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WELCOME Erin Holmes (MSLS ‘14)
Dr. Gary Marchionini, Dean and Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished Professor, School of Information and Library Science
COMMENCEMENT ADDRESSDemetria Tucker, Senior Family and Youth Librarian at the Pearl Bailey Branch Library in Newport News, VA
“Why passion for what we do and compassion for the people you will serve are important assets that will help sustain you in the workplace”
MUSICAL PERFORMANCELucy Vanderkamp (MSLS ‘14)
Peter Shirts (MSLS ‘14)
PRESENTATION OF AWARDS
Diversity Advocate Certificate Award .......................................................... Dr. Claudia Gollop, Associate Professor Dean’s Achievement Award ....................................................................... Dr. Brian Sturm, Associate Professor Elfreda Chatman Research Award ............................................................. Dr. Brian Sturm, Associate Professor Outstanding Teacher Awards ...................................................................... Dr. Robert Capra, Assistant Professor
GREETINGS FROM THE SILS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Outstanding Service to the School Award .................................................. William Cross, SILSAA President Distinguished Alumna Award .................................................................... WilliamCross, SILSAA President
RECOGNITION OF DEGREE RECIPIENTS
Bachelor of Science in Information Science...............................................Tiffany Harris, Undergraduate Student Services Coordinator Master of Science in Information Science ................................................. Lara Bailey, Graduate Student Services Coordinator Master of Science in Library Science ........................................................ Lara Bailey, Graduate Student Services Coordinator Doctor of Philosophy ................................................................................. Faculty Advisors
CLOSING REMARKS Dr. Gary Marchionini, Dean
RECEPTION In the lobby of the Frank Porter Graham Student Union
Ceremony
Master of Science in Library Science
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Master of Science in Information Science
Doctor of PhilosophyHeather Marie Ryan
Graduates
Curtis P. ArledgeSandeep Avula
Michael Allen BellErin Carter
Casey James EmersonLiuliu Fan
Amanda Lee JoinerChristopher Raymond Kenrick*
Madeeha KhanSophia Nicole Lafferty-Hess*
Gregory Ellis LawsonYida Li
Ravi Shankar GantiMary Elizabeth Gillen
Shumeng Gu Alexander Harold Harding
Erin Rachel HolmesFan Jiang
Sunitha MisraAngel Olavarria
Jaleesa Mosell PowellEduardo Nicholas Prieto
Dongqiuye PuJosh Rice
Master of Science in Library ScienceNicholas BaranLeslie Barnes
Stephanie Anne BarnwellMichelle Brew Baxter
Courtney Lynn BippleyJohn Mark BojanskiSarah Jeanne Bost
Ashley Michelle Brown* Barrye Oliver Brown
Katelin Elizabeth Baxter CeronieHsi Yen Chen
Christine CherneyJennifer Lane CogginsEmily Elizabeth Corbin
Robert W. Correll
Samantha Michelle CrispCarla Yasmin Davis-Castro*
Nicole M. DowningDawn Therese DvorakHannah Karen Easley
Julia Grace FeerrarErin Diane Foster
Hillary E. FoxKevin John Fox
Rachel Marie FrameAmanda Judith Gooch**Amanda Lee GramleyAndrea Gaye GreenBaily Diane Griffith
Kathleen Hill
Morgan Elizabeth JonesBarbara J. Kaplan
Lindsay Elizabeth KavanaghAmy Lauren Kemp
Meaghan Rebecca LanierDavid Frederick Lemmons
Meredith Ann LewisRuby L. Lisanti
Amanda Beth MacdonaldStacey Mantooth
Laura Cowden McPhersonJennie Catherine Minor
Alexandra MitchellMichelle Patricia Modic
Erin Nell Morris
Dawna Elizabeth NeilVirginia Adele Neisler
Lori Neumeier*Chantez Alegria NeymossSimon Frazier O’RiordanJessica Streck Ortolano
Alexandra Marie PattersonLaura L. PavlechClaire Radcliffe
Samantha Nicole RichAnna Domenica Sandelli
