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Here are the pictures from the Spring Colloquium 03/17/08. Thanks Manju and Santi for presenting.

Here are the pictures from Dwight McInvaill's SLIS Colloquium lecture March 20th. Thanks to Mr. McInvaill for presenting.

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN FOR THE ARLIS/NA-VRA SUMMER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR VISUAL RESOURCES AND IMAGE MANAGEMENT, OFFERED IN JULY 2008. The Art Libraries Society/North America (ARLIS/NA) and the Visual Resources Association (VRA) are pleased to announce that registration for the fifth Summer Educational Institute (SEI) for Visual Resources and Image Management is now in progress. The 2008 Summer Educational Institute will be held at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA , from July 7 through July 13, 2008. It is an intensive 5-day workshop intended to provide instruction in visual resources and image collection management. ARLIS/NA and VRA have developed a special curriculum to provide intensive training in these areas--training that is often not found in library and information science degree programs. The Summer Educational Institute will be relevant for beginning visual resources professionals as well as experienced professionals requiring new skills and knowledge. In...

CHIEF OF PUBLIC SERVICES CHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY (GA) REGIONAL LIBRARY SYSTEM Public service pioneer needed!-if your focus is innovation, customer-service, and collaborative team building, Chattahoochee Valley Regional Library System in Columbus, GA has the job for you. Chief of Public Services is a newly created position offering the opportunity to join a dedicated and enthusiastic staff, board and community to create *the leading library of our size in the nation, a customer pace-setter** Chattahoochee Valley Regional Library System is a five county library system serving Columbus, Georgia and the surrounding area (pop. 196,000). Governed by a seven-member System Board of Trustees, the Library staff (currently 116.5 FTEs) with a budget of $6.3 million operates a new Central Library, eight branch libraries and two bookmobiles serving an increasingly diverse area. Chattahoochee Valley has an ambitious three-year strategic plan with a focus on providing exceptional and consistent custom...

Hey everybody! Since Dr. Sam's celebration dinner for faculty, adjuncts, staff, readers and mentors, and GAs is this Friday, our exciting SLIS get-together has been moved back to Saturday. But what an event it is going to be! Frankie's Fun Park has plenty to offer everybody: · Miniature Golf (also known as Putt-Putt) · Go-Karts (watch Adam wreck at 10 miles per hour) · Arcade Games (also known as Quarter Munchers)Laser Tag (also known as the Most Important Thing Ever) · Skeeball (also known as that game that gives you all those tickets, but never enough to buy anything) · Food & Drinks (also known as pretzels, hot dogs, french fries, pop, no that's soda jerk) · Loose Children Without Parental Supervision Hyped Up on Sugar (also known as the Punks Who Beat You At Every Video Game Even Though You Are Twice Their Size) · Remember, it is not Friday, but Sa...

Hello, Drucilla Carter, our contact for the Haiti Library Project, will be in town Sunday. We will be in the computer lab in Davis working on a card catalog for the school in Haiti starting at 10 am. We will have instructions, so please join us. Also, there is still a donation drive continuing for the school library. Here is what has been requested: Boys Underwear (new) -- all sizes Socks (new) -- all sizes Blue Ink Pins Scarfs or Bandannas Hair Ribbons (or any hair pins, ornaments) Matchbox cars The box in 110 will be under the table to the left as you walk in the room. It has a been clearly labeled. These kids haven't had too many breaks in life. If sometime before next Sunday, it would be very much appreciated. (The drive will be continued until the end of the school year, however). When I first put this message out on the listservs last summer, a number of distance ed students asked me if they could send money. Check donations can be made to either: "St. ...

Internship Opportunity at Historic Charleston Foundation Archives and/or Library Assistant Historic Charleston Foundation is offering a paid internship to a graduate or upper-level undergraduate student interested in gaining experience in archival work or librarianship. The internship (approximately 130 hours) may be done during the summer (between May-August) or during the fall semester (2008). HCF’s mission is to preserve and protect the historical, architectural, and cultural character of Charleston and its historic environs, and to educate the public about its history and the benefits that are derived from preservation. The A rchives and Library support the mission by collecting, preserving, and making available for research its collections of property files, photographs, architectural drawings, books, and other resources, which provide historical background about Charleston and the buildings (mostly) in the downtown historic district. HCF’s institutional ...

