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November 11 , 2007

Don't Miss the Graduate Student Symposium on Saturday, November 10

The deadline to register on line for the LSO Graduate Student Symposium is extended through Tuesday, November 6th.  There will be onsite registration, so why pre-register, you ask?

All are invited to join the SIRLS faculty and Associate Professor Martin Frické for the next research brown bag lecture entitled DIKW: The Knowledge Pyramid Wednesday, November 7th at noon. Details below!

 


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SIRLS Events

SIRLS Research Brown Bag Lecture  Click to add this event to your calendar
Date               Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Time               12:00 pm – 1:30 pm USMST
Where            SIRLS MultiPurpose Room
Event Type    Academic Event
Presenter     Martin Frické (Arizona, SIRLS)
Event Title   DIKW: The Knowledge Pyramid
Abstract       Many theoreticians, in Computer Science, Management Information Systems and in Librarianship, see information in terms of a data-information-knowledge–wisdom (DIKW) hierarchy or pyramid. The questions of the paper are whether the DIKW pyramid is a useful and intellectually desirable construct to introduce, whether the views expressed about DIKW are true and have evidence in favor of them, and whether there are good reasons offered or sound assumptions made about DIKW. In brief, is DIKW an intellectually attractive prospect?
Notes             The SIRLS faculty cordially invites students and anyone else interested to attend.

Faculty/Staff and Faculty Meeting  Click to add this event to your calendar
Date               Wednesday, November 07, 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.

Knowledge River Open House  Click to add this event to your calendar
Date               Thursday, November 08, 2007
Time               12:00 pm – 1:00 pm USMST
Where            Chicano/Hispano Center, Cesar Chavez Bldg
Room: 211
Notes             WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO DO WHEN YOU GRADUATE? Interested in pursuing a career that gives back to your community? If so, come explore the endless possibilities of attaining a Master's Degree in Library & Information Science! Knowledge River, located at the University of Arizona's School of Information Resources and Library Science, is concerned with the special information interests and needs of Hispanics and Native Americans. Our program offers funding opportunities for graduate studies to Hispanic and Native American students. Pizza and drinks will be provided.
More              http://knowledgeriver.arizona.edu

Knowledge River Open House  Click to add this event to your calendar
Date               Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Time               12:00 pm – 1:00 pm USMST
Where            Native American Student Affairs, Nugent Bldg., rm. 205
Notes             WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO DO WHEN YOU GRADUATE? Interested in pursuing a career that gives back to your community? If so, come explore the endless possibilities of attaining a Master's Degree in Library & Information Science! Knowledge River, located at the University of Arizona's School of Information Resources and Library Science, is concerned with the special information interests and needs of Hispanics and Native Americans. Our program offers funding opportunities for graduate studies to Hispanic and Native American students. Pizza and drinks will be provided.
More              http://knowledgeriver.arizona.edu

Student Events

SIRLS LSO Graduate Symposium  Click to add this event to your calendar
Date               Saturday, November 10, 2007
Time               8:30 am – 5:30 pm USMST
Where            The University of Arizona
Modern Language Building, Third Floor
Notes  Registration is now open! This event is to be held Saturday, November 10th, and is completely free and open to all who are interested. Refreshments and checkin begin at 8:30 and a reception follows the presentations, poster session and keynote. Keynote speaker Chris Dodge, aka “The Street Librarian,” will speak on What Librarians Say They do, But Don't really.
At the time you register you can also order a brown bag lunch which will be delivered on the day; this can be paid easily online through PayPal.
Following the Symposium will be a free reception featuring food, fun, and networking opportunities. It is co-sponsored by REFORMA Tucson Chapter and will be held at Gentle Ben’s on University Blvd., located right next to campus.
More              http://www.sir.arizona.edu/lso/symposium07/index.htm

LSO Regular Meeting  Click to add this event to your calendar
Date               Friday, November 16, 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

Other Events

Arizona Library Association Annual Conference  Click to add this event to your calendar
When              Tuesday, November 13, 2007 – Thursday, November 15, 2007
Where            Mesa Convention Center
Notes             For program information and to register, see azla.org…
More              http://azla.org/displayconvention.cfm

Workshop with Leslie Burger, ALA Past President  Click to add this event to your calendar
Date      Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Time       1:00 pm – 4:00 pm USMST
Where    Mesa Convention Center
Notes    Attention Library School Students! You are invited to a FREE special event with American Library Association Past-President Leslie Burger. Seats are limited, so reserve your space by sending an email to Kerrell@thenextgreatevent.com with the subject line “Leslie Burger Workshop” and your name by 5pm Friday, November 9, 2007. Preparing Libraries for the Transformation Ahead- A Workshop with Leslie Burger. American Library Association Immediate Past President Leslie Burger chose the concept of transformation as the focal issue of her presidency. Join Ms. Burger as she discusses her presidential theme "Libraries Transform Communities" and leads participants in activities that help articulate how their libraries can transform their communities in an ever changing environment. For more information about Leslie Burger and her “Libraries Transform Communities” Initiative, see lb.princetonlibrary.org… and lb.princetonlibraryorg…. *Registered AzLA Student Conference Attendees are welcome to participate in this workshop, but you do not have to be registered for the AzLA Conference to attend this special event.

NEWS

new item flagSLA Movie Nite

Please go here: http://azslastudent.blogspot.com/, and vote for the movie you would like to see for our movie night. It is a fundraising event for SLA.The poll expires on November 15th.

Alums

Does SIRLS have your current information? Drop a note to sirls@email.arizona.edu with your current contact information and employment details.

