Important Announcements
Registration Open: Changing Times, Inspiring Libraries (MLIS, DUAL, PhD)
December 6th (evening) & December 7th 2012. Leading Libraries Start with Community A changing economy, a more diverse culture, a new information landscape; today’s citizen needs more knowledge, more quickly and from more sources than ever before, and they will be coming to libraries to get it. Will we be ready? Keynote speaker David Lankes […]
Call for Proposals: BC Library Conference 2013 (MLIS, DUAL and PhD Students)
Please see the following call for proposals from the British Columbia Library Association. The BC Libraries Conference is May 9th to 11th, 2013 at the Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel in Richmond BC. The 2013 theme is “Are We There Yet?” With all the discussion about change and transition in the library community these days we […]
Looking for Volunteers for November 22nd (All Students)
The SLAIS Office is looking for two volunteers who can help set up/clean up furniture for the November Graduation Reception in the Bralorne Reading room and Gallery on Thursday, November 22nd. Student volunteers must be physically able to lift tables and chairs. Set up time will be at 8:30 am. The clean up time will […]
Looking for Volunteers for November 14 and 15, 2012 (All Students)
The SLAIS Office is looking for two volunteers who can help set up and clean up furniture for a SLAIS event on November 14 & 15, 2012 at SLAIS, the iSchool at UBC. Volunteers must be physically able to lift tables and chairs. Set up time will be at 9 am on Wednesday, November 14th and […]
Google Hangout with Incoming Students (MLIS and Dual Students)
Hi Everyone: I’m looking for a couple of current students as volunteers to host a virtual session, possibly two at the same time if numbers warrant, with interested members of the incoming class for January. My idea is to use Google Hangout or similar group video (preferred) or chat software, and just let them ask […]
RUSA Online Learning: “Introduction to Spatial Literacy and Online Mapping” (MLIS, Dual)
You may use tools like Google Maps in your personal life all the time for locating restaurants and local businesses, driving directions or planning trips via public transportation, but have you considered how this same technology could be used at your library to improve library services? RUSA’s online course “Introduction to Spatial Literacy and Online […]
“What does Xwi7xwa mean to me?” (All Students)
Join us for bannock and an interactive session! Friday Nov. 2 – 1-3pm First Nations Longhouse – 1985 West Mall To see poster, go to https://slais.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2012/10/Poster.pdf
Checklist: Does Your Research Need Ethics Approval? (All Students)
UBC’s Office of Research Services has prepared a checklist to help graduate students decide whether or not their research involving humans needs to undergo an institutional ethical review. The checklist can be downloaded from the following page on the Faculty of Graduate Studies website: http://www.grad.ubc.ca/current-students/dissertation-thesis-preparation/ethical-issues
Provincial Nominee Program and Permanent Residency Information Session (All International Students)
I. Work: Provincial Nominee Program and Permanent Residency Information Session Are you an international student interested in living and working in Canada permanently after graduation? Government officers from the BC Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP) and Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) will give a presentation about how to apply for Canadian permanent residency through BC […]
2013 Student Publishing Opportunity (MLIS, Dual)
Public Services Quarterly’s column, “Future Voices in Public Services”,is a forum for students in graduate library and information science programs to discuss key issues they see in academic library public services, to envision what they feel librarians in public service have to offer to academia, to tell us of their visions for the profession, or […]
