GSLIS Event Feed.

GSLIS Holiday Party

Come and enjoy delicious food and mingle with fellow GSLIS'ers at our annual Holiday Party! Please bring a dessert, salad, or appetizer to share. Games will be available for your entertainment.

This event is organized by the ALA Social Committee and sponsored by ALA and several of our other student organizations.

ASIS&T National Meeting Debriefing

The ASIS&T national meeting in Columbus, Ohio wrapped up two weeks ago. This Friday, Professor John MacMullen will sit down to a roundtable discussion with other faculty and student conference attendees and let the rest of us in on everything that happened there. This is a great opportunity to learn more about ASIS&T and the cutting edge of information science research and practice.

Coffee will be served at the meeting. The discussion will be broadcast live from the ASIS&T Moodle space, and later archived.

ALA General Meeting

Catch up on what ALA is planning and learn about librarian/vendor relations with Maria Ziemer from ProQuest.

ProQuest creates and distributes information resources to more than 30,000 institutional customers worldwide, including public libraries, school libraries, universities and colleges, and special and corporate libraries such as hospitals, law firms, museums, and government and business organizations. Learn about how libraries and vendors interact, including information about the sales call, pricing models, and trade shows. In short, learn how to make vendors work for you!

Light refreshments will be provided. This event will be broadcast live in the ALA Moodle Live Session and Maria's talk will be archived for 90 days. Email "ALA Student Chapter"-alaatuiuc, at gmail.com- with questions.

Fun with File Storage: Exploring your Options

Explore the various ways you can make your H: and I: drives work for you. This workshop will cover using SFTP clients on both Windows and Mac, and discuss other available file storage options such as Netfiles and GoogleDocs.

Questions? Contact "Jeanne Vega Byrnes"-jvegab2, at illinois.edu-.

Deadline to apply for the ALA Student to Staff Program

Every year forty library students are chosen to assist ALA staff during the ALA Annual Conference. In exchange for working, students receive free conference registration, housing, and a per diem for meal expenses. During free time, students may attend programs and participate in other conference activities. This year's Annual Conference will be held in Chicago, IL from July 9-15, 2008.

To qualify for the ALA student to staff program, students must be enrolled in GSLIS at the time of the conference, a student chapter member and current ALA member, and cannot have previously participated in the program. If you are not a current ALA member, you can still apply but must join ALA if selected as the nominee.

GSLIS will reimburse the student nominee for the cost of round trip ground transportation from Champaign-Urbana to Chicago. If a LEEP student is selected, GSLIS will reimburse the nominee for the cost of round trip economy airfare (not to exceed $500) if ground transportation options are not reasonable.

If you qualify and would like to apply for the program, please complete the online application by December 1, 2008.

Submissions will be blind reviewed by the ALA Student Chapter Board at GSLIS and scored based on the statement, involvement, and professional goals.

Dissertation Defense: Timnah Gretencord

Timnah Gretencord will defend her dissertation, "In Translation: Attracting Spanish-Speaking Participants to Public Programming".

A copy of the dissertation is available online.

A paper copy is available at the LIS front desk, room 112.

All those interested are welcome to attend.

Oxygen XML Editor Workshop, Part II

Due to popular demand, ASIS&T will host a follow-up workshop on the Oxygen XML editor software. Now that we've been acquainted with the program, Dan Kirsanoff from ITD will be helping us along as we roll up our sleeves and get our hands dirty building our own DTDs (Document Type Definitions) and XML pages.

This workshop will be broadcast live and archived on the ASIS&T Moodle page.

Previous XML or Oxyegn experience is not required.

Contact "Steve McCauley"-smccaul2, at illinois.edu- with questions.

Dissertation Proposal Defense: Lian Ruan

Lian Ruan will defend her dissertation proposal, "Information Seeking and Sharing Behaviors among Fire Service Staff Instructors: A Qualitative Study".

A copy of the dissertation is available online.

A paper copy is available at the LIS front desk, room 112.

All those interested are welcome to attend.

The committee members are Carole Palmer (chair), Caroline Haythornthwaite and Linda Smith, from GSLIS, and Scott Poole from the Department of Communication.

Lunch discussion with Dr. Daniel Headrick

Before his lecture and office hour, please join Dr. Daniel Headrick for a lunch discussion. Contact "Linda Smith"-lcsmith, at illinois.edu- if you have questions or to let her know you will attend. Lunch will be provided for the first 10 participants.

Dr. Daniel Headrick earned a Ph.D. in History from Princeton University in 1971. He is an international telecommunications historian and Professor Emeritus at Roosevelt University. He is the author of several publications, including The Tentacles of Progress: Technology Transfer in the Age of Imperialism, 1850-1940 (1991), When Information Came of Age: Technologies of Knowledge in the Age of Reason and Revolution, 1700-1850 (2000), and the forthcoming Power Over Peoples: Technology, Environments, and Western Imperialism, 1400 to the Present.

