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MLIS Course on Crisis Informatics Inspires Student’s Career Path
MLIS student Robin Taylor found her career path after taking the Crisis/Disaster Health Informatics course with Dr. Chris Hagar. She recently got a job with the National Library of Medicine’s Disaster Information Management Research Center.
Melissa Fraser-Arnott Becomes San José Gateway’s Tenth Doctoral Graduate
Melissa Fraser-Arnott successfully defended her dissertation to become the 10th graduate of the international San José Gateway PhD program. Congratulations!
San José Gateway PhD Welcomes New Students at Annual Summer Residency
The San José Gateway PhD program recently held its ninth annual residency, where students and faculty from all over the globe met to prepare for the coming academic year and welcome three new doctoral scholars.
Alumna Receives First-Ever Bay Area Youth Services Award
Dubbed a “unicorn,” iSchool alumna Angela Ocana is the recipient of the first-ever California Library Association Young Adult Services Award of Achievement. Congratulations!
SJSU Information School Announces Assistant Professor Open Position
The San José State University School of Information is recruiting for a tenure track assistant professor in the area of Organizational Management and Behavior in Information Professions.
iSchool Instructors Receive EOQA Grants to Enrich Online Courses
Two San José State University School of Information instructors have been awarded eCampus Office of Quality Assurance grants to enhance the quality of online courses.
iSchool Students Awarded ALA Spectrum Scholarships
Nine San José State University School of Information students pursuing Master of Library and Information Science degrees have been awarded the 2016-2017 American Library Association’s Spectrum Scholarships.
iSchool Alumna Earns PhD, Joins Faculty at Syracuse University
Since completing the iSchool’s MLIS degree program in 2008, alumna Rachel “Ivy” Clarke has gone on to earn her PhD and was recently appointed as an assistant professor.
Dr. Michael Stephens’ New Book is filled with Heart
iSchool Assistant Professor Dr. Michael Stephens’ new book, The Heart of Librarianship: Attentive, Positive, and Purposeful Change, focuses on six thematic areas and paints “a picture of a humanist, user-focused, hyperlinked librarian filled with heart.”
SJSU iSchool Alumnus Appointed Library Dean
SJSU School of Information alumnus Dr. Dennis M. Swanson (’95 MLIS) is the new dean of library services at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. “My program at SJSU was simply amazing…”
iSchool Alumni and Student to Attend ALA Leadership Institute
Two Master of Library and Information Science alumni and a current student from the School of Information at San José State University were selected to attend the American Library Association’s (ALA) fourth annual Leadership Institute.
Student Research Journal Publishes 11th Issue: Student-Authored Papers Adapted from MLIS Courses
The topics of information communities, open access metadata, and international librarianship are explored in the 11th issue of the iSchool’s Student Research Journal.