School of Library and Information Science

News and Notes

View the video 
SLIS Colloquium: "SPARC Opening Access
to Research Through Collective Action"
Wednesday, November 18 at 6:00 pm
Information Commons, Room 132 Marist Hall
presented by Jennifer McLennan, Dir. Comm.,
Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition

Thanksgiving Recess
CUA Campus Closed
November 25-29, Wednesday-Sunday

Marist Hall Renovations
Outside Ramp & 1st Floor Restroom
Dec. 7-18.  Please contact
Dean Kelley's Office if accommodating
arrangements are needed

Registration now for Spring Classes
Available online at Cardinal Station

SLIS congratulates Jennifer McDaniel
Rovelstad Scholarship winner for 2009-2010

Attention future health sciences librarians
SLIS faculty recently approved a new Recommended Course of Study in Health Sciences Librarianship. See the recommendation for full details

Watch the video of SLIS Colloquium: The World Digital Library, Allene Hayes, Digital Projects Coordinator, Library of Congress, held on November 5, 2009. 

Congratulations to Dr. Hsieh-Yee
2009 ASIST SIG Member of the Year
SLIS congratulates Professor Ingrid Hsieh-Yee, who has been named SIG Member of the Year by the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST). Dr. Hsieh-Yee is Chair of the Special Interest Group for Education (SIG ED) of ASIST.

Accreditation Update:   SLIS has been fully reaccredited by the Committee on Accreditation of the American Library Association. The Committee voted in favor of full reaccreditation at its meeting during the ALA Conference, and Dean Kelley received notice on July 13 that the School’s next accreditation review will occur in 2016.

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