I have worked in large public universities for over 30 years. What sets UNC-Chapel Hill apart is the forging of meaningful connections and a shared ethic of care among staff, students, administrators and faculty. People don\u2019t just make themselves available \u2014 they go out of their way to help each other. Students and alumni consistently share that they don\u2019t feel like \u201cjust a number.\u201d I think that\u2019s a real achievement for a large public university, and I\u2019m motivated to honor that achievement and do what I can to carry it forward.<\/p>\n

Academically, SILS bridges disciplines, contributing expertise in human-centered information and data science into nearly infinite application areas, including health and medicine, governance and policy, cultural heritage, creativity support and environmental studies.<\/p>\n

Information- and data-related disciplines evolve quickly, so schools like SILS need the agility not just to keep up with but to drive and shape those fields, both as academic disciplines and as professions directly shaping society. The meteoric rise of artificial intelligence \u2014 predicted for many decades but now finally upon us \u2014 represents a huge opportunity for SILS, with its enduring commitments to human-centered and socially aware approaches to technological change.<\/p>\n

We have a responsibility to lead the growing field of informatics by developing new academic programs, growing and enriching existing programs and forging new research and curricular collaborations across the University. Our faculty are developing innovative translations of their research into cutting-edge curricula, training future leaders for North 暗网禁区 and beyond.<\/p>\n

What do you want others to know about SILS?<\/h3>\n

SILS has helped transform emerging informational and technological capabilities into actual systems, products, policies and other human-facing outcomes. Libraries \u2014 including public libraries and research libraries but also libraries within organizations \u2014 are a part of that.<\/p>\n

One of the powers of libraries is how they \u201creach out\u201d beyond themselves, crafting the pathways by which data becomes information, which becomes knowledge, which becomes wisdom. They do so in a way that is shaped by values of universal access to knowledge, freedom of thought and expression, and the careful curation and preservation of what is known.<\/p>\n

As we approach our 100th year as a school, I envision a future where these values guide how we shape emerging technologies of AI, autonomous vehicles and robots, smart government and social media. Human interaction and connection must be at the heart of our research and teaching.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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