Professional Development
Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA) June 2014, Zadar, Croatia] [MLIS, Dual]
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION LIBRARIES IN THE DIGITAL AGE (LIDA) 2014 Zadar, Croatia, 16-20 June 2014 University of Zadar, Zadar, Croatia (http://www.unizd.hr/hr-hr/english/aboutus.aspx) Full information at: http://ozk.unizd.hr/lida/ Email: lida@unizd.hr Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA) is a biennial international conference that focuses on the transformation of libraries and information services in the digital environment. In recognition of […]
NEW FRONTIERS – GRADUATE HISTORY CONFERENCE [All Students]
NEW FRONTIERS GRADUATE HISTORY CONFERENCE York University, Toronto February 20-22, 2014 www.yorknewfrontiers.wordpress.com Call for Papers We are seeking proposals for the eighteenth annual New Frontiers in Graduate History Conference. We encourage papers from a wide range of national, regional, thematic and methodological backgrounds. New Frontiers is an excellent opportunity for both MA and PhD […]
GPS Workshops: Create your Career and Overcoming Perfectionism
Create your Career Tuesday, October 08, 1:00pm to 4:30pm 1:00‐1:45pm: Opening Keynote: “Create Your Career”, Speaker: Alexandra Samuel, PhD (Harvard) 2:00‐3:15pm: Panel Discussion: “How to Create Career Opportunities During UBC Graduate School at UBC” 3:30‐4:15pm: Closing Keynote: “Fostering a Spirit of Invention”, Speaker: Boris Wertz, PhD (Wissenschaftliche Hochschule für Unternehmensführung) For a complete session description, […]
National Library of Medicine recruiting Associate Fellows for 2014-2015
NOTE: Several SLAIS graduates have received this fellowship in the past. The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is accepting applications for its Associate Fellowship program, a one-year training program for recent MLS graduates and librarians early in their career. The Fellowship: curriculum and projects In the first half of the year, a formal curriculum offers […]
Call for Papers & Program Proposals for YA Lit Symposium
YALSA is seeking program proposals and paper presentations for its 2014 Young Adult Literature Symposium, Keeping it Real: Finding the True Teen Experience in YA Literature, to be held October 31 – November 2, 2014 in Austin, TX. YALSA’s 2014 Young Adult Literature Symposium will gather together librarians, educators, researchers, authors and publishers to explore […]
ALCTS webinar: Let’s Get Ready to MOOC: Why Libraries Should Care [MLIS, Dual]
FREE TO LIBRARY SCHOOL STUDENTS AND LIBRARY SCHOOL GROUPS. TO REGISTER CONTACT JREESE@ALA.ORG Date: September 25, 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 and libraries and librarians are watching this development […]
Final Call for Works in Progress Showcase, 2014 ALISE Annual Conference [MLIS,Dual]
For the Works in Progress Showcase, we invite scholars at any stage of their career to share research-in-progress through posters. The poster will highlight work-in-progress and may present research proposals, theoretical framework, pilot studies, early findings, or preliminary conclusions. In line with this year’s conference theme, educational entrepreneurship, we are particularly interested in: early stages of conceptualization, proposals, or […]
GPS Workshops: Stress to Stengths and Introducation to Project Mgmt
Registration is now open for next week’s workshops: From Stress to Strengths! Living a More Congruent Life (offered with the UBC Life & Career Centre) Thursday, October 3rd, 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM, Graduate Student Centre For a complete session description, please visit: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/10701-gpslcc-workshop-stress-strengths-living-more-congruent-life To register, please visit: http://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g2b3f Introduction to Project Mgmt (offered with the Mitacs Step program) Thursday, October 3rd, 4:00 […]
ALISE / University of Washington Information School Youth Services Graduate Student Travel Award
The ALISE Youth Services SIG seeks graduate student applications for the ALISE / University of Washington Information School Youth Services Graduate Student Travel Award, sponsored by the University of Washington Information School. This award supports costs associated with travel to, and participation in, the January 2014 ALISE Annual Conference, in Philadelphia, PA. This award is […]
Media@McGill’s POOC on “The Participatory Condition” – Registration Now Open [All Students]
Media@McGill’s Participatory Open Online Course (POOC) on The Participatory Condition is now open for registration (http://www.pcond.ca/pooc/). This free, non-credited online course runs from October 15 to December 6, 2013. The POOC interrogates a range of issues pertaining to the history, problems and possibilities of participatory media in contemporary society, and will focus on aspects of […]
