Michelle Caswell: Archival Internships Continue for UCLA IS Students
UCLA Associate Professor of Information Studies Michelle Caswell has taken on another teaching job in the current environment of school […]
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IS Lab Continues to Provide Student Resources in the New Remote Learning Normal
The IS Lab is usually the hub of activity for MLIS and PhD students in UCLA’s Department of Information Studies. […]
Sarah T. Roberts: Home is No Place for Content Moderation Work
Sarah T. Roberts, assistant professor of information studies at UCLA, published a commentary, “Digital Humanity: Social Media Content Moderation and […]
A Message From the Wasserman Dean to the UCLA Ed & IS Community
I reach out to you today with my heartfelt hope that you and yours are healthy and safe. I also […]
Jesse Erickson: Growing Diversity in the Special Collections Field
UCLA IS alumnus Jesse Erickson (’14, MLIS; ’16, PhD) has been featured in the “Bright Young Librarians” blog of Fine […]
Eva Mitnick: Teaching Without a Classroom
As the daughter of a librarian, Eva Mitnick says that she was “a bit spoiled” with the books that her […]
Johanna Drucker: The Future of Special Collections Libraries
A daylong conference on “Sustaining Visions and Legacies: The Future of Special Collections Libraries,” will take place at UCLA’s William […]
Lauren Trujillo: MLIS Student Curates Online Memorial to Honor Isla Vista Victims
Soon-to-be MLIS graduate Lauren Trujillo has created an online archive of mourning for the victims of the Isla Vista shootings […]
UCLA IS Presents Symposium on Displacement, Diaspora and Documentation
A day-long Symposium on Displacement, Diaspora and Documentation will be presented on Friday, Oct. 19 by the Refugee Rights in […]
Maryanne Wolf: Skimming While Reading Changes Critical Thinking and Empathy
Maryanne Wolf, renowned scholar of literacy and the brain, joins UCLA’s Graduate School of Education & Information Studies this fall…
Ulia Gosart: IS Lecturer Advocates for Free, Prior and Informed Consent
Ulia Gosart, a lecturer in the UCLA Department of Information Studies, has written an article titled, “A Path Forward: Respecting […]
Ulia Gosart: Advocating for Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Recordkeeping
The UCLA Department of Information Studies hosted a discussion at the 17th session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on […]
IS Scholars Point Out Changes to Federal Data on Climate Change with Trump Administration
After Donald Trump won the presidential election, hundreds of volunteers around the U.S. came together to “rescue” federal data on […]
Sarah T. Roberts: Scholar of Online Content Management Featured in Groundbreaking Documentary
Sarah T. Roberts specializes in studying commercial content moderators, the “unsung heroes” of the internet. They are the thousands of men and women […]
Sarah T. Roberts: Symposium Brings Together Researchers and Industry to Discuss CCM
Commenting on an announcement made by Facebook in October that it would hire 1,000 employees to review ads and objectionable […]
Ellen Pearlstein: UCLA IS Professor Explores Japanese Papermaking Traditions
When Ellen Pearlstein traveled to Japan this summer to visit cultural heritage sites in both Honshu and Hokkaido, she had […]
Ellen Pearlstein: UCLA IS Professor Explores Japanese Papermaking Traditions
When Ellen Pearlstein traveled to Japan this summer to visit cultural heritage sites in both Honshu and Hokkaido, she had […]
Miriam Posner: New IS Faculty Member One of Inside Higher Ed’s “Rising Stars of Digital Humanities”
In a recent Inside Higher Ed profile on “Rising Stars of Digital Humanities,” Miriam Posner was lauded for her work […]
Sarah T. Roberts: Monitors of Objectionable Online Content Absorb It Themselves
Sarah T. Roberts, assistant professor in UCLA’s Department of Information Studies, was interviewed on the BBC Radio 4 program, “The […]
Ulia Gosart: Celebrating Indigenous Peoples
Ulia Gosart, a lecturer in UCLA’s Department of Information Studies, has published a commentary in The Los Angeles Times on […]
Alexa Romero: MLIS Alumna Lands Job as Disney Innovation Research Analyst
When Alexa Romero, an intern at Disney Digital Parks & Resorts Digital, a subset of Walt Disney World Parks and […]
Marianne Afifi Honored With UCLA IS Distinguished Alumni Award
Marianne Afifi (’93, MLS) recalls the excitement that she and her colleagues at USC’s Center for Scholarly Technology experienced in […]
Ulia Gosart: IS Lecturer Organizes UN Discussion of the Protection of Indigenous Knowledges
Ulia Gosart (’13, Ph.D., Information Studies), a lecturer in the UCLA Department of Information Studies, organized a discussion on the […]
Morgan Currie: IS Alumna Selected for Stanford Fellowship
IS alumna Morgan Currie (’13, MLIS; ’16, Ph.D., Information Studies) has been awarded a post-doctoral fellowship in the Digital Civil […]