Dear Students, If you are graduating this semester under the new core (701, 705, 707) you can be the first to put your portfolios into Blackboard and we will keep them live for two years or until you tell us you have the perfect job and we can take your files down. THIS IS NOT A REQUIREMENT for graduation in May 2008. If you are graduating in the summer or next fall and you are in the new core then you do need to make a portfolio. Please plan on attending one of the many portfolio workshops available throughout the summer and fall. In the future, if you have ANY questions please just let me know! yours, sam Dr. S. K. Hastings Director & Professor School of Library & Information Science College of Mass Communications & Information Studies University of South Carolina Columbia, SC 29208 v: 803-777-3858 f: 803-777-7938 shasting@gwm.sc.edu http://www.libsci.sc.edu/

Hi everyone, The Southeast Branch of RCPL is having a Children's Day / D a a de los Ni n os program on April 12th and needs volunteers to help out. Every year the attendance number grows, and last year there were 125 people. The program is from 2:00-5:00 and if anyone can work all or part of that time it would be a huge help. We need volunteers to help set up beforehand, work the craft tables, serve food, clean up afterwards, etc. If anyone is interested please contact Sarah Maner by email smaner@myrcpl.com or by phone (803) 929-3462. Below is the schedule for the program and attached is the flier. I hope to see lots of you there! 1:00-2:00 Set-up 2:00-3:00 Crafts and welcome 3:00-4:00 Stories, songs, puppets 4:00-5:00 Food Thanks, Zack Moore

Library Development Director Position Announcement Portland State University Overview The Library Development Director will have a dual report to the University Librarian of Portland State Library and to the Vice President for University Relations or the VP’s designee. This is an unranked, unrepresented, full-time, 12-month appointment. This position provides leadership and implementation of activities to enhance the fundraising program for Portland State University Library. The Director works closely with the University Librarian, Library staff, Portland State University Foundation, and Portland State Office of University Development to ensure that the fund-raising program and external relations are operated in accordance with the mission, procedures, priorities and needs of the Library and University. Some evening or weekend work and travel are required. Required Qualifications B.A. or B.S. required; proven record of successful major gift fund raising for at least three ...

Arthur Lakes Library Colorado School of Mines Science/Technology Intern Librarian Colorado School of Mines’ Arthur Lakes Library invites applications for the position of Science/Technology Intern Librarian. The Colorado School of Mines is a doctoral-granting institution devoted to engineering and applied science, particularly in the areas of energy, mineral, and materials science and engineering. The Arthur Lakes Library is a specialized technical library that supports the educational and research goals of the Colorado School of Mines and serves as a regional center for information in engineering and science. The Library staff consists of 11 library faculty and 11 FTE support staff. For more information about Colorado School of Mines, the Arthur Lakes Library, and the internship please see: http://www.mines.edu/library . Description The internship will provide experience in a science/engineering academic library. The experience will be tailored to the interest and/or skills of ...

Graduate Student Position * Information Specialist ELSA (Electronic Library Services and Assistance) at SC Dept. of Health and Environmental Control seeks a MLIS Graduate Student for a part time position. The position is for 20 hrs. per week at $11.25 per hour. Work days and hours are flexible around student*s schedule. Start date * May 1, preferably. Responsibilities: Check in print journals. Scan articles for distribution Retrieve articles from USC Thomas Cooper, Richland Memorial Library, School of Medicine and Lexington Hospital. Update and maintain our integrated catalog system Copy cataloging Enter data into accounting database Assist Librarian Send out electronic table of contents To Apply Fax resume and cover letter to Attn: Teri Neuman 898-3816 Or Phone: Teri Neuman at 898-2474 Or Mail: DHEC ELSA/Teri Neuman 2600 B...

Event : Storytelling Workshop with Natalie Daise Date : Friday, April 4th Time : 2:30 pm to 4 pm Location : USC Inn Please join us for a storytelling workshop with Natalie Daise. It should be very interesting.

Event : Deans' Lecture -- Brian Lamb President and Founder of C-Span Date : Thursday April 3rd form 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm Time : 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Location : USC Law Center Brian Lamb, President and Founder of C-Span and host of Booknotes, will be the guest speaker for this year's Deans' Lecture. Please join us for a fascinating lecture.

Event : Library and Information Professionals for 2020 Date : Thursday, April 3rd Time : 3:45 pm to 5:30 pm Location : Davis College Room 209 Dr. Sam Hastings, Dr. Jinmook Kim, Shawn Carraway, and Jeff Naidoo will describe and discuss the new skills and knowledge needed to meet the opportunities of a "web-raised" user population. Learn how to assess and define new technology skills and explore the role of libraries in the new web enviornments

Event : Marketing & Public Relations Lecture for LIS Professionals Date : Wed. April 2nd Time : 11 am to 12 Noon Location : Davis 216 Dr. Paul Lieber will give a lecture in Davis 216 about Marketing and Public Relations for LIS Professionals. All are welcome.

