AASL Innovative Reading Grant awarded to Kristine Klopp

May 2012

Kristine Klopp’s  project,  “Square Off for Reading!,” is the 2012 recipient of the American Association of School Librarians' (AASL) Innovative Reading Grant. Sponsored by Capstone, this grant of $2,500 supports the planning and implementation of a unique and innovative program for children that motivates and encourages reading, especially with struggling readers. Klopp says she began writing the grant as a class project in LIS 772, Library Services to Children, with Professor Allison Kaplan.

Read the announcement in American Libraries magazine

SLIS Student Awards - names of 2012 Award Winners

May 2012

Congratulations to the winners of the SLIS awards!

Laura Farley - Valmai Fensterr Award for Outstanding Promise for Exceptional Scholarly Contribution to the Profession

Dawn Wing - Dianne McAfee Hopkins Diversity Award

Meagan Schiebel - Penelope and Stephen Klein Scholarship Award

Jennifer Kirmer - Lawrence C. Zweizig Student Leadership Award

James Krikelas Award for Innovative Use of Information Technology
Carissa Christner, Nicole Colburn, Kat McLarn, Angela Terrab, Jackie Zoook - Award
Sara Cummins, Melissa Nicholas, Molly Khan - Honorable Mention

Dawn Wing - Lawrence Jacobsen Innovations in Library Science Scholarship Award

Visiting Assistant Professor Position Open

March 6, 2012

The University of Wisconsin‐Madison School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS) seeks a candidate to join our dynamic learning community as Visiting Assistant Professor. See full Position Vacancy Listing.

UW-Madison SLIS Alum Wins Prestigious Teaching Fellowship

February 2012

Congratulations to Dr. Toni Samek, UW-Madison SLIS Alum, on winning the 3M National Teaching Fellowship!
Read the full announcement.

SLIS Assoc Director Emerita Speaks up at Rockford PL News Conference

January 2012

Jane Pearlmutter, SLIS Associate Director Emerita, speaks before the Rockford Public Library Board regarding the RPL’s draft August 2011 “Facilities and Digital Library Plan” requiring the RPL system to move to "a 95/5 ratio of digital to print".  The proposed plan has evoked questions and concerns by area residents. Read the full article.

SLIS Student Awards

January 25th

The deadline to apply for SLIS student awards is March 5th. Please see the Awards page for all the information.

SLIS Faculty Position in Library & Information Studies/Living Environments Laboratory

January 23, 2012

The School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, in partnership with the Wisconsin Institute of Discovery (WID) invites applications for a full time tenure track or tenured position in human interaction with information and information systems including but not limited to user experience design, usability and information use/disuse, cognitive and affective science, psycho-physiology, affective computing, gaming, ecological approaches, distributed cognition, contextual design, impact analysis, and experiential cognitive/cognitive behavioral therapy. Application deadline is March 1, 2012. View the full position announcement.