blog posts

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  Why is a past attempt to ban 'Beloved' from a high school curriculum a political issue now?

  Nov 10, 2021 8:30 am972 views

  Emily Knox, a professor in the School of Information Sciences and the author of “Book Banning in 21st-Century America,” said societal issues, such as changing racial demographics and disagreements over how to teach the history of race, prompt challenges to certain kinds of books.

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  Center for Children's Books examines Newbery Medal's history, legacy

  Oct 8, 2021 9:15 am622 views

  A book of scholarly essays and a symposium consider what Newbery books reveal about attitudes toward children’s literature.

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  Model helps predict, analyze decision-making on adopting Type 2 diabetes medical guidelines

  Jun 14, 2021 8:45 am939 views

  A new computational framework incorporates social interactions to analyze how best to communicate about new medical guidelines to encourage their adoption.

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  Illinois researchers to digitally preserve history of live musical performances, including Krannert Center events

  Mar 25, 2021 11:45 am960 views

  The digital scholarship project involving University of Illinois and U.K. researchers will work with materials from Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.

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  Children's literature scholar examines how 'production stories' minimized slave labor

  Feb 8, 2021 8:45 am1080 views

  Information sciences professor Elizabeth Hoiem created a digital resource to evaluate 19th-century children’s stories that taught about how commodities such as sugar were made.

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  Retracted scientific paper persists in new citations, study finds

  Jan 5, 2021 9:00 am1404 views

  Information sciences professor Jodi Schneider is leading an effort to prevent the spread of retracted research.

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  Illinois professor proposes guide for developing common data science approaches

  Jun 25, 2020 9:00 am898 views

  University of Illinois information sciences professor Victoria Stodden proposes a way to develop recognized data science processes for research.

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  Survey of US academic libraries documents COVID-19 pandemic responses

  Mar 27, 2020 11:30 am2126 views

  An online survey is tracking the responses of academic libraries to the COVID-19 pandemic and providing data on their actions in real time.