With a mind for business and research but a heart for teaching, Dr. Amir Karami has found a job that allows him to tap into all of his interests.
A freshman steps up to help his dad
Nick Vera is a first-year Ph.D. student in SLIS. Learn more about Nick and his involvement during his time as a MLIS student.
How do laws influence access to information? Do they enhance knowledge creation or limit it? These are questions that Dr. Dick Kawooya explores in his research.
Our name — School of Library and Information Science — only begins to tell our story. From undergraduate to doctoral degrees, we explore information — where you find it, how you extract it, how you preserve it, how you put it to use. Traditional libraries are defying tradition and becoming community hubs for information and interaction. Information management is a key to success in business, industry, government, politics, commerce, education and, well, we could go on. You could, too.
What is informatics? Beginning in the 2019-2020 academic year, it will be the newest minor offered by the School of Library and Information Science. Informatics replaces the pre-existing information science minor and will give students a more flexible way to learn how information works.
The HBCU Library Alliance Conference offered three students — Patrice Green, Jocelyn Pettigrew and Ashley Silvera — the opportunity to network with professionals in the field and speak in front of all the attendees.
This summer, Patrice Green was able to explore potential careers through one of the most prestigious internships in the country. Green was one of 40 students selected from across the country to spend their summer working within the walls of the Library of Congress as part of the library's junior fellowship program.
With a mind for business and research but a heart for teaching, Dr. Amir Karami has found a job that allows him to tap into all of his interests — and his work is influencing how researchers are exploring big data to make even bigger discoveries.
Jack Bryan credits his degree from the then-College of Librarianship for making his long career in public service possible and hopes that by giving back he can empower others to do the same.
The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded Vanessa Kitzie and Jennifer Arns, faculty in the School of Library and Information Science, grants for research focused on public libraries and their effect on local communities.