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Online Orientation Webinars

  • 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.

Webinar information

News

MLS student earns Career Development Grant

Urania Chambers, a current Master of Library Science student, has been awarded a Career Development Grant for $18,500 from the American Association of University Women to fund her education and a project.

Lee wins Best Presentation Award

Hyuk-Jin Lee, PhD, was awarded the Best Presentation Award at the International Conference on Cultural Heritage (ICCH 2023, Oct, 30-31).

COPE Dean names Hoffman SLIS Director

Gretchen Hoffman, PhD, is the new director of the School of Library and Information Studies as of August 2023.

Kizhakkethil joins SLIS faculty

Priya Kizhakkethil, PhD, joined the faculty of the School of Library and Information Studies starting August 2023.

Program awards TWU educator $400,000 grant to fight misinformation

What is real? What isn’t? Can I trust this? These are familiar questions we ask ourselves when scrolling through social media or looking for information online. These are also questions that School of Library and Information Studies assistant professor Tara Zimmerman, PhD, plans to help children in kindergarten through fifth grade (K-5) learn how to answer.