SIRLS Research Brown Bag Lecture  
Date               Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Time               12:00 pm – 1:30 pm USMST
Where            SIRLS MultiPurpose Room
Event Type    Academic Event
Presenter     David Cuillier (Arizona, Journalism)
Event Title   State of Secrecy: Access to Government Information in an Age of Terror
Abstract       Citing national security and privacy invasion, government continues to constrict the flow of information to the public. Since 9/11, states have passed more than 600 laws closing government records. Even with open record laws, agencies often don't follow them -- law enforcement agencies illegally deny valid public records request three-quarters of the time. David Cuillier, an assistant professor of journalism and Freedom of Information Chairman for the Society of Professional Journalists, will talk about the increasing secrecy and the practical benefits of government documents for improving people's lives. He urges librarians to continue the fight for freedom of information, and to become records request specialists to educate citizens on acquiring documents that will make their lives better.
Notes             The SIRLS faculty cordially invites students and anyone else interested to attend.

LSO Special Event - Meet Diana Gabaldon  
Date               Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Time               4:30 pm – 6:00 pm USMST
Where            University of Arizona Bookstore
Notes  Meet Diana Gabaldon, New York Times best-selling author of The Outlander Series about a Scottish Highlander of the 18th Century and his time-traveling wife. Diana will speak about her books and answer your questions. Refreshments served and a few gift certificates given away!
For further info, contact Meg Timour Beer, mtimour@email.arizona.edu

LSO Special Event - Meet J.A. Jance  
Date               Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Time               4:30 pm – 6:00 pm USMST
Where            University of Arizona Bookstore
Notes  Meet best-selling mystery writer, J.A. Jance and hear her speak about her 20+ years writing fiction. Did you know that the protagonist of her works, J.P. Beaumont, is based on a Pima County homicide detective she met while covering the case of a serial killer in 1970? Refreshments served and a few gift certificates given away!
For further info, contact Meg Timour Beer, mtimour@email.arizona.edu

Regular Meeting - Library Student Organization (LSO)  
Date               Friday, February 15, 2008
Time               6:00 pm – 7:00 pm USMST
Where            University of Arizona Library Room 105
Notes             Agenda TBA. For more information including virtual attendance or for other questions, contact Michelle Martin at mlmart1@email.arizona.edu

Spring 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              Monday, February 11, 2008

Spring Semester Last day to drop courses resulting in deletion of course enrollment from record  
When              Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Faculty/Staff and Faculty Meeting  
Date               Wednesday, February 13, 2008
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.

February 4, 2008 is the deadline to apply for a FLAS fellowship, awarded on a competitive basis to full-time graduate students at UA. CMES administers the FLAS fellowship program under its authorization as a Title VI Middle East National Resource Center by the U.S. Department of Education. University of Arizona graduate students pursuing Middle Eastern language study are eligible to apply for these FLAS Fellowships. An applicant must be a US citizen or permanent resident, and must plan to enroll full-time in a degree program that will include study of Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, or Turkish, and Middle East area studies courses. Awards are offered for both the academic year at UA and approved programs of intensive summer language study either in the US or the Middle East. Academic year and summer fellowships provide full tuition and a stipend. Summer FLAS awards may also provide partial support for travel. Academic Year FLAS Fellowships may be awarded to both incoming and continuing students. Application for FLAS is separate from the admissions application. See http://www.cmes.arizona.edu/students/grad.php for details.

February 15, 2008 is the deadline to apply for aNational Library of Medicine (NLM) post-graduate Associate Fellowship for the 2008-09 Fellowship year. The program runs from September 2008 to August 2009, and Fellows are supported by a one-year stipend equivalent to a U.S. Civil Service salary at the GS-9 level ($48,108 in 2008). The fellowship is open to U.S. and Canadian citizens with an MLS or equivalent degree in library/information science from an ALA-accredited school earned by August 2008. Applications and additional information are available on the Web at www.nlm.nih.gov/about/training/associate/. The filing deadline is February 15, 2008, with a one-week grace period for transcripts.

February 15, 2008 is the deadline to apply for a USA Funds individual scholarships of $1,500, which can be renewed annually up to a total award of $6,000. To qualify, graduate students must be enrolled full-time, be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, and be able to demonstrate financial need. Applications will be accepted online beginning December 15, 2007. Up to 50% of the scholarships will be targeted to applicants who are members of an ethnic-minority group (Alaskan Native, American Indian, Asian, Black/African-American, Hispanic or Latino, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander) or have a documented physical disability. http://www.usafunds.org/planning/access_to_education_scholarship/index.html

February 15, 2008 is the deadline to apply to submit a presentation or student poster proposal for the Southwest Institute for Learning with Technology 2008 @ Northern Arizona University (formerly the NAU e-Learning Institute) to be held on May 19-21 in Flagstaff, Arizona. Just an hour and half from the Grand Canyon, the mountains of Flagstaff offer a cool summer retreat for a practical institute focusing on effective applications of technology in the university setting. The Southwest Institute for Learning with Technology is a perfect venue to share best practices and learn from experienced instructors as well as enjoy Flagstaff's wonderful scenery and local attractions. All registration fees will be waived for accepted proposals. For more information visit the Call for Proposals page.

February 15, 2008 is the deadline to apply for a number of awards and scholarships offered by NASIG, the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc. (NASIG), an independent organization that promotes communication and sharing of ideas among all members of the serials information chain - anyone working with or concerned about serial publications. Scholarships and conference travel grants are avaiable. Visit the web site for details and amounts.

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.