Katherine Dunham Archives Outreach Weekend

Students from GSLIS will travel to the Katherine Dunham Museum in East St. Louis to work on their archival collection while learning more about the volunteer opportunities there and elsewhere in East St. Louis.

All food, transportation, and lodging costs will be paid for by ESLARP on this overnight visit. Please email "Noah Lenstra"-nlenstr2, at illinois.edu- to RSVP.

See the full schedule for details.

The IFLA Experience - What Students Need to Know

Professor Terry Weech will present a lecture on the International Federation of Library Associations. The lecture will include information on the organizational structure of IFLA, a recent study of IFLA's impact on library policies and norms, and information on getting involved in IFLA as well as finding funding for attending its international conferences.

Blogging 101: A Workshop for Beginners

In this workshop, we will cover some fundamentals of the blogging experience, discuss some of the applications for which blogs can be used and explain some tips and tricks for making (and maintaining) your own spiffy blog!

"Summer 2008 in Sao Tome" Presentation

All are welcome to attend and join in a free discussion with refreshments.

This past summer, three teens from the East St. Louis area went to S?o Tom? with staff and students from the Community Informatics Initiative. (S?o Tom? is the main island of the West African nation of S?o Tom?/Principe.) These teens--Keena-Rhee Fli? of Centreville, IL, Joseph Hines of Edwardsville, IL, and Evan L. Johnson of East St. Louis, IL--have been part of Teen Tech Team in East St. Louis and they joined ongoing efforts by Community Networking Director Paul Adams to install computers in schools, libraries, and other facilities in S?o Tom?. The three teens will join Paul Adams in a session about their experiences, including a screening of a video by Evan Johnson. Evan made a documentary about their collaboration with 10 S?o Tom?an teens from the English Language Club to install a 16-computer lab at S?o Tom?'s national high school.

For more information contact "Sharon Irish"-slirish, at illinois.edu-.

ASIS&T Oxygen XML Editor Workshop

Dan Kirsanoff from ITD will be walking us through his new tutorial on the Oxygen XML Editor software. This workshop is an introduction to the many functions of the editor software, and to some of the basics of XML. If you've been looking to get your feet wet in XML (or just care to find out what "XML" stands for), be sure to come by. If you can't make it, the workshop will be broadcast live from the ASIS&T student chapter Moodle space, and the recording archived for future listening.

If you would like to attend in person but are not a GSLIS student or faculty member, please e-mail "Steven McCauley"-smccaul2, at illinois.edu- for further information concerning weekend building security policies.

We look forward to seeing you!

What type of library is right for me?

Not sure where you want to end up after graduation? Interested in learning more about working in different types of libraries? This panel discussion will include professionals from academic, public, school, special, and archival settings commenting on their experiences as well as answering your questions. Panelists include Merinda Hensley, UIUC Main Reference, Mike Rogalla, Champaign Public Library-Children's Services, Kathy Benett, Lincoln Trail Elementary, Helen Sullivan, UIUC Slavic and East European Library, as well as a local Archivist.

Snacks will be provided.

The discussion will be broadcast live in the ALA Moodle space and archived.

Proceed and Be Bold!

A documentary film about Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr., letterpress printer and artist from Alabama whose works are well represented in The Rare Book & Manuscript Library collections. The documentary was made using university collections.

Admission is free.

Multiple Merwins: Poet, Translator, and Environmental Activist

Reception for the author featured in our current exhibition on recent acquisitions to the W. S. Merwin papers in the collections of the University Library's Rare Book & Manuscript Library. W.S. Merwin will join us and offer informal remarks at a reception hosted by The Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

The event is free and open to all.

The Play's the Thing: Shakespeare's Contemporaries on the Art and Business of Writing Plays

Professor Valerie Hotchkiss, head of the Rare Book and Manuscript Library, shares her expertise on the publication of Shakespeare's plays in his own time. Published versions provide significant insights into how the plays were originally performed and who appeared in them. During this lecture, performers will present samplings of these texts in action.

ISLMA - Chicago - Northwest Alumni Reception

Field Trip to Frances Willard Memorial Library and Archives

Join us in Evanston, IL for a day at this fascinating historical center. The Library and Archives originally functioned as the headquarters of the Women's Christian Temperance Movement, for which Willard was the most famous advocate. Today the archives includes, for example, Willard's personal diaries, 150 years of literature produced and collected by the WCTU, and thousands of photographs. Our visit will also include a guided tour of Rest Cottage, Willard's home and now a public museum, as well as a discussion of possible volunteer opportunities.

