About UIC Library Faculty
UIC Library Faculty conduct research in a wide range of areas and have made important contributions to the field.
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Areas where library faculty are engaged in research and scholarship include:
- library instruction
- information design and assessment
- information use in scholarship
- use and impact of scholarly resources
- scholarly communications
- digital preservation
- research data management
For the 2018-2022 period, UIC Library is ranked 3rd nationally for faculty research productivity, based on total number of publications published in Library and Information Science Journals. For the previous 20 years, UIC Library has ranked has ranked between the 4th and 7th most productive academic library.
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- Tina Griffin
Illinois Library Association, 1st Place IACRL People’s Choice Award in Scholarly Publishing – 2023 - Jung Mi Scoulas and Sandra De Groote
Illinois Library Association, 2nd Place IACRL People’s Choice Award in Scholarly Publishing – 2023 - Abigail Goben, Rebecca Raszewski, Biannual JMLA Research Paper Award 2020-21, MLA Research Caucus, 2022
- Jung Mi Scoulas, Elena Carrillo and Linda Naru
Illinois Library Association, 1st place IACRL People’s Choice Award in Scholarly Publishing – 2022 - Amelia Brunskill
Illinois Library Association, 2nd place IACRL People’s Choice Award in Scholarly Publishing – 2022 - Elena Carrillo and Jung Mi Scoulas
Illinois Library Association, 2nd Place IACRL People’s Choice Award in Scholarly Publishing – 2020 - Tina Griffin and Abigail Goben
Illinois Library Association, 3rd Place IACRL People’s Choice Award in Scholarly Publishing – 2020