SLIS News

American Library Association grants SLIS continued accreditation

The Master of Library Science (MLS) program in the School of Library and Information Studies at Texas Woman’s University gained continued accreditation status from the American Library Association.

SLIS represented TWU at TLA 2025

The annual Texas Library Association (TLA) conference is a regular highlight in the calendar for the School of Library and Information Studies at TWU and that continued again in Dallas in April 2025.

Fulbright Scholar Chloé Vicente visits TWU

Chloé Vicente, the first Chilean to receive a Fulbright award in library science and the first Chilean to be a Fulbright scholar-in-residence at Illinois State University, heads to TWU for lectures that will bring a global perspective to the field of librarianship.

Aria joins SLIS faculty

With a background in academic and health science librarianship, Paria Aria, PhD, joined the School of Library and Information Studies in Fall 2024. 

Graduate student receives inaugural scholarship

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).