For more information, e-mail "Sherri Berger"-sberger4, at illinois.edu-.

Computing in the Champaign School System

Lecturer: Roger Grinnip, Director of Information and Instructional Technology, Champaign Public Schools

This lecture is one in a series of lectures called Illinois Conversations about the Digital Divide. This series is offered as part of Dr. Abdul Alkalimat's course, "Community Schools, Libraries, and Public Policy in 2008." These lectures are open to the public.

The Digital Divide at UIUC

Lecturer: David Ruby, Manager of Computer Labs, CITES

Making and Implementing City Policy

Lecturer: Fred Halenar, Information Technology Officer, City of Champaign

Broadband Access for Illinois

Lecturer: Ryan Croke, Policy Advisor, Office of the Lt. Governor

Faculty Meeting

CII Speaker Series: Community Gardens

Associate Professor Michelle Wander will discuss her participatory action research project,"Using information technology to address soil quality in Chicago community gardens".

Biography
Professor Wander is a 2008-2009 CII fellow having received CII seed funds for this research project.

Project Details
Chicago has more than fifty urban agricultural projects, many of which provide food for city-dwellers. Field research and e-learning efforts will focus on service to underserved communities and lead pollution. Educators and gardeners will participate in actual and virtual trainings designed to improve gardener's science literacy and access to technical resources.
Michelle Wander, Associate Professor, and Laura Witzling, MS student, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences

This CII Speaker Series will be recorded and archived on the GSLIS website.

Please join us! The speaker series is free and open to the public. Questions can be directed to "Sharon Irish"-slirish, at illinois.edu-.

Dr. Daniel Headrick: Telecommunications and Imperialism: Double Edge Sword

Lecture Abstract: When the colonial powers introduced telegraphs to and within their colonial empires, they did so in large part to tighten the control of the metropoles over their colonies and that of the colonial governments over their subjects. Telecommunications had another effect, however, namely it spread the news from distant places, thereby stimulating new ideas that threatened to undermine the colonial status quo. The hopes that the imperialists placed in the controlling powers of telecommunication have so far proved to be misplaced.

Speaker Biography: Dr. Daniel Headrick is an international telecommunications historian and Professor Emeritus at Roosevelt University. He is the author of several publications, including The Tentacles of Progress: Technology Transfer in the Age of Imperialism, 1850-1940 (1991), When Information Came of Age: Technologies of Knowledge in the Age of Reason and Revolution, 1700-1850 (2000), and the forthcoming Power Over Peoples: Technology, Environments, and Western Imperialism, 1400 to the Present. He earned a Ph.D. in History from Princeton University in 1971.

Dr. Daniel Headrick is speaking as part of the "Information in Society" speaker series.

A lunch discussion and afternoon office hour are scheduled before the lecture.

Afternoon office hour with Dr. Daniel Headrick

Time for individual meetings are available between the lunch discussion and lecture. Contact "Caroline Nappo"-cnappo2, at illinois.edu- for details.

Dr. Laura DeNardis: Global Internet Standards and Developing Nations

Speaker Biography: Dr. Laura DeNardis is an Associate Research Scholar in Law and Executive Director of the Information Society Project at Yale Law School. The author of Information Technology in Theory (2007 with Pelin Aksoy) and numerous book chapters and articles, she is an interdisciplinary law and technology scholar whose research addresses the legal and political implications of information technologies and new media. Her doctoral dissertation was entitled "IPv6: Politics of the Next Generation Internet" and she is currently working on a new book, Protocol Politics: The Globalization of Internet Governance, to be published by the MIT Press. She has previously taught at New York University and in the School of Information Technology and Engineering at George Mason University. DeNardis received a Ph.D. in Science and Technology Studies (STS) from Virginia Tech, a Master of Engineering degree from Cornell, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Engineering Science from Dartmouth.

Dr. Laura DeNardis is speaking as part of the "Information in Society" speaker series.

A lunch discussion and afternoon office hour are scheduled before the lecture.

Lunch discussion with Dr. Laura DeNardis

Before her lecture and office hour, please join Dr. Laura DeNardis for a lunch discussion. Contact "Linda Smith"-lcsmith, at illinois.edu- if you have questions or to let her know you will attend. Lunch will be provided for the first 10 participants.

Dr. Laura DeNardis is an Associate Research Scholar in Law and Executive Director of the Information Society Project at Yale Law School. The author of Information Technology in Theory (2007 with Pelin Aksoy) and numerous book chapters and articles, she is an interdisciplinary law and technology scholar whose research addresses the legal and political implications of information technologies and new media. She received a Ph.D. in Science and Technology Studies (STS) from Virginia Tech, a Master of Engineering degree from Cornell, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Engineering Science from Dartmouth.

