A Publication of the Department of Information and Library Science
2019-2020
Dear Donors & Friends of the Department of Information & Library Science (ILS), Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, Welcome to Accolade, a new publication from ILS, featuring our scholarship awardees from the 2019-2020 academic school year. We hope that you will enjoy reading about these fantastic students, all of whom were able to continue their studies in Information and Libray Science due to your generous donations. In 2019-2020, we were able to give out $146,000 via 69 separate awards to 44 students. Out of these 44 students, 7 were Ph.D. students, and 37 were master’s students. Some of these students have now graduated, while others are beginning yet another semester of graduate school. The ILS Scholarship Committee for 2019-2020, consisting of Pnina Fichman, Noriko Hara, and Howard Rosenbaum, all faculty and program directors in ILS, made the determinations for who would receive each scholarship based on merit, need, and donor specifications. On behalf of the Committee, all the recipients, and the ILS Faculty, Staff, and Luddy School, we would like to express our gratitude for your contributions and support. Thank you for investing in the enduring legacy of our students. Warmest regards, Katie Novak, Assistant Director for ILS Operations Ronald Day, ILS Chair
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Aysha Aktar
Aysha Aktar has been awarded the Digital Libraries Graduate Scholarship, which supports graduate students participating in the Digital Libraries Specialization Program. Aktar graduated in May 2020 with a Master of Library Science and a specialization in Digital Libraries. She grew up in Bangladesh and moved to Kansas to pursue higher education. Aktar previously graduated with a Sociology degree from Washburn University of Kansas. She is an avid student and plans to pursue a career in an academic setting after graduation as a librarian in digital infrastructure and preservation. Aktar expressed her gratitude for receiving the scholarship. David Allan received the May Copeland Fellowship, which is awarded to incoming students returning to school after obtaining at least one year of work experience, with an excellent academic record, and who wish to pursue an MLS degree.This fellowship was founded by IU alumna Phinetta Jane Habegger who studied library science at IU and worked in the library profession. She established the fellowship in honor of her mother, May Copeland. Allan says, “It is difficult to express my enthusiasm for beginning the Master of Library Science degree at IU.” He completed his undergraduate degree two decades ago and entered the working world. Allan spent time in retail and customer service, working up to management positions in restaurants and at a college bookstore. However, the jobs he enjoyed the most were in libraries. He explained, “Research was always my favorite part of college, while helping people is the best part of customer service. Librarians do both, what more could you want? I was privileged enough to work with some dedicated librarians who helped me realize a direction for my
David Allan
career. Circumstances have finally aligned to allow me to study at IU and the May Copeland Fellowship is helping to make that possible, for which I am so thankful.” Allan plans to focus on preservation and digitization because maintaining rare vulnerable collections while also democratizing access to the finest works in history is a worthy calling. George Barnhouse received the Evelyn Ray Sickels Award, which is given to a student with exceptional potential in the field of youth services librarianship. It was established in honor of Evelyn Ray Sickels, who was one of the editors of the Anthology of Children’s Literature, (in its 5th edition in 1981). Sickels was, for many years, the head librarian at the Indianapolis Public Library. Barnhouse graduated in May 2020 with a Masters of Library Science and intends on being a youth services librarian after accumulating many experiences and achievements in the field. Barnhouse was the teen librarian intern with the Monroe County Public Library’s Ground Floor Teen Space where they were officially dubbed by the teens as an “Official Library Wizard,” an award they carry with George Barnhouse pride. In their (limited) free time they like to crochet, play board games, and cuddle with their kittens, Theodora and Demetri. and development of the SPICE research group headed by Luddy Professor Jean Boryana Borisova (not pictured) was Camp. The knowledge and innovation of the awarded the Frances Eleanor Hammitt Schol- students and professors involved inspired arship. Boryana completed her Master of me to enter the realm of IT and even led me Information Science in December of 2019. to an internship as an IT Support Technician After graduation, she will be an IT Analyst at for the Indiana National Guard. Through IU, I Caterpillar Inc., in the three-year rotational was also eligible to win scholarships funded Digital and IT Development Program with by the Department of Homeland Security her first rotation in the Surface Mining and and Department of Defense to study abroad Technology Department. “A pivotal moment in Kyrgyzstan (Critical Language Scholarwas being exposed to the incredible research ship) and Kazakhstan (Boren Fellowship).”
