Volunteers for Colloquia Talk and Reception – Wednesday 24th September

Hi All,

The Colloquium Series is about to begin! SLAIS will be hosting the first of these talks next week on Wednesday 24th September. Following the talk will be a wine and cheese reception in the Student Lounge area.
We are currently looking for 3 volunteers who would like to help with things like:
Attending the entrance to the talk where guests can pick up their name tags
Helping to set up the room and then re-organizing the furniture afterwards
If you would like to volunteer please reply to ischool.info@ubc.ca

Many thanks!!!

Colloquia Individual Poster Reece

BC Provincial Nominee Program Information Session for International Students

 

Interested in applying for permanent residency to British Columbia?  Officers from the B.C. Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) will speak about the program and the updates and application procedures. Learn about the various pathways to permanent residency through BC PNP and gain tips and insights about how to apply.

When: Thursday, October 02, 2014, 2:00-3:15 pm

Where: Woodward IRC, Room 2

Register online at https://ubc-csm.symplicity.com/students/index.php/pid550620?mode=form&id=c400043c80f5b1badc6037bf6142a478&s=event&ss=ws

Please note: Due to the popularity of this event only those who RSVP will be guaranteed a seat.

HCI@UBC Logo Contest – Best Logo wins $300 – deadline October 10, 5pm Pacific

Non-UBC participants welcome!

Calling All Designers: The HCI@UBC steering committee invites you to submit a logo that represents the spirit of HCI@UBC.
Deadline: Friday, October 10th, 5pm PST

Design Vision:  We would like a logo that reflects the vision of HCI@UBC initiative. “The goal of the HCI@UBC initiative at UBC is to bring together faculty and students from multiple disciplines towards advancing the field of HCI and towards collaborative relationships between disciplines.” The logo should reflect this goal. See description of HCI from our Website (http://hci.ubc.ca/)

Current Logo:
Hci at ubc

Design Values:  We want the brand to be Modern and Playful, yet Simple and Subtle (and not too ‘cartoony’).

Visual Style Must Haves and Suggestions:
MUST include: HCI@UBC
MUST be able to include OR exclude “Designing for People”
Consider incorporating the UBC logo or aspects of UBC logo into the design
Consider using the words to become the design
We are looking for something that is professional, but not too corporate

Submission Requirements: Submit your Entry (or entries) with the subject heading “HCI@UBC Logo Contest” to leanne.currie@nursing.ubc.ca
File Requirements: Please send medium resolution design file. If your design is selected, we will request a high resolution file.

The contest is not limited to UBC – please distribute as widely as possible!

CONTACT: leanne.currie@nursing.ubc.ca
NOTE: We reserve the right to not choose any of the submitted designs.

Looking forward to your entries,
Leanne Currie
on behalf of the HCI-at-UBC steering committee
HCI-at-UBC Steering Committee Members:
•Joanna McGrenere (Computer Science)
•Eric Meyers (iSchool/SLAIS)
•Konstantin Beznosov (ECE)
•Leanne Currie (School of Nursing)
•Machiel Van der Loos (Mechanical Engineering)

Career Enhancement Program Call for Applications–Deadline November 3

ARL is now accepting applications for the Career Enhancement Program. Master of library and information science (MLIS) students from racial and ethnic minority groups, who have successfully completed a minimum of 12 credit hours (or will complete 12 hours by the scheduled internship) in an American Library Association (ALA)–accredited program, are encouraged to apply for this enriching experience.
The ARL Career Enhancement Program, funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and ARL member libraries, provides each fellow a rewarding compensation package with a potential value in excess of $10,000 per person.

Program Components
The ARL Career Enhancement Program has three main components:
Paid Internship
Each fellow will have a unique opportunity to work in an ARL member research library for 6–12 weeks to gain both educational and professional experience while enrolled in an MLIS program. Fellows will be assembled in groups of two or three to create a fellowship cohort at each host institution.

Leadership Development
The fellows will participate in the annual ARL Leadership Symposium held January 29–February 1, 2015, during the ALA Midwinter Meeting. During the symposium, the fellows will explore the major strategic issues facing research libraries today and discuss appropriate strategies for securing a professional position in research libraries upon graduation. The fellows will have an opportunity to meet and network with other ARL diversity programs participants, library leaders, and other MLIS students who attend the annual event.
Career Placement
ARL staff will work with each fellow to help them connect with member libraries and to assist with networking during the job search process.
Applicant Eligibility
Eligible applicants for the ARL Career Enhancement Program must:
Be accepted into an ALA-accredited library and information science program
Be a member of a racial/ethnic minority group as described by the US Census Bureau or Statistics Canada
Complete a minimum of 12 graduate-level credits in library and information science prior to beginning the internship

Selection and Institutional Match

The ARL Career Enhancement Program has a unique process for selecting and matching fellows with host institutions. Each host designates a staff member to serve on the coordinating committee. The committee will evaluate the entire applicant pool, select participants, and then enter into dialogue with other coordinators about the institution that is best positioned to create a rewarding internship experience for each fellow. The assignments will be based on the fellows’ skills, knowledge, and expectations for the internships, as well as the institutions’ ability to create and manage a meaningful experience.

