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Upcoming events, news, and other information for the week of
September 24, 2007
The hiccups in delivery of last week's newsletter resulted from a problem at UA email, which caused duplicate and/or delayed postings for several campus listservs as well as some general email. We understand the situation is now resolved. We apologize for any duplicate postings you may have received.
Several people have commented on the flickr photo sets like the one posted last week featuring the SIRLS back to school party. Distance students tell us they enjoy seeing fellow students, faculty, staff and local happenings as a way to keep connected to the SIRLS community. Well, those of us here would like to see what you distance students and virtual instructors are doing as well! Please consider posting photos you can share -- you, where you work or play, the library you use, or where you study -- whatever you feel comfortable with. You can post them to Flickr yourself with tags SIRLS LSO VIRTUAL if you have an account, or email them to our news and calendar contact and we'll make up a photo set.
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The American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) has announced Banned Books Week activities for librarians and the general public in virtual worlds Second Life, Teen Second Life and on social networking sites MySpace and Facebook. ALA is working with other library partners to provide an interactive experience centered on Banned Books Week, September 29-October 6, 2007, to help librarians and others to feel comfortable in social networking spaces and to reach out to new audiences. Partners include Alliance Library System, Alliance Second Life Library, TAP Information Services and the new ALA membership group Virtual Communities and Libraries. For a complete list of activities and links, see http://infoisland.org/2007/09/18/ala-celebrates-banned-books-week-in-virtual-worlds/ |
Choice: Current ReviewsThe UA Library subscribes to the electronic version of Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, a resource that some of you use as part of your classes, but which may interest all of you. Choice Reviews is a “source for reviews of academic books, electronic media, and Internet resources of interest to those in higher education.” You can access Choice Reviews Online through the library website (www.library.arizona.edu) by clicking on Locate E-Journals and searching for ChoiceReviews, or by searching for the title in the library catalog. A new feature, My Profile, has been added to Choice Reviews! You can set up a profile by subject or LC class and get a monthly email with reviews that meet your criteria. For more info, contact UA LIS librarian Mary Feeney. Library Study CarrelsNeed a quiet place in the library to study and do your research? The UA Library now has study carrels available for short-term use for graduate students. The small study rooms are available in the Main Library.
More information regarding use of the short-term study carrels is available at http://www.library.arizona.edu/services/carrels/shorttermloan.html. LSO Symposium Call for AbstractsThis is just a reminder that the abstracts to submit for the Symposium are due October 1st, which is in just over a week from today! Be sure to get your abstracts in, and remember that this is not only a fantastic opportunity to share your stories with your peers but it looks extremely good on your resume. Future employers will be impressed that you’ve delivered a professional presentation prior to graduation. Here’s your chance to present in a low-pressure environment and get your voice and name out there in the library world! All types of presentations are encouraged, as well as poster sessions. You have a choice of 25 or 50 minutes for your session. Feel free to co-present with a colleague, put together a panel, present a training session on a new technology, or use your time to facilitate a discussion with the audience. Creative ideas are more than welcome! Also encourage your peers who have given good presentations in your classes to share them with us. Heck, if you’ve already done the work to create the presentation why not go ahead and do it once more in a professional setting? Special Library StudentsThis is a call for interest in membership in the UA student chapter of SLA (Special Libraries Association). SLA is currently without any officers since all of the previous ones have graduated. There is a student group advisor, Leslie Kent Kunkel, but the group is in need of a President, Vice President/Treasurer, Secretary, and Webmaster/Listserv Manager. For anyone planning careers in special libraries (e.g., medical, tribal, law, corporate, etc) this is a great opportunity to learn more about them through participation in this organization. Membership also looks good on your resume! You are invited to the first meeting of the academic year next Friday, Sept 28th, at 6:00pm, in the SIRLS MultiPurpose Room. FREE PIZZA, SODA, and SNACKS will be served! If you are interested, please contact Dana Von Berg or Leslie (lkunkel@u.arizona.edu and vonbergd@email.arizona.edu). Student Writers WantedStudent submissions are now solicited for the fall issue of BiblioTech, the Library Student Organization online magazine. For more info, email Jason Kucsma (j450n@email.arizona.edu). The deadline for submissions is September 23, 2007 at midnight. The issue will be released on or around October 15, 2007. |