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Shannon Bowman-Sarkisian
Don Chapman
Shannon Bowman-Sarkisian received the May Copeland Fellowship and the Information and Library Science Student Support Fund, which is awarded to graduate students in the Department of Information and Library Science selected by the ILS Scholarship Committee. Bowman-Sarkisian is a Senior Information Assistant at Monroe County Public Library (MCPL) and a second year Master of Library Science graduate student at Indiana University Bloomington. She was awarded Monroe County Public Library’s 2019 Pioneer Grant to fund the Creating Access for Violence Survivors (CAVS) project to reduce library and information access barriers for domestic violence survivors in Monroe County. She holds an MFA in creative writing from San José State University and a BFA in Writing for Publication, Performance, and Media from Pratt Institute. Shannon is a champion for equitable and inclusive pub-
Pei-Ying Chen
lic library services. She lives in Bloomington, community engagement with our instituIN with her partner, Guthrie, and their two tions. A literate society is an engaged society.” cats, Egon and Sofia. (Photo credit: MCPL) Pei-Ying Chen received the SLIS Doctoral Don Chapman (IUPUI) was awarded the In- Scholarship, given to students in the Ph.D. in formation and Library Science Student Sup- Information Science program who have a report Fund. Chapman is a second-year grad- cord of academic excellence. The scholarship uate student in the Library and Information was established by Blanche Woolls in 2010. Science program at Indiana University-Pur- Blanche is a 1962 graduate of the IU MLS produe University Indianapolis. He received his gram and earned her Ph.D. in Library Science Bachelor of Fine Arts in creative writing from at IU in 1973. Pei-Ying was also awarded the the University of Evansville in 1999. After Sarah Reed Scholarship. Sarah Reed served publishing his first novel, The Blood and the as the Associate Dean of the Graduate Library Life, he returned to school to pursue a degree School (now ILS) from 1971 to 1975 and then in librarianship and is focused on an adult served as Director of the School of Library services specialization for public libraries. Science at Emporia State University until her He works for Unique Patron Services in Jef- death in 1978. Sarah Reed has been rememfersonville, Indiana, as a virtual librarian, an- bered fondly by students for her guidance in swering internet chats for libraries across the their work and was said to believe deeply in United States and Canada. Born and raised in the power of libraries and library science edColorado, he is a lifelong Denver Broncos fan, ucation. As a doctoral fellow of the IDEASc continues to write novels, and is reading his Fellowship Program (2015–2019) with an way through the complete works of William academic background in both sociology and Shakespeare for his Adventures in Literature history, Pei-Ying’s research interest lies in the blog. He currently resides in New Albany, In- convergence of the transformation of scholdiana, with his wife and four children. Upon arly/science communication and academic receiving the award, Chapman said, “Thank careers in the neoliberal contexts. Using both you for this fellowship. As a working father bibliometric and survey data, her ongoing of four, the fellowship will help greatly in projects relate to the four broad themes: 1) purchasing textbooks or off-setting costs of gender inequality in academia, 2) academic fees needed for my upcoming classes. The mobility of doctorate recipients in the United adult services specialization is one I think is States, 3) the rise of China in global science, overlooked by many in the program, but the and 4) the emergence of data/software as public library is the foundation of the library a research object in scholarly communisystems in the United States and the more cation. The reception of the SLIS Doctoral we can strengthen them, the better society Scholarship is of great help to her develwill be. When we provide good service to our oping the dissertation on the mobility and adult populations, they will be more likely to productivity of international students after make use of our institutions and to bring their graduating from U.S. universities within the children with them, which then perpetuates comparative framework between returnees, a good and healthy cycle of library use and stayers, and their American counterparts.
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Malachai Darling
Malachai Darling was awarded the Frances E. Hammitt Memorial Scholarship, which is given to graduate students in the Department of Information and Library Science selected by the ILS Scholarship Committee. He was also awarded the Data Curation/ Preservation of Electronic Resources Graduate Scholarship, which is awarded to students preparing for careers in archives and records management specialization and related areas. Darling graduated in May 2020 with a Master of Library Science degree and a specialization in archives and records management. His goal is to become an archivist in a college or university, specifically in reference and public services. “I cannot say how appreciative I am for these generous gifts,” Darling says. “My mother’s passing has created an unforeseen financial burden in a lot of ways. Furthermore, at the beginning of the semester my car broke down, and I needed to get a new one. I was kind of worried about being able to make up the difference in my tuition next semester. With this gift, I no longer have to worry about that, and I can devote more energy into applying for jobs.” Kate Duneman received the Gines Graduate Library Science Scholarship, which is awarded to graduate students in the Department of Information and Library Science who are pursuing a degree in the field of Library Science in preparation for a professional career in the public services area. The Gines Graduate Library Science Scholarship was established in 2017 by James Gines to honor his late wife, Noriko. Noriko was initially exposed to the field of Library Science while working in the East Asian Collection of the Wells Library. She began her MLS at IU and finished at Columbia University. She went
Kate Duneman
on to have a 26-year long career as a librarian at the United Nations Dag Hammarskjold Library. Duneman also received the Margaret I. Rufsvold Graduate Fellowship Fund, awarded annually to a person whose record gives evidence of superior potential for success as a library/information professional. This award was established in 1979 by Margaret Rufsvold, who was the Director of Library Curriculum from 1938 to 1947, and then became the Director of the Division of Library Science in the School of Education at Indiana University Bloomington from 1947 to 1966. Kate was born in Bloomington, IN, and pursued undergraduate studies in English at IU Bloomington. There she focused on creative writing and folklore while playing music in her free time. After taking an extended break from school and work to care for her children, she was thrilled to be working towards a master’s degree in library science while being employed at the Monroe County Public Library. She is passionate about social justice and feels the public library is an invaluable asset to every community. She is specializing in children’s and youth services and looks forward to a future career as a children’s librarian. Haley-Marie Ellegood was awarded the Information & Library Science Student Support Fund. Haley is currently a second-year student in the master of library science program. She is from a small town in western Kentucky and attended the University of Kentucky for her undergraduate degree, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in history with a minor in political science. Haley is specifically interested in archives and records management, and, after graduation, plans on pursuing a career as an archivist at a museum or some other type of historical institution.