Kristyn M. SaroffJulie Elizabeth Seifert
Peter ShirtsKrista Baylon Sorenson
Katherine Grady SpruillMaria Claudia TerrienHelen Hunt Thomas
Elizabeth Estill TurnerKatelynn Mary ValeLucy Vanderkamp
Jerica VogelHaley Walton
Martha Best WatersKate Weber
Emily Hogan WellsZachery Whitaker
Jency Leigh WilliamsSarah M Wolper
Tisha Springer Woo
Chad H. Morgan
Mrudula SudarsanamLei WangBo Yao
Le ZhangYan Zhao
Mengze Zhou
Lorraine L. Richards
Matthew AlinAndrew CowanDavid CowhigOlivia Dorsey
Brian Hunter FanneyJessica Chiang Feng
Jared Foster GilesSilvana Vivienne Goberdhan-Vigle
Armanda Marie GonzalezJennifer Elaine Hackeling
Anagha Mukund HanumanteLeslie Fu-En Ho
Xing Laura JinBailey Ann Jones
Ethan Ross KavanaughAnna Kegulski
Allen Cameron LyonsKeith Morris
Brian MorrowBrittany Lynn Newman-Eckert
Keeli Pingling OgronMarcos Fernando Prieto
Stefanie Nicole ProtasowickiDaniel James Pshock
Shane Anthony PuszNathaniel Elias Reynolds
David Ridlon-WalkerMark A. Rosenstein
Alaina Nicole SajatovicMargrethe Williams
Bachelor of Science in Information Science
Laura Ann Sheble
* Educating Stewards of the Public Information Infrastructure (ESOPI) Fellow** Curating Research Assets and Data using Lifecycle Education data (CRADLE) Fellow
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Dissertations
Master’s Papers Curtis P. Arledge Filled-in vs. Outline Icons: The Impact of Icon Style on Usability CapraSandeep Avula Which Hashtag to Use? Building at Hashtag Recommender System and Understanding the Textual Features Surrounding Hashtags ArguelloNicholas Baran Ullman Library Preservation and Book Repair Websites Anthony Leslie Barnes With Humanities People..It’s [The Data is] Always Dirty: Digital Curation for the Humanities from Researchers’ Perspective TibboStephanie Anne Barnwell Mapping Early NC Lebanese Households: Documenting Decisions and Developing Workflows for a Digital Mapping Project at the Digital Innovation Lab LachMichelle Brew Baxter Stereotype or Archetype: The Librarian in Popular Culture Gollop Michael Allen Bell Librarians Who Code: Web and Software Development Skills of Academic Library Staff in the Southeastern United States PatilloCourtney Lynn Bippley Health and Wellness Resources in the Library: Are They in the Right Place? GollopJohn Mark Bojanski Helping Library and Information Science Students Gain Professional Competencies: A Qualitative Study of an Academic Health Sciences Library’s Graduate Assistant Program Haas Sarah Jeanne Bost Archival Accessioning and Donor Supplied Information: A Preliminary Survey TibboAshley Michelle Brown Challenges and Opportunities in Electronic Records Management Collaborations for State Government Records Units LeeKatelin Elizabeth Baxter Ceronie “Values on the Third Floor”: The Literary Society of Libraries of Miami University Patillo Hsi Yen Chen A Prototype Collaborative Directory of Metadata Standards GreenbergJennifer Lane Coggins Telling the “Carolina Story”: An Assessment of UNC’s Virtual Museum of the University History LeeEmily Elizabeth Corbin Comparing Video Tutorials and Slide Show Tutorials: A Library Usability Study Capra Robert W. Correll The Potential Utility of Syllabus Analysis in Distinguishing the Information Literacy Needs of Required and General Education Undergraduate Physical Sciences Courses MooreSamantha Michelle Crisp A Feminist Endeavor: Women’s Manuscript Collections-Past, Present, and Future AnthonyCarla Yasmin Davis-Castro Information Needs of Users of the American Indian Center at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill AnthonyNicole M. Downing UNC Law Library’s Redaction of its Digitized Collection of North Carolina Supreme Court Briefs: A Case Study KlinefelterDawn Therese Dvorak Are Twenty-First Century Picture Books Accurately Portraying Twenty-First Century Public Libraries: A