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PhD Spotlight: Dick Kawooya Finds Success in the US After Graduating from SIS

August 21, 2019 by Hillary Tune

When Dick Kawooya first traveled from Uganda to the United States in 2001 to study library science, he had only expected to stay for one year. Now, Kawooya is an associate professor and just finished a year as interim director of the School of Library and Information Science College of Information and Communications at the University […]

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Erika Long, school librarian at Thurgood Marshall Elementary School and SIS alum

School Librarian, SIS Alum Erika Long on Making the Library a Place for Every Student

August 8, 2019 by Hillary Tune

Erika Long (’16) was working with children in an after-school program, and as an academic mentor and tutor, when she realized she could do more for them. She wanted to provide children with lifelong skills that would make them successful academically and professionally, and she settled on the best way to do that: become a […]

Filed Under: Alumni News, Announcements, Featured Story Tagged With: Alumni Article, Diversity & Inclusion, Erika Long, school librarian, students, Thurgood Marshall Elementary School

Alum Lauren Cole (’19) Speaks on Practicum with PBS ‘Black in Appalachia’ Project

July 10, 2019 by Hillary Tune

Recent SIS graduate Lauren Cole (Spring ’19) spent part of her last semester conducting a practicum through East Tennessee PBS and its “Black in Appalachia” project. The project is geared to record the histories of black communities and people living in Appalachia, and it is being done with a multi-pronged approach, said ETPBS Director of […]

Filed Under: Alumni News, Announcements, Student News Tagged With: Alumni Article, archives, Black in Appalachia, digitizing, Lauren Cole, Practicum, William Isom

Recent Grad Valerie Aucoin on the Advantages of ALA

June 22, 2019 by Hillary Tune

Featured alum: Valerie Aucoin (’19) just graduated from SIS and is currently interviewing for youth librarian positions across the country. She will be attending the American Library Association conference this week in Washington, D.C. as a volunteer, after she helped lead the student ALA chapter at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Why UTK? I had […]

Filed Under: Alumni News, Announcements, Featured Story Tagged With: ALA, Alumni Article, alumni q&a, American Library Association, Valerie Aucoin, youth services

SIS alum Donna George

Alum Donna George on Traveling Varied Information Sciences Paths

May 30, 2019 by Hillary Tune

Shelving assistant, library branch manager, business analyst and now, director of product development – these are some of the job titles SIS graduate Donna George (’01), has held throughout her career. The first job she ever had was at her neighborhood public library, and she loved it. While her peers were working in typical teen […]

Filed Under: Alumni News, Featured Story Tagged With: Alumni, Alumni Article, business analyst, Donna George, Public Libraries

Alum Dorothy Ogdon Takes Libraries Into the Future with Technology Resources, Services

February 5, 2019 by SIS Staff

Virtual reality, 3D-printing, models of brains and bones – these are just a few of the things that Dorothy Ogdon (’07) is dealing with on a regular basis. And she’s a librarian. Of course, she’s not your typical librarian. Currently she is the emerging technologies librarian at the University of Alabama, Birmingham. It’s a new […]

Filed Under: Announcements Tagged With: Alumni Article, tech, Virtual Reality, VR

Meet SIS Alumni Alan Sims, the Creative Force Behind the ‘Knoxville Urban Guy’

November 20, 2018 by SIS Staff

If you’ve ever wondered what to do in downtown Knoxville – enough to do a quick internet search about it – then you’ve likely stumbled across “Inside of Knoxville,” a blog by the mysteriously named “Knoxville Urban Guy.” It’s the place to get the inside scoop on businesses downtown and in nearby areas, and the […]

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