SOIS MLIS student Minh Phuong Trinh Nguyen has been named a 2019-2020 Spectrum Scholar by the American Library Association (ALA) Office for Diversity, Literacy, and Outreach Services. The Spectrum Scholarship program, established in 1997, promotes diversity in the library profession… Read More
On July 11th, Dr, Joyce Latham along with Milwaukee Public Library Director, Paula Kiely and Steve Heser, Director at the Milwaukee County Federated Library System discussed their research related to fines in public libraries. The webinar, Unreturned Materials as Barriers… Read More
SOIS PhD Student, Laura Ridenour has been named as one of six recipients of the Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship for 2019. These $3,000 awards provide support for doctoral students who are working on their dissertations in Library and Information Science,… Read More
The School of Information Studies ranks 4th Internationally and 2nd in the U.S./Canada in contributions to LIS Literature. Check out our most recent faculty publications and learn more about the diverse research initiatives at SOIS. Visit: https://www.uwm.edu/informationstudies/research/resources/faculty-staff/
In the News: See UW-Milwaukee School of Information Studies Senior Lecturer, Khaled Sabha in a recent CBS 58 news feature on “Payment App Warning” https://www.cbs58.com/news/payment-app-warning
CALL FOR PAPERS: LIBRARY TRENDS Title: Researching practice / Practicing research: The public library in partnership with academia Editors: Joyce Latham (University of Milwaukee School of Information Studies) and Noah Lenstra (University of North Carolina at Greensboro Department of Library… Read More
The latest issue of Libraries: Culture, History, and Society (v.3, #1) contains a timely article from associate professor Joyce M. Latham. Just in time for National Library Week (April 7 – 15) Latham’s investigation of the history of early public… Read More
Congratulations to Dr. Michael Zimmer and co-authors on winning the #iconf19 Lee Dirks Award for best paper at the 2019 iConference!
By Silvia Acevedo Maria Haigh, an associate professor in the School of Information Studies, types into thin air, mimicking news trolls. “They’re working in shifts nonstop,” says Haigh, who studies internet trust and fake news. “It’s a machine.” Haigh’s campaign… Read More