The School of Information Sciences is proud that four of its incoming students were selected for prestigious fellowships from the UTK graduate school. “SIS students often receive fellowships from the Graduate School, but none of us can remember such a large number of students being recognized in the same year. This is just another testament […]
Rebecca Howard’s (’19) interest in archives was first piqued while working at her university library. She was earning her undergraduate degree in history from Stockton University, and was working at the university’s library when it merged with the Noyes Museum of Art, which gave her an opportunity to be an archives assistant. “They had documents […]
The 2019 ALISE Conference was in Knoxville the last week of September, and faculty, students and alumni made a strong showing in both participation and winning awards at the conference, which was co-chaired by SIS Director and Professor Diane Kelly and co-hosted by SIS. Our award winners were: SIS Assistant Professor Brian Dobreski, who tied for […]
When Danielle Pollock was an undergraduate, she and a friend devised a plan to open an independent bookstore someday. The rise of online shopping and e-books stymied their dreams, but actually led to some of the research work that the UT PhD alum does today. “I always knew I was interested in libraries – not […]
University of Tennessee College of Communication and Information doctoral student Kevin Mallary was diving into information science during his undergraduate and master’s programs in communication at Wake Forest University before he even knew what information science was. At the time, he was focusing his research on website accessibility for users with disabilities. “When I go […]
Featured student: Clancy Anderson Location: Bristol, Tenn. Education: Training as a submarine nuclear reactor operator in the Navy, and an undergraduate degree in history from Eastern Connecticut State University Career: I grew up on a ranch in Central Montana, then I went to being on a submarine in the Navy, to being a librarian in […]
Update: William “Dr. Bill” Robinson died Jan. 9, 2021. He will be remembered by the hundreds of students he taught over his three decades at SIS, and the School will continue to honor his memory with the “Dr. Bill” Robinson Scholarship Endowment. The story below was written in September 2019 in honor of his 80th […]
Associate Professor Vandana Singh’s work over the past few years is being recognized by several outlets – both for the extensive service she has undertaken, and for her research. She will receive the College of Communication & Information Service Award in October, for which she was nominated due to her service in creating the successful […]
Faculty from the School of Information Sciences, along with the University of Denver (DU), UT Libraries and many more collaborators, were awarded a Lifelong Learning Project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services’ (IMLS) Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program. The Collaborative Analysis Liaison Librarians (CALL) master’s level instructional program will build curriculum […]
Crystal Sherline didn’t think she wanted to get a PhD; she was working as a library director of a small, rural library, and had already been through the rigorous PhD experience with a spouse. “I had a couple of patrons I was very close to, who were older and worldly. They told me, ‘You need […]
