News and Events
Events
Online Orientation Webinars
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Monday, May 19, 2025 (Summer 2025 admits)
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Monday, Aug. 11, 2025 (Fall 2025 admits)
SLIS Director Gretchen Hoffman, PhD, will walk you through the basics essential for a successful start and answer your questions.
News
Jeng: Community-Based Librarianship
3/8/23
Anyone who is around a midsize city in the U.S. would know that there are many social service agencies in most cities to help residents in need.
In the news: Kerol Harrod
3/7/23
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
3/6/23
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
1/20/23
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
5/31/22
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.