Haley-Marie Ellegood
Hannah Ensign-George
Hannah Ensign-George received two scholarships: the BJ Kish Irvine Graduate Scholarship in Art Librarianship, which is awarded to students in fine arts librarianship who demonstrate potential to be leaders in the field and was established by B.J. Kish Irvine to mark her years of dedication and service as a faculty member and Fine Arts Librarian at IU, and the Keith C. Kuhn Tri-State Scholarship, given to a student from the Tri-State area (southeast Indiana, southwest Ohio, and northern Kentucky). Keith C. Kuhn was a 1976 MLS graduate; he also served as President of the ILS Alumni Board for several years. He was the Head of Public Services in the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, OH. Ensign-George was a first-year student in the Master of Library Science program at the time she was awarded. (continued on next page)
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Austin Frink
Ensign-George, (continued from previous page) completed her undergraduate studies at Centre College, a small liberal arts institution in Danville, Kentucky. There she studied art history and religion, with a focus on cultural heritage protection and cultural patrimony law. After a few years of work and travel, Ensign-George chose to return to school to earn her MLS. She has found the program thus far to be an excellent fit, with the ability to explore her varied interests while working toward her area of specialization. Ensign-George says, “I am especially interested in art librarianship, digital libraries, and digital humanities. I have always enjoyed multidisciplinary study and see in each of these specializations the ability to bring together different areas of study. After graduation, I am open to jobs in a variety of settings, from academic libraries to corporate institutions. No matter the setting, I look forward to using the skills and knowledge I learned here at IU.” Austin Frink was awarded the Charles A. and Charles H. Davis Fellowship in Scientific Information, awarded to assist graduate students interested in the study of scientific information. Charles A. Davis headed the Indiana State Police Headquarters Laboratory and, later, the Criminal Investigation Division; he was a pioneer in forensic science. Charles H. Davis has three degrees from IU and studied postgraduate chemistry at the University of Munich on a fellowship awarded by the German government. He was an editor at Chemical Abstracts, served as an academic dean in Canada and in Illinois, and later became a senior fellow in the Department of Information and Library Science at IU. Frink also received the Fry Family Scholarship, which is awarded to graduate students in the Department of
Faith Gorrell
Information and Library Science selected by the ILS Scholarship Committee. This award was established by the five sons of Bernard and June Fry to honor their parents. Dr. Bernard Fry was appointed Dean of the IU Graduate Library School from 1967-1980. Frink obtained his bachelor’s degree in informatics with a cognate in fine arts from Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing in 2012. In the summer between his junior and senior year, Frink secured an internship with the Indianapolis-based nonprofit healthcare organization, Franciscan Alliance. Upon completion of his internship, he was offered a fulltime position as an application programmer that could begin as soon as he finished his degree program. Frink accepted, working part time for Franciscan through his senior year of college. Once at Franciscan Alliance, his skills grew exponentially through real world experience. Initially focused on web design work, he spent his first two years steeped in the development of large corporate website projects. Frink is currently still with Franciscan, and after having been with the company 7 years, he has faced many exciting challenges that have pushed him in various directions professionally, and offered him ample opportunity to expand his skills. Frink says, “I am now the senior software engineer with the title Enterprise Cloud Architect, helping to develop the company’s forward-looking cloud first IT strategy.” Frink returned to Indiana University to continue his education by pursuing the Master of Information Science (MIS) degree. Of his experience, Frink says, “The coursework has been engaging, challenging, and has helped me in my current position already by formalizing much of the tacit knowledge I have gained organically in my job. I’m financing my graduate degree on my
Shannon Grimme
own. This gift helps tremendously, and I truly appreciate it.” Frink graduated in May 2020. Faith Gorrell has received the Gines Graduate Library Science Scholarship. Gorrell was a first-year master’s student in the Master of Library Science program at the time she was selected for the award. She is specializing in archives and records management, as she wants to be an archivist and has a passion for archival work. Gorrell works for the Moving Image Archive on campus and has worked for the National Archives in the past. She says, “I am so grateful to have been given the chance to continue my studies in the archival field at IU. The support from the Gines Graduate Library Science Scholarship will be invaluable toward helping me to continue my studies so that I may complete my degree by spring 2021 and go on to begin working either for a university or governmental archive after graduation.” Shannon Grimme has been awarded the Information and Library Science Student Support Fund and the Margaret Griffin Coffin Scholarship, which is awarded to graduate students in the Department of Information and Library Science selected by the ILS Scholarship Committee. Margaret Griffin Coffin was an Assistant Professor Emeritus of Library and Information Science in 1988 when she established this fund for students. Grimme is a graduate student with academic and professional experience in research, higher education instruction, and practical media production and teaching. She says, “My love of libraries and learning has been lifelong; as an eight-year-old, I tried to apply for a job at my local library ‘reading to little kids’ (I guess I wasn’t ‘little’ myself, then!).” Grimme’s expe-
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Anna Hinkley
Chloe Hovind
alumna who, although she earned her Master of Library Science from the University of Denver, wanted to support libraries in her home state of Indiana. After getting her bachelor’s from IU in home economics, Kidwell enlisted in the U.S. Navy during WWII and served in the WAVES as a pharmacist’s mate. After the war, she enrolled in the library science program in Denver. She moved to Muskegon Heights, MI, in 1948 and served as the senior high school librarian there until her retirement in 1974. Hinkley is in her last semester of studies at Indiana University, where she is pursuing a double masters in library science and musicology. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in music education from Eastern Michigan University. Her work for the Latin American Music Center at Indiana University primarily involved cataloging and processing scores from Latin American composers. She was a 2018 Archival Fellow at the Rutgers Jazz Archive, where she assisted in processing the Bill Anna Hinkley received the Marian Arm- Hughes Collection. Her musicology research strong Memorial Scholarship, which is focuses on jazz and Latin American music. awarded to graduate students majoring in information and library science at Luddy who Chloe Hovind was awarded with the A. Ralph are completing internships at tax-support- Papakhian Graduate Scholarship in Music ed public and nonprofit organizations. The Librarianship, for graduate students specialinitial donors established the endowment izing in the field of music librarianship. Ralph to honor the memory of Marian Armstrong Papakhian made significant contributions after her death in 2016. Armstrong, who be- to the Music Library Association and to the gan as a professor in the Department in 1969 field of music librarianship and was awarded (it was then known as the Graduate Library MLA’s special Achievement Award and the School), had a lasting positive impact on her MLA Citation. Hovind was also selected to restudents, her community, and the field of ceive the Charles B. Shaw Fellowship, which is library science. Anna also received the Elea- awarded to students interested in academic nor Kidwell Fellowship, which is awarded to librarianship. Charles B. Shaw compiled the outstanding students in the Department of List of Books for College Libraries (the “Shaw Information and Library Science selected by List”) and its supplements in the 1930’s. Bethe ILS Scholarship Committee. This award ginning in 1943, he was the President of the was established by Eleanor Kidwell, a 1938 IU Association of College and Research Librarrience in research and education has made her passionate about finding, vetting, and sharing information, particularly as it relates to identity practices and engaged citizenship. Since starting her studies, she has become interested in work focusing on disabilities, particularly “invisible disabilities” such as mental health, and stigma, and how these relate to both professional and patron practices. On receiving her scholarships, Grimme said, “As a returning student and working mom, these scholarships will help to alleviate some of the financial burden that makes it difficult to focus on my studies as intently as I would wish. I am presently torn between a practical librarianship career, potentially as a subject area specialist in a higher education setting, and continuing my research interests through a PhD in Information Science. I look forward to continuing my coursework with the incredible faculty here at ILS!”
