NEW FRONTIERS

GRADUATE HISTORY CONFERENCE

York University, Toronto

February 20-22, 2014

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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 students in history and related fields to present papers to colleagues from across Canada and the United States. We will be accepting papers on any geographic location and on a wide range of themes and topics including but not limited to:

·      History and Historiography

·      Public Memory and Commemoration

·      Law, Politics, and Protest

·      Popular Culture and Consumerism

·      Gender, Sexuality, and the Body

·      Religion and Society

·      Empire and Nation

·      Work, Class, and Community

·      Urban, Rural and Environmental

·      Migration and Diaspora

·      Race, Ethnicity, and Identity

·      Science, Medicine, Technology and Society

·      First Nations, Metis, and Inuit

·      Sovereignty and the State

·      Public History and Education

·      Intellectual History

Applicants are invited to submit 250 word proposals for individual papers or panels of either two or three papers. Submissions must be accompanied by a short biographical statement and email contact information. The deadline for submissions is November 25 2013.

Please complete your submission online by clicking on the following link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1yoZXr8p7ef61vUD0-SeoVcuts0sTCAFGOHdxQG5dG_8/viewform

Or email: yorknewfrontiers@gmail.com

New Frontiers Conference: c/o Hayley Andrew and Sheila Gibbons

Department of History, York University, 4700 Keele St.,
Toronto, ON, Canada M3J 1P3

yorknewfrontiers@gmail.com

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NEW FRONTIERS

Colloque étudiant

Université York, Toronto

Du 20 au 22 février 2014

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Appel à communications

Le colloque des étudiants de cycles supérieurs en histoire New Frontiers lance un appel à communications pour sa dix-huitième édition annuelle. Nous considérons les propositions adoptant une approche nationale, régionale, thématique ou méthodologique. New Frontiers est une excellente occasion pour présenter vos projets de recherche de maîtrise ou de doctorat à des collègues provenant d’institutions américaines et canadiennes. Nous acceptons les projets abordant un grand nombre de champs dont (la liste n’est pas exhaustive) :

 Histoire et historiographie

·      Mémoire et commémoration

·      Histoire juridique, politique, et des mouvements de contestation

·      Culture populaire et consommation

·      Genre, sexualité et histoire du corps

·      Histoire religieuse

·      Histoire impériale et nationale

·      Histoire du travail, des classes sociales, et des communautés

·      Histoires urbaine, rurale et environnementale

·      Immigration et diaspora

·      Race, ethnicité, et identité

·      Science, médecine, technologie et société

·      Premières nations, Métis et Inuit

·      La souveraineté et l’État

·      Histoire publique

·      Histoire des idées

Nous invitons ceux et celles qui souhaitent participer à nous soumettre un résumé de proposition d’environ 250 mots. Vous pouvez également nous suggérer un panel composé de deux ou trois présentateurs. Toute proposition doit être accompagnée d’une brève notice biographique et de votre adresse courriel. La date limite pour l’envoi des inscriptions est le 25 novembre 2013.

Vouz pouvez compléter votre application en ligne en consultant l’adresse suivante:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1yoZXr8p7ef61vUD0-SeoVcuts0sTCAFGOHdxQG5dG_8/viewform

Ou e-mail: yorknewfrontiers@gmail.com

New Frontiers Conference: c/o Hayley Andrew, Sheila Gibbons

Département d’histoire, Université York, 4700 Keele St.,
Toronto, ON, Canada M3J 1P3
yorknewfrontiers@gmail.com

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 exposure to library operations, research and development, intramural and extramural research, development and lifecycle of NLM’s web-based products and services and the extensive outreach and education program reaching consumers, special populations, health professionals and librarians. In the second half of the year, Associate Fellows have the opportunity to choose projects based on real-world problems proposed by library divisions and work with librarians and library staff over a six-seven month period. Successful projects have led to peer-review publications and to services that have become a regular part of library operations.

The September through August program also offers professional development and an introduction to the wider world of health sciences librarianship that may include:

·         Supported attendance at national professional conferences, often including the Medical Library Association’s annual meeting, the American Medical Informatics Association annual meeting and others

·         Additional brown bags, seminars, field trips, attendance at a Pow-Wow and learning opportunities available on the National Institutes of Health campus

·         Opportunities to meet and interact with senior management at the National Library of Medicine

·         Experienced preceptors from National Library of Medicine staff

·         Potential to compete for a second year fellowship at a health sciences library in the United States

The Fellowship offers:

·                  A stipend equivalent to a U.S. Civil Service salary at the GS-9 level ($51,630 in 2013)

·                  Additional financial support for the purchase of health insurance

·                  Some relocation funding

Who is eligible?

