Sherali Zeadally, an associate professor in the School of Information Science at the College of Communication and Information, was selected as the winner of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Region 3 Outstanding Engineer Award. Region 3 encompasses over 24,000 IEEE members across nine states in the southeastern United States and Jamaica.
For 18 years a one-of-a-kind database has captured the wide-ranging array of contributions Black Kentuckians have made in the Commonwealth and beyond. The Notable Kentucky African Americans (NKAA) Database ensures that generations to come will have access to information on the substantial impact these citizens made on the state's history.
“We turn passions into professions” is the new, fitting motto for the University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information. The college — which houses the Department of Communication, the School of Journalism and Media, the Department of Integrated Strategic Communication, the School of Information Science, and the Graduate Program in Communication — provides the building blocks for its students, faculty and staff to be lifelong learners.
University of Kentucky graduate student Kelly Bilz is one of only nine librarians to be selected for the Library of Congress’ prestigious Librarians-in-Residence Program in the nation’s capital. The program provides the next generation of librarians and information professionals early-career opportunities to gain meaningful work experience.
Terry Duncan, a library and information science student, was awarded the 2019 Special Libraries Association (SLA) IT Student Award to deliver his paper “Third Project Installment (Final Prototype and IA Strategy)” at the association’s annual conference in June 2019.
Starting a business can be a real challenge. The University of Kentucky School of Information Science invites the campus community to its entrepreneurship panel focused on technology startups.
The School of Information Science will host Ashley McKenzie, University of Kentucky alumna and senior account executive at Adobe Systems Inc., for a talk titled “Women + Diversity in ICT” beginning 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17, in Room 330AB of the Gatton Student Center.
University of Kentucky Libraries is now accepting applications for their Undergraduate Diversity Scholar Internships through Sept. 10. This paid internship will provide students who have an interest in diversity and promoting multicultural awareness the opportunity to experience professional level work within an academic library setting and gain valuable research and communication skills.
Alex O’Keefe, a recent University of Kentucky library and information science graduate, joins the Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library and Yale Center for British Art Research Library at Yale University as a Samuel H. Kress Fellow in Art Librarianship.