October 2013

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ALCTS Webinar: MOOCs – Copyright Management for Online Courses (Free to Students)

ALCTS webinar: MOOCs: Copyright Management for Online Courses? FREE TO LIBRARY SCHOOL STUDENTS AND LIBRARY SCHOOL GROUPS.  TO REGISTER CONTACT JREESE@ALA.ORG Date: November 6, 2013 All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 11am Pacific, noon Mountain, 1pm Central, and 2pm Eastern time. Description:  Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are sweeping the country […]

UBC YAACS presents Reader’s Advisory for Youth – November 14

Are you interested in readers’ advisory? Do you want to learn about keeping up with trends through social media? Are you curious about what children’s and teen books are flying off the shelves at libraries these days? If yes, this event is for you! UBC YAACS presents an evening of… Readers’ Advisory for Youth When: Thursday, November 14th […]

NCSU Library Fellows Program Visits SLAIS – November 7 [MLIS/Dual]

From NSCU Library Fellows Program: Hello Graduating MLIS Students! The NCSU Libraries Fellows program offers a unique opportunity to a select group of M.L.S. and M.I.S. graduates who will receive the degree between September 2013 and August 2014. David Woodbury (former NCSU Libraries Fellow) and I (current NCSU Libraries Fellow and UBC SLAIS graduate) will […]

BCLA Conference Submission Deadline – November 15

From Annette DeFaveri, Executive Director, BCLA: Hello All, Just a quick reminder that the final day for  BC Library Conference (BCLC) session submissions is NOVEMBER 15! Information about the theme of the conference and a link to the online submission form can be found here: http://bclaconnect.ca/2014-conference/?page_id=51 The BCLC is a great opportunity to present and […]

iConference 2014, Berlin, Germany – Registration Now Open

Registration is now open for iConference 2014, with discounted early rates available through December 15; standard rates apply thereafter. Register now for the lowest available rate! iConference 2014 will bring together scholars and researchers from around the world who share a common concern about critical information issues in contemporary society. This is our ninth annual […]

ARMA Vancouver Hosts “Using GE Smallworld and FileNet to Manage Engineering Records”

From ARMA Vancouver: Please join the Vancouver Chapter of ARMA International for our November event “Using GE Smallworld and FileNet to Manage Engineering Records.” Fortis BC is using GE Smallworld and FileNet to manage a large portion of the design and construction records sets related to building gas system assets in British Columbia. Smallworld is a […]

National Library of Medicine (NLM) Fellowship

Note: Several SLAIS Grads have attended this program in the past. From the National Library of Medicine (NLM) Fellowship Program The National Library of Medicine (NLM), located in Bethesda, MD, is accepting applications for its Associate Fellowship program, a one-year training program for recent MLS graduates and librarians early in their career. In the first […]

MAS students win best poster at International Conference on Cloud Security Management!

Congratulations to Weimei Pan, Georgia Barloura, and Joy Rowe who won the best poster competition at ICCSM 2013 in Seattle, WA, October 17-18, 2013 for their poster “Records in the Cloud – Profile of Cloud Computing Users”. Corinne Rogers (PhD) and Valerie Leveille (MAS and MLIS) also presented their paper and poster (written with Dan […]

Luciana Duranti a keynote speaker at International Conference on Cloud Security Management (ICCSM 2013)

Luciana Duranti was a featured keynote speaker at the International Conference on Cloud Security Management, held in Seattle WA October 17-18, 2013. She joined luminaries in the field of cloud security management, including Howard Schmidt,past cyber-security coordinator of the Obama administrationand renowned expert on cyber security, and Jim Reavis, co-founder and Executive Director of the […]

Library Camp – November 1st

From BC Libraries Co-operative & Surrey Libraries: There is still time to register for Library Camp. The BC Libraries Co-operative & Surrey Libraries and invite you to join us at City Centre Library next Friday, November 1st for a half-day on libraries, open data, and related topics. Details and registration here: http://bc.libraries.coop/open/datacamp/ $10 ($8 for students) includes a […]

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