Editor’s note: this reflection piece originally appeared on Margot’s personal blog, margotlee.com. I’m a student now and I hope I will be for the rest of my life, and this is why. This week I’m on a #TechTrek trip to Chicago with my minor school at Syracuse University (School of Information Studies). We’ve been visiting tech businesses… Read the full article…
Think you know enough about the iSchool to pass Ghufran’s quiz? Ghufran Salih ’20 goes out on the Syracuse University campus to test some unsuspecting classmates on their iSchool knowledge. See if you know the answers to her questions! Q: What does the “i” in iSchool stand for? If you guessed information, you’re right! iSchool… Read the full article…
The iSchool’s latest vlog features Information Management and Technology Students Calvin Brewster (junior) and Julia Fontana (sophomore). Calvin and Julia take you on a typical day in their Syracuse lifestyle from what buildings they typically visit to fun facts and trivia about Syracuse University. Here’s a quick recap about their video. You can find this vlog… Read the full article…
Courtney Abrams is a senior Information Management and Technology major. She is from Boston, MA. Why did you choose the Syracuse University iSchool? I toured Syracuse University as a junior in high school. My tour guide pointed out the iSchool and showed me around. Both of my parents are involved in technology. I decided to… Read the full article…
Over 60 Syracuse University iSchool alumni, students, and friends gathered on Saturday, April 28 to celebrate the founding of BLISTS (Black and Latino Information Science and Technology Support) 25 years ago. A BLISTSful Return was really three events in one: A 25th birthday for BLISTS, an alumni reunion for BLISTS founders, e-Board members, and general… Read the full article…
Tell me about yourself! My name is Melanie Moreaux and I’m a senior in the iSchool majoring in Information Management and Technology. I’m originally from New York City and I’m a first generation college student. I will be the first one in my family to graduate from college. That’s something I’m really proud of. I’m… Read the full article…
Social media and privacy? That sounds like an oxymoron to me. We have often been told that keeping the privacy of our personal information is always under our control. After all, privacy is considered a human right. But social media has pretty much disrupted that sense of agency. Much of what we do on social… Read the full article…
Kara Conley is graduating this spring from the Masters in Library and Information Science program here at the iSchool. Tell me about yourself! I grew up outside of Syracuse in a town called Marcellus, NY. For my undergrad I went to Vassar College majoring in Human Geography. I was very interested in learning how humans find meanings… Read the full article…
Continuing LIS Preservation Week is an interview with Syracuse University Preservation Librarian Marianne Hanley. Can you talk about how you got into preservation? I have always been kind of a hands-on, crafty, artsy person. When I went to SU to the iSchool and got my degree. I thought I wanted to be a children’s librarian…. Read the full article…
This week (April 22-28) is Preservation Week! To celebrate Preservation Week, today we head to the the sixth floor of Bird Library, is the Syracuse University Libraries Special Collections Research Center (SCRC), which is the home to the Conservation Lab. The lab is run by David Stokoe, the Conservation Librarian. Stokoe is in charge of ensuring the… Read the full article…