SIRLS Research Brown Bag Lecture  
Date                  Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Time                 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm USMST
Where             SIRLS MultiPurpose Room
1515 East First Street (just west of Cherry)
Event Type     Academic Event
Presenter       Leslie Francis (Utah, Alfred C. Emery Professor of Law) and John G. Francis (Utah, Political Science)
Event Title     Group Rights and Cultural Property: When Group Members Disagree
Abstract          NAGPRA and other efforts at repatriation of cultural property concentrate on returning objects of sacred and cultural significance to identified groups. NAGPRA anticipates the possibility that more than one group will assert claims to cultural objects. NAGPRA does not, however, anticipate the likely possibility of intra-group disagreement. In our talk, we address this question. We argue while intra-group disagreement is largely a matter to be resolved within the group, considerations of fair group procedures also need to be addressed.

SIRLS Recruiting Program  
Date                  Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Time                 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm USMST
Where             Cline Library, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
Notes               SIRLS will host a recruiting event at Northern Arizona University's Cline Library (Room 200) on Tuesday, Oct 16th, from 4:30-6pm. Pizza and soda will be served! Leslie Kent Kunkel will explain SIRLS MA Program's admission and degree requirements, plus discuss career options and opportunities for those with the MLS degree. Everyone is welcome! Please invite your colleagues who may be interested in attending the SIRLS MA Program. There is a flyer posted at sir.arizona.edu…. The recruiting event is followed at 6:30 by the Northern Arizona Friends of SIRLS group. Karen Drake (SIRLS Adjunct Faculty member who heads up the Phoenix Friends of SIRLS group) and Karen Underhill (Head of Special Collections and Archives at Cline Library) will host this meeting.
More                http://sir.arizona.edu/about/scno/naurecruit.pdf

Faculty/Staff and Faculty Meeting  
Date                  Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Time                 9:00 am – 11:00 am USMST
Where             SIRLS Multipurpose room
Notes               Joint faculty/staff meeting from 9-10; faculty meeting from 10-11.

LSO Event - Producing Successful Presentations  
Date                  Thursday, October 11, 2007
Time                 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm USMST
Where             SIRLS Multi-Purpose Room
Notes               All are invited! University of Arizona librarians & experienced conference presenters Mary Evangeliste and Leslie Sult will describe the tricks of the trade for producing successful presentations. Those SIRLS students presenting at the 3rd Annual SIRLS Graduate Student Symposium are especially encouraged to attend.
More                http://sir.arizona.edu/lso

Northern Arizona Friends of SIRLS  
Date                  Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Time                 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm USMST
Where             Room 200 of the N.A.U. Cline Library, Flagstaff, AZ
Notes               Karen Drake (SIRLS Adjunct Faculty member who heads up our Phoenix Friends of SIRLS group) and Karen Underhill (Head of Special Collections and Archives at Cline Library) will host this meeting.
Light refreshments will be provided, but feel free to bring a "brown bag," as well, if you are coming directly from work and have no time for dinner. For questions or more information, contact Karen Drake at kkdvdrak@email.arizona.edu.

LSO Student Symposium Planning Meeting  
Date                  Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Time                 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm USMST
Where             Main UA Library Information Commons, room A105
Notes               Join us for the next SIRLS 2007 Symposium Planning Meeting.

LS0 Regular Meeting  
Date                  Friday, October 19, 2007
Time                 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm USMST
Where             UA Main Library Info Commons Room A105
Notes               The Agenda will be posted to listserv one day prior. If you wish to skype into meeting, please contact Rene Tanner.
More                http://sir.arizona.edu/lso

Phoenix Friends of SIRLS  
Date                  Thursday, October 25, 2007
Time                 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm USMST
Where             Carnegie Center, 1101 W. Washington, Phoenix
Notes               Internships and Jobs Fair, 5:30 - 7:30 pm, at the Carnegie Center. Exhibitors will showcase internships available for the Spring semester, as well as current job openings. Refreshments provided. For information, contact Karen Drake, kkdvdrak@email.arizona.edu.

The Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records offers a number of professional development opportunities for librarians each year at locations around the state. To review a current list and register for events of interest, see http://www.lib.az.us/eventreg/.

LSO Symposium Call for Abstracts

The deadline for submission of abstracts for the upcoming LSO Graduate Student Symposium has been extended to October 16, due to the availability of another room. You have the options of 25 minute slot, a 50 minute slot, or a 30 minute poster session.  There is only a limited number of slots available, so get your abstracts in as soon as possible! For more information, see the new announcement and online registration form.

Printing Specials at the Express Document Center

The Express Document Center (EDC) at the Main Library AND the Science Library is offering daily specials the week of October 15-21, 2007. Turnaround time on posters for presentations is 24 hours, and the EDC is open seven days a week with extended hours. EDC is located on the first floor of the Main Library. Take a look at the deals, order posters online, or visit EDC's home page for additional details on all services.

Facebook Group

Some SIRLS students and alums have expressed interest in starting a SIRLS group on Facebook, perhaps similar to the one already available on MySpace (or perhaps different). If you are interested and have some ideas about what you think the group might focus on, or if you are interested in being an organizer, send an email to Bruce Fulton.

Refworks Walk-in Clinics

The library is offering walk-in workshops this fall to introduce you to the basics of RefWorks. The workshops will be held in the Main Library, Information Commons Computer Classroom. A112. Sessions will be held on:

Tuesday Oct 23rd 10:00 - 11:30 PM
Thursday Nov 8th 12:30 - 2:00PM
No reservations needed -- Just show up!

Library Study Carrels

Need 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.

• Current UA graduate students with a valid CatCard and library account in good standing may use the study carrels.
• Carrels are loaned for a six-hour period on a first-come, first-served basis.
• All carrels are equipped with an Ethernet port and have access to the wireless network.

