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about award wins, scholarship announcements, curriculum updates,
research grants, books published, career promotions, and more
good news!
The San José State University School of Information sponsored a
community poster session featuring alumni and student speakers during the
American Library Association’s annual conference held in June
2019. The poster session was the first time many of participants
presented at a conference.
San José State University School of Information
Professor Anthony Bernier recently celebrated two landmark
achievements: he was awarded the 2019 Association for Library and
Information Science Education’s research grant, and he was
elected to serve as chair of the American Library
Association’s Library History Round Table.
Luisa Leija, Cynthia Cortes and Renee Torres, three San José
State University School of Information graduate students, were
recently awarded scholarships by REFORMA, the National
Association to Promote Library and Information Services to
Latinos and Spanish speakers, recognizing their contributions to
the field and their commitment to the organization’s mission.
The School of Information at San José State University is excited
to announce that Assistant Professor
Michele Villagran was awarded the 2019 Academic Law Libraries
Special Interest Section’s Research and Scholarship Grant for her
proposed project: Examination of Cultural Intelligence within
Academic Law Librarians.
Three students of the School of Information at San José State
University received 2019 Southern
California Association of Law Libraries (SCALL) Scholarships:
Havilah Steinman, Rachel Galindo, and Jimmy Pak.
The San José State University School of Information has awarded
34 incoming and continuing students scholarships totaling $48,348
to assist them as they pursue graduate degrees. Each award is
valued at $1,422.
A dynamic interdisciplinary field, informatics emphasizes
analyzing and managing data while making that data secure and
actionable for users within the specific domains of health,
cybersecurity and privacy, and sports.
In honor of their significant contributions to the San José State
University School of Information, three faculty members recently
received notable promotions: Dr. Kristen Rebmann, Dr. Michelle
Chen, and Dr. Tonia San Nicolas-Rocca.
San José State University School of Information Professor
Emeritus Dr.
Bill Fisher will be inducted into the Special Libraries Association’s Hall
of Fame for his “service and contributions to the association.”