Content Analysis SturmHannah Karen Easley Difficulty vs. Engagement: An Analysis of Easy Readers About Superheroes and Their Amazon.com Reviews SturmCasey James Emerson Automating Disk Image Redactions LeeLiuliu Fan Investigating How the Query Suggestions of Two Commercial Web Search Engines Change Over Time Kelly Julia Grace Feerrar Building Concept-Based Videos for Library Instruction SturmErin Diane Foster Gauging Involvement: An Exploratory Survey of Public Health Librarians, Student Literature, and Institutional Repositories FlahertyHillary E. Fox Evaluating the Presence of the Autism Society in the American South Using Direct Content Analysis GollopKevin John Fox The Evolution of the “Library as Place”: An Analysis of Recent Academic Library Renovations MoranRachel Marie Frame A Comparison of Use Between E-books Acquired in Bulk Packages, Individual Titles, and User Requested Titles at Health Sciences Library VarghaRavi Shankar Ganti Usage of Large Scale Processing for Analyzing Social Sciences Data RajasekarMary Elizabeth Gillen Education and Preparedness for Big Data Careers RajasekarAmanda Judith Gooch Data Storage and Sharing: A Needs Assessment Survey of Social Science Researchers and Information Professionals for Developing a Data Management Curriculum TibboAmanda Lee Gramley Training and Practice of Reader’s Advisory by Public Library Staff in North Carolina FlahertyAndrea Gaye Green Preserving Collaborative Online Film Projects: Current Practices, Potential Methodologies, and User Expectations LeeBaily Diane Griffith Increasing Teacher and Librarian Collaborative Projects Through Library Visibility Hughes-Hassell Shumeng Gu The Impact of Screen Size: A Usability Evaluation of Mobile Devices for Scholarly Reading HemmingerAlexander Harold Harding Comic Book Metadata and Database Design HemmingerErin Rachel Holmes Reimaging the E-Research by Discipline Portal KingFan Jiang Exploring Pseudo-Relevance Feedback for Microblog Search ArguelloAmanda Lee Joiner A Comparison of Adherence to Accessibility Standards of Local and National News Sites HemmingerMorgan Elizabeth Jones Can You Hear Me Now?: A Case Study of Collaborative Collecting Between Archives and Oral History Programs TuriBarbara J. Kaplan Implications of LIS Instructors’ E-reserve Selections for Privacy Interests and Academic Library Values VarghaLindsay Elizabeth Kavanagh Social Roles and Young Children: A Content Analysis of Children’s Picture Books VarghaAmy Lauren Kemp Let’s Go to the Movies: The Adaptation of Young Adult Novels into Popular Film Hughes-HassellChristopher Raymond Kenrick The Affordability of Information Service in the Digital Age Marciano
Chad H. Morgan Job Satisfaction Among Graduates of North Carolina Library and Information Science Programs Marshall Lorraine L. Richards Evidence as a State Service: State Recordkeeping in the Cloud LeeLaura Anne Sheble Diffusion of Meta-Analysis Systematic Review, and Related Research Synthesis Methods: Patterns, Contexts, and Impacts Kelly Heather Marie Ryan Who’s Afraid of File Format Obsolescence? Evaluating File Format Endangerment Levels and Factors for the Creation of a
File Format Endangerment Index Lee
Name Title Advisor
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Curtis P. Arledge Filled-in vs. Outline Icons: The Impact of Icon Style on Usability CapraSandeep Avula Which Hashtag to Use? Building at Hashtag Recommender System and Understanding the Textual Features Surrounding Hashtags ArguelloNicholas Baran Ullman Library Preservation and Book Repair Websites Anthony Leslie Barnes With Humanities People..It’s [The Data is] Always Dirty: Digital Curation for the Humanities from Researchers’ Perspective TibboStephanie Anne Barnwell Mapping Early NC Lebanese Households: Documenting Decisions and Developing Workflows for a Digital Mapping Project at the