The iSchool is excited to announce Dr. Rhea Brown Lawson (PhD’98) as our 2018 Distinguished Alumna. Dr. Lawson will visit Madison in May as our graduation speaker. Currently the Director of the Houston Public Library, …
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Alumni Profile: Mary Kate Kwasnik (MA’15)
Mary Kate Kwasnik (MA ’15) is the Manager of Exhibitions and Public Programs at the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. She builds digital exhibitions and timelines with archival materials and works on their website. …
Rubel contributes to article on brain-computer interfaces and privacy in the journal Nature
We currently interact with computers and electronic devices by way of keyboards, touchscreens, mouses, game controllers, and the like. But imagine being able to do so via a more direct connection with one’s brain, for …
iSchool Workshop: Collections Carpentry Recap
On Thursday, September 21st, the Information School hosted a Collections Carpentry workshop featuring iSchool Faculty Associates Browen Masemann and Dorothea Salo, iSchool Lecturer and Wisconsin Center for Film & Theater Research Head Film Archivist Amy …
Associate Professor Rebekah Willett Awarded IMLS Grant
Associate Professor Rebekah Willett has been awarded a $524,874 National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services for a project entitled, ‘Navigating Screens: Libraries as Community Hubs for Teaching Positive Screen Media …
Alumni Profile: Rachel Behnke (MA’16)
Rachel Behnke (MA’16) shared the path to landing her dream job at the Library of Congress National Audiovisual Conservation Center. I started Library School in 2014 with an interest in film preservation. Film was my …
Welcome to the Information School
The Information School, or “iSchool” is the new name of the UW-Madison academic department known as the School of Library and Information Studies. On July 1, 2017, the University of Wisconsin-Madison formally recognized the School’s …
Alumni Profile: Sam Abrams (MA’17) & StoryCorps
Sam Abrams (MA’17) recently finished working for StoryCorps as the community archivist. As the community archivist, she managed the lifecycle of the organization’s digital and physical assets and supported a field staff of twenty-five people …
SLIS Name Change: Future Directions
Over the past two years, faculty and staff have been hard at work to broaden the scope of the curriculum while staying true to the school’s traditions in educating librarians, archivists, and information professionals. A …
Alumni Profile: Nathan Sowry (MA’13)
Nathan has always had an interest in history and culture, and has gravitated towards positions in archives libraries, and museums. He volunteered with the Smithsonian Institution’s Anthropology Library, and later worked at the National Archives …