SLIS News

SLIS to be well represented at TLA conference

Faculty, students and alumni from the Texas Woman's University School of Library and Information Studies will present or facilitate a total of 53 programs at the 2019 Texas Library Association Annual Conference April 15-18 at the Austin Convention Center.

Elkins interviewed on possible screen time damage to adolescent brains

Aaron Elkins, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the School of Library and Information Studies, is quoted in an interview with a popular Houston talk radio station on a story about the damage screen time may have on an adolescent’s brain.

Moore among PIs on federal library grant

TWU School of Library and Information Studies faculty members Jennifer Moore, Ph.D., is one of three co-principal investigators on an Institute of Museum and Library Services grant.

TWU awarded $397,000 grant to educate rural librarians

Texas Woman’s University has been awarded $397,000 from the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences under the 2018 Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program for a project to educate future leaders in rural libraries.

Jeng concludes service as Texas Library Association president

Ling Hwey Jeng, Ph.D., professor and director of TWU's School of Library and Information Studies, officially ended her term as president of the Texas Library Association at the organization’s 2018 conference April 3-6 in Dallas.