Event : Jaime Dugan, of Survivor China Date : Tuesday, April 1st Time : 2 pm to 3:15 pm Location : Capstone Building As part of the I-COMM Week festivities, Jaime Dugan, of Survivor China , will give a lecture. Please join us if you are able.

Event : Cocky Awards Date : Tuesday, April 1st Time : 8 am to 9 am Location : Class 368 of the Capstone Building As part of the I-COMM Week festivities, the Cocky Awards will be given out Tuesday, April 1st in Capstone 368. The awards are given out for best ads during the Super Bowl. Mike Boulia, responsible for the winning Diet Pepsi Max commerical during the Super Bowl, will be there.

As part of the I-COMM Week festivities, Rome Hartman of the BBC Monday, March 31st 8 am to 9 am in the McGuire Room.

Hello, The Graduate Student Association will meet in next Tuesday, March 25th at 5:30 pm in Davis College Room 112. Please join us if you can.

Please consider running for one of the following open LISSA officer positions: President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer . If you are interested in running for any of the positions, please e-mail me at patricklmclaughlin@gmail.com with a brief bio (including your name, a little bit about yourself, your area of interest at SLIS, and why you want to be President, Vice President, Secretary, or Treasurer). We will accept names until this Thursday, April 3rd. Online voting will be held from April 4th to April 11th. Thanks, -- Patrick McLaughlin patricklmclaughlin@gmail.com

In order to update all graduate students on the current state of the health insurance subsidy provided by the university to graduate assistants, the GSA has created the following page: http://www.gradschool.sc.edu/gsa/HealthIns.html Please take the time to visit the page and review the documents posted there. The GSA remains committed to 100% subsidized health insurance and better quality coverage. We hope to work with the university's administration to achieve both these goals in the near future. We would also like to remind you of the call for nominations for GSA officers. Please visit our website to review the duties of the officers and complete a nomination form, http://www.gradschool.sc.edu/gsa/ Alison Mc Letchie Graduate Assistant, The Graduate School & Treasurer, Graduate Student Association James F. Byrnes Building 901 Sumter Street Columbia SC 29208 Telephone: (803)777-2477 Fax: (803)777-2972 E-mail: gradstso@gwm.sc.edu Website: http://www.gradschool.sc.edu/gsa/

Carolina Day at the Statehouse 2008 Date: 3/26/2008 Description: Don't miss out on this opportunity to become an effective advocate for USC and meet your legislators at the Statehouse. Over 300 advocates joined us in 2007 for this annual event! We hope you'll join us this year! Who: Alumni, students, faculty, staff, and friends of the University. Where: Capital City Club and South Carolina State House Tentative Schedule: 9:00 a.m. Check-in at the Capital City Club 9:30 a.m. Advocate briefing 10:00 a.m. Visit elected officials at the Statehouse 12:00 p.m. Lunch at the Capital City Club with Remarks from President Sorensen and a panel of our South Carolina Legislators Cost: There is no cost to attend, but pre-registration is encouraged. Attire: Please wear garnet and black to show your support for Carolina. Tennis shoes and denim are not permitted by the Capital City Club. Registration: P...

Hello all, hope you've had a nice break. On march 28 we need volunteers at St John Preschool to organize its library. Start time is 11am and we need 3-5 helpers. The Preschool Library is small and should not take more than 4 hours to arrange and organize. The goal is to implement a basic circulation system so preschoolers can take books home and read with their families. Anyone with suggestions regarding a simple, inexpensive circulation system please contact me. Hope to see you there. Marshall Green marshallmgreen@yahoo.com ph 447.0897 St John Baptist Church : Preschool 3404 West Beltline Blvd Columbia , SC 29203

Event : SLIS Colloquium -- Dwight McInvaill Date : Thursday, March 20th Location : Davis College Rm 216 Webcast URL : http://breeze.sc.edu/mcinvaillcolloquium/ Dwight McInvaill will discuss his library's national award-winning teen videogame program. Please join us. Free pizza.

The I-COMM Week 2008 planning committee has set up a blog - we are looking for your participation. Tell us YOUR STORY - what are you doing, where are you doing it? Take a look at the calendar and save your dates now. http://www.cmcis-icommweek2008.blogspot.com/ We're Telling Our Story....!!! Pat Dr. Pat Feehan Associate Professor

Ellen Tise, President-Elect of IFLA, was visiting Washington, DC last month and gave a talk entitled "Change, Connect, Converge" at Catholic University. The video is available online from Catholic University of America: http://digitalmedia.cua.edu//calendar/event_dsp.cfm?event=3997

Hi Folks, I am very pleased to let you know that Manju Tanwar has won the 2008 MLA Scholarship for Minority Students -- http://www.mlanet.org/awards/awards_2008.html?spfocus_20080228#3 Manju, congratulations! Feili Tu, Ph.D.

