Really interesting partnership between Bridgeman Art Library & the London College of Communication, University of the Arts London. Made me wonder if the upcoming VRA + ARLIS/NA conference session, “Paving the Way for an Uncertain Future,” will discuss partnerships.
Really interesting partnership between Bridgeman Art Library & the London College of Communication, University of the Arts London. Made me wonder if the upcoming VRA + ARLIS/NA conference session, “Paving the Way for an Uncertain Future,” will discuss partnerships.
Do you know someone in an LIS program or entering an LIS program? Tell them about the GLA Scholarships!
The Georgia Library Association awards two (2) scholarships yearly to provide financial assistance toward completing a Master’s in Library/Information Science.
The Hubbard Scholarship ($3,000) was established over 30 years ago to recruit excellent librarians for Georgia.
The Beard Scholarship ($1,000) intended for those who show strong potential to inspire and motivate their peers in the profession.
Scholarships are open to students accepted to master’s degree programs at ALA accredited schools (whether currently enrolled or beginning studies in Fall 2010). Recipients agree to work for one year in a Georgia library following graduation. For full requirements and application info please visit http://gla.georgialibraries.org/scholarship.htm
Online Visual Information Class at University of Rhode Island – Summer 2009
If you are interested in meeting challenges in our profession, explore beyond the textual information world, and take a course at the pace of your time and space anytime and anywhere, have you thought about taking LSC544 Visual
Information Science this summer? It will be a complete WebCT course in 10 weeks this summer starting from May 19 to July 21st hosted by University of Rhode Island.
Course Title: LSC544 Visual Information Science
Dates and Time: Thursday, 6:30 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. from May 19- July 21. The time is set as a deadline for posting assignments purposes. I will post all answers or necessary class materials by the specified class time. You do not need to be at your computers during the designated class-time. You can be anywhere and anytime to take this course as long as you have access to the Internet.
Format: WebCT (No face to face meetings. No chat-room discussions).
Instructor: Professor Yan Ma
What Does LSC544 Cover?
With the proliferation of visual information in our daily lives, the need to incorporate the studies of visual information and visual literacy into the curriculum is one of the most pressing tasks. Our efforts in the past have been focused on textual information. How about visual information at this visual information age? That is the challenge to all of us and our profession. LSC544 will provide you with an exciting opportunity to examine visual information science issues.
LSC544 Visual Information Science will cover the following topics:
1. Study the nature of information in textual and visual forms.
2. Study the interdisciplinary nature of visual information science.
3. Study information and visual information and communications theories.
4. Understand and analyze needs and uses for both textual and visual information. User information seeking behavior for both textual and visual information.
5. Discuss information policy, intellectual property, and copyright for both textual and visual information.
6. Understand the theory and practice of information storage and retrieval systems for both textual and visual information.
7. Understand and study issues relating to user interface design.
8. Explore information technology for visual information science
9. Study research methods for textual and visual information.
10. Become familiar with important journals, books, and authors.
Summer Registration http://www.uri.edu/summer
If you are interested in taking this course, please email Dr. Ma for the course syllabus. Email: yanma@uri.edu
It was great to meet so many of you at the ArLiSNAP meeting during the ARLIS annual conference in Denver. One of the topics floated at the meeting was ways in which to get more bodies involved in ArLiSNAP via additional volunteer positions. The general consensus was that more people might be willing to be involved if there were a greater range of volunteer positions, both in scale and duties.
To this end, we’d like to announce the first of these volunteer opportunities- a Project Leader for Student Outreach Initiatives
What we are hoping for with this position is someone interested in taking on the task of researching possibilities for ArLiSNAP to engage more with students. To get us started along this path, we first need to have some idea about where needs exist that ArLiSNAP could fill. This would involve the project leader looking into topics such as what ARLIS’s commitments and current activities are in regard to students, how individual chapters connect with local student populations, etc. The Project Leader for Student Outreach Initiatives could then compile and disseminate this info either through blog posts or a written summary, in the spirit of eliciting discussion as to how ArLISNAP could expand in this direction.
Anyone with even mild curiosity or interest about this position is welcome to leave a comment. If you think you might be interested in this position but would like to work on it with others, we’d be into that too. Or if you think another topic would benefit from similar inquiry, feel free to suggest it.
The Univ. of Arizona School of Information Resources and Library Science now offers a certificate program available in Digital Information Management, and it is entirely online. The program is open, not only to working professionals, but to anyone with a bachelor’s degree. Scholarships are available–in fact, the entire first cohort is attending on scholarship. If you are interested, or know anyone who is, check out the program here: http://sirls.arizona.edu/program/digIn
If you have further questions, please contact Dr. Peter Boticelli at pkb@email.arizona.edu or call SIRLS at 520-621-3565.
