News and Events

Events

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

In the news: Kerol Harrod

Kerol Harrod, a lecturer in the School of Library & Information Studies, wrote an opinion piece for the Dallas Morning News.

Harrod: Rabbits, penguins, and the cycle of censorship

In 1958, Garth Williams published a picture book called "The Rabbits’ Wedding." It portrayed a white rabbit and a black rabbit falling in love and getting married. The book was attacked by politicians and groups that were opposed to what they saw as a depiction of interracial marriage, and it was banned at the time in Alabama libraries.

Zimmerman joins SLIS faculty

In Fall 2022, Assistant Professor Tara Zimmerman, PhD, joined the faculty in the School of Library & Information Studies. 

Jeng highlights Asian Americans in Denton County

Ling Hwey Jeng, PhD, the director of the School of Library and Information Studies at TWU, spoke at a Denton Parks and Recreation event to start Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. 

SLIS announces 2022 alumni awards

The School of Library and Information Studies celebrated its alumni at the annual Texas Library Association Conference last week. This year, June Johnson (2012), Delaney Daly (2020), and Amber Wessies (2019) were recognized with alumni awards.