Please consider running for one of the following open LISSA officer positions: President , Vice President , Secretary , and Treasurer . If you are interested in running for any of the positions, please e-mail me at patricklmclaughlin@gmail.com with a brief bio (including your name, a little bit about yourself, your area of interest at SLIS, and why you want to be President, Vice President, Secretary, or Treasurer). We will accept names until this Thursday, March 20th. Online voting will be held from March 21st to March 28th. Thanks, -- Patrick McLaughlin patricklmclaughlin@gmail.com

For your information ... General information for the Spring 2008 USC Columbia Baccalaureate, Master's and Professional Commencement Exercises is available at the University Registrar's website http://registrar.sc.edu . Schedule of Spring 2008 Commencement Exercises at USC Columbia: SPRING 2008 School of Law Friday, May 9, 2008 at 9:30 a.m. The Horseshoe ******* School of Medicine Friday, May 9, 2008 at 12:30 p.m. Koger Center for the Arts ******* Baccalaureate, Master's and Professional degrees: Friday Afternoon Ceremony Friday, May 9, 2008 at 3:00 p.m. Colonial Center The Darla Moore School of Business College of Mass Communications and Information Studies College of Nursing College of Pharmacy The Norman J. Arnold School of Public Health ******* Baccalaureate, Master's and Professional degrees: Saturday Morning Ceremony Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 9:30 a.m. Colonial Center College of Arts and S...

Here's is the latest edition of SLISten Up! Enjoy. Cheers, Grant David Keyes SLISten_UP_Newsletter_March_2008.pdf

storytellinginvitation.pdf The College of Mass Communications and Information Studies Invites you to I-COMM Week 2008’s Celebration of Stories ~ Friday April 4 – 6:00 – 8:30 p.m. School of Public Health – Room 114 Free seats and food FEATURING Natalie Daise Storyteller A lifelong storyteller, Natalie Daise is well known to television audiences via Nick Jr. and Noggin TV's Gullah Gullah Island, hosted by her and her husband, Ron. Their accomplishments include having been nominated for a 1997 and 1998 IMAGE Award, a Daytime Emmy nomination and several Parent's Choice awards. Prior to television, Natalie and Ron Daise toured their theatrical show presenting historical "edutainment" that documented the rich history of the Gullah heritage. She has been awarded South Carolina's highest honor, Order of the Palmetto and received South Carolina's Jean Lacy Harris Folk Heritage And Alumni Storytellers Telling Their Stories BRIAN MCCRÉIGHT A YARN-SPINNER WITH NO STRINGS ...

ICOMM.pdf “Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.” Jane Howard, "Families" Find out how you can get your dream job by talking with our family of experts. The College of Mass Communications and Information Studies Alumni Society will have its first virtual face-to-face alumni networking program in USC's Davis College Virtual Library in Second Life on Tuesday, April 1, from 6 to 7 p.m. EST. Our notable alumni include: Beth Bernhardt, ILL Librarian, University of North Carolina-Greensboro Stacia Clifton, Head Librarian, United States Peace Corps Sherre Harrington, Head Librarian, Amherst College Robert McDonald, Director of Strategic Data Alliances, San Diego Computer Center Angela Megaw, Assistant Director of Libraries and Associate Professor, Gainesville State College Jenna Ryan, Science Librarian, Louisiana State University Xuemao (Shimo) Wang, Head of Systems, Johns Hopkins University If ...

We are glad to announce that the recording of Dr. Roger Millsap's February 29 webcast on Measurement Invariance and Applied Research is now available at the CARMA Video Library, along with the PowerPoint presentation. At the end of this message you can find information on how you can view this recording, and as you should know there is no charge for you to watch this lecture (whenever you want, and as many times as you wish), since your university is a member of the 2007-2008 CARMA Consortium Webcast Program. You may also know that CARMA has undertaken an initiative aimed at increasing awareness of this Program for research methods education among faculty and students at Consortium Member schools. While we can communicate directly with those who have registered as Website users, there are many faculty and students from member schools that have not registered, and we are trying to reach out to them so that they can be aware of the membership benefits for w...

