By emilyo on Feb 23, 2013
Symposium organizers (L-R) Stephanie Dror, Janet Eastwood, and Aline Frederico “roar their terrible roars and gnash their terrible teeth”. Others on the organizing committee include Nafiza Azad, Megan Harrison and Yash Kesanakurthy (not pictured).
The Master of Arts in Children’s Literature (MACL) program is pleased to pay tribute to the late children’s book writer and illustrator Maurice Sendak by hosting a symposium in his honour on Friday, March 1st. The day will include talks from visiting Dodson Professor Helene Høyrup; Shannon Ozirny, head of the West Vancouver Memorial Library Youth Department; award-winning author/illustrator and adjunct professor Kathryn Shoemaker; and Rhea Tregebove, Associate Professor of Creative Writing at UBC. There will also be a reading by Dr. Eric Meyers and book talks by Christianne Hayward of Christianne’s Lyceum of Literature and Art.
The MACL program has scheduled its regular biennial conference for spring of 2014, but in light of Sendak’s passing in May of last year, several students did not want to wait until then to recognize Sendak’s legacy in the library and literary worlds. This year also marks 50 years since the publication of Sendak’s most popular work, the Caldecott-Award-winning Where the Wild Things Are (1963), and the posthumous release of My Brother’s Book. Speaking to Sendak’s enduring influence and widespread popularity, response from recruited participants and attendees of the Sendak Symposium has been enormously positive: All invited speakers accepted the request to participate, and reservations for attending the symposium sold out in three days. “It’s become this beautiful event that everyone is happy with,” says Aline Frederico, who initially thought of the idea to hold an event focused on Sendak’s work. “As the only Master’s program in children’s literature [in the country], we thought we should pay tribute.” Of Sendak’s unique significance MACL program chair Judith Saltman says, “He was the first picturebook creator to base books on children’s emotions in a way that no one had truly done before: through the lens of fantasy, which he said was appealing to inchoate emotion. He really touched children’s minds and hearts.”
Administered by SLAIS, the interdisciplinary MACL program draws additional curriculum subject matter from the university’s Creative Writing program and the Departments of English and Language and Literacy Education.
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By emilyo on Feb 23, 2013
The School of Library, Archival, and Information Studies, the iSchool at UBC, welcomes Dr. Helene Høyrup, Ph.D., as the inaugural Dodson Visiting Professor. Dr. Høyrup is Associate Professor in children’s literature and digital literacy at the Royal School of Library and Information Science (RLIS) in Copenhagen, Denmark. “I am very much looking forward to meeting and engaging with the MACL, MLIS, and Dual students, professors and research environment and to having discussions with them about how they see the development of young people’s texts as a field,” says Dr. Høyrup.
The Dodson Visiting Professorship is named in honour of Suzanne and Earl Dodson, UBC alumni and longtime supporters of UBC Libraries. This fellowship provides funds to enable the successful candidate to spend a term engaged in teaching and research at the iSchool and with the UBC community. For the inaugural fellowship, candidates in the field of children’s literature were invited to apply. Dr. Høyrup is an international scholar in children’s literature studies, particularly interested in the theoretical development of children’s literature scholarship, the interface between children’s literature, art and literature for adults, and the situation of children’s literature and its studies in different nations and regions. She was drawn to UBC for the Master of Arts in Children’s Literature program’s international profile and intersections with LIS and other domains. “On a personal note, it is my first visit to Canada ever and I very much look forward to it,” says Dr. Høyrup. “My own great-grandmother emigrated to Canada, so I might have been a Canadian myself.”
Professor Judith Saltman, chair of the MACL program, in turn expresses enthusiasm for Dr. Høyrup’s visit: “It is a wonderful opportunity for the MACL and MLIS/dual students to learn from Dr. Høyrup. She brings an international perspective to the study of children’s literature and libraries.” Dr. Høyrup will be with the school from late February until April, teaching two one-credit classes: Children’s Literature in a New Literacy Perspective (LIBR 522K) and Children’s Literature, Canon Formation, and Canonicity (LIBR 522M). “Students in my class can expect an instructor who is interested in most aspects of young people’s texts and in the development of theories and studies for addressing the new media age. I have a long track of cooperating actively with students and highly enjoy this part of my work.” In addition to teaching and mentoring students, she will also be speaking at the MACL-organized Sendak Symposium on March 1st (see details in this issue of SLAISmatters) and delivering two colloquia lectures on March 6th and March 20th.
