School of Library and Information Science @ Indiana University

The center feature of the Fall 2009 issue of the SLIS alumni magazine celebrated the 45th anniversary of the SLIS Doctoral Program. The doctoral program at SLIS was originally established in 1964, when the Division of Library Science was still housed within the School of Education.

The SLIS American Library Association — Student Chapter (ALA-SC) held a Digital Libraries Panel on November 4, 2009. They stressed that they are shifting from building collections to building services.

"Technology Manias and the Inefficient Dissemination of Information" was the most recent talk in the Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics (RKCSI) Speaker Series.

SLIS alumna Teresa Heidenreich (MLS'08) works as the Director of the Washington Carnegie Public Library in Washington, Indiana. Overall, WCPL directly serves about 19,000 citizens (taxing district and contracted townships).

Professional associations in library and information science provide opportunities to network, and to learn about the latest research trends in the field. Associations have websites, listservs, and conferences.

"The warning came a scant five-and-a-half hours ahead of the water June 11. Predicted to top out at 24 feet, the Cedar River crested at 31. Despite heroic efforts by the staff ...

SLIS Professor Susan Herring recently gave a research talk at the Syracuse University School of Information Studies on November 2, 2009.

If we did not grant doctorates, there would not be a field. Or if there were, it would be a field with decidedly limited prestige and little or no academic credibility. It is not an accident that the leading library and information science schools, however you care to define leading, have doctoral p...

This year's 4S (Society for Social Studies of Science) Annual Meeting was held at the Hyatt Regency-Crystal City in Arlington, VA from October 28 to November 1, 2009. SLIS faculty member Noriko Hara gave a presentation on her research as a part of session #190 - "Online Worlds."

SLIS alumna, Jennifer Daugherty (MLS'07), is employed at Laurel County Public Library in London, KY, which serves a user population of about 57,000. Jennifer is the Director of Reference and Information Services.