Hello, The next LISSA meeting will be Tuesday, March 18th at 3:00 pm in the Russell House Starbucks. Hope to see you there, Travis

Summer 2008 Intern - Tape Library (DC) Turner Broadcasting/CNN News Library 820 First Street, NE Washington, D.C. 20002 Please Note : Internships are UNPAID and structured to last approximately 12 weeks during the summer months. Resume and cover letter are required for application. Please include days/hours of availability in your cover letter and a college reference contact at the end of your resume. Students should have a strong academic record and good character. In addition, students may not have graduated from graduate school prior to the start of the internship ( i.e. students must still be enrolled in school during the time of the internship). Note to International Students: All international students will be required to provide documentation of proper visa paperwork prior to arrival if accepted to the program. Only student visas J1 or F1 visas will be accepted. Qualifications : In order to facilitate the learning experience, the following qualifi...

Attention School Library Media Students: (1) Deadlines for Applications for Candidates Applying for Initial Certification Candidates applying for initial certification must submit applications for certification to the Office of Student Affairs in the College of Education no later than December 1 of the preceding year for a fall internship placement and no later than April 15 of the preceding year for a spring internship. For example: December 1, 2008 is the deadline for a fall 2009 internship and April 15, 2008 is the deadline for a fall 2009 internship. Applications for initial certification include fingerprinting and background checks. Enclose a $75.00 check or money order payable to the SC Department of Education with your application for initial certification. An additional $98.00 fee will be billed to your university account the semester of your internship. For more information, contact: Catherine Stewart Luthren Offi...

Hello Everyone! When you get a moment today, checkout Criticas online: http://www.criticasmagazine.com/ . Our Latino Children's Lit conference is on the front page under the Multicultural Link Blog! You'll also notice an interview with Yuyi Morales on Criticas. She'll be presenting at our conference! Hope to see many of YOU there! Regards, Jamie Naidoo

Greetings to Students Interested in Internships in School Library Media, Applications should be filled out and sent to the SLIS Student Services Office. This office will process the applications, including securing signatures of faculty members. Be sure to sign and date the contract and fill out as much as you can. The student services office will fill out the rest. Send in both the contract and the Request for Internship Form. After the internship applications are processed, they will be sent to Elizabeth Miller who will call applicants during April and May about fall 2008 placements. Things to remember: 1.) If you are seeking initial certification and you are not currently certified as a classroom teacher in South Carolina, you should have filled out an application for certification and submitted it to the College of Education, USC with your fingerprints for an FBI background check. Only currently certified teachers and students who have successfully cleared t...

As a capstone experience to the MLIS, students who entered the program in the fall 2007 semester, are required to produce a satisfactory portfolio project. The purpose of the portfolio is to document the accomplishments and learning achievements of the student during their program of study. SLIS Policy # A5.85 states the following: In partial fulfillment of the requirements for graduation, each student will submit an electronic portfolio documenting learning and professional growth during the MLIS program. The portfolio, to be submitted in the semester prior to the student’s anticipated completion of the program, will include a reflective essay and work samples (including, but not limited to, research papers, projects, and posters; professional briefs; and recorded presentations) which demonstrate evidence of student understanding of the following five areas: 1. Information and its organization; 2. Provision of information services; 3. Organizatio...

Internship opportunity at the South Carolina State Library ( http://www.statelibrary.sc.gov ) in Columbia : Looking for an internship for the Summer or Fall? The State Library might have just what you're looking for! I'm posting intern objectives specifically for our SchoolRooms project ( http://www.statelibrary.sc.gov/schoolrooms ). For this internship, we are looking for someone interested in the areas of training, marketing, content development and software implementations. This internship offers all this as well as the experience of working with public libraries, schools and other key partners from around the state as we launch a new statewide service for the K-12 community. Suzanne Shurtz is our current SchoolRooms intern. If you'd like to inquire about her experience with this project, please contact her at mailto:sshurtz.intern@statelibrary.sc.gov . The State Library may also be able to offer internships in other areas such as Information Technology, DISCUS and ...

LISSA is looking for SLIS students to run for office in the Spring 2008 LISSA election that will be held this month. Not only is being an officer in LISSA a great way to get more involved in leadership roles at SLIS, but it looks great on a resume. Please consider running for one of the following open positions: President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer (see attachment for the roles and responsibilities of each position). If you are interested in running for any of the positions, please e-mail me at patricklmclaughlin@gmail.com with a brief bio (including your name, a little bit about yourself, your area of interest at SLIS, and why you want to be President, Vice President, Secretary, or Treasurer). We will accept names until Thursday, March 13th. Online voting will be held from March 14th to March 21st. Thanks, -- Patrick McLaughlin patricklmclaughlin@gmail.com LISSA Officer Duties (Quotations are from the Constitution) President “The President shall preside at a...