Afternoon office hour with Dr. Laura DeNardis

Time for individual meetings are available between the lunch discussion and lecture. Contact "Linda Smith"-lcsmith, at illinois.edu- for details.

Dr. Laura DeNardis is an Associate Research Scholar in Law and Executive Director of the Information Society Project at Yale Law School. The author of Information Technology in Theory (2007 with Pelin Aksoy) and numerous book chapters and articles, she is an interdisciplinary law and technology scholar whose research addresses the legal and political implications of information technologies and new media. She has previously taught at New York University and in the School of Information Technology and Engineering at George Mason University. DeNardis received a Ph.D. in Science and Technology Studies (STS) from Virginia Tech, a Master of Engineering degree from Cornell, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Engineering Science from Dartmouth.

ASIS&T in Ohio: Alumni Reception

CII Speaker Series: Libraries and Librarians Abroad

Mortenson Center visiting international scholars will present on issues around libraries and community in their home countries.

PhD 60th Anniversary Celebration

We hope that you will be able to attend an important milestone at GSLIS. Our PhD program will celebrate its 60th Anniversary this year!

The schedule of activities includes:

Friday, October 31st:
1:30 pm - Tour of the Conservation Lab, 809 S. Oak St.
4:00 pm - Windsor Lecture
5:30 pm - Reception, GSLIS East Foyer

Saturday, November 1st:
8:45 am - Continental Breakfast, GSLIS East Foyer
9:15 am - Welcome by Dean John Unsworth, GSLIS Room 126
9:30 am - Development of the PhD Program through the Decades
11:15 am - University Library Tour
12:15 pm - Lunch, GSLIS East Foyer
1:30 pm - Tracing the influence of our graduates, GSLIS Room 126
2:15 pm - The PhD Program at GSLIS, GSLIS Room 126
3:00 pm - PhD Student Panel, GSLIS Room 126
4:00 pm - Future of the School and our contributions, GSLIS Room 126
4:30 pm - Tour of GSLIS

Windsor Lecture: Ian Wilson

Dr. Ian Wilson, librarian and archivist of Canada, will deliver the Fall 2008 Windsor Lecture.

Abstract

Dr Wilson will begin his speech with a discussion of how the globalization of information affects cultural identity. In this context, he will explain how important it will be in the future to have guides we can rely on to select and organize the massive volume of information now available to us. This will lead into a discussion of the new role of librarians, archivists, and information professionals in selecting, organizing, and identifying information, and tie back into the ways our cultural identity will be shaped by how information is identified and communicated. Using language as one key aspect of cultural identity, he will discuss the example of how librarians in Nunavut are working to make information available in Inuktitut, linking information, identity, and the role of libraries and archives. Next he will discuss the role of integration in cultural identity--and how the merger of the library and the archives has permitted the collective imagination (identity) of a nation to be preserved. This will lead into the ways the web and new technologies used by libraries and archives create meaning from various media and allow us to tell stories to a 21st century audience, especially with the trend towards a more oral, verbal culture. In terms of the Library and Archives Canada?s experience, Dr. Wilson will go on to discuss the ways we can re-package the stories that contain the elements of our cultural identity, and the new ways we can reach out to citizens. One of the most important ways we do this is by digitizing content, another knowledge activity that affects cultural identity. He will describe the importance of the Canadian Digital Information Strategy and the Canada Project, leading into how our approach to our history, and our self-knowledge as a country, has changed dramatically. Talking about history in the first person and the place of history in the age of Wikipedia and Facebook, he will then move on to the role of history in cultural identity. This will be framed by a general discussion of the participatory nature of knowledge in the 21st century, and how the shifts from oral to written culture, and written to web culture, have affected the ways we think and learn, and how knowledge organizations can tap into this rich intellectual springboard. He will conclude with some interesting projections into the future for libraries and archives.

Alpha Chapter of Beta Phi Mu Diamond Celebration

Join us as we observe the 60th anniversary of Beta Phi Mu and honor Beta Phi Mu co-founder Kathie Henderson. We're still planning the festivities, but please save the date!

The Beta Phi Mu annual initiation and luncheon will be Saturday, October 25, featuring speaker Marion Reid, former national Beta Phi Mu president and GSLIS alumna. Arrangements for exhibits and additional events on Friday, October 24 that spotlight Beta Phi Mu and library history are underway, so plan now to share in our celebratory weekend.

Events will be held at the brand new iHotel in the UIUC Research Park. We have reserved a block of rooms for Beta Phi Mu members and you can now reserve your hotel room online.

Bookmark our Alpha Chapter webpage for additional information on our special Diamond Anniversary events!