SIRLS on Facebook

SIRLS on Facebook is a group formed for SIRLS students, staff, faculty, alums and friends to mingle, share and network. If you have a Facebook profile, join the fun! Post a picture, make or catch up with a friend, or write on the wall.

Upcoming Deadlines

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Veterans Day observed - no classes  Click to add this event to your calendar
When             Monday, November 12, 2007

December 1 is the deadline for submitting an application for an internship or practicum for spring semester. Internship opportunities are listed at http://sir.arizona.edu/resources/internshiplist.html. Check http://www.sir.arizona.edu/courses/indiv_st.html for more information, or send an email if you have questions to Karen Bell, SIRLS Coordinator, Individual Studies, khbell@email.arizona.edu

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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.

November 30, 2007: The North American Conference on British Studies, in collaboration with the Huntington Library in San Marino, California, offers the $2,000 NACBS-Huntington Library Fellowship to aid in dissertation research in the collections of the library. The amount of the fellowship is $2,000. The time of residence varies, but may be as brief as 1 month. See http://www.nacbs.org/hun.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 1, 2007: The Bibliographical Society of America invites applications for its annual short-term fellowship program, which supports bibliographical inquiry as well as research in the history of the book trades and in publishing history.  Fellowships offer a stipend of up to $2,000/month for up to 2 month’s support of travel, living, and research expenses. See http://www.bibsocamer.org/fellows.htm

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.

December 15, 2007 is the deadline to apply for the 3M/NMRT Professional Development Grant, which covers expenses to attend the ALA Annual Conference June 26 to July 2, 2008 in Anaheim, CA. The application form and further information about the grant is available on the NMRT website .For further information, contact Kate Hahn, Chair, 3M/NMRT Professional Development Grant Committee.

January 31, 2008 is the deadline to apply for the Ingenta Research Award given annually by the Library Research Round Table of the American Library Association to support research projects about acquisition, use, and preservation of digital information. Applications are welcome from practicing librarians, faculty and students at schools of library and information science, and independent scholars. The grant consists of up to $6,000 for research and up to $1,000 for travel to a national or international conference to present the results of the research. Visit the grant website for eligibility, criteria and application information.

February 1, 2008 is the deadline to apply for the 2008 Lucille M. Wert Scholarship designed to help persons with an interest in the fields of Chemistry and Information to pursue graduate study in Library, Information, or Computer Science, the Scholarship consists of a $1,500 honorarium.  This scholarship is given yearly by the Division of Chemical Information of the American Chemical Society. The applicant must have a bachelor's degree with a major in Chemistry or related disciplines.  Details on the application procedures can be found at  http://www.acscinf.org and once there click on "Awards" and then click on "Lucille M. Wert Student Scholarship".

March 1, 2008 is the deadline for a number of ALA scholarship opportunities. The American Library Association (ALA) is committed to promoting and advancing the librarian profession. To demonstrate this commitment, the ALA and its units provide more than $300,000 annually for study in a master's degree in library and information studies from an ALA accredited program, or for a master's degree in school library media program that meets the ALA curriculum guidelines for a National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) accredited unit. A single application form can be used to apply for multiple scholarships. See http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=scholarships for details.

June 15, 2008 is the deadline to apply for the student papers issue of DttP (Documents to the People), which is designed to showcase the talents and interests of current library school students. Papers should focus on substantive issues in government information at all levels of government (local, state, federal, international) librarianship. Style guidelines are available. DttP is a professional journal. Class papers which do not conform to editorial guidelines should be reformatted to receive consideration. Papers must be nominated and forwarded by a faculty member.

Podcasts at SIRLS

new item flagSIRLS Associate Professor Don Fallis' brown bag research lecture on the Epistemology of Wikipedia is now available as a podcast, or you may listen to it directly on line..

Visit the podcast page to review this lecture and all the available recordings. 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).

Other News

new item flagSIRLS students are invited to consider Journalism 447/547, Government Secrecy: Access to Information in an age of terror. The course is offered online this winter session. The course professor, Dr. David Cuillier, is chairman of the national Freedom of Information Committee for the Society of Professional Journalists and researches public attitudes toward government transparency, FOI law, and the state of access in America today. For more information or a syllabus, contact him at cuillier@email.arizona.edu, 520-626-9694 or in Marshall 340.

The LIBRARY  STUDENT  JOURNAL (LSJ) is now accepting submissions from Library and Information Science students around the world!  Visit them at www.librarystudentjournal.org to view the submission guidelines and upload your submission. LSJ is a great way for students to gain experience in Open Access publishing and get a published paper on their resume before starting the job hunt! Questions? Contact us at librarystudentjournal@gmail.com

SIRLS students may be interested in the following seminar, offered in spring 2008: Law 595k / Anth 595k “AMERICAN INDIANS, ANTHROPOLOGY, AND THE LAW” Special Topic: NAGPRA & Repatriation, Professor:  Dr. T. J. Ferguson Mondays: 1:15-4:00 PM. This seminar explores how American Indians, anthropologists, and lawyers work together in the repatriation of human remains, associated grave goods, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony. Visit the online schedule of classes for additional details.

Interested in volunteering at the Pima County Public Library? Please contact Paula Maez at pmaez@email.arizona.edu if you are interested in these opportunities and shee will forward more information to you.

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!

Need a poster in a hurry?   The Express Document Center (EDC), located on the first floor of the Main Library, can print Posters and Large Format Prints.  The turnaround time is only 24 hours and they have low prices! Visit the web site for more information.

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