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 […]
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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 […]
Brandy Watts: Art and Science Merge in Book of Alain Liogier’s Field Photographs
Although many students in UCLA’s Department of Information Studies have had internship and job experience that often leads to prestigious […]
Jeannie Chen: Uncovering the Landscapes and Layers of History
Jeannie Chen was an undergraduate student in the CSU Northridge English Honors Program when she took an English course titled […]
Ramesh Srinivasan: New Book Explores Technology’s Selective Reach
In his study of the connections between technology, politics, and society across the globe, Ramesh Srinivasan has explored revolutions in […]
Natascha Chtena: Becoming a “Greener” Scholar
Natascha Chtena, a doctoral candidate in the UCLA Department of Information Studies, has published a post for the “GradHacker” blog […]
Deidre Whitmore: IS Alumna Honored by ASIST
Deidre Whitmore (B.A., Anthropology; ’16, MLIS, Informatics) has been to some fascinating archaeological sites – including digs in Easter Island, […]
Robert Montoya: Ph.D. Candidate Honored with Litwin Books Award
Robert Montoya (’03, B.A. American Literature and Culture; ’15, MLIS) has been honored with the 2016 Litwin Books Award for […]
Randy Illum: Exploring the Intersections of Art, Technology, and Collaboration
As a visual artist, Randy Illum has worked with a variety of traditional and digital mediums. As a second-year doctoral […]
Michelle Caswell: New Study to Chronicle Users of Community-Based Archives
As co-founder of the South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA), Michelle Caswell has empowered members of U.S. communities from South […]
UCLA Information Studies Takes More Steps Toward Creating a New Book and Paper Conservation Program
The UCLA Department of Information Studies has taken considerable steps toward the possible creation of a new Book and Paper […]
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Supports Planning for New Book and Paper Conservation Program at UCLA
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a grant of $200,000 to UCLA for preliminary planning of a proposed specialization […]
IS Celebrates New Home for Antique Printing Presses on UCLA Campus
Christine Curley, a first-year MLIS student, was once an art director for the “Silicon Valley Map” that provides a “Who’s […]