Dear LIS Community,
I wish to congratulate the Spring 2012 LIS Graduates and invite graduates, faculty, staff, family and friends to attend the Spring Graduation Celebration which will be held Friday, May 4th, 2:30-4:00 at the School of Education Building #120.
Directions and parking information at: http://lis.uncg.edu/about-us/locations/greensboro/
Please RSVP by May 1st https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGRyUFJxMUljSkZaeEdpUXBLYVY4QlE6MA
The LIS Celebration will be held between the general university commencement http://www.uncg.edu/reg/CommencementCentral.html which takes place in the morning and the School of Education Commencement which will take place at 6 pm. Please register at: http://www.uncg.edu/soe/news/graduation.html. North Carolina Teacher of …

Summer 2012 – Advertised Sites
The following opportunities have solicited possible interns for the summer. Please contact Dr. Nora Bird (njbird@uncg.edu), LIS faculty practicum summer for LIS 691.
Charlotte Observer. We cannot offer a salary, but hopefully the experience will be priceless! [mpaynter@charlotteobserver.com]
Wake Forest University Instruction Department
Western Carolina University -Mountain Heritage Center Internship, Summer 2012
Dates: late June – early August subject to negotiation.
20 hrs per week except full time for the week of July 23, 2012.
Not less than 160 hours total. $1250
DUTIES: Assist with Mountain Heritage Center …

Dear LIS Community,
We need your help.
National Library Day in Washington D.C. will be on Tuesday 4/24 and North Carolina will be sending a large contingent of library advocates to Capitol Hill to seek support for libraries.
We have created a state library advocacy site to tell the stories of public libraries but currently are missing stories from two of the 13 congressional districts and 66 of the 100 NC counties!
Please go here to tell your library story.

We are also seeking people to join our Facebook group so that legislators and their …

A list of upcoming Streaming Broadcasts of LIS-related events
4:15-5:30 pm Thursday, November 17, 2011. Charlotte Town Hall Meeting. http://lis.uncg.edu/live/. If you have problems or questions about accessing the broadcast, contact Fatih Oguz at f_oguz@uncg.edu

The American Library Association’s Committee on Accreditation (COA) has fully accredited UNCG’s MLIS program, scheduling the next comprehensive visit for spring 2018. The University of North Carolina at Greensboro appears on the list of accredited universities on the ALA website . The success of this project is due to the efforts of faculty, staff, students, and LIS Advisory Committee that were evident to the External Review Panel and COA as they reviewed the strength and excellence of the program. The department will continue to strive for success …

COMMENCEMENT REMARKS FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
May 6, 2011
Roberta Stevens, President of the American Library Association
I am truly honored to be invited as the commencement speaker for the School of Education here at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
It’s hard to believe that it’s been nearly four decades since I received my graduate degree in library and information studies from the State University of New York at Buffalo. I’m not only struck by how long it’s been since I graduated and began …

The ICL Communitas website brings together an international multilingual community interested in the education and research on international and comparative librarianship (ICL). Explore the forums, discover teaching (e.g., syllabi, speakers/experts) and research resources and opportunities, share your own work/expertise and ICL opportunities, and join in on the collaborative effort (wiki) to develop a model syllabus for an ICL class.
About ICL
The International and Comparative Librarianship Communitas (ICL) website is an IFLA Section on Education and Training project that brings together an international multilingual community interested in the education and …

“The award, which is voted on by the six School of Education department chairs, is given to only one faculty member from over the 120 or so that serve the School of Education. The winner of the 2010 Faculty Teaching Excellence Award will be formally announced at the Spring 2011 School of Education commencement ceremony.”

Date: April 16, 2011
Time: 11:30 am
Location: Virginia Dare room at the Alumni House at UNCG
Parking: Behind the Weatherspoon Art Gallery for free (map)
The UNCG LIS Alumni Association (LISAA) invites you to attend the 2011 UNCG LIS Alumni Luncheon.
LISAA is pleased to announce that Lauren Pressley, Instructional Design Librarian at the Z. Smith Reynolds Library at Wake Forest University, will deliver the Cora Paul Bomar Lecture on Librarianship. Please visit Lauren’s Library Blog or view her profile.
LISAA will also honor the next recipient of the Kovacs Award for Outstanding Alumni …

The annual LIS department picnic where Greensboro and Charlotte (plus alumni and the LIS community!) can come together was held on Saturday, April 9th in Salisbury, NC. Dr. Julie Hersberger shared these photos with the department. If you would like to share your photos or memories, please email Amanda at algoodma@uncg.edu.