March 1, 2008 is the deadline for The American Library Association’s Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies Division [ALA ASCLA] ninth annual ASCLA Century Scholarship.  ASCLA Century, a $2500 award, is a diversity initiative within the ALA Scholarship Program that promotes the entry of individuals with access needs into the library and information science profession. See http://www.ala.org/ala/ascla/asclaawards/asclacentury.cfm or   http://www.ala.org/ascla/centuryscholarship.html for details.

March 1, 2008 is the deadline to apply for The School of Information & Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's summer seminars in Prague, Czech Republic or Oxford, England. These international summer seminars can either be taken for academic credit or on a non-credit basis.See http://sils.unc.edu/programs/international/oxford.html or http://sils.unc.edu/programs/international/prague.html.

March 1, 2008: The American Philosophical Society Library offers $2,000/month residential fellowships for conducting research in its collections for 1-3 months. Outstanding historical collections include the papers of Benjamin Franklin; the American Revolution; 18th and 19th-century natural history; western scientific expeditions and travel including the journals of Lewis and Clark; polar exploration; the papers of Charles Willson Peale, his family and descendants; American Indian languages; anthropology including the papers of Franz Boas; the papers of Charles Darwin and his forerunners, colleagues, critics, and successors; history of genetics, eugenics, and evolution; history of biochemistry, physiology, and biophysics; 20th-century medical research; and history of physics. http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/resident.htm

March 1, 2008: Each year the Folger Shakespeare Library awards 30 to 35 short-term (1-3 months) fellowships with a stipend of $2,000/month. The criteria for success are importance of the topic; originality and sophistication of the approach; feasibility of the research objectives; and above all the need for the Folger collection. http://www.folger.edu/template.cfm?cid=298

March 1, 2008: The Grolier Club Library in New York City is pleased to offer up to $2,500 for research in the Library's areas of strength, with emphasis on the history of antiquarian bookselling and private collecting of books and prints in the U.S., Great Britain, and Western Europe. Fellowship awards may be used to pay for travel, housing, and other expenses. A minimum research stay of 2 weeks is required, and fellows are expected to present a seminar or lecture at the Grolier Club, and submit a written report. http://www.grolierclub.org/Library.htm

March 1, 2008: The Massachusetts Historical Society offers approximately 20 fellowships each year for researchers who need to use the collections to complete a major project. Advanced graduate students and university faculty in all disciplines may apply. Each fellowship provides a stipend of $1,500-$2,000 for 20 days of research in the Society's archives sometime between July 1, 2008, and June 30, 2009. http://www.masshist.org/fellowships/short_term.cfm

March 7, 2008: The David Library of the American Revolution offers 1- to 3-month Library Resident Research Fellowships for conducting research in its collections. The Library’s resources in microfilm and print on virtually every aspect of the era of the American Revolution (1750-1800) are fully listed at its web site. The stipend is $1,600/month (plus housing). Both doctoral and post-doctoral applicants are eligible; doctoral candidates must have passed their general examinations before beginning their fellowships. http://www.dlar.org/#Research_Fellowships

March 7, 2008: Two John "Bud" Velde awards of $3,000 are given annually to facilitate a period of extended individual study (usually 1 month or more) in The Rare Book & Manuscript Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The program is open to all active scholars from graduate students to retired professors. The research strengths of the Library are manifold, from medieval to early modern studies, with particular strengths in early printing and printing history, Elizabethan life and letters, John Milton and his age, emblem studies, economic history, early science and natural history, and the papers of modern literary figures such as Carl Sandburg, H.G. Wells, William Maxwell, and W.S. Merwin. http://www.library.uiuc.edu/rbx/research_grants.htm

March 15, 2008 is the deadline to apply for one of the Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA) 2008 CALA Scholarships. Awards range from $200 to $1000. These scholarships are open to full-time students of Chinese heritage who are currently enrolled in an ALA-accredited master's or doctoral program of library and information science at an institution of higher education in North America. Visit the CALA Web Site and click on Scholarships for more information.

May 8, 2008 is the deadline to apply for the University of Southern Mississippi British Studies Program LIS 580/587, British Libraries and Information Centers, in summer 2008. Spend four weeks at Kings College in London and at the University of Edinburgh and earn 6 hours of graduate LIS credit. Students will experience on-site lectures by British librarians, archivists, and curators and have time to research approved topics on
their own for required writing assignments and historical research paper. For further information and application, see the Southern Miss British Studies Website:
http://www.usm.edu/internationaledu/ip_1/britain_bsp_applicationinfo.htm

April 15, 2008 is the deadline for student category submissions in the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Call for Papers for its annual competition. The objectives of the contest are threefold: 1) to promote scholarship among practicing law librarians and in areas of interest to the profession; 2) to provide a creative outlet for law librarians and a forum for their scholarly activities; and 3) to recognize the scholarly efforts of established members, new members, and potential members of AALL. For details, visit http://www.aallnet.org/about/award_call_for_papers.asp.

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.

Visit the podcast page to review audio lectures and other 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).

New Mexico Special Libraries Association - The Rio Grande Chapter of the Special Libraries Association (RGC-SLA) is available to any New Mexico library student. Information about the international organization can be found at http://www.sla.org. The New Mexico branch website can be found here. Special librarians work in corporations as well as hold non-traditional library roles within their community. As a member of SLA and the local chapter, you can network with other information professionals, participate in scheduled events and get involved as much or as little as you want to. Please contact dianadaleo@yahoo.com for more information. Even if you aren't interested in joining now, if you are in the distance program and live in New Mexico, she would love to hear from you.

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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

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