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By debralem on Feb 20, 2013
The Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL/ACBD) is a national organization that represents the interests of law libraries and of law librarians across Canada. We are interested in knowing what benefits you value from a niche, professional association. Please complete this important survey by no later than March 1st. It will take approximately five minutes of your time, and the results will help shape CALL/ACBD student member services.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CALLACBDSTUDENTSURVEY
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By debralem on Feb 20, 2013
I. Work: Provincial Nominee Program Information Session and Leveraging Your International Experience in Building Your Career
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) will give a presentation about how to apply for Canadian permanent residency through BC Provincial Nominee Program. They will speak and answer questions about most updated government regulations and application procedures. It is recommended that you should obtain basic information about the BC PNP http://www.welcomebc.ca/wbc/immigration/come/work/about/index before attending the info session.
This session will provide you with the information required in planning and building your career in Canada, and will prepare you for Launch Your Career in Canada, an event held on March 12, 2013 that provides an opportunity to connect with employers and UBC international alumni, learn more about the Canadian job market, and get tips on finding a great job in Canada.
The second presentation, Leveraging Your International Experience in Building Your Career, will be presented and facilitated by Yasuhiko Ogushi, an International Business Development Consultant in the cleantech sector who originally came from Japan and arrived in Canada in 2003 after working as an engineer for 10 years. He earned his MSc in Resource Management and Environmental Studies in 2005 and worked for BC Hydro until 2010. He also founded the Japan-North America Cleantech Advisory Group in 2012 and worked as a business development consultant in the cleantech sector (energy and environmental technology) between Japan and North America.
Date and Time: Tuesday, February 26th, 2012 from 2:00 to 4:00 pm.
Location: Woodward (Instructional Resources Centre-IRC), Room 2, 2194 Health Sciences Mall, http://www.maps.ubc.ca/PROD/index_detail.php?show=y,n,n,n,n,y&bldg2Search=n&locat1=475
Register online at https://secure.students.ubc.ca/workshops/international.cfm#2344
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By debralem on Feb 19, 2013
The DRAFT 2013-2014 Winter Session timetables are now available on the SLAIS site:
http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/timetables/timetables.htm
Three new courses are still going through the approval process and thus do not currently have Course Descriptions:
- ARST 556H [LD] [to be approved]
- LIBR 559A [HO] [to be approved]
- LIBR 539A [LF] [to be approved]
It is anticipated that up to three 1-credit LIBR courses will be added to the January 2014 term.
Please keep in mind that these are DRAFT timetables and it is quite likely that some changes will take place by the time registration opens or the relevant terms begin. All courses must meet minimum class size requirements. As well, all courses are subject to instructor availability and budgetary restrictions.
Some courses show TBA for the instructor. In those cases, SLAIS would like to offer the courses, but has not yet secured instructors to teach them.
Registration for both terms of the 2013-2014 Winter Session is scheduled to begin in mid-June 2013.
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By debralem on Feb 19, 2013
As an outcome of Open Data Learning Summit last Fall BC Libraries Co-operative is working with BCLA Continuing Ed and Libraries and Literacy BC to hold a half-day unconference for library people.
DataCamp<http://bc.libraries.coop/open/datacamp/> is a 1/2 day congress for anyone into libraries and their data. Focus for the camp is building libraries capacity around releasing, consuming and analyzing open data.
Where: Lower Level, Vancouver Public Library Central Branch<http://goo.gl/maps/VzmpW>
When: Friday March 15th, 8:30am-1230pm
Cost: $10 ($8 for students) to cover costs of bagels, coffee.tea
twitter: #datacamp<https://twitter.com/search?q=%23datacamp&src=hash>
There is an open agenda here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ah2er7OY4lhQdDZLdzlBVEQwQkRoSFJvNFJBYnVqNWc&usp=sharing
This camp is participant driven and meant to attract instructional librarians, IT teams, gov doc librarians, ref desk staff, systems and catalogue department personnel,social media support types, LIS students and others. We are encouraging libraries to put team members together around this event and topic to build localized networks of library people who can support each other and the public around the developments in open government data, library data online, proprietary resources in mix with open educational and other sources.
