Welcome to the kick-off of the 80th an-niversary
of the School of Information and
Library Science! We are delighted that you
have joined us for our special events that
will reunite us with alumni, faculty, stu-dents
and friends as we reminisce and cel-ebrate
the accomplishments of our School.
Since its beginning, the School’s focus
has been to locate, research and share
information in its many forms for its many
audiences with an emphasis on the user’s
experience. From bookmobiles, to card
catalogs, to the changes brought about by
the Internet, to current devices such as lap-tops
and smart phones, SILS has been at the
forefront to predict and manage through the
ever-changing technologies that enable us to
provide a stellar education for our students.
Academic excellence has been a hallmark
of the School since its inception. The result
is more than 4,700 alumni who excel in
their careers as librarians and information
professionals around the world, all the while
serving as ambassadors to SILS and to the
University.
Our year-long celebration includes a
number of lectures and events including a
look at the profession in the year 2050 with
the Information Professionals (IP) 2050
Symposium that will take place June 4 and
5, 2012 here in Chapel Hill. We invite you
back for any and all events you can attend to
continue our celebration.
Today, we will reflect on our history,
enjoy each other’s company and continue
“Building Our Information Future!”
Have a great time!
Gary Marchionini
Dean and Cary C. Boshamer
Distinguished Professor Welcome
Our History
Although a student could not receive a degree
in library science until almost three decades later,
library education really began at the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as early as 1904,
when Dr. Louis Round Wilson began offering
summer school classes.
In 1929, just as the new library building was fin-ished
on the UNC campus, Wilson wrote an article
on the “Library in Modern Education.” In that
article, he said:
As part of the program of social welfare now being
worked out at Chapel Hill, a library school is needed,
where librarians, like lawyers and doctors and teach-ers,
may secure expert professional training. With its
magnificent new building as a laboratory for the school, such an institution would not
only be in harmony with the program on which the University has embarked, it would
offer opportunity through the sending out of trained librarians for the South to tap the
vast reservoir of human knowledge.
The School of Library Science opened at Chapel Hill in the fall of 1931, with a
class of 37 students and five faculty members, including Dr. Wilson. The Carnegie
Corporation offered a grant of $100,000 to enable the school to operate for three
years and make permanent its conditional accreditation from the American Library
Association.
When, in 1987, it became apparent that the study of information use and
management was of central importance to society, the faculty of the School of
Library Science voted to change the program and the name of the school to include
Information Science.
Faculty members had been engaged in the research of this emerging discipline,
and it was decided that adding this specialty to the program would complement the
school’s focus on librarianship by broadening it to the study of general problems of
information management.
Since its beginning 80 years ago, the school has sent out more than 4,700 trained
information specialists and librarians. Graduates of our programs are employed
throughout the nation and the world.
Through the strong leadership of its deans and the great dedication shown by
its faculty and staff over the years, the school stands on a solid foundation that is
rooted in a rich past and aimed toward a bright future.
Saturday, September 17
Tailgate Barbecue
12:30 p.m. Carolina Barbecue (tickets required)
1:30 p.m. Program
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Gary Marchionini, Dean and Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished Professor
Greetings from the 80th Planning Team Co-Chairs
	 Sarah Snow, Information Management Consultant, and Fred Roper,
	 Distinguished Dean Emeritus
SILS Distinguished Alumni
Kim Duckett, SILSAA President
SILS Alumni Association Lifetime Members
Kim Duckett, SILSAA President
Louis Round Wilson Family
Gary Marchionini, Dean and Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished Professor
The front lawn of Manning Hall
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Special thanks to our hosts,
the SILS Alumni Association
(SILSAA), the Information and
Library Science Student Associa-tion
(ILSSA) and the School of
Information and Library Science.
Saturday, September 17
Football Game
Tar Heels vs University of Virginia
3:30 p.m. Kenan Memorial Stadium
Note: Football tickets are necessary. They may be purchased on the Tarheels
Web site at: http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/
Friday, September 23
Lucile Kelling Henderson Lecture
by Distinguished Dean Emeritus of the University of South
Carolina’s School of Library and Information Science and
SILS Distinguished Alumnus
Dr. Fred W. Roper
“On the shoulders of giants: How SILS achieved
the national championship in Library and
Information Science”
Friday, September 23, 2011, 3:00 p.m.
George Watts Hill Alumni Center Ballroom
Reception to follow.
About Dr. Roper
Dr. Fred Roper is Distinguished Dean Emeritus of the School
of Library and Information Science at the University of South
Carolina and a Distinguished Alumnus from SILS. He retired
in June of 2003 after 17 years as Dean and continues to live in
Columbia, SC. Fred has been active in the Medical Library As-sociation
(President in 1994/95, Fellow, Marcia C. Noyes Award,
and Janet Doe Lecturer 2005), the Special Libraries Association
(Board of Directors, John Cotton Dana Award, Hall of Fame
and Fellow), Association for Libraries and Information Science
Education (Board of Directors), and American Library Associa-tion
(ALA Council and Committee on Accreditation).Dr. Roper
received his MS in Library Science (as well as an AB in English)
from the University of North Carolina and the Ph.D. in Library
Science at Indiana University. He is co-author of Introduction to
References Sources in Health Sciences and other publications.
Friday, September 23
Lucile Kelling Henderson Lecture
The Lucile Kelling Henderson Lecture Series
was established in 1990 to honor the memory
of Lucile K. Henderson, SILS faculty member
(1932-1960) and dean (1954-1960). As an
excellent teacher, administrator, counselor and
advisor, Henderson made many contributions
to the University and to the profession. She
died in 1990 at the age of 95.
