As the Information School prepares to relocate to its new home in Morgridge Hall next year, a monumental project is underway to assess, catalog and preserve materials in the iSchool Library for the future. Long beloved as a study space for students across campus, the library is also home to an extensive collection of more …
While pursuing her master’s in Library & Information Studies, Michelle Fisher MAx’24 is also a practicing library professional, overseeing the circulation and welcome desks as a night and weekend supervisor at UW–Madison’s bustling Memorial Library. When she saw that the Information School’s Back in Circulation conference—which brings together diverse library professionals from around the country—was …
Louise Robbins, former director and professor emerita of the UW–Madison School of Library and Information Studies (now the Information School, or iSchool), has been honored with the prestigious, inaugural School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences (CDIS) Distinguished Achievement Award, an honor that recognizes her extraordinary impact on the field and the enduring legacy she …
Before she discovered a passion for libraries, Jacqueline “Jacquie” Kociubuk—a PhD Candidate in the iSchool—worked in fisheries in the Pacific Northwest, studying salmon and Albacore tuna. “I worked on boats and in canneries,” she said. “It got really slimy.” But after an unexpected move to Ohio to help care for a family member, Kociubuk landed …