Samantha Hyde
ies. An ardent amateur printer, he founded the Off-Hand Press at his home in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. Hovind graduated in May 2020 with a Masters of Library Science degree and a specialization in music librarianship. She comes from beautiful Bellingham, WA, where she received her bachelor’s in music history from Western Washington University. Hovind says, “In my career as a librarian, I am interested in pursuing a reference position at an academic institution where I can use the outreach skills that I learned here to share strategies and ideas with smaller music libraries. I’m also interested in pursuing a liaison-librarian position where I can build bridges between libraries, information institutions, and/or departments with special collections in order to facilitate better research in the collections. Financial support from the Department of Information & Library Science has given me opportunities to pursue these career goals in incredible ways. Thanks to ILS and Luddy, I have been able to intern with the Music Department at the Library of Congress, learn about technology in libraries through Makerspaces and using virtual reality, and I am preparing to co-publish my first article.” Samantha Hyde received the Clayton Shepherd Memorial Fund, which is given to graduate students in the Department of Information and Library Science selected by the ILS Scholarship Committee. The award was established in memory of Associate Professor Shepherd who had been a member of the ILS faculty for 13 years. She also received the Dennis K. Grumling Memorial Award Fund, which was established in honor of Dennis Grumling, a 1984 MLS graduate from IU and the head of Cataloging at De Paul University. (continued on next page)
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sical studies, and minors in anthropology and art history. After being employed as an artist assistant in various studios, Tova was hired as the manager for By Hand Gallery in downtown Bloomington where she oversaw all gallery operations, coordinated over 100 local artists, and acted as a central point in the community that connected artists to customers. She held this position for six and a half years. Lesko graduated in May 2020 with a Master of Information Science. Lesko is also an accomplished textile artist, having won multiple awards for her original fiber art. She has had her artwork displayed
span topics in computer-mediated communication and computational linguistics including: channel selection, innovation adoption, and computational discourse analysis. She is currently working on research aimed at understanding the use of multimodal resources, such as Animoji, in technology-mediated interaction as well as, the impact of politeness strategies on conversational outcomes in mobile dating settings. Jacob Mauldwin received the Eleanor Kidwell Fellowship and the Marian Armstrong Memorial Scholarship. Jacob graduated
Holly Lopez-Long
Tova Lesko
Company of IU’s African American Arts Institute. In the summer of 2019, Samantha spent time in Lusaka, Zambia, creating an early literacy curriculum for a children’s library organization, Lubuto Library Partners. Hyde is a recipient of the American Library Association Christopher Hoy/ERT scholarship.
Jacob Mauldwin
in several galleries across Bloomington, and today her handwoven and naturally dyed textiles can be purchased at By Hand Gallery in downtown Bloomington, IN. The scholarships presented to Tova helped to ease the financial burden she encountered as she put herself through school and strove to propel her career forward. In the future she hopes Tova Lesko has been awarded the Charles to take on other leadership positions to A. and Charles H. Davis Fellowship in Sci- manage teams, guide projects, and push the entific Information and the Eleanor Kidwell envelope to make a meaningful difference. Fellowship. Tova Lesko grew up in Trafalgar, Indiana and moved to Bloomington in Holly Lopez-Long was awarded the Sarah 2008 to pursue a bachelor’s degree from Reed Scholarship. Holly is a 2nd year Ph.D. Indiana University. She graduated in May student in Indiana University’s Information 2012 with dual majors in fine arts and clas- Science program. Her research interests
Brianna McLaughlin
from Brigham Young University with a bachelor’s degree in music education and a minor in English teaching. Jacob worked as a center supervisor for the Wright library, a reference assistant at the Cook Music Library, and as the arts & humanities library assistant in the Wells Library. While working in libraries, he developed a passion for library instruction and helping students learn information literacy skills. He plans to work in an academic library after his graduation in May 2020. Brianna McLaughlin was awarded the Eleanor Kidwell Fellowship. McLaughlin graduated with a Master of Library Science in May 2020. She has lived all over the east
9 coast but calls Normal, IL home. She received her undergraduate degree in history and archaeology at the University of Evansville. While at IU, she had the opportunity to work at libraries all over campus including the Glenn Black Archaeology Lab—James Kellar Library, the Business and SPEA Information Commons, and the Jerome Hall Law Library. She also completed independent archival projects such as Policing Evansville, which is a digitization and digital archive project she began in the summer of 2019 with funding from the Charles B. Shaw fellowship. McLaughlin said, “Graduate school
Mary McSparran
is expensive, so I am happy to be supported by departmental awards to aid me in affording tuition. I am pursuing academic library positions, and I have already started interviewing for positions here at IU!” Mary McSparran received the Kathryn Elizabeth Wiser Scholarship, awarded to graduate students pursuing a degree within the Department of Information and Library Science. McSparran fell in love with special collections while pursuing her BA in English at UNC-Chapel Hill. After completing her MFA in poetry writing from Vanderbilt University, she taught composition, creative writing, and literature in Nashville, TN, before decid-
ing to pursue her dream of working in a special collections library. She made her way into the Nashville library world by volunteering at the Virginia Davis Laskey Library and Archives and at the Vanderbilt University Special Collections Library before finding a position at the Tennessee State Library and Archives. The generous support of the Kathryn Elizabeth Wiser Scholarship is helping make it possible for her to pursue an MLS at Indiana University Bloomington, where she is specializing in rare books & manuscripts in order to obtain her goal of one day working at a university special collections library.
