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Olson wins 2013 ACRL WGSS Career Achievement Award: By School of Information Studies | Posted on May 17, 2013 at 2:51 PM; Hope Olson, professor in the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee’s School of Information Studies, has been selected as the 2013 winner of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Women and Gender Studies Section (WGSS) Career Achievement Award. The award honors significant long-standing contributions to women’s studies in the field of librarianship over the course of a career.

Spring 2013 Recognition Ceremony: By Jessica Gilmore | Posted on May 3, 2013 at 2:01 PM; In Celebration of our students' achievements, the School of Information Studies invites Spring graduates and their families to the Spring 2013 Recognition Ceremony. All eligible graduates and spring semester scholarship recipients are invited! Saturday, May 18th, 2013 1:00pm - 3:00pm Hyatt Regency Milwaukee 333 W. Kilbourn Ave Milwaukee, WI 53211

SOIS Instructor Steven J Miller featured in "Another DAM Podcast Interview": By School of Information Studies | Posted on April 15, 2013 at 11:49 AM; SOIS Instructor Steven J Miller was featured in "Another DAM Podcast Interview" on April 04, 2013. Steven discusses how he became involved with Digital Asset Management(DAM) and some of the challenges and successes with DAM. He also talks a bit about his How to Manual - Metadata for Digital Collections. Listen to the interview here!

IST Juniors Guest-tweet from Austria For @UWPowersMe: By Tina Wagner | Posted on April 8, 2013 at 9:33 AM; Ben Specht and Brian Thompson take to the Twittersphere as guest-tweeters for @UWPowersMe. They begin making regular contributions to the University of Wisconsin System (UWS) social media campaign on April 8. Specht and Thompson will be the first UWM students featured and the first to tell their story from overseas.

Matthew Reidsma: Library Journal's, Tech Leaders - Movers & Shakers 2013: By School of Information Studies | Posted on March 19, 2013 at 9:36 AM; Matthew Reidsma (MLIS '10) is a featured Tech Leader in Library Journal's "Movers & Shakers 2013" - March 15, 2013 issue. Learn more about Matthew and his current position as Web Services Librarian at Grand Valley State University Libraries, Allendale, MI

Taking an IT career in a new direction: By Kathy Quirk | Posted on December 13, 2012 at 10:25 AM; David Kwasny has managed to weave his workplace and academic experience into success. “I think I have more to contribute in class and in projects because of the work experience. I really get to see the practical side of everything I’m learning. When we talk about theory, I often have the experience of actually doing it.”

Education in the Dominican Republic: Information Access as an Instrument of Change: By School of Information Studies | Posted on November 2, 2012 at 12:45 PM; Participate in a non-credit bearing, volunteer career development program specifically designed for 15 undergraduate and graduate students in the areas of Information Studies and Education. In addition to learning about international information access and philosophies of education and community development, students will contribute to a community-led project that increases information access and improves the quality of education in Santiago Rodríguez, Dominican Republic.

Banned Books Week 2012 | 50 State Salute: By Adriana Marie McCleer | Posted on October 4, 2012 at 2:31 PM; This year marks the 30th anniversary of Banned Books Week, the national book community's annual celebration of the freedom to read. To commemorate this milestone anniversary, the Office for Intellectual Freedom is coordinating a "50 State Salute to Banned Books Week." The "50 State Salute" will form the core of ALA's participation in this year's Banned Books Virtual Read-Out and will consist of videos from each state proclaiming the importance of the freedom to read.

Cultural Frames of Knowledge: By School of Information Studies | Posted on August 7, 2012 at 10:53 AM; The Information Organization Research Group (IOrg) completed an anthology on the epistemology of information organization titled Cultural Frames of Knowledge. The book was co-edited by SOIS Visiting Professor Dr. Richard Smiraglia and Associate Professor Hur-Li Lee. It’s published by Ergon Verlag of Germany, and includes eight chapters written by nine authors, five of whom are IOrg members

Dr. Wooseob Jeong Appointed Interim Dean: By School of Information Studies | Posted on July 2, 2012 at 11:16 AM; Professor Wooseob Jeong has been appointed to serve as SOIS interim Dean beginning July 1st. Dr. Jeong has been a faculty member at SOIS since 2001. He is a noted researcher in the areas of human computer interaction, digital libraries, and multilingual information systems.