GSLIS cosponsors Essential Information Workshop

Navigating career opportunities in libraries, research, and knowledge management? This month's Essential Information Workshop series will provide information about the variety of careers available to graduates of LIS programs, as well as assistance in applying to a graduate program and opportunities for networking and recruitment. GSLIS and the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Richard J. Daley Library will cosponsor the workshop in Chicago on May 30-31. Registration is free.

The American Library Association’s Office for Diversity and Spectrum Scholarship Program, through a project funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, is partnering with libraries and graduate schools of library and information science in five cities to present the workshops, which are part of the Knowledge Alliance project.

Workshops in this series will be offered across the country:

  • Seattle (May 17) – sponsored by the University of Washington’s (UW) iSchool Office of Diversity Programs; the UW Office of Merit Scholarships, Fellowships & Awards; and UW Undergraduate Advising
  • Atlanta (May 30) – sponsored by Georgia Perimeter College – Dunwoody Campus Library and Spellman College Women’s Research & Resource Center
  • Chicago (May 30 & 31) – sponsored by GSLIS and the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Richard J. Daley Library
  • Los Angeles (May 30 & 31) – sponsored by the Loyola Marymount University (LMU) William H. Hannon Library; LMU Career Development Services; and the Los Angeles Public Library
  • New York (May 31) – sponsored by the Brooklyn Public Library; the Queens Library; New York Black Librarians’ Caucus, Inc.; and REFORMA: The National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking
 
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