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1515 East First Street
Tucson, AZ 85719
Tel: (520) 621-3565
Fax: (520) 621-3279
sirls@email.arizona.edu

Department Director

Dr. Bryan Heidorn
1515 East First Street
Tucson, AZ 85719
Tel: (520) 621-3565
Fax: (520) 621-3279
heidorn@email.arizona.edu

Thomas L. Wilding assumes the role of Vice-President / President-Elect of the Arizona Library Association
Thomas L. Wilding assumes the role of Vice-President / President-Elect of the Arizona Library Association
New Faculty Book: Logic and the Organization of Information by Dr. Martin Frické
New Faculty Book: Logic and the Organization of Information by Dr. Martin Frické
Jamie A. Lee, KR alum and SIRLS graduate student, and Sandy Littletree, KR Program Manager, collecting oral histories for the Stories of Arizona's Tribal Libraries Oral History Project, April 2011
Jamie A. Lee, KR alum and SIRLS graduate student, and Sandy Littletree, KR Program Manager, collecting oral histories for the Stories of Arizona's Tribal Libraries Oral History Project, April 2011
New faculty publication: Heidorn, P. B. (2011). The Emerging Role of Libraries in Data Curation and E-science. Journal of Library Administration, 51(7-8), 662-672. doi:10.1080/01930826.2011.601269
New faculty publication: Heidorn, P. B. (2011). The Emerging Role of Libraries in Data Curation and E-science. Journal of Library Administration, 51(7-8), 662-672. doi:10.1080/01930826.2011.601269
Thomas L. Wilding assumes the role of Vice-President / President-Elect of the Arizona Library Association
New Faculty Book: Logic and the Organization of Information by Dr. Martin Frické
Jamie A. Lee, KR alum and SIRLS graduate student, and Sandy Littletree, KR Program Manager, collecting oral histories for the Stories of Arizona's Tribal Libraries Oral History Project, April 2011
New faculty publication: Heidorn, P. B. (2011). The Emerging Role of Libraries in Data Curation and E-science. Journal of Library Administration, 51(7-8), 662-672. doi:10.1080/01930826.2011.601269
Tom Wilding Named VP of AzLA

Faculty, staff, students, and alumni of The School of Information Resources & Library Science at the University of Arizona congratulate Professor of Practice Thomas L. Wilding, who assumes the role of Vice-President / President-Elect of the Arizona Library Association today 1 December.   Tom has been involved in libraries for over a half century working at the District of Columbia Public Libraries, the Smithsonian Institution Libraries, the Libraries of... more

New Faculty Member: Catherine F. Brooks

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Catherine F. Brooks as an Assistant Professor.  Her appointment is a joint one between the School of Information Resources & Library Science and the Department of Communication. Dr. Brooks comes to us from California State at Long Beach.  She received her doctorate in Education, Curriculum, and Instruction in 2008 from California, Riverside.  Her dissertation examined the differences... more

Web Site Migration

Some sections of the new website are still in the process of being migrated, including the syllabus archive. We expect these to come online later this summer.... more

Welcome to School of Information Resources & Library Science

The School of Information Resources and Library Science (SIRLS) is an academic department and a professional school in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at The University of Arizona, Arizona’s only public land grant university. The Library and Information Science disciplines (LIS) and interdisciplinary perspectives relevant to knowledge and information resources comprise the intellectual foundations of the school.

School News

  • MAY 4TH Student Award Ceremony Photo Presentation
    Please take a look at the slideshow set to music.  The photos in this presentation were taken May 4th from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm at the SIRLS courtyard during our student award ceremony.  If you would like any of the photos taken of you please contact Dolores at ddp2001@email.arizona.edu, and she will gladly forward those to you.
  • New Faculty Publication - Self-published books: An empirical "snapshot".
    Bradley, J. (Professor), Fulton, B. (digital projects librarian, PhD Candidate), & Helm, M. (Assistant Librarian and Cataloger) (2012). Self-published books: An empirical "snapshot". Library Quarterly, 82(2), 107-140. The number of books published by authors using fee-based publication services, such as Lulu, AuthorHouse, and others, is overtaking the number of books published by...
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