Realize your dreams by getting advice and guidance from a panel of current students and recent alumni, and a second panel of admission representatives from Dominican University, University of Illinois, and the University Center of Lake County. Their presentations will help you:
• Understand the value of the MLIS degree
• Prepare for admission
• Determine your learning style (online or face to face)
• Balance your work, life, and educational needs
• Become a degreed professional
Library Information Science (LIS) Graduate Study Opportunity
LIS Access Midwest Program (http://www.lisaccess.org) is now seeking applications from promising undergraduate students in their junior or senior year who are interested in pursing graduate studies in library and information science. Students who participate in the program benefit from support provided by a regional network of LIS professionals, training, internship opportunities, and financial support of approximately $20,000.Students from statistically and historically underrepresented populations are encouraged to apply.
Applications and application guidelines are available online at: http://www.lisaccess.org/scholars.html.
For questions call Amani at 217/265-6416 or email admin@lis.uiuc.edu. Deadline for applying is February 29, 2008.
Contact: Bruce Fulton, Communications and Outreach Librarian bfulton at email.arizona.edu 520-621-3565
Digital Information Management Certificate Program Application Deadline Extended
The University of Arizona School of Information Resources and Library Science is pleased to announce that openings are available in the school’s graduate certificate program in Digital Information Management. The program is scheduled to begin a new series of courses starting this summer. Prospects have until April 1, 2008 to apply for one of the openings, and international students are welcomed.
DigIn, as the program is known, provides hands-on experience and focused instruction supporting careers in libraries and archives, cultural heritage institutions and digital collections, information repositories in government and the private sector and similar institutions. The certificate is comprised of six courses covering diverse topics including digital collections, applied technology, technology planning and leadership, policy and ethics, digital preservation and curation, and other subjects relevant to today’s digital information environments.
For people just starting in the field or considering career changes, the DigIn certificate program offers an alternative path to graduate studies that helps prepare students for success in traditional graduate programs or the workplace. The certificate also provides a means for working professionals and those who already have advanced graduate degrees in the library and information sciences to broaden their knowledge and skills in today’s rapidly evolving digital information landscape.
The program is delivered in a 100% virtual environment and has no residency requirements. Students may choose to complete the certificate in fifteen or twenty-seven months.
The certificate program has been developed in cooperation with the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records and the University of Arizona Office of Continuing Education and Academic Outreach. Major funding for program development comes from the federal government’s Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
Additional details on the program including course descriptions, admissions requirements and application forms may be found on the program website at http://sir.arizona.edu/digin. Or, contact the UA School of Information Resources and Library Science by phone at 520-621-3565 or email at sirls at email.arizona.edu.
At Pratt-SILS our dual-degree program with Pratt’s History of Art Department is designed to meet 21st century challenges of art librarianship in the digital age and to prepare our students to be active participants in designing the art information landscape
landscape of the future.
With our new cultural informatics lab coming online this summer, students will have hands-on experience using digital tools for resource and object description and access, usability testing and for creating digital archives and image databases.
Congratulations to the recipients of this grant! We would love to hear more about the program.
Wayne State Library System Receives Institute of Museum and Library Services Grant to Recruit 21st Century Librarians
The Wayne State University Library and Information Science announced the recipients of the “Recruiting and Educating the 21st Century Fine and Performing Arts Librarian.” The recipients are:
Asako Chihaya, Ferndale, Mich.
Justine Rebeca Flores, Detroit, Mich.
Paul Steven Gallagher, Wyandotte, Mich.
Amisha Sanise Harijan, Detroit, Mich.
Sheila M. Palmer, Detroit, Mich.
Bridghette Michelle Parker, Southfield, Mich.
Sara Mary Quimby, Phoenix, Ariz.
Kallene D. Rutherford, Detroit, Mich.
Gladys Santiago, Brandon, Fla.
Molly Jean Schoen, East Lansing, Mich.
Serena Jennifer Vaquilar, Northridge, Calif.
Joseph E. Weber, Belleville, Mich.
Alternates:
Nicolet V. Elert, Detroit, Mich.
Kristine Anne Kuhl, Saline, Mich.
Kathryn Elizabeth Reineke, Flushing, Mich.
Ben Richardson, Anoka, Minn.
The grants are designed to help offset a current shortage of school library media specialists, library school faculty and librarians working in underserved communities, as well as a looming shortage of library directors and other senior librarians, many of whom are expected to retire in the next 20 years. “I’m very impressed with the 49 individuals who applied for the Fine Arts Librarian program, and feel they will receive an excellent education and experience during their two years with us. It is unfortunate that we only have space for 12,” said Joseph J. Mika, director of the Wayne State Library and Information Science Program.