Digital Innovation Lab LachMichelle Brew Baxter Stereotype or Archetype: The Librarian in Popular Culture Gollop Michael Allen Bell Librarians Who Code: Web and Software Development Skills of Academic Library Staff in the Southeastern United States PatilloCourtney Lynn Bippley Health and Wellness Resources in the Library: Are They in the Right Place? GollopJohn Mark Bojanski Helping Library and Information Science Students Gain Professional Competencies: A Qualitative Study of an Academic Health Sciences Library’s Graduate Assistant Program Haas Sarah Jeanne Bost Archival Accessioning and Donor Supplied Information: A Preliminary Survey TibboAshley Michelle Brown Challenges and Opportunities in Electronic Records Management Collaborations for State Government Records Units LeeKatelin Elizabeth Baxter Ceronie “Values on the Third Floor”: The Literary Society of Libraries of Miami University Patillo Hsi Yen Chen A Prototype Collaborative Directory of Metadata Standards GreenbergJennifer Lane Coggins Telling the “Carolina Story”: An Assessment of UNC’s Virtual Museum of the University History LeeEmily Elizabeth Corbin Comparing Video Tutorials and Slide Show Tutorials: A Library Usability Study Capra Robert W. Correll The Potential Utility of Syllabus Analysis in Distinguishing the Information Literacy Needs of Required and General Education Undergraduate Physical Sciences Courses MooreSamantha Michelle Crisp A Feminist Endeavor: Women’s Manuscript Collections-Past, Present, and Future AnthonyCarla Yasmin Davis-Castro Information Needs of Users of the American Indian Center at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill AnthonyNicole M. Downing UNC Law Library’s Redaction of its Digitized Collection of North Carolina Supreme Court Briefs: A Case Study KlinefelterDawn Therese Dvorak Are Twenty-First Century Picture Books Accurately Portraying Twenty-First Century Public Libraries: A Content Analysis SturmHannah Karen Easley Difficulty vs. Engagement: An Analysis of Easy Readers About Superheroes and Their Amazon.com Reviews SturmCasey James Emerson Automating Disk Image Redactions LeeLiuliu Fan Investigating How the Query Suggestions of Two Commercial Web Search Engines Change Over Time Kelly Julia Grace Feerrar Building Concept-Based Videos for Library Instruction SturmErin Diane Foster Gauging Involvement: An Exploratory Survey of Public Health Librarians, Student Literature, and Institutional Repositories FlahertyHillary E. Fox Evaluating the Presence of the Autism Society in the American South Using Direct Content Analysis GollopKevin John Fox The Evolution of the “Library as Place”: An Analysis of Recent Academic Library Renovations MoranRachel Marie Frame A Comparison of Use Between E-books Acquired in Bulk Packages, Individual Titles, and User Requested Titles at Health Sciences Library VarghaRavi Shankar Ganti Usage of Large Scale Processing for Analyzing Social Sciences Data RajasekarMary Elizabeth Gillen Education and Preparedness for Big Data Careers RajasekarAmanda Judith Gooch Data Storage and Sharing: A Needs Assessment Survey of Social Science Researchers and Information Professionals for Developing a Data Management Curriculum TibboAmanda Lee Gramley Training and Practice of Reader’s Advisory by Public Library Staff in North Carolina FlahertyAndrea Gaye Green Preserving Collaborative Online Film Projects: Current Practices, Potential Methodologies, and User Expectations LeeBaily Diane Griffith Increasing Teacher and Librarian Collaborative Projects Through Library Visibility Hughes-Hassell Shumeng Gu The Impact of Screen Size: A Usability Evaluation of Mobile Devices for Scholarly Reading HemmingerAlexander Harold Harding Comic Book Metadata and Database Design HemmingerErin Rachel Holmes Reimaging the E-Research by Discipline Portal KingFan Jiang Exploring