Alyssa Mertka
Alyssa Mertka was awarded the Charles B. Shaw Fellowship and the Information & Library Science Student Support Fund. Mertka is a second-year graduate student in the Masters of Library Science program. She previously graduated from the University of Kentucky with a BA in English and minors in history and Latin. She is pursuing a specialization in rare books and manuscripts librarianship, and she hopes to one day work in special collections at an academic library. While working as a desk attendant and reading room attendant at IU’s Lilly Library, she discovered her passion for working with researchers and members of the public. This scholarship will help support her studies and
professional development as she continues her work with medieval manuscripts and her preparation for a career in public services. Krista Mitchell received the H. W. Wilson Foundation Scholarship, given generously by the H.W. Wilson Foundation and awarded to graduate students selected by the ILS Scholarship Committee. Krista Mitchell was also awarded the Charles B. Shaw Fellowship and the Midwest Library Service Scholarship, which is given to graduate students pursuing a MLS in the Information and Library Science program. Midwest Library
Krista Mitchell
Service has supplied books and related services to libraries since 1959. The company’s founder, Howard N. Lesser, wishes to foster the development of future librarians. Mitchell is pursuing a dual master’s in musicology and library science with an estimated graduation date of May 2021. She moved to Bloomington from Chicago in July of 2018, after graduating from Oklahoma City University in 2014 with a degree in Musical Theater. Mitchell says, “Here in Bloomington, I love to see the concerts and shows that the Jacobs School of Music presents, read (shocker), and hang out with the best cat in the world, Honey−though I might be biased on that front.” (continued on next page)
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Katherine Morrison
Mitchell says (continued from previous page),“Using the funds from the scholarships I received towards tuition frees up personal funds to attend both library and musicology conferences and allows me to have the freedom to pick between paid and unpaid internships. Indiana University is my dream school, but it is also an expensive option for out-of-state students. I’m very grateful to those donors and companies who are passionate about libraries and willing to support the students eager to continue the profession.” Katherine Morrison was awarded the Sarah Reed Scholarship. Katherine is currently a Ph.D. student in the Department of Information and Library Science. She studies vernacular and environmental art, documentation, classification, and knowledge organization. Katherine earned her MLS with a specialization in archives and records management from IU in 2019 and an MA in art history from University of Colorado in 2014. She serves as a Luddy School Ambassador, volunteers at the Indiana University Archives, and sits on the Board of Directors for the Eugene V. Debs Foundation in Terre Haute. Her favorite book is Knockemstiff by Donald Ray Pollock. Abe Nemom (not pictured) was awarded the Keith C. Kuhn Tri-State Scholarship. Nemon is a Master of Library Science student at Indiana University, specializing in rare books and manuscripts. In 2019, he attended three rare book schools in London, Los Angeles, and Charlottesville to study the history of illustration technologies, early modern paleography, and “Better Teaching with Rare Materials.” He is the proprietor of two websites pertaining to rare books, The Old Book Appreciator and the Library of Historical Type. Nemon previously
Sara Norwood
obtained a Master’s degree in English composition and rhetoric at Wright State University and, while teaching first year composition, studied how students engaging in genre-style analysis of multimodal texts can aid in teaching writing. Nemon has filled a variety of roles on the IU campus and was involved in a joint internship project with the Wylie House Museum and the E. Lingle Craig Preservation Lab inventorying and contextualizing the library of Indiana University’s first head librarian and interim president Theophilus A. Wylie (1810 - 1895). Some of his favorite things to see at the Lilly Library are private press and artist’s books, hand-colored Dutch atlases from the 17th century, and 19th century French cartoonists and illustrators. He hopes one day to work as an outreach and instruction librarian in a rare book library or archive. Sara Norwood (IUPUI) was awarded the David R. & Dorotha W. Oliver Graduate Scholarship, which benefits students with a record of academic excellence who have an interest in public school librarianship. The scholarship was established by the children of IU alumni David and Dorotha Oliver, 1964 and 1967 graduates, respectively. Sara Norwood is in the 2nd year of the MLIS program at IUPUI. She earned her undergraduate degree in elementary education from IU Bloomington and was a classroom teacher before deciding to enroll in the MLIS program. Norwood is a life-long lover of all things related to the library and can happily spend hours browsing the materials, attending programs, or simply sitting and reading at her local library. She hopes to work in youth services so she can share her enthusiasm about the library with children. She lives in South Bend with her 2 children, ages 10 and 14.