More information regarding use of the short-term study carrels is available at http://www.library.arizona.edu/services/carrels/shorttermloan.html.

Photos Wanted

Fall Semester Last day to drop a class with a grade of "W" (if passing) or to change to or from audit grading; the instructor's signature on a Change of Schedule form is required  
When              Friday, October 12, 2007

October 23, 2007 is the deadline to apply for an SBSRI Grant for Graduate Students. The SBSRI invites graduate students from all SBS units (including SIRLS!) to apply for the following grants:
 - Dissertation Research Grants – up to $800 in support of research for graduate students who will have advanced to Ph.D. candidacy by award time.
- Pre-Doc Graduate Research Grants – up to $600 for pre-dissertation and Master’s level research. See http://sbsri.web.arizona.edu/new_page_9.htm for Dissertation or
http://sbsri.web.arizona.edu/new_page_17.htm for Pre-Doc

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 1, 2007 is the deadline to submit a proposal to the National Science Foundation for the Graduate Research Fellowship Program. The NSF aims to ensure the vitality of the human resource base of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in the United States and to reinforce its diversity by offering approximately 1,100 graduate fellowships in this competition. The Graduate Research Fellowship provides three years of support for graduate study leading to research-based master's or doctoral degrees and is intended for students who are in the early stages of their graduate study. The Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) invests in graduate education for a cadre of diverse individuals who demonstrate their potential to successfully complete graduate degree programs in disciplines relevant to the mission of the National Science Foundation. See https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/grfp/  (application), http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=6201  (solicitation), and http://www.nsfgradfellows.org/downloads/. (brochures)

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 7, 2007 is the deadline for PhD students to apply for ACRL's award in support of your dissertation. Each year Thomson Scientific funds a $1500 award and provides a plaque for a student doing research in academic librarianship. Criteria are available at http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlawards/doctoraldissertation.htm. Note: You do not need to be enrolled in a library science doctoral program, but can be enrolled in any kind of accredited program as long as your research focus is academic librarianship. Questions? Contact Nan Seamans, chair of the ACRL Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship Committee for 2007-08, at nancy-seamans@uiowa.ed.

December 7, 2007 is the deadline to apply for Thomson Scientific's $1500 award and plaque for a student doing research in academic librarianship. You may be eligible if you are: an active doctoral student; enrolled in an accredited degree-granting institution; engaged in researching a topic related to academic librarianship; have successfully COMPLETED all of your Ph.D. coursework; have had a dissertation proposal accepted by the institution; and have not previously received this fellowship. Criteria are available at http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlawards/doctoraldissertation.htm. Note: You do not need to be enrolled in a library science doctoral program, but can be enrolled in any kind of accredited program as long as your research focus is academic librarianship. Questions? Contact Nan Seamans, chair of the ACRL Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship Committee for 2007-08, at nancy-seamans@uiowa.ed.

December 15, 2007 is the deadline to apply for one of three $1,000 scholarships awarded annually by the Medical Library Group of Souther California and Arizona (MLGSCA) to excellent library/information science students who have shown evidence of interest in pursuing the health sciences specialization in librarianship. The scholarship is intended to provide support during a students course of study. The scholarship funds can be used as desired by the recipient. Visit http://www.mlgsca.mlanet.org/students.htm for eligibility details and the application form.

Visit the podcast page to review all the available recordings and subscribe via iTunes or your favorite RSS reader. Most brown bag research lectures, some student events and SIRLS events such as graduation are presented in audio or video format. 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 Mariel Watt in the SIRLS main office for reservations (email sirls@email.arizona.edu).

This weekly news and event reminder is distributed to the IRLSADMIN and IRLSALUM-FRIENDS listservs. Notification of new issues via RSS is also available through the SIRLS Community News Online RSS feed:

Send your events, news and announcements to bfulton@email.arizona.edu. To be included on the SIRLS calendar, events should have a particular focus for SIRLS students, faculty and staff, or Libraries or Librarianship including continuing education and professional development. For general interest events including book and author events, see the SIRLS calendar page for links to other calendars and resources. The deadline for the weekly listserv update is close -of-business on TUESDAY the preceding week. The easiest way to keep up with events is through our online calendar. Visit the SIRLS Calendar Page at http://sir.arizona.edu/about/calendar.html for:

• Additional details on upcoming events listed here.
• The latest in events.
• Live hyperlinks to contact information or web sites.
• Last minute changes, additions or cancellations.
• Links to other calendars

At the SIRLS Calendar page, you can SUBSCRIBE to the SIRLS calendar to receive a weekly email event calendar formatted in color with live hyperlinks and other notification features. An RSS feed is also available, as well as iCalfiles that can be used to add events automatically to your own personal calendar system.

For job postings and related discussions, please use the JOBOPS listserv.

The Library Student Organization maintains UA-LSO listserv for discussion of issues of interest to the SIRLS community. The LSO listserv features additional event reminders and last minute updates that miss this weekly digest’s deadlines.

For more discussion on events and other topics of interest to the SIRLS community, subscribe to UA-LSO. All are welcome. See http://www.sir.arizona.edu/lso/lsolist.htm for further information.

To subscribe, send an email message to listserv@listserv.arizona.edu with the following text in the body of the message:

SUBSCRIBE UA-LSO Yourfirstname Yourlastname

For help with University of Arizona listservs, see http://listserv.arizona.edu.

News and Calendar Contact:
Bruce Fulton, MLS
Communications and Outreach Librarian
School of Information Resources and LibraryScience
1515 E First Street
Tucson, AZ 85719
Main Office: 520-621-3565
Direct: 520-626-4631
Fax: 520-621-3279
bfulton@email.arizona.edu
http://www.sir.arizona.edu

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