Pseudo-Relevance Feedback for Microblog Search ArguelloAmanda Lee Joiner A Comparison of Adherence to Accessibility Standards of Local and National News Sites HemmingerMorgan Elizabeth Jones Can You Hear Me Now?: A Case Study of Collaborative Collecting Between Archives and Oral History Programs TuriBarbara J. Kaplan Implications of LIS Instructors’ E-reserve Selections for Privacy Interests and Academic Library Values VarghaLindsay Elizabeth Kavanagh Social Roles and Young Children: A Content Analysis of Children’s Picture Books VarghaAmy Lauren Kemp Let’s Go to the Movies: The Adaptation of Young Adult Novels into Popular Film Hughes-HassellChristopher Raymond Kenrick The Affordability of Information Service in the Digital Age Marciano
Name Title Advisor
Sophia Nicole Lafferty-Hess Sharing Research Data in the Social Sciences: The Role of Journal Policies LeeMeaghan Rebecca Lanier The Current State of Collection Development Policies in North Carolina Public Libraries PatilloGregory Ellis Lawson Mobile Device Interfaces: The Almighty App vs. the Web Browser HemmingerDavid F. Lemmons Government Funding and Public Library Service in North Carolina Bergquist Meredith Ann Lewis Learning Styles, Motivations, and Resource Needs of Students Enrolled in a Massive Open Online Class Pomerantz Yida Li Usability Testing for Web Browser: A Case Study of Comparing Chrome, Firefox, and Internet Explorer HemmingerRuby L. Lisanti Bullying Situations in Juvenile Fiction Novels: The Role of Teachers and Adminstrators Hughes-HassellAmanda Beth MacDonald Information Literacy Instruction: To Flip or Not to Flip the Classroom MoranStacey Mantooth What We Write About When We Write About LIS: A Subject Headings Analysis for University of North Carolina Masters Papers (2008-2010) VarghaLaura Cowden McPherson Lighting the Fuse: A Survey of How Librarians Are Building Regional Identity Through Public Library Services in Rural Central Appalachia MissenJennie Catherine Minor Understanding Disability Through Literature: The Portrayal of Characters with Multiple Sclerosis in Adult Fiction MoranSunitha Misra File-level Access to Disk Images Within a Web Browser LeeAlexandra Mitchell Access in Local History Organizations in the Town of Chapel Hill GollopMichelle Patricia Modic Anarchy vs. Authority: Attitudes Towards Centralized Control in Social Tagging Systems GreenbergErin Nell Morris Assessing Health Information Needs of Older Adults and Academic Researchers for Development of a Health Information Website Bergquist Dawna Elizabeth Neil Mixed and Matched: The Representation of Interracial Families in Children’s Books SturmVirginia Adele Neisler How May We Help? Perspectives on Law Librarian Support of Students in Law School Clinics SampsonLori Neumeier “The Mess is There”: Digital Asset Management System Use in Non-Academic Archival Repositories LeeChantez Alegria Neymoss Reinventing Public Libraries: What Public Libraries Can Learn From the Founding of the DPLA Bergquist Simon Fraizer O’Riordan Tracing Footsteps: An HGIS Project Mapping Out Liturgical Processions in 9th and 10th Century Constantinople ShawJessica Streck Ortolano Multicultural Texts and Collection Development: Are School Librarians Supporting Their Latino Students Hughes-HassellAlexandra Marie Patterson Teen Library Usage in Orange County, NC: A Pilot Study FlahertyLaura L. Pavlech A Bibliometric Analysis of Articles Published in the Journal of Veterinary Medicine from 1998 to 2013 HemmingerJaleesa Mosell Powell The Influence of Image Quality on User Interactions CapraEduardo Nicholas Prieto Introducing NFC Tags to the School of Information and Library Science Bergquist Dongqiuye Pu Evaluation of a Prototype of Computerized Health Knowledge Summaries MostafaClaire Radcliffe Educating Reference Archivists: An Exploratory Study of Training and Education in