Benjamin Ollen
Benjamin Ollen received the Fry Family Scholarship and the Mabel & Harold Packwood Graduate Scholarship, which is awarded to in-state students enrolled in the MLS degree at IUB, established by former ILS staff member, Sarah P. Burton, in memory of her parents. He also received the Cynthia Duncan Memorial Fellowship, established in honor of Cynthia Duncan, who got her Ph.D. in Information Science in 1974. Benjamin Ollen is a student in the Master of Information Science program and earned his undergraduate degree in economics, cognitive science, and history at Indiana University Bloomington in 2015. While working towards his MIS degree, he has held several professional roles at the university, most recently as a data analyst for University Institutional Research and Reporting. He is also a volunteer at the Friends of the Library bookstore and a member of the group’s board. The support from these awards allowed him to complete his degree in May 2020 and further pursue his interests in information architecture and librarianship. Emily Ollis received the Information & Library Science Student Support Fund. Ollis is a thirdyear Master of Library Science student. She earned her undergraduate BA at Appalachian State University in English with a focus in critical animal studies. After graduating from IU, she plans to attend an animal studies MA program. Ollis wants to create an animal studies research library, and is excited to be gaining important skills necessary to reach that goal. On receiving her scholarship, Ollis said, “I’m so grateful to the department for considering me for this award, which will help me pursue my educational and career goals. I would also like to thank the donors for making scholarships like these possible through their generosity.”
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Emily Ollis
Mario Pellegrino (IUPUI) was awarded the Keith C. Kuhn Tri-State Scholarship. Mario is in his second year of the Master of Library and Information Science program at IUPUI. He lives and works in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he has worked for The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County since 2006. “The Keith C. Kuhn Tri-state Student Scholarship will be an immense help to me as I complete my coursework focused in youth services and public library management. Earning the MLIS is both a personal and professional goal, and the lessons I have learned thus far have greatly increased my knowledge of librarianship and libraries’ commitment to and impact on the communities they serve.” After completion of his master’s degree, Mario hopes to apply for jobs in the Cincinnati area focused on working with tweens and teens.
Mario Pellegrino
Deanna Pellerano
she served as the president of the Students of Music Librarianship Group, and she is an active student worker in various aspects of the William and Gayle Cook Music Library.
Justin Peters was awarded the Sarah Reed Scholarship. Justin has been a full-time information technology professional staff at Indiana University for the past ten years working for UITS Research Technologies, the Indiana Geological Survey, and the Environmental Resilience Institute. He completed the MIS from ILS in 2013 and began working toward a Ph.D. in information science in 2018. Justin’s research focuses on geographic information science, applied uses of geospatial data, and environmental informatics. “I would like to thank the donors of the Sarah Reed scholarship fund. The financial aid received from this award will supplement the IU employee tuition benefit and will be Deanna Pellerano was awarded the Eleanor used toward tuition for the Fall 2020 term.” Kidwell Fellowship, the Margaret Griffin Coffin Scholarship, and the Debora Shaw Diversity Velencia Posso received The Margaret GrifScholarship, which is awarded to support fin Coffin Scholarship. Destiny Velencia Housgraduate students from under-represented ton Posso is from a small town in Southern groups who are pursuing librarianship or Maryland. As a young black queer woman information science. Debora “Ralf” Shaw is in the United States, Posso found that it was Professor Emerita, Luddy School of Infor- important to her to create a positive impact matics, Computing, and Engineering and in society. Posso’s passion has always been the former Dean of the IU School of Library community service. She enjoys helping peoand Information Science. Shaw earned her ple and doing her best to advocate for those Ph.D. at IU in information science in 1983 who need assistance. From a young age, and a Master of Arts in library science from Posso was involved with service through her the University of Michigan in 1974. Deanna place of worship, animal rights organizations, Pellerano is a second-year graduate student and human rights organizations. She did not pursuing a Master of Library Science degree think that she could turn that passion into with a music specialization and a Master of a career until age sixteen when, after servMusicology degree. Her interests include ing on their Teen Advisory Board for a year, cataloging musical scores and both contem- she started working at the Charles County porary and medieval popular culture. In 2019, Public Library. (continued on next page)
Justin Peters
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well Fellowship. Shepherd graduated in May 2020 with a master’s degree in library science with a specialization in archives and records management. Shepherd grew up in southern Indiana in Pike County, and he attended Purdue University for his undergraduate education. At Purdue, he majored in history and anthropology with a minor in classical studies. He also started to work in libraries while at Purdue, and for three years of his time as an undergraduate, he worked as a student assistant for the Chemistry Library. After graduation, Shepherd began to work for Purdue full time. After 2 years, he decided to return to school and get his graduate degree. He says, “At Indiana University, I have greatly expanded my skills and experiences as a library’s professional. I work as a Center Supervisor for the Residential Programs and Services Libraries, a Reference Assistant at the Wells Library Scholars’ Commons, and as an Archival Processing Nathan Schroder was awarded the Mar- Student at the Jerome Hall Law Library.” garet Griffin Coffin Scholarship. Nathan was born and raised in Indiana. He came from Neha Singh (not pictured) was awarded the a rural high school with a graduating class Margaret Griffin Coffin Scholarship. Singh in the low 40s and enrolled with IU Bloom- is a graduate student at Indiana University, ington with an enrollment class of almost pursuing a Master of Information Science 39,000. After graduating with his bachelor’s degree. She graduated from India’s first degree in informatics in 2006, Nathan start- women’s college—Indira Gandhi Institute of ed working for IU. Since then, he got married Technology—with a bachelor’s degree in Meand has had two beautiful children with his chanical and Automation Engineering. Singh wife, whom he met while an undergrad. He says, “Education always holds an important has continued working at IU while pursuing place in my life. Whether it’s middle school, his master’s in information science. “After high school, college or, in fact, at Indiana UniI graduate I plan to still work for IU and help versity, I have always tried to learn and excel guide the future of this wonderful institution.” in my academics. Along with studying, I like teaching and helping others in their academEthan Shepherd (not pictured) was award- ic needs.” Singh wants to establish herself Daniel Rooney (not pictured) was awarded ed both the David R. & Dorotha W. Oliver in the field of information science and help the Gines Graduate Library Science Scholar- Graduate Scholarship and the Eleanor Kid- improve systems, processes and user interPosso (continued from previous page) quickly realized how necessary libraries are for the greater good and noticed that libraries are one of the few public places left that a person can go without buying anything and not be asked why they are there. From that point, Posso was able to narrow her community service passion to focus on what public libraries can do to serve a community. Public libraries and advocacy for public libraries became her passion, and providing equal access to information as a librarian became her goal. When given the opportunity to participate in a Public Service Announcement (PSA) competition for the Maryland State Police Department, she was excited to enter the contest. Posso’s PSA came in second place and had her video published on the Maryland State Police social media platforms. After completing her Associate of Arts and Sciences with a 3.7 GPA, Posso continued her education at the University of Maine at Augusta and received a Bachelor of Science in information and library science with a 4.0 GPA. In fall 2019, Posso began pursuing her dual masters degrees at Indiana University. Upon completion, Posso will earn a Master in Public Affairs from the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs and an ALA accredited Master of Information Science from the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering. Posso worked as a Library Center Supervisor at the Indiana University Teter Residential Hall and served on the American Library Association’s GLBTRT – Rainbow Book List Committee. She will begin serving on the O’Neill School’s Graduate Student Council in spring 2022.
