Congratulations to Professor Rebekah Willett who was recently awarded a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorship. This award is among the most prestigious granted by the university and is awarded to recognize distinguished scholarship as well as outstanding efforts in teaching and service. “To be honored with this award is deeply meaningful to me,” said Willett. “Not …
Fall semester is well underway, and there is much to celebrate this year! UW–Madison’s freshman class is, once again, the largest in history, and it is also the most diverse. Here in L&S, we have a student body full of talent and we are providing a world-class experience for those students. Engagement at SuccessWorks, our …
Second-year iSchool student Oluwademilade Oloyede has LIS interests that range from public to academic libraries and archives. Hailing from Nigeria and a member of the Yoruba tribe, Oloyede’s experience with libraries looks a little different from those in North America—although some things, like funding, are familiarly difficult territory. Once her interest in libraries was piqued, …
“A lot of people in technology want to study programming,” said MS Information student Satvik Shukla, “I was a little different, I wanted to know what was happening in the background and how technology interacts with information.” Shukla who spent his early years in Nagpur, India, the geographic epicenter of the country, was sent to …
Originally from Philadelphia, UW–Madison senior Julia Grossinger knew she wanted to leave home for college. UW–Madison was the perfect place. It was big, had lots of lakes and nature, great academics and amazing school spirit. There was just one problem. Grossinger had learned about iSchools while in high school and wanted to study information science, …
When Chandra Prabha arrived in Madison fifty years ago, she did not know what her future would hold. A chance encounter with a library staff and a sense of ease at a south side branch of the Madison Public Library led Prabha to choose a career in Library Science. Her professional journey in library science …
Dr. Karen Brown (MA’77) is the recipient of the iSchool’s 2022 Distinguished Alumni Award. A longtime Badger, Dr. Brown first came to UW–Madison as an undergrad and proceeded to earn a master’s degree at the then named School of Library and Information Studies. Following, she moved on to pursue a doctorate in media ecology at …
Kristin Briney (MA’13) and Becky Yoose (MA’08) published a book together earlier in the year: Managing Data for Patron Privacy: Comprehensive Strategies for Libraries. Jeff Hancks (MA’02) is in his 18th year at Western Illinois University where he directs the Bachelor of Arts in General Studies degree program for University Libraries and is a full professor of …
Research findings posted online as preprints — studies made public before undergoing the review and approval of a panel of peer scientists required by most scholarly journals — often hold up quite well to that scrutiny, according to a new report on COVID-19 studies.
On May 15, graduates and their families and friends joined iSchool faculty and staff for the 2022 Information School Graduation Ceremony at the Pyle Center. The 2022 Distinguished Scholar, Dr. Karen Brown, presented remarks to graduates remotely. Student award winners were also honored. Adam Blackbourn was honored as the Beta Phi Mu Outstanding Student Scholar. …