Archival Reference AnthonySamantha Nicole Rich A Survey of Makerspaces in Academic Libraries Bergquist Anna Domencia Sandelli Practices and Perceptions of Academic Library Instruction: A Survey of Composition and Rhetoric Instructors MoranKristyn M. Saroff A Comparative Analysis of the Portrayal of Female Protagonists in Tudor England Historical Fiction Novels from the 1960s and the 2000s MoranJulie Elizabeth Seifert The Time-cost of Digital Forensics for Archival Collections LeePeter Shirts Using Circulation and Interlibrary Loan Statistics to Inform Subsection-level Collection Development in an Academic Branch Library VarghaKrista Baylon Sorenson Teaching Community Archives AnthonyKatherine Grady Spruill Girls in STEM: Taking a Look at the Young Female Scientists, Technologies, Engineers, and Mathematicians in Young Adult Novels Hughes-HassellMrudula Sudarsanam Annotation of Pharmaceutical Assay Data Using Text Mining Techniques HaasHelen Hunt Thomas The Descriptive Sweet Spot: Archivists Perceptions of Descriptive Methodologies for Large Scale Digitization Initiatives TibboElizabeth Estill Turner Accessing the Avengers: An Investigation of Graphic Novel Classification in Literature and Practice GuntherKatelynn Mary Vale Characteristics of the Villain in Children’s, Young Adult, and Adult Fantasy: A Content Analysis SturmLucy Vanderkamp Document Retrieval on Personal Computers CapraJerica Vogel Getting Their Chat’s Worth: A Study of Chat Widget Placement in Academic Licensed Research Databases HaefeleLei Wang A Content Analysis of the Use of Facebook by Academic Libraries MooreMartha Best Waters Gender’s Role in the Expression of Friendship in Young Adult Literature SturmKate Weber The Benefits and Drawbacks of Working with Floating Collections: The Perceptions of Public Libraries SturmEmily Hogan Wells Creating an Online LGBTQA YA Fantasy Database: Offering Alternatives Outside the Single Story Sturm Jency Leigh Williams Food Bloggers and Their Perceptions of Digital Preservation AnthonySarah M. Wolper Role-playing Games in Special Collections: Identifying Reasons for Underrepresentation and Potential Value for Researchers AnthonyTisha Springer Woo “Critical for Teaching and Learning”: The Role of School Media Specialists in Implementing Common Core Standards for Reading Informational Texts SturmBo Yao Adding Vocabularies to the HIVE Demo at RENCI.org: Step-by-Step Processes Greenberg Le Zhang iRODs/HIVE Intergration: A Metadata Annotation System in DFC Data Grid GreenbergYan Zhao A Usability Evaluation of Personal Task-managing Applications in One-handed Thumb Touching Mobile Interface HemmingerMengze Zhou Impact of Cultural Markers on Localized Website Usability: A Case Study on Chinese and American Version of Multilingual Websites of MSN and Air China Hemminger
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Honors & AwardsSILS Certificates and Awards
Dean’s Achievement Award Curt Arledge
Meredith Lewis
Diversity Advocate Certificate Erin Carter Dawn Dvorak
Elfreda Chatman Research Award Lindsay Conway Erin Nell Morris
Clinical Information Science Certificate
John BojanskiRobert Bradford
Jayson CaraccioloNicola GafinowitzSrividya Machiraju
Julia MarshallMike OwinoNidhi Soni
Concentration in Archives and Record Management
Stephanie Barnwell
Sarah Bost Katelin Ceronie
Jennifer Coggins Samantha Crisp
Morgan Elizabeth Jones Alexandra Mitchell
Michelle Modic Claire Radcliffe
Julie Seifert Krista Sorenson Helen Thomas Jency Williams Sarah Wolper
1981Emerson GreenawayHerman Howe FusslerMary Elizabeth Poole
William Stevens PowellMary Eunice Query
1986Fred Roper
1987Gene Lanier
1988Jerry Campbell
1992Mary Edna Anders
Evan Ira FarberLucia Johnson Rather
Katina P. Strauch 1993
Ray L. Carpenter
1994Dale M. Bentz
Barbara BransonLesley Farmer
1995Rebecca S. Ballentine
1996Ridley R. Kessler Jr.
