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MSIS Student Kay P Maye Awarded ALA Spectrum Scholarship

After a year in the MSIS program, student Kay P Maye is seeing information in a new light, through what he says is a critical lens that he’s learned to use. “I got into [information sciences] because I wanted to do something different, but still related to the social sciences, and now I feel like…
SIS Alum Jennifer Chilcoat Becomes Arkansas State Library Director

Jennifer Chilcoat (’89) admits she didn’t follow a rule handed to her and other SIS students by their professor at the time, Mike Pemberton. He told them to stay at their first job out of grad school for 3-5 years, and then move onto something new…but she ended up staying at the Central Arkansas Library…
Learn About a Lecturer: Plato Smith Introduces Students to Data Management

Lecturer: Plato Smith Location: University of Florida, Gainesville Education: MLIS, North Carolina Central University; PhD, Florida State University What do you teach at SIS?I teach INSC 590: Introduction to Data Management. This introductory course includes basic data management concepts and models within library information sciences that students need to know. The course leverages the DataOne…
SIS Alum, School Librarian Kelly Passek Uses Drone Service to Loan Students Books

Kelly Passek loads books into packages to be delivered to students via Wing drone delivery. Photo courtesy of Wing. Imagine a middle school student looking out their front door to see a drone hovering above them, a long tether attached to a box extending from the small flying machine – when the box is released,…
SIS Students Help LGBTQ+ History to be Heard Through ‘Voices Out Loud’ Projects

Director of Voices Out Loud and Research Librarian Donna Braquet Voices Out Loud is an archives and oral history project started by UT Research Librarian Donna Braquet, who felt like there needed to be a resource chronicling the history of LGBTQ+ people in East Tennessee. Various pieces make up the collection, including three projects SIS…
Seattle Public Library, Led by SIS Alum Marcellus Turner, Awarded 2020 Library of the Year

SIS alum and Seattle Public Library Executive Director and Chief Librarian Marcellus Turner credits the library’s staff for earning it the 2020 Gale/Library Journal Library of the Year Award. “This is well-deserved recognition of their commitment to involving community voices in programs, reducing barriers to access and actively pursuing key partnerships. It’s our staff that…
MSIS Student Brianna Blackwell Participates in Summer Research Fellowship

Brianna Blackwell already had an undergraduate and graduate degree in English when she decided to earn her MSIS degree at the University of Tennessee starting in the fall of 2019. Her desire to further pursue research that can be applied in real-world scenarios is part of what piqued her interest in the field of information…
SIS 2020 Best Thesis, Paper, and Projects Awards

Every year, the University of Tennessee School of Information Sciences recognizes students for specific academic achievements. These include best thesis, best project, and best paper awards. Best Thesis Award Scott Shumate “My thesis is a participatory research study analyzing the impact of a computer system migration on the employees and processes of a non-profit organization.”…
Our 2020 SIS Special Student Awards

Special Student Awards Each year the University of Tennessee School of Information Sciences gives several awards in recognition of achievement, and for students’ contributions to the information professions and to information sciences scholarship. These are our 2020 special student awards and recipients. The Gary Purcell Award honors the memory of Gary Purcell, the school’s founding…
Meredith Goins: SIS Alum, Lecturer, and Doctoral Student Receives TLA Honor Award

Meredith Goins (’00), an SIS alum, doctoral student, and a new SIS lecturer, was recently recognized by the Tennessee Library Association with the TLA Honor Award. This award is given to people who have made significant contributions to librarianship at either a state or national level. Goins has spent the last 20 years volunteering in…