All U.S. and Canadian citizens who will have earned a MLS or equivalent degree in library/information science from an ALA-accredited school by August 2014.  Both recent graduates and librarians early in their career are welcome to apply.  Priority is given to U.S. citizens.

Applications and additional information are available on the Web at www.nlm.nih.gov/about/training/associate/.  Application deadline is February 4, 2014.   Between 4 and 7 fellows will be selected for the program.

Feel free to contact Kathel Dunn, Associate Fellowship Program Coordinator at 301-435.4083 or kathel.dunn@nih.gov

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 carefully. This series of four webinars will help librarians gain an understanding of the complexity of the MOOC “movement,” learn how to support students and faculty engaged with MOOCs, become familiar with the copyright and intellectual property requirements in relation to MOOCs, and hear what the future may hold for MOOCs.

The first webinar, on September 25, 2013 will be presented by Mike Eisenberg, dean emeritus and professor, University of Washington Information School, who will set the stage by examining the origins of online learning and explaining why MOOCs continue to thoroughly capture the imagination of students, educators, and administrators.

Who should attend? Librarians, library administrators, and library educators interested in supporting and enhancing libraries’ preparation of and participation in MOOCs.

Presenter: Mike Eisenberg is the founding dean of the Information School at the University of Washington, serving from 1998 to 2006. Known as an innovator and entrepreneur, Mike approached the iSchool as a start-up – transforming the school into a broad-based information school with academic programs on all levels and making a difference in industry, the public sector, and education. Mike’s current work focuses on information and technology literacy, virtual worlds, and library information and technology programs, K-20.

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Single Webinar Registration Fees:  $43 ALCTS Member; $59 Non-member; $43 International; $99/$129 Group (members/non-members).

This webinar is part one of a four part series. Please check the ALCTS Web site for discount pricing for the entire webinar series.

For additional information and access to registrations links, please go to the following website:

http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/092513

ALCTS webinars are recorded and registrants receive a link to the recording shortly following the live event.

For questions about registration, contact ALA Registration by calling 1-800-545-2433 and press 5 or email registration@ala.org. For all other questions or comments related to the webinars, contact Julie Reese, ALCTS Events Manager at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 5034 or alctsce@ala.org.

Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee.

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 implementations of new educational initiatives. This may include new modes of delivery, markets, synergies with cognate disciplines, collaborators or competitors, and new ways to remunerate instructors.

Participants in the Works in Progress Showcase will receive feedback in an informal setting. This is an excellent opportunity to identify collaborators and potential publication venues, and to enrich research by obtaining feedback. It may also facilitate collaboration and development of new educational initiatives.

The posters for the Works in Progress Showcase are neither refereed nor judged. Space for poster display is limited therefore acceptance will be based availability

Submissions Guidelines:

Submissions will be made through the Easy Chair system, at: www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=alise2014

Follow these steps:

1. Log on the system (create an EasyChair account if you do not already have one)

2. If you are also a reviewer, please be sure to select “author” as your role for your own submission.

3. Select “New Submission”.

4. Complete all the information requested.

5. Upload your file and press “Submit”.

6. You should also receive a confirmation email from the EasyChair system.

Please submit a Word document that includes:

1. Name and Contact Information

Full Name of Presenter(s)

Contact Information (e-mail and phone)

School Affiliation

Academic Status

2. Poster Description

Poster Title

50-word Abstract (for conference program)

Poster Description (limited to 250 words)

ALISE LIS Research Area Classification (include both the numerical and verbal

designations): https://ali.memberclicks.net/classification-scheme

For inquiries about the Work in Progress Showcase, please contact Pnina Fichman, Indiana University, Bloomington, at fichman@indiana.edu

Important dates:

Submission Deadline: October 1, 2013

Rolling notifications will be sent out until space for display is full and no later than November 2,

2013

Works in Progress poster abstracts will be posted to the web by ALISE for no more than one year. Permission to post is assumed by participation.

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Pnina Fichman
Associate Professor, School of Informatics and Computing
Director, Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics

Affiliated Associate Professor, School of Global and International Studies
901 East 10th Street, Informatics West #301
Indiana University, Bloomington, 47408
Phone (812) 856-1587
E-Mail fichman@indiana.edu

Web http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~fichman/