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Assistant Professor Brian Dobreski’s Dissertation Earns Runner Up Award from iSchools
Assistant Professor Brian Dobreski is the newest member of the SIS faculty, and he’s settling well into both his role as a teacher, and into his new community in Knoxville. He’s also made an impact academically with his dissertation, which earned him three accolades in recent months: His dissertation, “Values in Knowledge Organization Standards: A…
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Alum Tyler Martindale Puts Business Background to Work as an Academic Librarian
Tyler Martindale quit his real estate appraiser job and started waiting tables and bartending not long after he graduated from college with a bachelor’s degree in business economics. “I had that early millennial mindset, and I didn’t want to do something I didn’t derive personal satisfaction from for the rest of my life,” he said.…
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Alum and Science Librarian Alexa Carter Focuses on Student Success
Helping students find science resources comes naturally to Alexa Carter (’18). When she was an undergrad at the University of Tennessee, earning her degree in chemistry, she often found herself helping other students find information for lab classes. Her interest in chemistry merged with a love of the information sciences when she began looking for…
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MSIS Student Dylan Miller Leads Library’s First Pride Event
When MSIS student Dylan Miller heard local LGBTQ+ nonprofit organization OUTMemphis speak at her library about LGBTQ+ inclusivity, it planted the seed of an idea: why not host a Pride event at the library? She wasn’t the only one who understood the importance of the organization’s message and had the same response – two other Benjamin…
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SIS Director and Professor Diane Kelly Named as iSchool Chair-Elect
SIS Director and Professor Diane Kelly was recently elected incoming chair-elect for the iSchools organization. She will serve two years as chair-elect beginning in March 2020 at the iConference in Sweden, and will work alongside Gobinda Chowdhury, professor of information science and chair of the iSchool at Northumbria University, who is iSchools incoming chair. Her two-year…
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Student Spotlight: Yasmin Stoss Zeroes in on Providing Information Access to Researchers
Featured student: Yasmin Stoss. Location: Knoxville, TN. Education: Bachelor’s degree in psychology with a minor in Japanese. Career: After graduating, I was working for a while, I had two full-time jobs before I started the master’s program. One of them was working with an institutional review board at a different university and through that job, I…
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Will Biggs: Veteran, Purple Heart Recipient, MSIS Student, Second-Gen Vol
When Will Biggs left the United States Marine Corps after 10 years of service, he started a job hunt that proved to be a bit rougher than he had anticipated. “I was looking at county jobs and had probably applied to at least 15 positions, and nobody gave me a chance until the public libraries…
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SIS Director Diane Kelly Serves as Honorary Coach for UT Football Team
SIS Director Diane Kelly was the honorary coach for the University of Tennessee football team in its game versus The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Nov. 2 – a game the Vols won 30-7. This coaching assignment wasn’t just a simple walk onto the field; Kelly first took a tour of the Anderson Training Center…
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SIS Clinical Associate Professor Cindy Welch as a Faculty Innovator
SIS Clinical Associate Professor Cindy Welch was chosen by the University of Tennessee’s Teaching & Learning Innovation to be a Teaching Innovator for 2019. “When it comes to Teaching & Learning Innovation, I never say no because they’re so great at what they do,” Welch said. TLI provides support to faculty members, teachers, and staff…
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Alum Q&A: Jenny Moore Turned Her Love of Research into Librarianship
Featured Alum: Jenny Moore Location: Maryville, Tennessee What is your education background and how did you end up in East Tennessee? I went to Berry College in Rome, Georgia, and was a biology major – it’s a small school as far as students, but I think it’s the largest acreage campus in the world. I…