ship. Rooney is native of South Bend, Indiana. He entered the Indiana University Master of Library Science program to understand how knowledge organization can be optimized for ease of information retrieval. Before beginning graduate school, Rooney worked supporting electronic medical records for hospital systems across the country. The wealth of medical data available in those records and the challenges of unlocking it are representative of the broader opportunities and obstacles presented by information technology across our society. He said, “I am focusing my studies here on digital librarianship. My goal is to work in a public library and help make electronic resources readily accessible to those who might not otherwise be able to benefit from them. Receiving support from the Gines Graduate Library Science Scholarship will be of great assistance in making that goal a reality.”
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Huixin Tian
action with information systems, by use of advancement in technology and by designing intelligent systems. Singh says, “I want to see myself as a seasoned Systems Analyst. The Margaret Griffin Coffin Scholarship will provide me an opportunity to enhance my skills by taking additional courses, certifications, and training in upcoming information and data science technologies.”
tion of materials in various languages in Transylvanian libraries and how this has changed over time. “This scholarship will help offset the cost of university fees, which will make saving money easier for me over the semester, which, in turn, will relieve a lot of unnecessary stress. I am very grateful to receive this generous scholarship and will be sure it does not go to waste.”
Wendy Spacek received the May Copeland Fellowship. Spacek is a poet studying librarianship at Indiana University. Before seeking her MLS, she earned her MFA in poetry from Indiana University Bloomington. Born and raised in Indiana, her first book, Psychogynecology, was published by Monster House Press in 2015. Her work can be found at poets.org, The Portland Review, and more. She has received numerous honors for her poetry, including two Vera Meyer Strube Academy of American Poets Awards and the Katharine Bakeless Nason Scholarship to the Bread Loaf Environmental Writers Conference. When not writing poetry or working in libraries, she co-facilitates a creative writing class in the county jail, plans poetry readings with her friends in the Tender Heart Club, and hikes with her dog, Sunny.
Camilla Tan was awarded the Cynthia Duncan Memorial Fellowship and the Yuan TungLi Memorial Fund, which is awarded to a student of Chinese ancestry. This award was established as a memorial to the late Yuan T’ung -Li, Director of the National Library of Beijing, who was associated with the Library of Congress for much of his later life. Camilla Tan graduated with a Master of Information Science in May 2020. She received her bachelor’s degree in business management & globalization from Dalhousie University in Canada. She plans to work as web developer or business analyst in various industries.
Sasha Stott (not pictured) was awarded the Margaret Griffin Coffin Scholarship and the Information & Library Science Student Support Fund. She is currently a graduate student at IU in both ILS and the Russian and Eastern European Institute. Through her studies, she is working towards becoming a collections manager at an academic library in a Slavic area studies collection. Her research focuses on the effects of ethnic tension on policies regarding acquisi-
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spring semester and in the following summer. She has lost a part-time work opportunity for the summer and will be faced with a difficult financial situation. The Sarah Reed Scholarship will support her while she works Huixin Tian was awarded the Sarah Reed on candidacy and her fieldwork in the fall. Scholarship. Huixin Tian was born and raised in southwestern China. She received a bach- Jillian Vernarsky has received the May elor degree in archaeology from Peking Copeland Fellowship. Vernarsky grew up University, Beijing, and a master’s degree in a small town in Montana called Three in anthropology at IU, then started the doc- Forks. Its name derives from the town’s toral program of information science in the position on the headwaters of the MissouDepartment of Information and Library Sci- ri River. In Missouri, she embraced a great ence in 2017. Her research interest lies in the love for the outdoors in her backyard but labor process of the industry of information also spent countless hours playing piano technology (IT), such as how the labor condi- and reading literature, which took her to tions of IT workers affect programming as a far-off places. When she left for college, profession. Her dissertation research will fo- she landed in University of Puget Sound, cus on the community of Chinese immigrant a small liberal arts college in Tacoma, programmers in the United States. Tian has Washington, where she studied piano been working on her qualifying paper this performance. (continued on next page)
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Brian Watson
Brian Watson was awarded the Margaret Griffin Coffin Scholarship and the Janice Kilner Egloff Scholarship, which is given to a non-resident student in the Department of Information and Library Science selected by the ILS Scholarship Committee. Janice Egloff was a 1978 MLS graduate from IU. Watson is an archivist, metadata wrangler, and historian of sexuality and the book. They serve as the Archivist-Historian of the American Psychological Association’s CNM Taskforce, on the board of Homosaurus Linked Data Vocabulary, and worked as an archivist at the Kinsey Institute Library and Special Collections. They are interested in queer classification in libraries and archives, and long histories of sexuality and censorship. Watson holds a MA in history & culture from Drew University, completed a MLS degree in May 2020 focusing on archives, digital humanities, and metadata at Indiana University Bloomington, and was accepted to a Ph.D. program. Watson has published a book on the history of obscenity and has a number of forthcoming publications.
