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Our new blog is up and running
(Feb 2009)
The SI Informant, a news and events kind of blog for those who like their info fast, is up. Our older style list of separate news items will soon go by the wayside.
Five SI teams to compete in international CHI Design Competition
(Jan 2009)
School of Information students have continued a string of impressive showings in the annual international CHI Design Competition by placing five teams among the 12 who will compete in Boston on April 9.
ACM cites faculty members for distinguished work
(Jan 2009)
A current faculty member and a professor emerita of the School of Information have been honored by the Association of Computing Machinery for their contributions in the field of computer-human interaction.
Alumna Deborah Diesen has Time on her side
(Jan 2009)
Alumna Deborah Diesen is a first-time author, but she rates in the top 10 of her field -- and has an impressive list to prove it.
ACM names Dragomir Radev a distinguished scientist
(Jan 2009)
The Association for Computing Machinery has named Associate Professor Dragomir Radev a distinguished scientist.
Michigan SLA awards scholarship to Lisa J. Wheeler
(Dec 2008)
The Michigan Chapter of the Special Libraries Association has awarded master's student Lisa J. Wheeler a $600 scholarship to be used toward books and tuition.
Online archive of Cohen AIDS literature now in beta version
(Dec 2008)
In conjunction with World AIDS Day on Dec. 1, SI and the U-M Library will launch a searchable, online trove of AIDS-related literature gathered by a prominent science writer.
SI students compete and win in annual GROCS competition
(Nov 2008)
School of Information students continue to do well in the annual GROCS competition that encourages a vision for enhancing teaching, learning, and research.
Iron workers raise the last beam on North Quad
(Nov 2008)
A traditional "topping out" ceremony on Tuesday, November 18 marked the placement of the last steel beam for the new North Quad living/learning complex that will include the home of the School of Information.
IT manager finds confidence, fitness through martial arts
(Nov 2008)
Philip Ray (MSI '98) makes an effort to ride his bike to work every day. Because he lives only three miles from campus, the information technology manager at the School of Natural Resources and Environment (SNRE) easily can commute on two wheels.
Her theatre work sparked interest in library science
(Nov 2008)
Molly Kleinman's love for theatre played a leading role in steering her to a job as copyright specialist and special projects librarian at Hatcher Graduate Library.
Resnick: Blogging a way to connect
(Nov 2008)
The Ann Arbor News quizzed Professor Paul Resnick about blogging and how it has changed interpersonal communications.
SI Alumni Society honors four leaders in the information professions
(Oct 2008)
Kenlee Ray (AMLS '68) of Washington, D.C., Peter Morville (MILS '93) of Ann Arbor, Louis Rosenfeld (MILS '90) of Brooklyn, New York, and Josie Parker (MILS '96) of Ann Arbor will be recognized by the School of Information Alumni Society for their significant contributions to the information professions and their service to SI.
SI graduates rank first in 'Library Journal' salary survey
(Oct 2008)
School of Information graduates with a Master of Science in Information degree are the highest paid among all in their field, a national survey reveals.
MacKie-Mason-edited volume on digital library economics published
(Oct 2008)
U-M's Scholarly Publishing Office has issued a collection of essays that grew from a research project and conference on the economics of digital libraries. Professor Jeff MacKie-Mason is co-editor of the volume.
Six internships to be created for MSI students at humanities centers
(Oct 2008)
The University of Michigan School of Information is developing a model internship program to place six master's students as fully paid summer interns in digital humanities centers in Michigan, Maryland, and Nebraska.
Alumna Elisabeth Jones wins Paul Evan Peters Fellowship
(Oct 2008)
Elisabeth Jones (MSI '07) has been honored with the 2008 Paul Evan Peters Fellowship from the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI). Jones joins fellow alumni Christopher (Cal) Lee (MSI '99, Ph.D. '05) and Phillip M. Edwards (MSI '03) in being so honored.
1,000 Pitches contest aims to bring in new ideas
(Oct 2008)
A competition now under way at the University of Michigan aims to gather 1,000 pitches for new businesses, inventions, and nonprofit organizations by October 26. The award for winning entries in each of seven categories is $1,000.
Three SI students launch mobile tech startup
(Oct 2008)
What did you do this summer? Three MSI students spent their summer launching a tech startup with funding from an Ann Arbor-area venture capital firm.
Jill Andrews heads SI development and external relations
(Oct 2008)
Jill Andrews has joined the School of Information as director of development and external relations.
The Web and the Credibility Gap -- Why It Should Matter to You
(Oct 2008)
The transformation of the Web from a domain only site managers could change to a more democratic forum where more people can add or alter content using so-called Web 2.0 applications has created a problem -- how do you know if what you're reading is credible?
On-demand printing comes to the library
(Sep 2008)
With the installation of a state-of-the-art book-printing machine, the University of Michigan Library stands at the frontier of 21st-century publishing.
Open access champion to address privatization of knowledge at Oct 22 JSB Symposium
(Sep 2008)
Brewster Kahle, a champion of open access to all knowledge, will consider the impact of the consolidation and privatization of knowledge sources when he gives the keynote talk at the John Seely Brown Symposium on Society and Technology, 3:00 p.m., October 22, 2008.
U-M and SI launch new Information Age major: Informatics
(Sep 2008)
University of Michigan undergraduates have a new major on their list of choices, one highly relevant in the age of Google and Web 2.0: informatics.
SI's Krause and Yakel win SAA's Posner Award
(Sep 2008)
Magia Ghetu Krause, a PhD candidate at SI, and Elizabeth Yakel, associate professor of information, have won the Society of American Archivists' 2008 Fellows' Ernst Posner Award for their essay, "Interaction in Virtual Archives: The Polar Bear Expedition Digital Collections Next Generation Finding Aid."
Atkins named U-M associate vice president, cyberinfrastructure
(Sep 2008)
The U-M community will benefit from School of Information Professor Daniel E. Atkins' knowledge of cyberinfrastructure through his new part-time role with the Office of the Vice President for Research and the Office of the Provost.
Radev coaches linguists to olympiad victories
(Aug 2008)
Assistant Professor Dragomir Radev helped coach a team of U.S. high school students at the sixth International Linguistics Olympiad in Sunny Beach, Bulgaria. The event is one of a dozen international science olympiads for high school students.
Bluffing could be common in prediction markets, study shows
(Jul 2008)
A new mathematical model suggests that bluffing in prediction markets is a profitable strategy more often than previously thought.
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