UIUC Professor Clara M. Chu Receives IMLS Grant to Develop the IDEA Institute on Artificial Intelligence

Clara M. Chu, director of the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs and Mortenson Distinguished Professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, along with collaborators from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and the University of Texas at Austin, have received a Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The $208,142 grant will fund the IDEA (Innovation, Disruption, Enquiry, Access) Institute on Artificial intelligence (AI). Continue reading

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Myung-Ja “MJ” Han Selected as a Building Pathways for Emerging Leaders Fellow

Myung-Ja Han, librarian and head of Acquisitions and Cataloging Services at the University Library, has been chosen as a Building Pathways for Emerging Leaders Fellow at the University of Illinois. Han’s exceptional leadership skills and her notable accomplishments have identified her as an emerging leader on campus. This program celebrates her determination and hard work.  Continue reading

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Summer 2020 Presentations by Library Faculty and Academic Professionals

This past summer, our Library faculty, and academic professionals presented on a wide variety of topics. As always, we congratulate our researchers on their important contributions to the University of Illinois, the Library and Information Science department and other disciplines. A selected bibliography of these presentations is provided below. Continue reading

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Summer 2020 Publications by Library Faculty and Academic Professionals

As a companion to our previous post, we present some of the publications our Library faculty and academic professionals have published this past summer. Peruse the selected bibliography we have provided below to learn more about these topics.

(Links to OA journal access, the DOI for individual articles, or the catalog record are provided when available.)

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