Registration for the 2013 September term WISE courses opens April 22, 2013. Information on the available courses can be found here:
http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/wise/13-14-wt1/wise-13-14-wt1.htm

General information on WISE can be found here:
http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/wise.htm

It is possible additional WISE courses will be added later. Currently two courses are listed that have been approved for qualified SLAIS students.

All SLAIS student should have received information via email on the process for requesting a space in a  WISE course.

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A reminder that space in the WISE courses is very limited. Do **NOT** request a space in a course unless you are firmly committed to taking it if you are offered a space. Being given a requested space and then dropping the course near or after the course begins will put students at the bottom of the wait list for future WISE courses.

Timetables for the SLAIS 2013-2014 Winter Session are available here:
http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/timetables/timetables.htm

Applications are being accepted for the annual Ken Haycock Student Conference Award for the 2013 BC Library Conference. The award is in the amount of $300, and also includes a complimentary basic conference registration.

Named in honour of Ken Haycock, director of the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies from 1992-2002, this award is intended to offset BC Library Conference expenses, encouraging leadership and professional activity among students.

In addition to the cash award, BCLA will contribute a basic conference registration.

Criteria:

• Recipient will be a member of      BCLA.
• Recipient will be a BC resident      enrolled in an ALA-accredited MLIS program at the time of the application.
• Recipient will submit a      statement of potential benefit from attending the conference and      involvement with BCLA

To apply, follow the instructions for BCLA Continuing Education Awards on the Awards Nomination Process webpage at http://www.bcla.bc.ca/page/awards.aspx#.UWMs7TeNDoE

BCLA Continuing Education Awards:

Please write a brief letter stating which award you are seeking and why you have applied for support. Send all letters of application to BCLA Executive Director Annette DeFaveri at execdir@bcla.bc.ca – applications must be received by April 15^th, 2013. Please indicate the name of the award in the subject line of your email.

Please consider attending both of Toni Samek’s sessions (read below). The informal session will offer participants the opportunity to discuss/share opinions on recent issues impacting libraries and our profession. Session #2 with Dr. Samek is FREE (you don’t need to be a BCLA member or have paid for the conference). However, because space is limited, we ask that you kindly let us know if you’ll be coming.

Also, please consider subscribing to the Public Librarians Interest Group’s, (PLIG) email list as a way of networking and keeping up with public library and librarian happenings. Visit: http://www.bclibraries.ca/listservs/bcla/

PLIG invited Toni Samek to the BCLA conference and we are thrilled that she is coming!   You are invited to meet her in person!!!   You have two opportunities to do so:

1)      Toni’s conference session is on Saturday, May 11^th, from 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM.  To read more about Toni’s conference session, go to S7 from this link:  http://bcla.libraries.coop/wp-uploads/2013/03/Session-Descriptions.pdf     NOTE:  To attend the conference session you will need to register for the conference.

2)      Meet-and-Greet Toni Samek, May 11th, from 12:30 – 1:30 pm (Room:  Westminster 2 – subject to change) Please RSVP by April 16^th, (same as the Early Bird registration deadline), as room designation is dependent on our attendance numbers.   We will give you as much notice in advance as possible if there is a room change.

NOTE:  To attend this meeting you do NOT need to register for the conference.  However, BCLA has requested that if you plan ONLY to attend the 12:30 PM meeting, that you not wander about into other areas of the conference venue.  This has been a problem in the past and BCLA has expressly asked us to stress that attendance at your SIG meeting is free, but if you want to see anything else associated with the conference to please register.   Let’s set an example and abide by this request!

Remember also, that:

3)      Hotel reservations for the discounted group rate for the conference hotel ($145 per night plus taxes) are available until April 9^th, 2013 and (subject to availability). Book now at: https://www.starwoodmeeting.com/StarGroupsWeb/booking/reservation?id=1301045545&key=F34C9

4)     The BCLA conference early bird registration deadline is April 16^th, 2013
To register, visit: https://bclaconnect.ca/?page_id=154

To read more about Toni Samek, click here:  http://www.ualberta.ca/~asamek/toni.htm

The PLIG Annual General Meeting will not take place during the conference due to time constraints.  We want to give Toni as much time as possible meet-and-greet you.  We do ask, however, that you consider becoming either a Convenor or Co-Convenor for next year.  We will hand over the reins of power at the AGM.   We hope to hold the AGM before this summer!

If you have any questions about any of the above, please email either one of us:Jane Curry, jane.curry@vpl.ca, or Ana Rosa Blue anarosa.blue@worksafebc.com

GPS/CSI&C Resume Clinic:

Wednesday, April 17^th, 12:00 – 1:30 PM, Graduate Student Centre

For a complete session description: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/7719-gpscareer-services-event-resume-cover-letter-clinic

To register, see https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g257a

GPS Workshop: Professional and Business Effectiveness

Thursday,  April 18^th,  9:00 AM – 12:30 PM

For a complete session description, please visit: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/8227-gps-event-professional-business-effectiveness

To register, see https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g257b

International House Workshop: Academic Writing for International Students

Thursday, April 11^th, 9:00 – 11:00 AM in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre

This two-hour workshop will help students’ understanding and practice in two crucial areas of research-based academic writing: the organization of the message and the social positioning of the writer in relation to the reader and the writer’s knowledge claims.

Work on organization involves identifying and addressing two areas: the preview and review of ideas in the text, and issues with the flow of ideas that often arise in drafts. As for social positioning, two areas are also addressed: the options available to writers for managing interpersonal relations with readers, as well as writers’ options for evaluating their knowledge claims.

On completing the workshop, participants should have an improved vocabulary for recognizing and describing organizational and social aspects of academic writing, and an expanded capacity for addressing issues in these areas that may arise in their drafts. Participants are encouraged to bring a sample of their academic writing to the workshop.

Instructor: Alfredo A. Ferreira, Ph.D. Candidate, UBC Department of Language and Literacy Education

Registration: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g257c

For information on upcoming GPS Events, please visit: www.grad.ubc.ca/current-students/gps-graduate-pathways-success/gps-workshops-events