SIRLS Research Brown Bag Lecture  
Date               Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Time               12:00 pm – 1:30 pm USMST
Where            SIRLS MultiPurpose Room
Event Type    Academic Event
Presenter    Kathryn La Barre (Illinois, Library and Information Science)
Event Title   Bootstrapping facets by revisiting the heritage of early document retrieval systems.
Abstract      Facets and facet analysis are an increasingly common part of the contemporary discourse surrounding access and discovery systems. These intuitively adaptable structures are often integrated into browsing and searching tools for e-commerce sites, digital museum portals, and online library catalogs. References to the heritage of early document retrieval systems, like the Universal Decimal Classification, and the indexing systems that were tested as part of the Cranfield studies, are rarely part of this discussion. This omission obscures the fact that facets as an information retrieval construct necessarily arise from practice, from observation, and from use. Robust and fully faceted information infrastructures require clearly articulated principles that are anchored in lessons drawn from the success and failures of early implementations.
Notes             The SIRLS faculty cordially invites students and anyone else interested to attend.

Internship and Job Fair  
Date               Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Time               5:00 pm – 7:00 pm USMST
Where            UA Main Library, room A313-314
Notes  On Wednesday, March 26, the University of Arizona School of Information Resources and Library Science (SIRLS) is hosting an Internship and Job Fair. Sponsors of this event are the UA Student Chapter of the Special Libraries Association and the SIRLS Library Student Organization. We are inviting representatives of libraries and other organizations interested in providing internships for SIRLS students. Also, the scope of the event has been expanded to include full-time or part-time employment opportunities of potential interest to current students or to graduates from the program who have earned their MLS degrees. The two student organizations will be promoting this event to all current students and recent graduates. At past events many students have taken advantage of this timely opportunity to discuss future internships and job opportunities with representatives of participating organizations. Students planning to enroll in a summer internship must submit their applications to SIRLS by May 1

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

Rescheduled - LSO Special Event - Tour KUAT  
Date               Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Time               10:45 am – 12:15 pm USMST
Where            Meet at the KUAT studios on campus in the basement of the Modern
Languages building at 10:45 am
Notes  Rescheduled, new date and time: Tour Tucson’s local PBS TV studio and news, jazz, and classical radio stations. Meet local celebrity newscaster Bill Buckmaster, and learn what happens behind the scenes of award-winning locally produced shows such as “The Desert Speaks” and “Arizona Illustrated.”
For further info, contact Meg Timour Beer, mtimour@email.arizona.edu

.Phoenix Friends of SIRLS  
Date               Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Time               6:00 pm – 7:30 pm USMST
Where            Carnegie Center, 1101 W. Washington, Phoenix AZ
Notes             A panel of recent SIRLS graduates will share their experiences in their first year in professional library positions, as well as job-seeking tips and suggestions on what they wish they had done differently while at SIRLS. Light refreshments are provided. For more information, contact Karen Drake at kkdvdrak@email.arizona.edu

Regular Meeting - Special Libraries Association  
Date               Friday, March 28, 2008
Time               5:00 pm – 6:00 pm USMST
Where            University of Arizona Library, Room A105
Notes             Agenda TBA. For more information including virtual attendance options or to put an item on the agenda, contact jtinsley@email.arizona.edu.

Regular Meeting - Library Student Organization (LSO)  
Date               Friday, March 28, 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

Repositories, Ontologies and Metadata: Sharing Information Using Common Standards  
Date               Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Time               9:00 am – 10:00 am USMST
Where            UA Libraries, Special Collections Conference Room
Notes  You are invited to an open meeting to hear Ms.Gauri Salokhe, Information Management Officer at the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, speak on facilitation of collaborative repositories and coherence initiatives. An expert on ontologies, controlled vocabularies, metadata standards, and repositories, she will review standards for interoperability and what FAO is doing to promote those. For more information about Ms. Salokhe, visit www.salokhe.com.

