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Interface, Fall 2014, School Of Information Sciences

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Interface, Spring 2014, School Of Information Sciences

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Interface, Fall 2013, School Of Information Sciences

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Interface, Fall 2012, School Of Information Sciences

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Interface, Spring 2012, School Of Information Sciences

Interface Newsletter

Behind the unflagging spirit of SIS there are three themes that resonate throughout this issue of Interface. First, the School continues to be client-centric and is working hard to reach out to all of its constituencies—the students, the alumni and to its many friends and partners. Second, we have become more focused setting priorities and aligning our resources to achieve our goals and outperform as never before in research, teaching and service. And third, how we look is part of who we are—professional, innovative, and successful. You will discover these themes as you read about personnel changes that have occurred …

Interface, Spring 2011, School Of Information Sciences

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Interface, Spring 2010, School Of Information Sciences

Interface Newsletter

What do the information- seeking habits of children with Asperger’s syndrome, classes integrating Web 2.0 technologies into the curriculum, and development of scientific tools for sharing knowledge have in common? These are prime examples of how SIS faculty are pioneering new thinking in their classrooms and in their research.

Interface, Fall 2009, School Of Information Sciences

Interface Newsletter

Interpreting climate change data and predicting what it could mean to life on earth and the environment that sustains it is an example of a major 21st Century challenge that a wide range of disciplines are working to address. Interdisciplinary efforts to tackle such concerns have been limited by a lack of collaborative tools for communicating and sharing information. The project DataONE (ONE being short for Observation Network for Earth) seeks to alleviate this difficulty by creating a mechanism and cyberinfrastructure through which communities of researchers worldwide can share data.

Interface, Spring 2009, School Of Information Sciences

Interface Newsletter

The Center for Children’s and Young Adult Literature is experiencing a resurgence this year as its new board of directors infuses the organization with new life, a refined mission and bylaws, and an outreach agenda that sets it on a course for national preeminence. Humanities Tennessee, a grant-making organization funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, already considers the CCYAL a well-established and effective regional advocate for children’s literature and the related intellectual capital, according to acting director Dr. Jinx Watson.

Interface, Fall 2008, School Of Information Sciences

Interface Newsletter

As School of Information Sciences faculty and staff prepare for our sixth accreditation by the American Library Association’s Committee on Accreditation (COA), the school has had the opportunity to reflect on a smorgasbord of changes. While this means more administrative work for faculty and staff, the accreditation process also provides a rich period for reflection while data is analyzed, reports run, and the school narrows its focus on our strengths, gaps, successes, and changes—large and small—over the past seven years since the last site visit by ALA’s COA in 2002.

Interface, Spring 2008, School Of Information Sciences

Interface Newsletter

Last fall, SIS faculty engaged regional information leaders in an ongoing effort to remain relevant, forward looking, and nimble in a complex and dynamically changing information landscape. We thought that we would give our readers a snapshot of some ongoing efforts the School makes to stay current and engaged with our library and information science colleagues.

Interface, Spring 2007, School Of Information Sciences

Interface Newsletter

Recent rankings have reaffirmed the school’s steadily emerging status as a national leader in teaching and research. Last April, the U.S. News & World Report ranking of library and information sciences (LIS) programs placed SIS as the 16th best program in North America.

In September, SIS ranked No. 1 in the nation for per capita journal articles published by its faculty, according to a study by researchers from the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Professor Carol Tenopir is ranked as the most research productive library and information science faculty member in the United States.

The study, entitled “Scholarly Productivity of U.S. LIS …

Interface, Spring 2006, School Of Information Sciences

Interface Newsletter

Information represents the currency that drives global connections. Librarians and information professionals stand at the gateway of much of the world’s growing knowledge base. They ensure information access amidst evolving metadata standards, and determine how information systems are designed and built (information architecture), how information flows (collection development), through what channels (accessibility), and how people use that information (usability).

Our School understands that in today’s globally connected culture it is vital to both model and teach the importance of information as a phenomenon that bridges gaps and illustrates commonality between disciplines and practices.

Interface, Fall 2005, School Of Information Sciences

Interface Newsletter

Dr. Cortez launched the school year on a visionary step by leading a two-day retreat for school faculty and staff in August. Not only were goals and objectives reconsidered, SIS faculty mapped out a collective vision for the school and articulated an astonishing wealth of expertise and creativity. Since the retreat, additional initiatives have laid the groundwork for positioning the school globally. To support and illustrate the school’s role in the university’s pending capital campaign, faculty explored innovative scenarios for the school if we were to be endowed with substantial new financial resources. What follows are six examples of the …

Interface, Spring 2005, School Of Information Sciences

Interface Newsletter

The University of Wisconsin (UW) caught the attention of Tennessee Volunteers this spring. Tennessee signed UW–Milwaukee coach Bruce Pearl as the new men’s basketball coach. From another UW campus (Madison) comes the next director of the School of Information Sciences, Professor Ed Cortez from the School of Library and Information Studies.

Interface, Spring 2004, School Of Information Sciences

Interface Newsletter

The last few months have been busy ones for SIS. Since the first of the year, we’ve experienced an Academic Program Review, searched for a new faculty member, participated in a search for a permanent Dean of the College of Communication and Information, and, through the generous assistance of the Institute for Scientific Information’s (ISI) Corporate Awards Program, we cosponsored a lecture by Dr. Michael Buckland.

We should have a new College dean in place when you read the next Interface. Four excellent candidates came to campus for two-day interviews that involved faculty, staff and students from every unit in …

Interface, October 2003, School Of Information Sciences

Interface Newsletter

As the School of Information Sciences begins its second year as a part of the College of Communication and Information, we continue to experience change, but perhaps not as much as we once expected.

The planning we undertook to prepare for our transition into the College of Communication and Information has paid off handsomely. We are finding ways to share resources. We are making faculty contacts across disciplines. We are working together to build stronger graduate programs. We planned for these outcomes, and so despite all the change we’ve faced, we are still secure in our identity and our mission. …

Interface, February 2003, School Of Information Sciences

Interface Newsletter

The new year brings great change for the School of Information Sciences. On July 1, 2002, the School joined with the former College of Communications and the Advanced Internet Technologies group to form a new college at the University of Tennessee. On December 4, faculty of the College formally adopted a new name and a new structure. The College of Communication and Information will enhance and support a breadth of innovative curricular offerings, new collaborative research in information technology and information policy, and greater visibility both on-campus and in the broader community.

We hope that you will enjoy reading about …

Interface, June 2002, School Of Information Sciences

Interface Newsletter

Academic 2001-2002 has just ended, so it seems a good time to recap some of the events of this year for our alumni. Importantly, our accreditation program presentation and visit went well, and we are grateful for all the support from you. Nearly 100 people joined the faculty and staff for the reception and briefing on April 7, and the external review panel seemed pleased to be able to visit with so many constituents of our program. You can still review the program presentation on the Web at http://www.sis.utk.edu/ admin/coa/index.htm, and there is a wealth of information about the School …

Interface, March 2002, School Of Information Sciences

Interface Newsletter

Greetings and welcome to the revised and renewed Interface. Please share your copy with others in the information and library science community, for many items will be of interest beyond our own School's alumni. In this quarter's column, I am inviting you to participate in two exciting events in the life of our School: SIS Accreditation Activities and the 30th Anniversary Celebration & $30,000 for 30 Years Campaign.