ISI Samuel Lazerow Memorial Lecture - Paul Duguid  
Date               Thursday, March 06, 2008
Time               5:30 pm – 9:00 pm USMST
Where            Eddie Lynch Athletics Pavilion located at the north end of McKale Memorial Center on the University of Arizona campus.
Event Type    Academic Event
Presenter    Paul Duguid
Event Title   Open or Closed: A contemporary or a perennial debate?
Abstract      Web 2.0 would seem to represent an emancipatory move to oppose the old closed or bounded system of technologies, forms, and institutions (the web page, the encyclopedia, the firm) with a more democratic open one (the wiki, wikipedia, wikinomics). Despite the hype, there is a great deal of truth and hope in such claims. A glance at the past suggests, however, that such struggles are not entirely new, nor, as some would have it, entirely the function of new technologies. By looking at earlier struggles over open or closed, we can not only understand the current trajectory better, but also understand why it sometimes happens that technologies, forms, and institutions that were once triumphantly forced open in hard-fought battles nonetheless closed again.
Notes             The public is invited and there is no charge for the event. The Lazerow Lecture Series is sponsored by Thomson Scientific to honor Samuel Lazerow for his long and distinguished service to the library profession. The scheduled speaker is Paul Duguid, School of Information, University of California-Berkeley, co-author of The Social Life of Information. The reception starts at 5:30 with the lecture at 6:30
More              http://www.sir.arizona.edu/research/lazerow.htm

SIRLS Research Brown Bag Lecture  
Date               Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Time               12:00 pm – 1:30 pm USMST
Where            SIRLS MultiPurpose Room
Event Type    Academic Event
Presenter    Melanie Kimball (Buffalo, Informatics)
Event Title   An Eye on the World: Teaching American Children about Life in Other Lands, 1900-1925
Abstract      An important part of the work of early twentieth century children's librarians was to carefully select only the best books for inclusion in their collections. Among the books chosen were many intended to teach children about the world outside their own country. What were the cultural and moral "lessons" taught by the selected titles? Who was the intended audience for these books? In what ways did the presence of immigrant populations in urban centers influence the choice of
materials? This presentation will consider these questions in the
context of today's emphasis on multicultural literature in collections for youth.
Notes             The SIRLS faculty cordially invites students and anyone else interested to attend.

Progressive Librarians Guild  
Date               Tuesday, March 04, 2008
Time               5:15 pm – 6:15 pm USMST
Where            SIRLS Multipurpose room
Notes             Group meets weekly every Tuesday at 5:15. See plg-sirls.pbwiki.com for more information, or contact Nicole Pagowsky
Progressive Librarians Guild: UA Chapter
LSO Fundraising Coordinator
SLA Events Coordinator
(608)345-3952
nfp@email.arizona.edu
More              http://plg-sirls.pbwiki.com/

Northern Arizona Friends of SIRLS  
Date               Tuesday, March 04, 2008
Time               6:30 pm – 8:00 pm USMST
Where            Room 200 at the Cline Library on the N.A.U.
campus.
Notes             The speaker will be Jolie Graybill, recent graduate of the SIRLS Knowledge River program. Topic is "Get That Job!" Jolie will share tips and tricks to networking and negotiating a new position. Students are welcome to bring resumes or job announcments for Jolie to review and discuss. Light refreshments are provided. For more information, contact Karen Underhill at karen.underhill@nau.edu or Karen Drake at kkdvdrak@email.arizona.edu

Special Event - Tour of the University of Arizona Press  
Date               Friday, March 07, 2008
Time               3:45 pm – 4:45 pm USMST
Where            355 South Euclid Ave. Suite 103, Tucson, 85719
Notes             The University of Arizona Press has been publishing and promoting award-winning books since 1953. Learn about the process of book publishing by taking the tour with us! Students, alums, faculty and staff are invited. Contact Meg Timour Beer, mtimour@email.arizona.edu

SLA Special Event - Vendor Relations Workshop  
Date               Friday, March 07, 2008
Time               6:00 pm – 7:30 pm USMST
Where            SIRLS Multipurpose Room
Notes             Vendor Relations Workshop with Sandy Kramer and Leslie Kent Kunkel. Vice President of Elsevier, John Tagler, will be joining us; SIRLS will also be providing light refreshments. Note: Please do bring a brown bag meal, if you would like. For more info, contact Nicole Pagowsky
nfp@email.arizona.edu

Progressive Librarians Guild  
Date               Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Time               5:15 pm – 6:15 pm USMST
Where            SIRLS Multipurpose room
Notes             Group meets weekly every Tuesday at 5:15. See plg-sirls.pbwiki.com for more information, or contact Nicole Pagowsky
Progressive Librarians Guild: UA Chapter
LSO Fundraising Coordinator
SLA Events Coordinator
(608)345-3952
nfp@email.arizona.edu
More              http://plg-sirls.pbwiki.com/

Regular Meeting - Library Student Organization (LSO)  
Date               Friday, March 14, 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

