School of Library and Information Science

Fall 2009 Newsletter Contains Highlights from Students/Faculty

The Fall 2009 SLIS newsletter is out. Inside you'll find articles such as "Summer Internship at the Library of Congress", "SLIS Student Wins SLA Scholarship", "Faculty Research Update" and "Summer Study in China". To check out those stories and more, click here.

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Scheduled Maintenance

The School of Library and Information Science website will be under going scheduled maintenance on Monday, November 23rd.

Photo Slideshow of Fall 2009 Poster Presentations

Click the photo above to start the slideshow!

photos by Christine Mastalio & Kit Austin

SLIS Students Present Posters

For many, it’s the captsone project of their degree and the subject of their passion. More than a dozen SLIS students presented their poster projects at the Pappajohn Business Building on Friday, Nov. 13.

For a photo slideshow of the poster
presentations, click here.

Topics ranged from digitizing archival collections to how students use job resources to investigating reading networks in 17^th century Europe. (For a complete list of topics and presenters, click here).

WiderNet Uses Grant to Work on Disabilities Rights Portal

The WiderNet project has received a grant expected to total $1.5 million, which equates to at least two years of work, to develop a disabilities rights portal in the eGranary digital library. This grant will allow a collaboration of various disabilities rights group in the U.S. and around the world to work through a single interface and develop a collection of resources.

Cliff Missen (WiderNet
Director) demos the eGranary.

News and Events

Panel to Discuss LIS Education in Second Life

Current LIS students, recent graduates, educators and working librarians will meet in Second Life to discuss the needs of LIS education and its future. The virtual panel will have representatives from Wisconsin, Hawaii and other locations. A primary topic will be whether LIS grads are prepared for today's workplace.

The panel will be held
on Second Life's Info
Island.

Library Gifts this Holiday Season

If you’re looking for unique gifts relating to libraries and librarians, check out some of the following websites. (Note: this is not an exhaustive list, but it may help narrow your search or just provide some entertainment).

Photo from Shakespeare's Den

Scholarship Deadline Coming Up

Students interested in business reference librarianship have the chance to win a trip to the 2010 ALA Annual Conference in June. The deadline to apply for the $1,000 scholarship is Dec. 15.