Jerome Williams
Vernarsky (continued from previous page), after studying under many great teachers, decided to further continue her education in musicology and library science. She spent a year teaching piano at an academy and working in a music shop and wouldn’t trade that experience for the world. Vernarsky moved to Bloomington with her cat, Franny, where she is a master’s student in musicology and library science.
Jerome Williams received the Information & Library Science Student Support Fund. Jerome graduated from Indiana University Bloomington in 2015 with degrees in telecommunications, philosophy, and religious studies. Before returning to graduate school, he worked in a variety of roles, such as community tree planter, production assistant for a public television station, security receptionist for a Fortune 500 technology company, and audiovisual technician for a Chicago hotel. Williams says, “While I’ve had wonderful and unique experiences working in different industries, I have also continued to run into the same kinds of organizational issues, namely in the forms of miscommunication, oversimplification of problems,
and technological illiteracy.” Determined to figure out a way to improve shared understanding between people through technology, he decided to join Indiana University’s Master of Information Science program. His key interests in the program are information architecture and complex systems. “Information architecture is all about organizing information in a way that best suits the user’s goals and comprehension, while complex systems helps you understand how numerous factors can contribute to a particular problem space. I feel like the world is becoming more complicated, and we need better structures in place to help the general public become more comfortable and literate about that complexity. However, these aren’t the types of skills that are easily learned through online tutorials or self-study; they really require the full resources of an institution like Indiana University. Unfortunately, gaining access to these resources is also quite expensive; therefore, I would truly like to thank all of the donors for their contributions.” Alexandra Wingate was awarded the Information & Library Science Student Support Fund. Wingate is a graduate student from Fairfax, Virginia, who entered the MLS program in spring 2020. She earned a BA summa cum laude at the College of William and Mary, double majoring in Hispanic studies and linguistics and holds an MA with distinction from the University of London in the history of the book. Her previous research for her undergraduate and master’s theses explored the private libraries and book trade in early modern Navarre, Spain, using the methods of cultural studies, book history, and digital humanities. More broadly, she is interested in the book history of the Spanish-speaking world during the medieval and early modern periods. When
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not studying or researching, Wingate enjoys knitting, spinning yarn on her spinning wheel, cooking for friends—and, of course, reading. With the generous support of this award, she intends to complete the rare books and manuscripts specialization within IU’s MLS program and further explore her interest in digital humanities. Her previous experiences in Hispanic studies and book history will combine with the skills and knowledge gained during this MLS degree to help her to begin her career as a rare books librarian at either a US or international institution upon graduation. Shengnan Yang was awarded the Sarah Reed Scholarship and the Rob Kling Social Informatics Fellowship, which is awarded to doctoral students in the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering who are pursuing research in Social Informatics and are interested in conducting critical studies on the impact and consequences of computerization, the internet, or digital media on individuals, organizations, or society. This award was established in honor of the late Rob Kling by his widow. Rob Kling was a Professor in the Information and Library Science School at IU and was the Director of IU’s Center for Social Informatics. Shengnan is a Ph.D. student in the ILS department. Before pursuing an academic career, she worked as an IT consultant in Accenture Greater China. Her particular research interests include social and ethical issues related to the use of new technologies, especially the impact of ICTs on social change and development in different contexts. Focusing on the role of technology in the nonprofit sector, her dissertation studies the effects of digital tools on the social world by examining nonprofit organizations. She employs a mixed-methods approach to conduct research, including
Stephen Yeager
qualitative interviews, quantitative surveys, and big data analysis. Right now, she has already completed the majority of data collection fieldwork for the dissertation and is in the final stage of the dissertation writing phase. “Your support has lightened my financial burden, especially in such challenging times. The financial assistance you provided will be of great help to me in paying my educational and living expenses, and it will allow me to concentrate more of my time for finishing this important project and preparing for the next stage of my academic career. Thank you again for your generosity and support.” Stephen Yeager received the May Copeland Fellowship. Yeager said, “My road to IU and my Master of Library Science degree is not as traditional as others. I started college when I was forty years old, after I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Prior to that, I spent most of my career working outdoors doing physical labor, which I thoroughly enjoyed. I did my undergraduate work at the University of Wyoming, where I received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history with a minor in museum studies. When I was diagnosed with MS, I took three months to determine what career I could do and what I would be passionate about, and this led me to library science. It was during a book history class at UW that I was introduced to rare books, namely a 5,000 year old cuneiform tablet. I hope to one day help others to experience the passion and love for rare books that I have. During my first two semesters at IU, I have had the privilege to take two courses taught by Joel Silver, the Director of the Lilly Library, who has taught me a great deal about rare books. Joel and all faculty at IU work hard to train the librarians of tomorrow. I look forward to my next two semesters at IU and what my future may bring.”
Rachel Mostes
Rachel Mostes, Associate Director for Development and Alumni Relations, Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering “As a recent addition to the Luddy School staff, I am in awe of the generosity of our Information and Library Science supporters. Their dedication to academia throughout the years is an inspiration and something the ILS program takes deep pride in. On behalf of the IU Luddy School, I would like to thank all of our donors who generously and graciously give for the betterment of our students. The School is honored to have you as a supporter and friend. Please don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions, comments, or needs. I can be reached at rmostes@indiana.edu.”
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