By debralem on Jan 16, 2013
Date and Location: Meet us at the Trail Meeting Room on Monday, January 21st at 5pm
Do you have an eye for library design? Do you enjoy painting or using power tools? Do you like to strategize about collection curation? Do you like hunting for ‘found’ materials in Van City’s alleys and construction sites? If you said ‘yes’ to any of these we would love your help designing and building a Neighborhood Book Exchange (NooX) to be shown, used, and admired at the iConference in February. After the conference, we are going to give it away to a very lucky bibliophile.
A NooX is a physical container that hosts a public book exchange. Some great examples of NooX can be seen in this pic gallery here at the Little Free Library organization website.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to help design and build a NooX that is easily collapsible into the dimensions of a carry-on…by the time we hop a jet plane on February 11th! We have all the tools available to us that we will need, and more, courtesy of the Vancouver Tool Library.
We would appreciate any help you’re willing to lend, whether with the design, construction, or decorating. During the ‘huddle’, we will explain this project, assess interest, and devise a plan. If you can’t make it to this meeting but still want to be involved, please contact us at book.bandy.research@gmail.com.
Cheers!
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By debralem on Jan 16, 2013
The Irving K. Barber British Columbia Scholarship Society has established an award program for Aboriginal students pursuing studies at the Master’s and Doctoral levels in British Columbia. Renewable awards of $5,000 per year are available. Selection is based on a variety of factors, including financial need, family and community responsibilities, and career and life goals.
Deadline: April 5, 2013
Applications are submitted directly to the Irving K. Barber British Columbia Scholarship Society; for more detail and application instructions please visit the following website: http://www.bcscholarship.ca/web/aboriginal
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By debralem on Jan 16, 2013
The application period for the Society of American Archivists’ (SAA) Mosaic Scholarship is currently open, with a deadline of February 28, 2013.
The Mosaic Scholarship was established to provide financial and mentoring support to minority students pursuing graduate education in archival science, to encourage students to pursue careers in archives and to promote the diversification of the American archival profession. The award is given to applicants to demonstrate excellent potential for scholastic and personal achievement and who manifest a commitment bot h to the to advancing diversity concerns within it.
Up to two scholarships of $5,000 each will be awarded. In addition, each scholarship recipient receives a one-year complimentary membership to SAA and complementary registration to the Society’s Annual Meeting.
For more information on the scholarship, eligibility requirements and instructions on applying, please visit: http://www2.archivists.org/governance/handbook/section12-mosaic.
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By debralem on Jan 16, 2013
Registration is now open for:
Monday, January 21st
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM Managing Effective Collaborative Research Teams (develop tools and techniques for managing projects, group dynamics, leadership and conflict within collaborations)
To register, please visit: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g21c1
Wednesday, Jan 23rd
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM Time Management
To register, please visit: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g2216
1:30 – 3:00 PM 3MT Coaching Session (learn about the Three Minute Thesis competition including tips on giving an effective presentation)
3:00 – 4:00 PM Introduction to Interacting with the Media (learn two tools of the trade to get your messages across effectively)
To register for one or both of these sessions, please visit: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g2217
Thursday, January 24th
9:30 – 10:30 Preparing for your Doctoral Exam
10:45 – 12:00 Submitting your Thesis
To register for one or both of these sessions, please visit: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g2218
1:00 – 3:00 Copyright for your Thesis
To register, please visit: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g2219
For a complete session descriptions or information on upcoming sessions, please visit https://www.grad.ubc.ca/current-students/gps-graduate-pathways-success/gps-workshops-events .
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By hshand on Jan 14, 2013
Are you thinking about the many directions you can take in terms of choosing courses and integrating experiential learning options for your program of study? Please join your program chairs, graduate advisor and other staff for an information session, including plenty of time for questions and answers. This session is aimed at first term/first year students, but second-year students who would like to join are welcome as well.
Date: January 16, 2013 from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Where: SLAIS Gallery
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By debralem on Jan 12, 2013
The most recent issue of Student Research Journal features an article by UBC ischool MLIS student Michel Castagné, on the topic of software source code as a potential tool for digital preservation. “Consider the Source: The Value of Source Code to Digital Preservation Strategies” is one of five articles in the peer-reviewed journal published by the School of Library and Information Studies at San José State University. Published January 8, the article is available online at http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/slissrj/vol2/iss2/5/. The full table of contents is at http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/slissrj/.
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By debralem on Jan 12, 2013
Monday, 14 January 2013
Last day for change in registration and for withdrawal from most Winter Session Term 2 courses and Distance Education Term C courses without withdrawal standing of “W” recorded on a student’s academic record. Student Service Centre remains open for course withdrawals with a “W” standing. Consult your courses in the Course Schedule for specific information.
Term 2 courses: Last day for changes between credit and audit for most courses. Consult your courses in the Course Schedule for specific information.
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By debralem on Jan 10, 2013
For those who have not seen it, the SLAISmatters newsletter has been converted to an e-newsletter, and we are inviting suggestions for a new name. Click here for the December 2012 edition.
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By debralem on Jan 10, 2013
A children’s novel written by SLAIS MACL student Laura Quintana Crelis has won an Honorable Mention in the Latin American Awards for Literature for Children and Youth (Premio Latinoamericano de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil 2012). The honourable mention, for her children’s novel, A Very Unusual (Un maestro muy raro), was given by the Peruvian Academy of Literature for Children and Youth (Academia Peruana de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil). Jurors made their decisions from books published in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay.
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By debralem on Jan 10, 2013
A number of students, faculty and alumni have published articles in the past few weeks – four are featured in the winter 2012 edition of Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and information Practice and Research, and three are featured in the December 2012 edition of Feliciter, published by the Canadian Library Association.
In Partnership, alumnus Karim Tharani is the author of the peer-reviewed article “Collections Digitization Framework: A Service-oriented Approach to Digitization in Academic Libraries.” Karim, MLIS 2010, is currently Information Technology Librarian at the University of Saskatchewan. Current MLIS students David Waddell, Morgan Barnes and Stefan Khan-Kernahan are also featured in the same issue, authors of “Tapping into the Power of Twitter: A Look at its Potential in Canadian Health Libraries.” Links to both articles are available from the issue’s table of contents at http://journal.lib.uoguelph.ca/index.php/perj/issue/view/149/showToc.
In Feliciter, Sabrina Wong, who just completed her MLIS studies and will be conferred her degree in May, is the author of “Shared Print, Shared Knowledge,” which examines the Shared Print Archive Network (SPAN) develoepd by COPPUL, the Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries. Also in the same issue is “Further Connections: A Multilayered Cultural Parntership” by current MLIS student Ksenia Cheinman, addressing a set of programming initiatives presented by the North Vancouver City Library in collaboration witht he Collective for Advanced and Unified Studies in the Visual Arts (CAUSA). Finally, adjunct faculty member Guy Robertson is the author of “Out! A Guide to Emergency Evacuations.” All three articles are linked from the issue’s table of contents at http://www.cla.ca/feliciter/2012/58-6/index.html#p=4.
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