JCLC 2018 – The 3rd National Joint Conference of Librarians of Color will be held September 26-30 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Three students from the UW-Milwaukee, School of Information Studies will be presenting on Hmong Digital Libraries: A Preliminary Research on… Read More
During the UWinteriM 2019 term, this course will be taught on location in urban areas in India as a study abroad program. The course will focus on how culture informs the way in which we solve our problems and design our realities,… Read More
On August 24, 2018 the UW-Milwaukee, School of Information Studies (SOIS) held the Fall 2018 Professional Immersion Day. New and current MLIS & MSIST students participated in a day long networking event that provided an opportunity to learn the ins… Read More
SOIS Alumna Paula Kiely (MLIS 1992) Named Milwaukee Community Journal’s 2018 Year of the Child Honoree. Learn more online: https://communityjournal.net/category/year-of-the-child/
The School of Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee announces the appointment of Abigail Leigh Philips to its faculty Dr. Abigail Leigh Phillips has been appointed assistant professor in the School of Information Studies (SOIS) at the University of… Read More
The School of Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee announces the appointment of Wonchan Choi to its faculty Dr. Wonchan Choi has been appointed assistant professor in the School of Information Studies (SOIS) at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM)… Read More
On July 24, 2018 the UW-Milwaukee, School of Information Studies (SOIS) held its inaugural Information Science & Technology (IST) Advisory Council Meeting. The 23 member advisory council is made up of IST alums and Milwaukee area technology leaders. The agenda… Read More
Dean Tomas A Lipinski represents SOIS and the Center for Information Policy Research (CIPR) at the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO).
Meg Metcalf. Photo by Shawn Miller. https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2018/06/pride-in-the-library-lgbtq-specialist-shares-her-story/?loclr=ealocb Meg Metcalf dreamed of a career at the Library of Congress from the time she was 17, inspired by a job at a Borders bookstore in northeastern Illinois, where she worked the reference… Read More
The School of Information Studies hosted a Recognition Ceremony on Friday, May 18, 2018 at the Italian Community Center to honor the Spring 2018 graduates. Graduates of all 4 academic programs (IST, MLIS, MSIST, and PhD) were on hand for… Read More