/2014/03/inspire-supports-research-collaborations-swedish-scholars>

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Kim Schmidt
Director of Publications and Media Relations
Graduate School of Library and Information Science
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
501 East Daniel Street
Champaign, IL 61820
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