Inside the First Amendment: Freedom to Read & Free Speech  
Date               Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Time               1:00 pm – 7:00 pm USMST
Where            Carnegie Center, 1101 W. Washington St., Phoenix
Notes  Carnegie Center
1 PM – Panel discussion
2:30 PM – Networking Exchange
Phoenix Public Library, Burton Barr Branch
6 PM – Meet the Author
Author and historian Chris Finan, who wrote From the Palmer Raids to the Patriot Act, will be the featured speaker at an afternoon exploration of critical First Amendment issues. Mr. Finan will show that there’s been a revolution in our attitude toward free speech over the course of the last century, while panelists from the library, media and legal professions will offer insights and ideas. This is a rare opportunity to network with other people who have a vested professional interest in our First Amendment rights. You can also Meet the Author at 6PM at the Burton Barr Branch of the Phoenix Public Library. Refreshments will be provided at both events. Registration is online at www.lib.az.us…. Please spread the word! For more information, please contact Jaime Ball at jball@lib.az.us or 602-926-3467.
More              http://www.lib.az.us/eventreg

The UA Library is offering three RefWorks workshops in March. All workshops will be held in room 112A in the Information Commons of the Main Library. The sessions are free, and you don’t have to sign up – just show up!

• Tuesday, March 11, 12-1:30 pm
• Wednesday March 12, 8-9:30 am
• Wednesday March 12, 3:30 to 5 pm

RefWorks is an online bibliographic citation manager. Come learn how to create bibliographies and format your paper in a variety of citation styles. RefWorks can help you manage and organize all your research sources in one place with the click of a mouse! For more information about RefWorks, see http://www.library.arizona.edu/search/articles/dbDetail.php?shortname=refworks.

What do we do with our Ancestors  
Date               Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Time               6:30 pm – 8:30 pm USMST
Where            Scottsdale Civic Center Library
Notes             Allan Dart, executive director of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center will present the lecture "What do we do with our Ancestors," at the Scottsdale Civic Center Library on Wednesday, March 12th at 6:30pm. This Arizona Humanities Council program explores how human remains are treated by people of different cultures, what is done when human remains and grave objects come to light in archaeological excavations, and laws that specify what must be done when human remains are discovered. Registration at www.scottsdalelibrary.org or 480.312.read

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 7, 2008 is the deadline to apply for an Early Career and Student Travel Grant providing support for attending the The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) Annual Meeting in Boston this year. For more infor and to apply, see the web site at http://www.sspnet.org/. 

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.

March 31, 2008 is the deadline to apply for the William B. Neff Conference Attendance Award, awarded to a student member of the Museums, Arts and Humanities Division of the Special Libraries Association.  The award consists of a stipend of up to $1,000 toward the expense of conference attendance.  Any student member of the Division who is currently enrolled in a graduate library/information science program is eligible.  This award is specifically for conference attendance and the winner is required to attend the 2008 Annual Conference in Seattle, Washington. See http://units.sla.org/division/dmah/Neff%20Scholarship.htm for details.

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 to apply for the SIRLS Digital Information Management Certificate Program. Scholarships are still available. See http://sir.arizona.edu/digin.

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. SIRLS is also on iTunes U this year. Find out more at http://podcasting.arizona.edu/UA_on_itunesU.htm.

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).

UA Librarian and SIRLS liaison Mary Feeney has created two new research guides for SIRLS students. They’re based on some assignments that you may do for the IRLS 506: Research Methods class, but you may find the information in them useful for other classes/assignments, as well:

• Tips for Finding Peer-Reviewed (Refereed) Journals http://www.library.arizona.edu/search/subjects/library/peerreviewed.html
• Tips for Finding Research Studies http://www.library.arizona.edu/search/subjects/library/researchstudies.html

Border Book Drive February 29th - April 30th. Children's Spanish and Bilingual Books-New or Gently Used Books Please-Books will be donated to Primaria Felix Soria, an elementary school in San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora. This is a border town with San Luis, AZ. Primaria Felix Soria is in need of children's bilingual and Spanish books for grades 1st-6th. REFORMA Tucson is a chapter of the national organization and is a 501c(3) organization. Tax ID #52-1520913. Donating Options:Donation Drop-Off Site on University of Arizona Campus: School of Information Resources & Library Science http://iiewww.ccit.arizona.edu/uamap/staticLarge/74.html; Donation Drop-Off Sites at Pima County Public Library Branches http://www.library.pima.gov/locations/. Money Donation: Make Checks Payable to REFORMA Tucson with Border Book Drive in the memo line http://www.reformatucson.org/news/. Visit our Amazon Wish list to buy books and have them shipped: http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/12YSXPDGFG6FA/ Contact: Elizabeth Soltero, the Chair of the Border Book Drive at elizabeth.soltero@pima.gov

Need additional financial assistance? The 2008 Financial Assistance for Library and Information Studies Directory is an annual directory of awards from state library agencies, national and state library associations, local libraries, academic institutions and foundations that give some form of financial assistance for undergraduate and/or graduate education programs in library and information studies. The directory is available online.

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.

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