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October 2, 2007 is the deadline to register for a free, one-day seminar on geoscience librarianship will be presented by the Geoscience Information Society on Saturday, October 27, 2007 in Denver. Registration is open to all information professionals as well as students in library and information studies.“Geoscience Librarianship 101” will provide participants with a basic understanding of earth science information resources and their organization. The program is set for 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM in the Jerry B. Robinson Library Instruction Lab, Room 245, Auraria Library, 1100 Lawrence Street, Denver, Colorado. There is no charge for the seminar, but pre-registration is required. Owing to security regulations, no walk-ins will be admitted. Registrations must be received by October 2, 2007. To reserve your place or to request additional information, please contact Shaun Hardy, GSIS Publicity Officer, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5241 Broad Branch Road, NW, Washington, DC 20015, telephone 202-478-7960, e-mail hardy@dtm.ciw.edu. November 1, 2007 is the deadline for students enrolled in an ALA-Accredited Library and Information Science Program or Trainees in Health Sciences Librarianship, Internship or Medical Informatics to submit unpublished bibliographical, issue/topic based, or research results paper or web-based project on health sciences librarianship or research results paper or web-based project on health sciences librarianship or medical informatics for the 2008 Rittenhouse Award competition. Manuscript submission information and procedure links may be found on MLANET's website. November 15, 2007 is the deadline to apply for The Donald A. B. Lindberg Research Fellowship established by MLA to fund research aimed at expanding the research knowledge base of health sciences information management and enhancing the role of health sciences librarians and other information professionals in health care access and delivery, public health, consumer information, health professions education or biomedical research. The endowment will provide a $8,100 grant, awarded by MLA through a competitive grant process, to a qualified health sciences librarian, informatician, health professional, researcher, educator, or health administrator. An application and more information about the fellowship can be accessed at www.mlanet.org/awards/grants/ or by contacting Lisa C. Fried, MLA's Credentialing, Professional Recognition and Career Coordinator at mlapd2@mlahq.org. November 17, 2007 is the deadline to apply for the Art Libraries Society of North America's (ARLIS/NA) Gerd Muehsam Award, which is given annually to recognize excellence in a graduate student paper or project on a topic relevant to art librarianship. This award was established to honor the memory of Gerd Muehsam (1913-1979), distinguished scholar, teacher, and art bibliographer, whose support of and dedication to ARLIS/NA was an inspiration to her colleagues and students. The Award Winner will receive $500.00, up to $300.00 travel reimbursement to attend the ARLIS/NA 36th Annual Conference (Denver, Colorado, May 1-5, 2008), the registration fee to this Conference and a one year membership to ARLIS/NA. For details and to apply, visit http://www.arlisna.org/about/awards/muehsam_info.html. December 1, 2007 is the deadline to apply for the The BRASS Thompson Financial Student Travel Award for travel to the American Libraries Association’s annual conference, which will be held in Anaheim, CA June 26-July 2, 2008. This includes a cash award of $1,000 for travel expenses incurred at the ALA Annual Conference which would include a one-year membership to ALA/RUSA/BRASS if the recipient is not already a member, and the recipient of the award will be formally invited by the Chair of BRASS to attend BRASS Executive Committee meetings and other BRASS activities. For eligibility and application information, see http://www.sis.utk.edu/files/BRASS_TFSAward.doc December, 2007 is the deadline to apply
for the University of Texas at Austin School of Information PhD Fellowship initiative to educate doctoral students in the broad field of library and archives preservation and conservation. With a 2nd generous grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the School is able to offer significant living stipends and full tuition to 5 full-time doctoral students for 3 years beginning with the fall 2008 semester. Applications will be accepted in December 2007 for studies to begin in fall 2008 and in December 2008 for studies to begin in fall 2009. To learn more about the fellowships and application details, please visit: |
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The podcast of Kevin Kemper's September 19 research brown bag lecture on court cases affecting academic freedom in universities is now available. Listen both to the lecture and to the lively Q & A that followed. You may jump directly to the podcast, or you may visit the podcast page to review all the available recordings and subscribe via iTunes or your favorite RSS reader. This year's podcasts are set up to stream, so you can listen or watch directly in your browser without having to wait for a lengthy download. Or, download to your mp3 player for later replay. Want to make your own podcast or video blog? SIRLS faculty and students may check out audio and video recording equipment for classes, projects or events. We have a digital audio recorder, a digital camera with some video capability, and a digital video camera with tripod. Contact Geraldine Fragoso in the SIRLS main office for reservations (email sirls@email.arizona.edu). |
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For those of you who are interested in research and publishing, there is a new Calls for Papers blog that lists calls for papers and presentations in Library and Information Science (including WSS Librarianship), Instructional Design and Women's and Gender studies. There is also a section on advice about publishing. If you are interested in seeing it go to http://www.personal.psu.edu/dxf19/blogs/WEBLOG-NAME/ The University of Arizona is in the process of acquiring its own island in the online virtual world Second Life. The space will be used to support direct instruction and research as well as outreach and recruiting. Over 400 universities are currently conducting classes, doing research, or holding events in Second Life. The UA effort is being coordinated through OSCR and LTC. For more info, contact Chris Johnson at cgj@email.arizona.edu. Now through October 22, 2007, Special Collections and the Main Library at the University of Arizona will display a variety of artist books from the UA library collections. The exhibition is co-curated by Associate Professor Karen Zimmermann, Chair, Visual Communications Division, UA School of Art and Paula Wolfe, Fine Arts and Architecture Librarian. Special Collections is located in the Main Library complex at the corner of Cherry and University Blvd. Viewing hours are M-Th 9am-6pm and 9am-5pm Fridays. The Library will be closed Monday, September 3 for Labor Day. For more information call Special Collections at 520.621.6423. |
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