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Upcoming events, news, and other information for the week of
March 10, 2008
There are a number of interesting events coming up this week and some tough choices to make! Read on below and mark your calendars!
Spring Break - no classes 
When Saturday, March 15, 2008 – Saturday, March 22, 2008
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Knowledge River and Friends Pizza Lunch SIRLS Research Brown Bag Lecture |
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Special Event - Tour of the University of Arizona Press SLA Special Event - Vendor Relations Workshop SLA Fundraiser Progressive Librarians Guild Regular Meeting - Library Student Organization (LSO) Rescheduled - LSO Special Event - Tour KUAT |
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Refworks Workshop AIS COLLOQUIUM SERIES - Free Press Issues for Native Peoples What do we do with our Ancestors |
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Dr. Hong Cui's paper submission to the Joint Conference for Digital Libraries (JCDL'2008), entitled "Unsupervised Semantic Markup of Literature for Biodiversity Digital Libraries", is accepted by the JCDL 2008 Program Committee. Her related system demonstration submission to the same conference is under review. Dr. Patricia Montiel Overall is presenting a paper at the American Educational Research Association in NY at the 2008 Annual Conference (March 2008). The paper is "Effect of Service Learning on Library and Information Science Students? Understanding of Diversity Issues Related to Equity of Access." She is also presenting at the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) e Society Conference in Portugal (April 2008). Her paper is "Web-Based Learning Communities: A Conceptual Model for Cultural Competence." Dr. Don Fallis' recent and upcoming presentations include January: "Toward an Epistemology of Wikipedia", Knowledge Rights and Information Sharing in the 21st Century, Orlando, Florida.; March: "What is Lying?", Pacific Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association, Pasadena, California; and April: "Resolving Horgan's Strengthened Two Envelope Paradox", Central Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association, Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Kay Mathiesen's recent and upcoming presentations include the iConference http://www.ischools.org/oc/conference08/index.html, "Indigenous Peoples’ Rights to Culture and Individual Rights to Access" February 27-March 1, 2008; and the International Conference on Libraries from a Human Rights Perspective http://www.rchrs.ps/aboutC.html Sponsored by Ramallah Center for Human Rights Studies and International Federation of Library Associations, "Access to Information as a Human Right" March 30-April 2, 2008. Also presenting at the recent iConference were Dr. Jana Bradley, Dr. Hong Cui and Dr. Cheryl Malone. |
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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. March 31 2008 is the application deadline: As part of YALSA Unity: A Diversity Initiative, the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), the fastest-growing division of the American Library Association (ALA), will offer two YALSA members with a diverse background a stipend to attend the ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, Calif., June 26-July 2. Each sponsorship recipient will receive up to $1,000 for conference expenses. See www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/stipend.cfm. 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 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. |
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February 28, 2008 - 21st LRC Graduate Student Colloquy 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). |
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April 4, 2008 is the deadline to apply for a three week intensive three-week intensive writing program for all graduate students focusing on writing projects, theses, and dissertation work. The workshop is sponsored by the UA Graduate Writing Institute. The workshop will be held June 9 - 27 from 9am - noon on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. For more details and to register, see http://grad.arizona.edu/gwi/ 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:
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. |
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