Applications

Applications are being accepted until 11:59 p.m. eastern standard time on November 3, 2014, and should be submitted online. For more information about the program, the application process, timelines, and host institutions, visit the ARL Career Enhancement Program website.

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit organization of 125 research libraries in the US and Canada. ARL’s mission is to influence the changing environment of scholarly communication and the public policies that affect research libraries and the diverse communities they serve. ARL pursues this mission by advancing the goals of its member research libraries, providing leadership in public and information policy to the scholarly and higher education communities, fostering the exchange of ideas and expertise, facilitating the emergence of new roles for research libraries, and shaping a future environment that leverages its interests with those of allied organizations. ARL is on the web at http://www.arl.org/.

2015 Alberta Library Conference IS OPEN!

The Alberta Library Conference (ALC) 2015 Planning Committee, with support from the Library Association of Alberta (LAA) and the Alberta Library Trustees Association (ALTA), is pleased to announce that the call for proposals for the 2015 Alberta Library Conference is open. ALC 2015 takes place in Jasper, Alberta April 30 to May 3, 2015.

The ALC 2015 theme is #network.  On its own, the word network has many meanings for libraries.  The hashtag (#) takes this year’s theme to a different level.  By the simple act of adding a hashtag to a word or phrase, it becomes searchable on social media, organized by subject or topic, and, if promoted by enough individuals, can “trend” and attract more people to the discussion.  What are your strategies for building networks in your library and community groups?  What role do libraries play in creating and facilitating community conversations?  What are the important social trends that are impacting and shaping the service you design and provide?  The #network theme also encompasses the personal networks we form. How does personal networking help improve your library and your life? For example, what kind of networking takes place at this conference and how does it benefit our libraries?

The Committee strives to provide a range of sessions that are of interest to the broader library community in Alberta. Proposals from small rural libraries to large academic institutions demonstrate the complexity of librarianship as well as the adaptability and diversity of those who work within them. We encourage proposals from academic, public, school and special libraries of all sizes for consideration to present at the conference.

We are interested in receiving proposals from trustees for sessions which will provide education and training for Library Board members. If you are a public librarian, please share this call for submissions with your Board. In addition, if trustees have suggestions for speakers or topics of interest to trustees, they are invited to send them to Dr. Tanya Pollard to see if a session can be developed.

If you would like to be part of our program focused on examining and expanding our networks and exploring some of the many possibilities for connections facilitated by libraries through our people, services and spaces, please submit your proposal at Alberta Library Conference 2014 Call for Session Proposals http://bit.ly/1tKVLGh

Submission deadline is September 30, 2014

ALC Chair (2015):

Program Co-Chairs:

 

Questions may be addressed to ALC Chair, Lisa Hardy.

Thank you for your interest in the Alberta Library Conference

The Tsilhqot’in Title Case: A Conversation with Chief Roger William – THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18TH 1:00-1:45

The First Nations Studies Program and the First Nations House of Learning at UBC present

THE TSILHQOT’IN TITLE CASE: A CONVERSATION WITH CHIEF ROGER WILLIAM

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18TH 1:00-1:45 THE TSILHQOT’IN TITLE CASE WIN 2:00-3:20 TEZTAN BINY (FISH LAKE): FROM NEW PROSPERITY MINE TO DASIQOX TRIBAL PARK

Sty-Wet-Tan Hall, First Nations House of Learning, Musqueam Territory, UBC

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

CHIEF ROGER WILLIAM (XENI GWET’IN)

Chief Roger William (Xeni Gwet’in) has been in leadership for his community for more than 25 years, serving as Plaintiff in the landmark Tsilhqot’in Title case, which was recently the subject of the Supreme Court of Canada’s first declaration of Aboriginal title. He is Vice-Chair of the Tsilhqot’in National Government. Growing up speaking the Tsilhqot’in language and learning the songs and stories of his nation, Chief William is also a skilled drummer as well as a horseman whose rodeo and mountain-race wins are legendary in Tsilhqot’in territory. Committed to moving forward with his people while inspiring knowledge of language and culture among youth, Chief William is a dynamic and engaging speaker He will be speaking about the Title case win, its significance for Tsilhqot’in people, and its importance for all Canadians.

Graduate Pathways to Success Workshop: Professional and Business Effectiveness

Graduate Pathways to Success Workshop:

Professional and Business Effectiveness

Thursday, September 25th, 2014, 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM

Graduate Student Centre, 6371 Crescent Road

This 3.5 hour workshop, hosted in partnership with the Postdoctoral Fellows Office (PDFO) will help graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to:

  • improve their communication and business effectiveness and get better results
  • utilize professional business etiquette principles more effectively
  • manage meetings more successfully

This program will be highly experiential and will give participants opportunity to practice having purposeful, professional conversations, incorporate professional business etiquette principles into their toolbox and practice how to manage meetings more successfully.

Attendees will:

  • be more confident expressing a professional conversational signature, including being assertive, while managing power differentials with less stress and more success;
  • experience better results and have more impact as they incorporate their conversational signatures into day-to-day conversations and committee meetings as they interact with supervisors, colleagues and the business community;
  • be aware of the impacts of not following generally accepted professional business etiquette principles and also the benefit of following professional business etiquette principles; and,
  • have more confidence and will experience much better results as they lead, facilitate and manage meetings.

