News and Events
Events
Online Orientation Webinars
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Monday, Jan. 6, 2025 (Spring 2025 admits)
SLIS Director Gretchen Hoffman, PhD, will walk you through the basics essential for a successful start and answer your questions.
News
Graduate student receives inaugural scholarship
10/11/24
Lina Burklin, a Master of Library Science student, received the inaugural 2025 Martha Wong Scholarship from the Texas Library and Archives Foundation (TxLAF), a foundation supporting the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC).
SLIS faculty to present this Fall
9/17/24
Seven faculty members from the School of Library and Information Studies are set to present at conferences in upcoming months.
Elkins awarded $370,000 grant to develop anti-bias curriculum
8/27/24
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has awarded Aaron Elkins, PhD, and two colleagues a $370,000 grant to develop a curriculum for universities and high schools that teaches students how to recognize their own biases when gathering information.
Hoffman awarded $75,000 grant supporting rural students
8/19/24
Texas rural libraries are in line for a boost thanks to a Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) tuition grant in the amount of $75,000 awarded to School of Library and Information Studies Director Gretchen Hoffman, PhD.
TALL Texans accept eight SLIS alumni
8/16/24
The Texas Library Association Texas Accelerated Library Leaders Institute (TALL Texans) named eight alumni from the TWU School of Library and Information Studies in the 2024 class.