iSchool alumna Janet Tom (MA’99) was one of ten librarians across the country to be awarded ALA’s 2019 “I Love My Librarian Award” for her work at the San Francisco Public Library. Co-workers and patrons nominated Tom for her excellent reference skills and her dedication to the San Francisco community through unique educational programming and …
Dear Students, Alumni, Faculty and Staff of the iSchool, In the wake of recent racist anti-Black incidents and violence in Minnesota, Kentucky, Georgia, Florida, New York, and elsewhere around the country, we call for full and deep solidarity with our African American students, faculty, staff, alumni and neighbors. The iSchool joins UW–Madison leadership and the …
The iSchool is thrilled to announce the addition of several faculty members! The hiring process began in early 2020 and visits to Madison luckily finished up a few weeks before campus closed facilities in March. The incoming faculty will diversify the iSchool’s research areas, as well as add new strengths to share with students through …
Associate Professor Rebekah Willett’s research on children’s media and technology use couldn’t come at a better time than during the COVID-19 shutdown. Now more than ever, young children are using screens and digital technologies to learn, visit with friends, and find entertainment. Before technology became even more prevalent than it is now, Willett was already …
Congratulations to iSchool alum Rebecca Millerjohn! Ms. Millerjohn was named a 2020 Mover and Shaker by Library Journal. Currently a Youth Services Librarian at Madison Public Library, she is recognized for incorporating assessment into the maker space movement. Read more about her inspiring work on the Library Journal site.
Given the disruptions caused by COVID-19, the iSchool at UW–Madison is extending the application deadline for those who wish to begin the PhD Program in Fall 2020. PLEASE NOTE: we are waiving the GRE requirement for this round of applications. Applications will be reviewed as we receive them, and we will close the process when we have …
Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, for the safety of our students, UW–Madison and the iSchool have determined that the format of Bootcamp will be changed from in-person to a synchronous, online event, held on the same dates, August 3-6, 2020. Students will be able to login in real time, and participate from the safety of …
Associate Professor Rebekah Willett has been named a partner investigator in the first global effort to study the effects of digital technology on children based in the Australian Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child. The new Centre is based at Queensland University of Technology and headed by Professor Susan Danby. The $23.4 million project …
Associate Professor Alan Rubel published A Matter of Trust: Higher Education Institutions as Information Fiduciaries in an Age of Educational Data Mining and Learning Analytics in the December issue of JASIST. The paper’s co-authors are Kyle Jones and Ellen LeClere, both iSchool PhD graduates. Higher education institutions are mining and analyzing student data to effect …