News & Events
Friday, August 5, 2016 - 5:00pm
Kent State University's School of Library and Information Science is pleased to be a co-sponsor of the 75th anniversary Wonder Woman Symposium, scheduled for Sept. 22-24, 2016, at the Cleveland Public Library and other Cleveland locations. The event is free and open to the public...
Friday, July 15, 2016 - 8:33pm
Kent State University School of Library and Information Science is pleased to co-host "Strategic Assessment and Communication: What success looks like for our libraries" on Friday, Aug. 12, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the State Library of Ohio (274 E. First Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43201)...
Wednesday, July 6, 2016 - 9:27pm
Kent State SLIS will host the 8th annual Archival Education and Research Institute (AERI) July 8-12, 2016.
These weeklong Institutes, held every summer, are designed to strengthen education and research and support academic cohort-building and mentoring. Institutes are open to a...
Sunday, May 15, 2016 - 3:14pm
The School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) at Kent State University honored its top alumni, distinguished friends, outstanding students and recent graduates at its annual Celebration of Alumni and Student Success receptions in and Columbus (March 28) and Kent (April 13)...
Thursday, May 12, 2016 - 6:52pm
The School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) at Kent State University awarded a total of $32,000 in scholarships to 22 students in its Master of Library and Information Science (M.L.I.S.) and Master of Science in Information Architecture and Knowledge Management (IAKM) de...
Thursday, May 5, 2016 - 8:01pm
Kendra S. Albright, Ph.D., will become the new director of Kent State University’s School of Library and Information Science (SLIS), effective July 1, 2016. Albright currently serves as professor in the School of Library and Information Science and director of the African Studies...
Thursday, April 28, 2016 - 7:43pm
Since completing his master’s degree in Information Architecture and Knowledge Management (IAKM), Kent State University's School of Library and Information Science IAKM Alumnus of the Year Edwin K. Morris, M.S. ’12, has devoted his time to creating a knowledge management (KM) non...
Thursday, April 28, 2016 - 7:22pm
The School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) at Kent State University has awarded $1,000 “Vanita Scholars” scholarships to four aspiring youth librarians.
Thursday, April 28, 2016 - 6:32pm
Helen Boehlefeld knows first-hand how rapidly the health care field is changing, particularly when it comes to electronic health records. She’s been a registered nurse for 23 years and the neo-natal intensive care coordinator at Akron Children’s Hospital for almost as many years....
Thursday, April 28, 2016 - 6:18pm
A new exhibit in the MuseLab in the School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) at Kent State University challenges traditional beliefs about data being dull or uninteresting.
The exhibit was designed by MuseLab director and SLIS Associate Professor Kiersten F. Latham, Ph.D...