Georgina Tom

LIS Alumna Georgina Tom honored by Society of American Archivists

The LIS Program is pleased to congratulate Georgina Tom on her recognition as the 2022 Spotlight Award recipient. Georgina is Archivist at the ‘Iolani School Archives and an instructor for the Society of American Archivists (SAA). She currently serves on the SAA Digital Archives Specialist Subcommittee (Committee on Education) which is charged with creating and […]

Alumni Halie Kerns and Stephanie Robertson publish “Academic libraries versus the doom scroll”

LIS alumni and current academic librarians Halie Kerns (SUNY Canton) and Stephanie Robertson (BYU-Hawaii) have published “Academic libraries versus the doom scroll: Engaging with at-home users on social media during COVID-19” in the Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship.  Their paper is based on an analysis of academic library social media account engagements, and suggests successful […]