Edwin S. Clay IIIJudith K. Sutton
1997Robert G. Anthony Jr.
James V. Carmichael Jr.Jane Bliss DownsRobert S. Martin
1998Martha Harris DavisBarbara Semonche
1999 June FultonJoe Hewitt
Duncan Smith 2000
Marshall Keys
2001Charles Bryan Lowry
Bernie Todd Smith 2002
Joan Durrance Angela B. Ruffin
2003Mary L. Boone
2004Dav Robertson
Susan Tarr
2005Larry AlfordSusan Perry
2006 Evelyn M. Poole-Kober Irene Owens 2007
Patricia Harris Maurice York
2008Frieda Rosenberg
Janet Flowers 2009
Ray EnglishHampton (Skip) Auld
2010
Robert MolyneuxDeborah Balsamo
2011
David GobleJohn Ulmschneider
2012
Peter McCracken Lee Dirks
2013
Caroline (Cal) ShepardJoyce L. Ogburn
2014Demetria Tucker
SILS Distinguished AlumniAmerican Library Association Spectrum Scholarship
Barrye Brown
Archival Education Research Institute Doctoral Student Scholarship Travel Award to Los Angeles
Heather Ryan
Association of North Carolina Health and Science Libraries Continuing Education
John Mark Bojanski Anna Sandelli
Bachelor of Science in Information Science Scholarship Anagha Hanumante
Baker & Taylor Scholarship Summer Seminar to Egypt Amanda MacDonald
Baker & Taylor Scholarship Summer Seminar to London Peter Shirts
Beta Phi Mu Scholarship Award Epsilon Chapter
Erin Holmes Jessica Streck Ortolano
C. David Jackson Memorial SNCA Student Scholarship Morgan Elizabeth Jones
Carl A. Ross Student Paper Award
Laura Cowden McPherson
Carolina Digital Curation Doctoral Fellowship (IMLS)Heather Ryan
Carolina Academic Library Associate (CALA)
Leslie Barnes Barrye Brown
Morgan Elizabeth Jones Amanda Macdonald
Erin Morris Laura Pavlech Anna Sandelli Peter Shirts
Helen Thomas
Carolina Academic Library Associate (CALA) Travel Grant to attend the edUi Conference in Richmond, VA
Anna Sandelli
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Honors & AwardsCurate Thyself Doctoral Symposium, Chapel Hill, NC
Honorable Mention Best Poster Competition Heather Ryan
Elfreda Chatman Research Proposal Award Erin Nell Morris
Fellowship for Library Work with Children and Young Adults
Tisha Springer Woo
Kathryn Miller Glass Summer Research Fellowship University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Heather Ryan
Lester Asheim Service Award Laura Sheble
Margaret Ellen Kalp Memorial Fellowship Sandeep Avula Gregory Lawson Leslie Barnes Amanda Macdonald Sarah Bost Laura McPherson Barrye Brown Erin Morris Jennifer Coggins Lori Neumeier Robert Correll Adrian Ogletree Carla Davis-Castro Laura Pavlech Hannah Easley Jaleesa Powell Julia Feerrar Anna Sandelli Ravi Shankar Ganti Peter Shirts Amanda Gooch Katherine Spruill Andrea Green Baily Griffith Jane Steele Shumeng Gu Mrudula Sudarsanam Sophia Lafferty-Hess Helen Thomas Erin Holmes Katelynn Vale Morgan Jones Kate Weber Barbara Kaplan Jency Williams Christopher Kenrick Sarah Wolper
Medical Library Association Scholarship Laura Pavlech
Michael Hooker Fellowship in Applied Networking Fan Jiang
Mid Atlantic Chapter of the Medical Library Association
(MAC-MLA) Student Vision Scholarship John Mark Bojanski
National Coordinator for Health Information Technology John Mark Bojanski
NSF/IMLS Research Assistantship Heather Ryan
Non-Service Fellowship Tisha Springer Woo
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
John Mark Bojanski
Phi Beta Kappa Bailey Ann Jones
Research Assistantship National Science Foundation/Institute of Museum and Library Services
Heather Ryan
Rittenhouse Award Laura Pavlech
School of Information and Library Science Non-Service Fellowship