Dr. Hong Cui's system demonstration submission is accepted by the Joint Conference for Digital Libraries 2008. Dr. Cui will demonstrate her most recent development on the MARTT system, which supports both supervised and unsupervised machine learning algorithms for semantic markup of taxonomic descriptions. Dr. Cui will present a related paper at the conference. Dr. Cui will also present at a digital flora workshop sponsored by Harvard University Herbaria on April 22-23. "We will discuss both short and long-term goals and priorities for the digital Flora ongoing. This will involve brainstorming on several key components including website design and functionality, work-flow management, mark-up, database issues, publishing on demand, and tying in other web services. As an outcome of this workshop, we would like to have two documents. The first would be a prioritized plan for the further development of the digital Flora and the second, a detailed outline for developing a proposal seeking funds at various potential agencies/foundations." And finally, Dr. Cui has received notification from The Flora of North America Project on a small grant ($7000) to support one student working with Dr. Cui over summer 2008 to create a model system for semantic markup of taxonomic descriptions. This system will be used to make information in FNA and other floras more accessible. It will also serve as a pilot system for securing research funds in the near future.

Faculty/Staff and Faculty Meeting  
Date               Wednesday, March 26, 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.

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.

March 31st, 2008 is the deadline for Native American graduate students to apply for funds from the Graduate College, with these priorities: 1. Native American graduate students who are having trouble completing final projects, theses or dissertations for lack of money. Funds can be solicited to focus on writing during the summer months, and 2. Native American Graduate students who have an unforeseen financial need or emergency. For more info, contact Cynthia Bjerk Plocke at cbjerk@grad.arizona.edu or at 621-7815.

March 31, 2008 - The UCLA Film & Television Archive's Research and Study Center is offering two $2,000 ARSC Visiting Researcher Stipends for 2008. See http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/access/researchstipend.html for details.

April 9, 2008 - The Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS) of the Association of College and Research Libraries is offering scholarships to RBMS members to subsidize first-time preconference attendance at its 49th annual preconference, "Rare and Special Bytes: Special Collections in the Digital Age," which will be held in Los Angeles, California from Tuesday, 24 June to Friday, 27 June 2008. For more information, please visit the preconference website at http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/RBMS/index.htm

April 11, 2008 is the deadline for applying for the Karen Sternheim Memorial Scholarship. The Karen Sternheim Memorial Scholarship was established to provide assistance to a student enrolled in a graduate master's degree program in library and information studies who intends to pursue a career in special librarianship. The scholarship is awarded annually by the Southern California Chapter of the Special Libraries Association.  Use the following link for additional information and application materials and instructions: http://www.sla-scc.org/web_pages/student_programs_section/sternheim_scholarship.html

April 14, 2008 is the deadline to apply for The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) 2008 Paul Evan Peters Fellowship. The Paul Evan Peters Fellowship was established to honor and perpetuate the memory of CNI's founding Executive Director.  The fellowship is awarded every two years to a student pursuing graduate studies in librarianship, the information sciences, or a closely related field, who demonstrates intellectual and personal qualities consistent with those of Paul Evan Peters. The fellowship is in the amount of $5000 per year, to be awarded two consecutive years to a student in a graduate program. Application information is available at: http://www.cni.org/pepfellowship/

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.

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

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.

March 7, 2007 - Vendor Relations Workshop
Sandy Kramer (AHSL), Leslie Kent Kunkel (SIRLS), John Tagler (vice-president of Elsevier)
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Abstract - SLA Special Event. Vendor Relations Workshop. Various aspects of maintaining good vendor relations are discussed.

February 28, 2008 - 21st LRC Graduate Student Colloquy
SIRLS Students Annie Smith, Janet Allen and Allison B. Krebs present at the 21st Annual LRC Graduate Student Colloquy
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Abstract: Annie Smith & Janet Allen: "Tribal libraries: successes and challenges." Discusses examples of various tribal library programs and services. Also addresses issues confronted by tribal libraries.
Abstract: Allison B. Krebs: "Indigenous information ecology: vanishing Indians throwing off our invisibility cloaks as we rush into the 21st century." Discusses where Indigenous knowledge is coming from and what is being done with that knowledge.

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).

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:

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

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