GSLIS eUpdate: Volume 13, Number 5

The GSLIS eUpdate, published every other month, summarizes current news, events, alumni and advancement highlights, and continuing professional development opportunities. Other publications that may be of interest to alumni and friends are listed on the GSLIS Publications web page.

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IN THIS ISSUE

  1. GSLIS Spotlight
  2. GSLIS News Summary
  3. Continuing Professional Development
  4. Alumni and Advancement Highlights

  5. Calendar of Events

  6. Unsubscribe and/Or Contact Us

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1.GSLIS SPOTLIGHT

INSPIRE supports research collaborations with Swedish scholars

Two research projects at GSLIS recently received support from the Illinois-Sweden Program for Educational and Research Exchange (INSPIRE) program.

Michael Twidale, professor, and Cathy Blake, associate professor and associate director of CIRSS, have received funding for their project, "Collaborative Information Seeking and Data Use," a partnership with Preben Hansen, associate professor at Stockholm University and 2013-2015 GSLIS research fellow.

J. Stephen Downie, professor and associate dean for research, received support for his project, DRAMMA: Description and Retrieval of Affect and Mood in Music Audio. Downie and his team at the International Music Information Retrieval Systems Evaluation Laboratory (IMIRSEL) will collaborate with Anders Friberg of the Sound and Music Computing Lab at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.

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2. NEWS SUMMARY

News items featured within the past month on the GSLIS home page include the following stories; for a comprehensive list, visit the GSLIS Newsroom.

Alumni, LAMP scholar named 2014 Movers & Shakers

Two GSLIS alumni have been recognized in Library Journal's 2014 class of Movers & Shakers: Stephanie Davis-Kahl (MS '98) in the "Change Agents" category, and Cathryne Kaufman (MS '09) in the "Marketers" category.

Career panel and networking event connects students, professionals

As part of this spring's LEEP weekend, the Special Libraries Association student group at GSLIS hosted a career panel and networking event with alumni and current students. The event drew nearly 40 attendees and included discussion with a panel of information professionals who work in a variety of settings. Participants spoke to current students about the diverse kinds of work they do and answered questions about their experiences.

GSLIS Social Media

For up-to-date news and announcements, you are invited to follow us on Twitter (@gslis) and "like" us on Facebook (Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Illinois).

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3. CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Fundraising and Grantsmanship
Dates: April 7 – May 12, 2014
Time: Online asynchronous sessions
Cost: $300

Library Marketing
Dates: May 12 – June 16, 2014
Time: Online asynchronous sessions
Instructor: Elizabeth Garcia, PhD
Cost: $300

For more information and to register, visit the CPLA program and courses page.

Information on upcoming Community Credit classes.

Please forward your ideas for continuing education topics to Tonyia Tidline.

Summer Intensive Courses

This summer we are offering the following classes in conjunction with the Midwest Book and Manuscript Studies Program. Many of these courses can be applied towards the School's Special Collections Certificate. For more information about courses and enrollment please visit our website or contact Tonyia Tidline, Director of Professional Development via email or by phone at 217-244-2945.

Summer On-Campus MBMS/Special Collections Courses

LIS 490BA Book Arts Seminar
June 2-6, 2014
Instructor: Bea Nettles

LIS 580A Rare Book and Special Collections Librarianship
May 19-23, 2014
Instructor: Sid Berger

LIS 590EB Enumerative, Descriptive, Historical and Textual Bibliography
May 27-31, 2014
Instructor: Sid Berger

LIS 584A Archival Arrangement and Description
June 16-27, 2014
Instructor: Scott Schwartz

LIS 590LP History and Techniques of Letterpress Printing
June 16-27, 2014
Instructor: Steve Kostell

LIS 590HT History of Bookbinding: Mechanics and Materials
July 7-11, 2014
Instructor: Andrew Huot

8-Week Online Classes (all meet weekly, June 16 - August 7, beginning with a required on-campus session)

LIS 590AVL Audiovisual Materials in Libraries and Archives
Instructor: Jimi Jones

LIS 590BBL Bookbinding: History, Principals and Practice
Instructor: Andrew Huot

LIS 590BCL Rare Book Cataloging
Instructor: Pat Olson

LIS 590RML Records and Information Management
Instructor: Joanne Kaczmarek

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4. ALUMNI and ADVANCEMENT HIGHLIGHTS

