MS/LIS student Annabel Pinkney has been awarded a grant from the Caxton Club, a not-for-profit organization devoted to the study and promotion of the book arts. The grant will support her project, “Advanced Studies of the Book Structure,” in which Pinkney is creating a portfolio of at least ten book repair treatments of varying difficulty.
Paula Mae Carns, Associate Professor and Head of the Literatures and Languages Library, was invited to participate in the British Library’s International Library Leaders Programme.
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Ayla Stein Kenfield, Repository Services Librarian and Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is a member of the D-CRAFT project team that was awarded an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Grant. Continue reading
The Associate Professor of Library Administration and the Middle East and North Africa subject specialist in the International Area Studies Library at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Laila Hussein Mustafa, along with team members/colleagues Teresa Barnes (Director of the Center for African Studies) and Mauro Nobili (History Professor) have received funding for their project from Discovery Partners Institute (DPI). Continue reading