Please welcome Dr. Lyda McCartin on her first official day as iSchool director! We can’t wait to start the next chapter with you, director McCartin.

Sharing is caring ❤️ Last week during the SCASL Summer Institute, keynote speaker Dustin Hensley, Ed.S. School Barbarian shared many creative ways to make kids excited about reading! In between sessions SC Center for Community Literacy held a mini book swap for fellow school librarians as well.

Cyber attacks are becoming more common and the demand for information security specialists is at an all-time high. Help combat data breaches with our new flexible, online master’s degree and certificate in Information Security and Cyber Leadership. 🔗 bit.ly/ISCL

"Information science is something you can use with anything you want to do." Vanessa Kitzie reconnected with BSIS graduate Alex Chambers to talk about why he chose an information science degree, his time at USC and what he’s up to now in his new career ➡️ sc.edu/.../spotlights…

Doctoral student Cearra Harris strides to help librarians be better equipped to deal with the day-to-day issues they are confronted with in their communities. Learn more here ➡️ sc.edu/.../cearra_har…

Want to learn more about our new master's program in information security and cyber leadership? Join the info session on Monday, July 10, at 7 p.m. us06web.zoom.us/j/89014161329

"As long as there have been book challenges, there have been those who defend intellectual freedom and the right to read freely." Check out Dr. Nicole Cooke's new article about how librarians are adapting to the on-going book bans here ⤵️ theconversation.com/how-book-banni…

In her new role at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute, Patrice Green, ’19 MLIS alumna, will help create a more inclusive historical record as the curator for African American and African Diasporic Collections at the Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America ➡️ sc.edu/study/colleges…

Interested in getting your Ph.D. in Library and Information Science? Join us next Tuesday, Oct. 10, at 11:30 a.m. for a virtual information session 📚 Join us via Zoom ➡ bit.ly/isci-sessions

We have two information sessions happening next week! Monday, Oct. 23 - Information Security and Cyber Leadership Tuesday, Oct. 24 - Library and Information Science Both sessions start at 6:30 p.m. and will be held via Zoom. Join us via Zoom ➡ bit.ly/isci-sessions

Hey MLIS alumni 👋🏽 When you complete our alumni survey or attend a virtual focus group session, you are entered into an iSchool swag bag raffle ❤️ Register for a session here ➡️ bit.ly/USCMLIS Fill out our alumni survey here ➡️ bit.ly/SISAlum23

Please join us Friday, Oct. 25 at 6:30 p.m. to hear Tressie McMillan Cottom, Ph.D., discuss "The Future of American Democracy." Cottom is a New York Times opinion columnist, MacArthur Fellow, award-winning author and associate professor at UNC. bit.ly/40liD7l

Over the course of 2024, USC Insights tracked online sentiment about AI from around the world. Read the Social Media Insights Lab's report to see how attitudes towards AI shifted in relation to its integration into different platforms. lnkd.in/gGWFNCdy

Due to inclement weather, the Columbia campus will close today at 12 p.m. Check this page for the latest operations information during weather events. sc.edu/weather