Important Announcements
Volunteers Needed, Changing Times: Inspiring Libraries this week (MLIS and Dual)
Student volunteers are needed for Thursday evening and Friday (morning, afternoon, or both) at the Changing Times: Inspiring Libraries leadership summit on Thursday and Friday this week (Dec. 6 and 7). Registration, room prep, food prep, etc. This event is sold out so a good opportunity to network with a range of professionals and listen […]
Monday Morning Fun Post – All Students
Sorry – didn’t get to this on Friday! Enjoy! Pissing Off a Frog: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=3649169309116 Awesome Infographic: Bestselling SciFi: http://www.flavorwire.com/347374/awesome-infographic-the-best-selling-sci-fi-books-of-all-time
Graduate Student Workshop Series – December (All Students)
Tips and Tricks for Formatting Your Thesis: Little Things Mean A Lot! Are you worried about getting your thesis/dissertation into the format required by the Faculty of Graduate Studies? Would you like to know more about how to use the formatting features in Microsoft Word? Research Commons staff will help you with your questions about […]
FNCC Dual option (DUAL Students)
The iSchool@UBC is pleased to announce that students enrolled in the Dual program can now join the school’s First Nations Curriculum Concentration (FNCC). For further information about the concentration please visit the FNCC webpage http://www.slais.ubc.ca/programs/first-nationS.htm.
iSchool Students Sought for Mobile Usability Study (All Students)
Sense Tecnic Systems, a technology company with offices on campus, is looking for iSchool students to participate in a series of conducting usability studies to evaluate cutting edge mobile campus technologies. We are looking for participants from a variety of backgrounds to try out our applications and give us feedback. We are running a short […]
UBC Mobile Application Hackathon
The UBC MAGIC Lab in cooperation with UBC IT Services is hosting a “UBC mobile application hackathon” on December 3rd from 10am to 6pm. Spend the day dreaming up and building a new mobile application or service to enhance the UBC experience… What kind of mobile app would make UBC a much better place for […]
Friday Fun Post (All Students)
Letters to a Young Librarian: You’re Going to Piss People Off, by Kelly Jensen http://letterstoayounglibrarian.blogspot.ca/2012/11/youre-going-to-piss-people-off-by-kelly.html?spref=tw Random Book Dispenser/vending machine http://boingboing.net/2012/11/18/bibliomat-a-vending-machine-f.html And one of the 2012 viral video contenders – a drunk driver from Alberta singing Bohemian Rhapsody. This is real life; it’s not just fantasy … http://mashable.com/2012/03/30/bohemian-rhapsody-drunk-video/
Call for Participation, ARMA Canada Conference 2013, Saskatoon SK (All Students)
ARMA Canada invites you to consider submitting a Speaker Application and share your valuable information and expertise. The 2013 Conference theme is “Mining RIM Resources” and this year the domains for presentation are: The Principles (Generally Accepted Recordkeeping Principles, Governance, Risk, etc.) IT & Collaborative Technologies (IT, Social Media, MER, etc.) RIM & the Business of RIM (RIM […]
Program Completion in December 2012 (All Students)
For those of you who are preparing to complete your program this December 2012, please take a moment to look at the Frequently Asked Questions at this link. See http://www.slais.ubc.ca/programs/programs-FAQs.htm Look under Graduation.
Draft Timetables for Summer 2013 (All Students)
The DRAFT Timetables for the 2013 Summer Sessions are available here: http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/timetables/timetables.htm Registration for the 2013 Summer Session will probably open in mid-March 2013.
