Lynne M. Thomas Wins Special Award from the World Fantasy Convention

Lynne M. Thomas, Head of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library at the University Library has won a Special Award (Non-Professional) from the World Fantasy Convention for Uncanny Magazine. Uncanny Magazine is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine that features fiction, poetry, gorgeous prose, and nonfiction.

Lynne was recognized alongside fellow editor-in-chief Michael Damian Thomas at the 2024 World Fantasy Awards earlier this month. The World Fantasy Convention is an annual gathering of authors, artists, editors, agents, publishers, and fans of the Fantasy & Horror literary genres from all across the globe.

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Anderson, Ton, and Wilson Receive a National Endowment for the Humanities Grant

Bethany Anderson, Mary Ton, and Kristen Wilson received a $60,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support the development of a portal of women in science. Anderson, Natural and Applied Sciences Archivist at the University of Illinois Archives, serves as the project director alongside co-project directors Mary Ton, Digital Humanities Librarian, and Kristen Wilson, Illinois Distributed Museum Coordinator. Their project, “No Longer at the Margins: A Digital Project to Amplify Access to the Archives of Women in Science,” received one of thirty-three Humanities Collections and Reference Resources Grants awarded nationwide. The grant supports institutions’ preservation and accessibility efforts of collections essential to scholarship, education, and public programming in the humanities. “No Longer at the Margins” was also selected to receive funding from the NEH’s special initiative, American Tapestry: Weaving Together Past, Present, and Future, which is awarded for humanities projects that address “contemporary social challenges, including strengthening our democracy, advancing equity for all, and addressing our changing climate.”

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Fall 2023 List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students Recognizes Revell, Song, and Teper

Students have the opportunity to assess instruction and course quality through the Instructor and Course Evaluation System (ICES) questionnaire forms at the end of each academic term. These forms are maintained by Measurement and Evaluation, Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning. From this evaluation process, three University Library faculty were recognized on Fall 2023’s List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students! These individuals and their courses are acknowledged below.

  • Zoe Revell, Organizational Development & Training Specialist, has been ranked as Outstanding for her course Administration and Management of Libraries and Information Centers (IS544).
  • Yoo-Seong Song, Associate Professor and Labor, Economics, & Korean Studies Librarian for the University Library, has been recognized for his courses Applied Business Research (IS514) and Information Consulting (IS534).
  • Jennifer Hain Teper, Professor and Preservation Services Head at the University Library, has been ranked as Outstanding for her course Preserving Info Resources (IS523).

For the full list of Fall 2023 Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students, please visit the following link: https://citl.illinois.edu/docs/default-source/teachers-ranked-as-excellent/tre-2023-fall.pdf

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