 

Facilitator:

Dene Rossouw is the Principal and Motivational Coach at Possibil.com, helping leaders build their influence and inspire innovation at work. He helps his clients have the necessary conversations of leadership and helps organizations innovate by leveraging the power of employee ideas. Dene is the Past President of the Vancouver chapter of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers and is a Certified Executive Coach through Royal Roads University. He is a Certified Emotional Intelligence Facilitator and has the Associate Certificate in Workplace Conflict from the Justice Institute of British Columbia. He has a degree in Theology from the University of South Africa.

 

Registration: Priority will be given to UBC graduate students registered in the current academic session.

To register, please visit : https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g3817

Postdoctoral Fellows may register at https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g3754

For information about future Graduate Pathways to Success events, visit: www.grad.ubc.ca/pathways

 

We appreciate the support of the Graduate Student Society for these events.

Graduate Pathways to Success Workshop

MLA Gottlieb Prize

Breaking News: Gottlieb Prize is now $500!

 
The Murray Gottlieb Prize is awarded annually by the Medical Library Association for the best unpublished scholarly paper about a topic in the history of the health sciences. The purpose of the prize is to recognize and stimulate interest in the history of the health sciences. The author of the winning essay receives complimentary registration to the annual meeting, a certificate at the association’s annual meeting, and a cash award of $500, funded by the History of the Health Sciences Section, after the annual meeting. Deadline for submissions is November 1, 2014.

See https://www.mlanet.org/awards/honors/gottlieb.html for submission details.

External Review Letters – Current Students [All Programs]

This is an invitation for students to contribute personal, confidential written submissions to Faculty of Arts review of the school. The Faculty of Arts conducts regular, approximately 5-year, reviews of all units. This is our year for the School. This is a review of the School as a whole, not of individual programs, nor of individual faculty members. There is an official review committee that will visit the school December 4 & 5th of this year. The schedule is not yet set, but it will include time with students.

Letters are due October 28th to Dr. Mary Lynn Young, Associate Dean, Communications and Strategy, Faculty of Arts. As the materials go out to the review panel immediately after that date, this is a final deadline.

Please note that this invitation is for current students only, and letters must be signed, limited to two pages, and mailed or hand delivered to Mary Lynn Young in the Dean’s Office (not emailed), Buchanan A240.

Thank you.

Caroline Haythornthwaite

Letter of invitation from Marie DeYoung CLA President

Dear Student,

I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you on making the decision to join our library and information professional community. Welcome! You are embarking on a life-long journey that will be both rewarding and enriching.

Please allow me to introduce you to the Canadian Library Association (www.cla.ca). As the national voice for Canada’s library communities, the Canadian Library Association and our members:

  • Champion library values and the value of libraries;
  • Influence public policy impacting libraries;
  • Inspire and support member learning; and
  • Collaborate to strengthen the library community

 

CLA recognizes that an active and engaged membership is crucial to our success and we strongly believe that this engagement begins as soon as students begin their studies in librarianship.

We encourage you to get involved and invite you to consider becoming a CLA Student member and joining the CLA Student Chapter at your school. I can assure you that involvement in the Association will give you a broader perspective on the profession in addition to the courses you choose to take in your program.

As a CLA student member, you have input into the Association’s directions and priorities by exercising your vote. Like all personal members, students are eligible to serve on CLA committees and join our more than 25Network groups, so there are opportunities for you to get involved in issues about which you feel passionate.

A CLA Student Membership is an attractive $25 per year and this price carries through to the first year after your graduation. You can join online by clicking HERE.
Additionally, joining your CLA Student Chapter will enable you to network with your fellow students and faculty at your school, and will also provide opportunities to meet others who share your values.

You can get involved in issues that interest you, find out about mentoring and professional partnering, and discover the benefits a membership in CLA has to offer. Association involvement is also the best way to prepare yourself for the job market: you will leave school with a clearer idea of what you want to do and where you want to go.

Among the tangible benefits of belonging to a CLA Student Chapter is the Students to CLA Program. This program provides an opportunity to CLA and library and information school programs to work together to support student participation in a national professional program. Students chosen to participate (one from each school) should have leadership characteristics, be outgoing and flexible and have an interest in becoming actively involved in the Canadian Library Association.

One of the objectives of this program is to both identify and inspire the future leaders of our community. Students who have participated in the past have found the conference to be an excellent opportunity to network with professionals from across Canada and learn more about the profession: the challenges and the opportunities.

I encourage you to share your feedback regarding what is important to you or what changes you would like to see in our Association with myself and my colleagues on CLA’s Executive Council. We want to know what constitutes value for you.

If you have any questions about CLA membership, please don’t hesitate to contact Geraldine Hyland, CLA Member Services Manager at (613) 232-9625 ext. 301 or ghyland@cla.ca.

This is your association, and your input is highly valued.

With best wishes for your success,

Marie DeYoung
President

Letter to students from CLA President

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