Partners in the Detroit collaborative will include the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the Michigan Opera Theater. Students will be placed in mentoring relationships with senior librarians. In addition to earning master’s degrees in library and information science from Wayne State University, the recruits will receive practical training from mentors in building and organizing a new library; managing an orchestra library; providing services in a well-established library; and providing services to faculty in an academic environment.
Jennifer Moldwin Gustafson, former Head of the Detroit Institute of Arts Research Library & Archives (1993-2005) is program coordinator for this project. “It is exciting that these important cultural institutions of Detroit are working together to organize and preserve their rich history for future generations,” she said.
The Wayne State University Library System consists of the universities’ five libraries: The David Adamany Undergraduate Library, the Purdy/Kresge Library, the Shiffman Medical Library, the Arthur Neef Law Library and the Science and Engineering Library, the Library and Information Science Program and UGE 1000 general education course.
Wayne State University is a premier institution offering more than 350 academic programs through 12 schools and colleges to more than 33,000 students in metropolitan Detroit.
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 11:12:36 -0700 (MST)
Subject: Knowledge River Fall 2007 Recruitment
From: "Knowledge River" <kriver@mail.sbs.arizona.edu>
To: mgutierrez@mail.utexas.edu
I*m writing to ask you to help once again with recruiting students for our 6th Knowledge River class. The
deadline is April 1,2007, but I can consider partially completed applications if some of it is in on time. If you
know a Latino or Native American who is interested in getting a library degree, Knowledge River, here,
at the U of AZ, offers excellent financial aid, academic and social support. Have them call me directly if they
have questions at 520 784 0487. Unlike most programs, we have many courses taught by Latinos and
Native Americans, and we have been able to graduate our students on time.
Please think about who you might know and refer them to our website at
Thanks in advance for your support. We want to continue giving opportunities in
librarianship to Latinos and Native Americans who are so needed in our communities.
Take care and let me know if you have questions.
Recruiting and Educating the 21st Century Fine and Performing Arts Librarian
The Wayne State University Libraries and the Library and Information Science program have establish a Detroit-based collaborative with local cultural institutions to provide a broad approach to educating new librarians about fine and performing arts librarianship. This program is designed to prepare students for professional library and information specialist positions in fine and performing arts and related libraries and information centers.
Partners include the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Michigan Opera Theatre, the Wayne State University Libraries and the Wayne State University Library and Information Science Program.
Stipends will be used to attract twelve individuals to the field of fine and performing arts librarianship and place them in mentor relationships with senior librarians. Individuals from underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.
Are there any ambitious ARLIS/NA members who would be interested in working to update this publication? The most recent addendum to the document was made in 1999, and we know that classes and specializations change with the addition or departure of faculty members. An updated version of this tool would provide wonderful guidance to our student colleagues.
ArLiSNAP readers seem like a natural choice for this project – if multiple people are interested they could always form a committee to draft a proposal for the publications committee. In the past it looks like this document was a joint effort between two or three people, so it might be best to have a committee chair for strategy as well as at least one other member to help implement the survey.
Pratt-SILS is proud to announce its summer program in Florence, now in its 4th year,
and a new 2-week summer 07 program and conference in partnership with
University College London, School of Library, Archives
and Information Studies focusing on E-Publishing and publications.
Please visit the program Web-sites for detailed information and application.
Programs are open to graduate students in LIS or related field, and professional librarians.
The Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science
is pleased to announce that applications for the second year of the
new, innovative Ph.D. focused on Managerial Leadership in the
Information Professions are now being accepted. Applications and
more information can be found at the program website.
The deadline for submitting application is February 1, 2007.
Candidates will be informed of decisions by April 1, 2007.
Exceptional candidates will be selected for interviews with the
Committee on Doctoral Studies and members of the Board of Advisors.
Most interviews will be conducted in late February or early March,
preferably at Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts.
The new cohort will begin courses with a nine-day intensive
instruction period held at Simmons College from May 25 – June 1,
2007.
I’ve been reflecting lately on how I chose to enroll in my current LIS program. Making this decision was a really big challenge for me, but there were a few resources that made it easier. For one, the ARLIS/NA document Library Schools in Canada and the United States was a good starting point. For more current information on the LIS programs listed in document I’ve recently discovered Peterson’s search guide to be very useful.
Beyond print and online searches I did a lot of informational interviewing – I think that the professionals who shared their time and perspective with me were the most helpful resource of all.
What are other useful resources that prospective students should investigate before making their decisions?
ArLiSNAP's mission is to provide an open forum for sharing ideas, scholarships, and opportunities pertinent to art librarianship. By doing so, participants will capitalize on the shared experiences and knowledge of the art library community. Furthermore, this group will provide a safe haven for art library students and new professionals by fostering exploration in a supportive atmosphere. For more information, please click on the "About" tab above!
Co-Coordinator 2011-2013
