http://www.ischool.washington.edu/ News from the Information School at the University of Washington. en Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:23:04 GMT Information School Web iweb@washington.edu http://www.ischool.washington.edu/events/headlines.aspx?id=1631 The June 25 edition of UWeek features an article about this year's iSchool Capstone event. The Capstone is an integrative experience in which students bring together the knowledge and skills they... Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ischool.washington.edu/events/headlines.aspx?id=1629 A team comprising a student from the iSchool's Informatics program and three certificate students in the UW's Information Assurance program were tapped by their fellow students to present their... Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ischool.washington.edu/events/headlines.aspx?id=1630 Today UW iSchool Professor and Dean Emeritus Michael Eisenberg is quoted in an article in the Seattle Times regarding Bellevue's decision to reassign their school librarians. Dr. Eisenberg went on... Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ischool.washington.edu/events/headlines.aspx?id=1626 Tune in and find out what college students say about their frustrations with conducting research in the digital age (2:35). The new video, produced by Project Information Literacy (PIL), is the... Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ischool.washington.edu/events/headlines.aspx?id=1627 Appearing in the July 2009 issue of Library Quarterly is "Making Sense of an Information World: The Everyday Life Information Behavior of Preteens" (abstract), a new article from Information School... Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ischool.washington.edu/events/headlines.aspx?id=1623 Faculty member Kevin Desouza, PhD, will travel to Slovenia in October to deliver the keynote address for the International Conference on Information Society and Information Technology (ISIT 2009)... Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ischool.washington.edu/events/headlines.aspx?id=1624 In an article appearing in Public Libraries Quarterly (abstract), U.S. IMPACT, an Information School research team, describe their latest research investigating in depth how people use computers and... Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ischool.washington.edu/events/headlines.aspx?id=1575 CIS Director Karine Barzilai-Nahon represented Israel at the annual meeting of the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD). CSTD, which is a part of the UN’s Economic and... Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ischool.washington.edu/events/headlines.aspx?id=1619 The UW Special Libraries Association (SLA) Student Chapter has been honored by the SLA Student and Academic Affairs Advisory Council with the SLA Merit Award for Creative Use of Electronic... Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ischool.washington.edu/events/headlines.aspx?id=1612 PhD Candidate Peyina Lin was awarded a National Science Foundation Sociology Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant from the Division of Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE). The... Thu, 28 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT