Two New Jersey school librarians, one a student at SC&I, and one a SC&I alumna, were chosen by the American Library Association (ALA) as members of its 2019 Class of Emerging Leaders. SC&I congratulates Beth Raff and Stacey Shapiro '17.
SC&I Library and Information Science faculty, students and alumni will be presenting at the 2018 Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) Annual Conference in Vancouver, Canada from November 10-14. This year’s theme is “Building and Sustaining an Ethical Future with Emerging Technology.”
Rutgers faculty, students, and alumni were well-represented at the 2018 Joint Conference of Librarians of Color (JCLC).
Master of Information alumni Liz Boccolini ’18 discusses how the Master of Information (MI) program specifically prepared her for the data science field and her current role as consultant.
SC&I's Joyce Valenza is collaborating with NJASL to host the third annual School Library Bus Tour, which will include stops at 11 school libraries across New Jersey.
Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science Kaitlin Costello's research proposal was awarded for its potential significance to information science research.
The Douglas N. Woodson Sr. Endowed Scholarship empowers Master of Information students. With the first scholarship awards to be made in 2019, Brown-Woodson, who completed her doctorate at Rutgers, is happy to pay it forward. “With financial help, maybe students won’t have to work full time, and they can finish their degrees in a shorter amount of time,” she says. “That’s my intent—to give back and empower others.”
Deborah Blackwell is a member of the Ocean County New Jersey's Library Management Team and currently serves as the library's Training Officer. Blackwell believes in the power of the public library to serve as a vital resource in being an "equalizer for all" community members. Please join us for this special event.
Machuca-Galvez, who already holds a Ph.D., intends to leverage his Master of Informaton (MI) degree from SC&I to find a position as a research and instruction librarian in an academic library.
Alumna Daphne Charles ’18 discusses her USAID Research and Innovation Fellowship at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in South Africa, and how the Master of Information (MI) program helped prepare her for this global initiative.