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By debralem on Feb 18, 2013
The Graduate Global Leadership Fellowships enable promising leaders from developing countries to pursue doctoral studies at UBC. The fellowships are to support international students showing outstanding leadership in humanitarian and development work in their home country. Two fellowships will be offered; each fellowship provides an $18,000 stipend plus tuition each year for four years.
Applicants must:
– Hold a student visa at the beginning of the fellowship funding period
– Be a citizen of a developing country (see list of eligible countries on website link below)
– Be starting a PhD or DMA program at the UBC Vancouver campus in May 2013, Sep 2013, or Jan 2014
SLAIS Internal deadline for applications is Friday, March 8, 2013.
Please see the Graduate Awards website for more information: http://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/graduate-global-leadership-fellowship
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By debralem on Feb 18, 2013
Taylor & Francis Group is sponsoring travel grants for two students traveling to ER&L 2013 (March 17-20 in Austin). The travel grant includes conference registration, air travel costs, and housing totaling up to $1500 per winner. Applications are being accepted now and awards will be adjudicated by an ER&L volunteer committee.
Application Requirements: This grant is open to currently enrolled students wishing to attend ER&L 2013. Student applicants will be required to supply contact information as well as to answer a questions related to how access to ER&L can assist the applicant in achieving professional and academic goals. Questions about this award should be directed to ER&L at eresources.info@gmail.com
Application Deadline: Applications are being accepted now on ER&L’s website through Thursday, February 21, 2013. Winning applicant names will be posted to the website no later than Monday, February 25, 2013.
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By debralem on Feb 18, 2013
Registration is now open for The Essential Intercultural Communication Workshop (Offered in partnership with International House, this case-based interactive workshop for both domestic and international students will cover topics including TAing, working in groups and supervisor/student relationships).
Thursday, February 28th, 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM
For complete session details visit: http://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/8127-gps-event-essential-intercultural-communication-workshop
To register, visit: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g2362 .
Registration continues for the Three Minute Thesis Competition. To register to present or become an event volunteer, contact your heat organizer or graduate.pathways@ubc.ca. For complete event info, please visit http://3mt.grad.ubc.ca/ . If you are a student whose program or department is not currently organizing a heat, please e-mail us and we can register you in one of the other heats!
UBC Partner events:
TOMORROW is: Graduate Research in a Day!
Kick off Reading Week with a series of workshops designed to help you with all stages of the graduate student research process from doing a Literature Review to Formatting Your Thesis according to FoGS guidelines, and all stages in between. These events are free and lunch is included. Space is limited so register soon.
To view complete workshop listings and to register, visit: http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/series/73
For more information on this event and upcoming Firetalks or Thesis formatting workshops, please visit the Research Commons website. http://koerner.library.ubc.ca/services/research-commons/graduate-student-workshop-series/
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By debralem on Feb 18, 2013
This year’s iSchools conference, “Scholarship in Action: Data, Innovation, Wisdom” was February 12-15 in Fort Worth Texas, with a large representation from SLAIS: The iSchool at UBC in attendance.
The iSchool was well represented when it came time to hand out the conference awards. Special congratulations go to the Remediating Tinker Bell crew for 1st place in the posters!!
Title: Remediating Tinker Bell: Childhood Commodification and the Transmedia Narrative
Recipients: Eric M. Meyers, University of British Columbia; Lindsey Krabbenhoft, University of British Columbia; Julia P. McKnight, University of British Columbia
Also special congratulations to the honourable mention to the NooX crew
Title: The Neighborhood Book Exchange: Community Catalyst or Media Hype?
Recipients: Kathleen Gollner, University of British Columbia; Tenny Webster, University of British Columbia; Lisa Nathan, University of British Columbia
Lists of all the awards are here
http://iconference.ischools.org/iConference13/2013index/
http://iconference.ischools.org/iConference13/awards/
Still more congratulations to the fine Social Media Expo presenters for all the work they did, and for being selected for presentation (a higher category that ‘just’ poster) – student Nick, Jonathan, Allison & Brigid!
The need for information gurus in online learning communities
Nick Josten, Jonathan Kift, Allison Trumble, and Brigid Winter
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