LIS/ELMS Cohort Recognition Ceremony

Arkansas residents will graduate with master’s degrees in information science from the Department of Library and Information Sciences (LIS) of the University of North Texas (UNT) College of Information. The new librarians will be honored at a Recognition Ceremony on Sunday, December 20, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. in Little Rock that will be held at the Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) Ron Robinson Theater, 100 River Market Ave, Little Rock.

Dr. Julie Todaro, Dean of Library Services at Austin Community College and President-Elect of the American Library Association will be the Recognition Speaker.  Twenty-eight of the graduates received $12,000 scholarships  awarded by UNT/LIS from the “Educating Librarians in the Middle South – Diversifying Librarianship for our Digital Future” (ELMS) grant funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) – Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program.  Fifteen students committed to working in Arkansas public libraries received financial support from the Arkansas State Library Scholarship program to complete their degrees.

The ELMS Cohort Program was a partnership of UNT/LIS, the UNT University Libraries, and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Library in Little Rock.  Students in the UNT program earned their master’s degrees by attending two weekend class sessions in Little Rock at the UAMS Library and completing the remainder of their classes online.

A reception honoring the graduates will be held immediately after the program.  Everyone is welcome to come and celebrate these new professional, graduate degreed librarians.