Welcome
Dr. Gary Marchionini
Dean and Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished Professor
School of Information and Library Science
Remarks
Alice Bordsen
North Carolina State Representative
Mary Boone
North Carolina State Librarian
Introduction
Dr. Barbara B. Moran
Louis Round Wilson Distinguished Professor
Dr. Fred W. Roper
Distinguished Dean Emeritus of the University of South Carolina’s School
of Library and Information Science and SILS Distinguished Alumnus
“On the shoulders of giants: How SILS achieved the na-tional
championship in Library and Information Science”
Closing Remarks
Dr. Gary Marchionini
Musical Entertainment
Loreleis
UNC at Chapel Hill’s All-Female A Cappella Group
Reception
Saturday, September 24
A series of activities is planned throughout the day.
9:00 to 1:00 p.m. Exhibits at Wilson Library
"UNC School of Information and Library Science: 80
years of building our information future"
and
"Meaningful Marks: Image
and Text and the History of
the Book"
9:00 to 3:00 p.m. SILS Historical PowerPoint Presentation
	 Manning Hall Room 208
10:00 to 11:30 a.m. Architectural walking tour of UNC led by Will Owen
Associate University Librarian
11:30 a.m. to noon Storytelling
Dr. Brian Sturm
SILS Associate Professor
	 Noon to 12:30 p.m.
	
Crafts for the kids
	 Live Angry Birds
	 12:30 to 2:00 p.m. Break
Come home to Carolina - SILS Open House
Saturday, September 24
2:00 to 3:00 p.m. SILS Book Group - This Book Is Overdue! How
Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All
by Marilyn Johnson
SILS Library
2:00 to 3:00 p.m. Information Sessions
on SILS programs
(BSIS, MSIS, MSLS, Ph.D.)
Manning Hall Lobby and 209
3:00 to 4:30 p.m. Research Highlights - Three Minute Madness
Manning Hall 208
4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Reception - light refreshments
Manning Hall Lobby
Sunday, September 25
The Susan Steinfi rst Memorial
Lecture in Children’s Literature
by Korean-American award-winning
author who has
published works such as, The
Firekeeper’s Son, Seesaw Girl,
The Kite Fighters, Yum! Yuck!
and her most recent book, A
Long Walk to Water.
Linda Sue Park
Sunday, September 25,
2011, 2:00 p.m.
Gerrard Hall
Booksigning and reception to
follow in the Campus Y.M.C.A.
About Linda Sue
Linda Sue Park was born in Urbana, Illinois on March 25, 1960, and grew up outside
Chicago. The daughter of Korean immigrants, she has been writing poems and stories
since she was four-years-old, and her favorite thing to do as a child was read. In 1997,
she started writing her fi rst book, Seesaw Girl. It was accepted that same year and
published in 1999.
The Kite Fighters came out in 2000. This book was especially exciting because the
chapter-heading illustrations were done by Linda Sue’s dad.
A Single Shard was published in March 2001 and was awarded the 2002 Newbery Medal.
Since then, Linda Sue has published several other novels, as well as picture books, poems
and short stories. Besides reading and writing, Linda Sue likes to cook, travel, watch
movies, and do the New York Times crossword puzzles (daily and Sunday). She enjoys
baseball and soccer (watching); board games (playing—Scrabble and trivia games are
her favorites); and video games like Tetris and Dr. Mario.
Sunday, September 25
The Susan Steinfirst Memorial Lecture in
Children’s Literature honors the memory
of Susan Steinfirst, a professor of chil-dren’s
and young adult literature at SILS
from 1976 to 1996. She dedicated her life
to the promotion of children’s literature
by teaching future librarians and by pub-lishing
scholarly works in the field.
Welcome
Dr. Gary Marchionini
Dean and Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished Professor
School of Information and Library Science
Remarks
Representative Alice Bordsen
North Carolina State Representative
Mary Boone
North Carolina State Librarian
Introduction
Dr. Sandra Hughes Hassell
Professor
School of Information and Library Science
Presenter
Linda Sue Park
Author
Close
Dr. Brian Sturm
Associate Professor
School of Information and Library Science
Happy Birthday SILS!
School of Information and Library Science
Ranked number one in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Information and Library Science
(SILS) consistently takes a leadership role in today’s ever-changing information and
library science landscape. SILS seeks to advance the practice of librarianship and
information science, to prepare students for careers in the field of information and
library science, and to make significant contributions to the study of information.
Faculty members further these goals by outstanding teaching and advisory work;
by research and scholarly publishing; and by service to the school, the university,
the state and the professional community.
The School regularly provides our alumni with services such as information
about networking, job opportunities, special events and professional news. To
ensure your contact information is correct, or to make changes, please visit:
sils.unc.edu/alumni/alumni-directory
SILS is a treasured part of Carolina and the larger network of library and infor-mation
science professionals. Much of what we are, and what we hope to be in
the future, is a result of private gifts from alumni and friends. Private support is
central to the School’s mission of creating an innovative environment to educate
the world’s leaders in information generation and use. We invite you to help fur-ther
excellence in information education. Please visit: sils.unc.edu/giving
The 80th Anniversary Planning Committee
The programs to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the School are made possible
by the careful planning of our 80th Anniversary Planning Committee. Special
thanks to members:
• Sarah Snow, co-chair, information management consultant
• Fred Roper, co-chair, distinguished dean emeritus, University of South Caro-lina
School of Library and Information Science
• Dean Edmonds III, program manager, U.S. Postal Service and grandson of
Louis Round Wilson
• Duncan Smith, NoveList product manager, EBSCO Publishing
• Amanda Foster, president of ILSSA
• Joanne Gard Marshall, SILS alumni distinguished professor
• Rebecca Vargha, SILS librarian
• David Woodbury, Learning Commons Librarian at North Carolina State Uni-versity
and past president of SILS Alumni Association