Inaugural Paul Otlet Lecture in Library and Information Science

The inaugural Paul Otlet Lecture in Library and Information Science will be held on Monday, May 5, at 4:00 p.m. in 126 GSLIS. Paul Duguid, adjunct full professor in the School of Information at the University of California, Berkeley, will present, "When Was the Age of Information?" The Otlet Lecture honors the life and career of Paul Otlet (1868-1944), a Belgian lawyer, bibliographer, internationalist, and pacifist, who with his colleague Henri la Fontaine, worked to facilitate global access to information in a range of new formats. The lecture series brings to GSLIS leaders in the field to discuss the historical context and the present and future impacts of cutting-edge developments in information science and the information society. It is endowed jointly by GSLIS Emeritus Professor W. Boyd Rayward and Eugene Garfield.

Reception to Honor W. Boyd Rayward

A reception will be held on Tuesday, May 6, at 1:30 p.m. in 131 GSLIS to celebrate the academic career of GSLIS Professor Emeritus W. Boyd Rayward, historian of information science and the scholar who brought attention to the life and work of the documentalist Paul Otlet. Professor Rayward will be presented with a festschrift, published in the two most recent issues of Library Trends and edited by GSLIS Professor Alistair Black and Professor Charles van den Heuvel of the University of Amsterdam.

Submissions requested for InfoBlitz student blog

Alumni are encouraged to submit entries for GSLIS InfoBlitz, a blog created by GSLIS students as part of their participation in Publishing as an Information Profession, a course taught by Maria Bonn, GSLIS senior lecturer. The blog publishes issues of interest to prospective, current, and recent graduate students, library science faculty, and those interested in the information profession. It features the following topic areas:

  • Community Informatics
  • Publishing
  • Instruction
  • Technology and teaching
  • Conservation and preservation
  • Archives
  • Practicum experience
  • Changes in reference
  • Marketing the library
  • Reviews from a talk you attended

Your assistance in supporting this valuable student project will be greatly appreciated! Please direct any questions to gslis.infoblitz@gmail.com

Call for 2014 LSAA Alumni Award Nominations

Nominations from alumni and friends are welcomed for the LSAA Alumni Awards: LSAA Distinguished Alumnus Award, Leadership Award, and Distinguished Service Award. Please go to the LSAA Awards web page for criteria about each award. Distinguished Service Award nominations are open to faculty, staff, alumni, or non-alumni who have served LSAA or GSLIS in an exceptional way; all others are designated for alumni. Awards will be presented in June at the LSAA Annual Meeting/Reception during ALA in Las Vegas.

Ethan Henderson (MS '07) is chair of the LSAA Awards Committee this year. Nominations should be sent to the GSLIS Advancement Office.

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5. CALENDAR OF EVENTS

CIGG (Central Illinois GSLIS Grads) Gathering: Bloomington-Normal
April 10, 2014
5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Chicago Style Pizzeria
1500 East Empire Street (Colonial Plaza), Bloomington, IL
Reconnect, network, and introduce potential students to GSLIS. Light refreshments will be provided. Guests may also enjoy the dinner buffet or order directly from the menu with individual checks. Please email the  GSLIS Advancement Office by Monday, March 31, if you plan to join us.

Inaugural Paul Otlet Lecture in Library and Information Science
May 5, 2014
4:00 p.m.
126 GSLIS Building
Details are provided above.

Reception in Honor of W. Boyd Rayward
May 6, 2014
1:30 p.m.
131 GSLIS Building
Details are provided above.

GSLIS Convocation
May 18, 2014
9:30 a.m.
Smith Memorial Hall
Speaker: Gwenn Weaver (MS '72), Program Officer, U.S. Department of Commerce
Please note the earlier time. Due to construction on State Farm Center, many Convocation ceremonies have been moved. The GSLIS Convocation will take place at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 18. Please visit the Commencement page for information about Commencement Weekend on campus.

GSLIS Corporate Roundtable
June 6, 2014
9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Illini Center - Orange and Blue Room
200 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL
Topic: Knowledge Transfer/Transition Planning
Presenter: Kathy Hagen, KL Hagen International Capital Strategies
Please email Sharon Johnson, CRT Coordinator, for details.

GSLIS @ 2014 American Library Association Conference
June 26 - July 1, 2014
Las Vegas Convention Center
Las Vegas, NV
Visit GSLIS at Booth #1923.
Details to be announced soon.

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