Madeeha Khan Tisha Springer Woo
School of Information and Library Science Undergraduate Scholarship
Alaina Sajatovic
School of Information and Library Science Fellowship Fan Jiang
Society of American Archivists Mosaic Scholarship Barrye Brown
Special Fellowship for Library Work with Children and Young Adults
Tisha Springer Woo
Susan Grey Akers Fellowship
Sandeep Avula Ashley Brown
Samantha Crisp Amanda Gramley Alexander Harding Lindsay Kavanagh
Amy Kemp Ruth Link
Stacey Mantooth Kristyn Saroff Julie Seifert
Zachery Whitaker Mengze Zhou
Susan Rose Saunders Scholarship Alaina Sajatovic
UNC Phi Beta Kappa Bailey Ann Jones
UNC Student Education Fund Travel Grant
Amanda M. Gonzalez
United States Environmental Protection Agency Internship
Hillary Fox David Lemmons Stacey Mantooth
Alexandra Patterson Emily Wells
Vanguard Women in Information Technology Scholarship
Anagha Hanumante
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Our SpeakerDemet r ia Tucker (MSLS ‘78), senior family and youth librarian at the Pearl Bailey Branch Library in Newport News, Virginia, is today’s commencement speaker.
In the years before beginning her current job at
Congratulations! The entire SILS community is very proud of you. We applaud your achievements.
The School regularly provides our alumni with services such as information about networking, job opportunities, special events and professional news. To ensure you always receive this information, please keep your contact information current. To do this, visit our safe, secure Web site at http://sils.unc.edu/alumni/alumni-directory, access the directory and enter your UNC personal identification number in the box about halfway down the page.
As the months and years progress, let us know whenever you have news such as a new job, honor, recognition or life change by sending e-mail to [email protected] or by dropping by Manning Hall. We love alumni to come home!
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Best wishes for your continued success!
In Conclusion
the City of Newport News in 2008, Tucker served as a School Library Media Specialist for the City of Roanoke Public Schools; Acting Library Director for the City of Roanoke, Virginia; and Coordinator of Youth Services for the City of Roanoke Public Libraries.
Tucker has also received numerous awards and honors. In November of 2013, Tucker was honored at the White House with the 2013 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award for her work with the Pearl Bailey Library Youth Program. This program offers a variety of challenges designed to expand knowledge of literature and encourages participants to read for pleasure and personal interest. The award is the highest honor for out-of-school arts and humanities programs that celebrate the creativity of America’s young people, particularly those from underserved communities.Tucker’s program was one of only 12 programs in the nation that were selected from a pool of over 350 nominations and 50 finalists.
In the same year, Tucker was honored by the Newport News City Council with a lifetime achievement award. She was the recipient of the 2013 Coretta Scott King - Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement. This award is presented to a practitioner for substantial contributions through active engagement with youth using award-winning African American literature for children and/or young adults, via implementation of reading and reading-related activities/programs.
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