The University of Illinois System is a system of public universities in the U.S. state of Illinois,consisting of three campuses located in Chicago,Springfield,and Urbana-Champaign. Across all campuses,the University of Illinois System enrolls more than 94,000 students. It had an operating budget of $7.18 billion in 2021. Its oldest university,University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign,was established as the state's land grant university in 1867.
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is a public land-grant research university in the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area,Illinois,United States. Established in 1867,it is the flagship institution of the University of Illinois system. With over 59,000 students,the University of Illinois is one of the largest public universities by enrollment in the United States.
Cultural interest fraternities and sororities,in the North American student fraternity and sorority system,refer to general,social organizations oriented to students having a special interest in a culture or cultural identity.
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's College of Agricultural,Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) is part of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Most of the ACES buildings are located on the South Quad. In terms of staff,ACES has 186 tenure-system faculty,78 specialized faculty,26 postdoctoral researchers,493 academic professionals,565 civil service staff,323 assistants,and 956 hourly employees.
The School of Information Sciences,also The iSchool at Illinois,is an undergraduate and graduate school at the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign. Its Master of Science in Library and Information Science is currently accredited in full good standing by the American Library Association. The school is a charter member of the iSchool initiative.
Beta Phi Mu is an American honor society for library &information science and information technology. Founded by a group of librarians and library educators,the society's express purpose is to recognize and encourage "superior academic achievement" among library and information studies students. Beta Phi Mu now has 31 active chapters in the U.S. and abroad,continues to sponsor various publications,and funds several scholarships.
Robert Bingham Downs was an American writer and librarian. Downs was an advocate for intellectual freedom,and spent the majority of his career working against literary censorship. Downs authored many books and publications regarding the topics of censorship,and on the topics of responsible and efficient leadership in the library context.
The Mortenson Center for International Library Programs was created in 1991 with a gift from C. Walter and Gerda B. Mortenson to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The Center promotes international peace through library training programs.
Kathleen de la Peña McCook is a library scholar and librarian. She is a Distinguished University Professor in the School of Information at the University of South Florida. Much of her work centers around human rights,First Amendment issues,and the freedom of information.
The Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) promotes education for the information professions internationally through engagement,advocacy and research.
The University Library at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign comprises a network of physical and digital libraries. It provides resources and services to the university's students,faculty,staff,and the broader academic community.
Barbara J. Ford is an American librarian who served as president of the American Library Association from 1997 to 1998. She earned a bachelor's degree from Illinois Wesleyan University,a master's degree in International Relations from Tufts University and a master's degree in library science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Beverly P. Lynch is an American scholar,professor,librarian,and administrator. She was president of the American Library Association from 1985 to 1986.
Anne Jervois Gilliland is an archivist,scholar,and professor in the field of archival studies. She is Associate Dean for Information Studies at the University of California,Los Angeles Graduate School of Education &Information Studies.
Sarah T. Roberts is a professor,author,and scholar who specializes in content moderation of social media. She is an expert in the areas of internet culture,social media,digital labor,and the intersections of media and technology. She coined the term "commercial content moderation" (CCM) to describe the job paid content moderators do to regulate legal guidelines and standards. Roberts wrote the book Behind the Screen:Content Moderation in the Shadows of Social Media.
Marianna Tax Choldin is Mortenson Distinguished Professor Emerita,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She was on the faculty during 1969–2002. Her research interests include censorship in Russia,the Soviet Union,and the post-Communist states.
Nicole Amy Cooke is an African-American librarian and the Augusta Baker Endowed Chair at the University of South Carolina. Her research focus on critical cultural information studies in libraries and her advocacy for social justice have earned recognition in the library profession.
Bharat Mehra is the EBSCO Endowed Chair in Social Justice and professor in the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Alabama,USA. He is an India-born American library school educator,known for his theoretical and action research,and is author of the Social Justice Laws of Librarianship,which extends Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan's Five Laws of Library Science to address contemporary inequities. Since January 2021,Mehra has been the Series Editor of Advances in Librarianship.
Linda C. Smith is professor emerita at the University of Illinois School of Information Sciences. She has served as President of the Association for Information Science and Technology and the Association for Library and Information Science Education. Her scholarship has been wide-ranging and she is particularly known for her research on the potential of information systems to support discovery and consideration of convergence curation. The first librarian to investigate Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Information Retrieval (IR),Smith also specified the role of AI as a human intermediary and identified the AI techniques of pattern recognition,representation,problem-solving,and learning as suitable for IR,claiming AI is just like a human librarian who helps users navigate information systems.
Leigh Stewart Estabrook is Dean Emerita at the University of Illinois School of Information Sciences. She is a sociologist and library and information science professor,noted for her innovations in research,including building a diverse faculty actively engaged in research ranging from historical work to digital library initiative projects. She was president of the Association for Library and Information Science Education in 1988-1989.
