All MLIS students are encouraged to attend the 2010 Student Research Symposium, to be held on February 5, 2010. The Symposium will start with an opening speaker and a light lunch at 12:00 in Room 1020 of the Rowe Building. Paper presentations (three concurrent sessions) will begin at 1:00 p.m. Presentations continue until 4:15, followed by a wine and cheese reception in 2nd Floor Lounge.

Two of the papers being presented were written by SIM students.  Second year MLIS student Angela Manyangara’s paper is titled, “Multitasking Information Behavior in Today’s Knowledge Economy”; this is the second year Angela’s work has been presented at the symposium. First year MLIS student Folushade Oduntan has contributed a paper titled, “Beyond Technology: Information Management and Efficiency in Banking”.  Please see the SIM news release for details.

For more information please visit the SIM website.

Date: 28 January 2010
Time: 11:45-12:45
Location: SIM Common Room (4034)

Amanda Stevens is a self-employed SIM graduate who does research and technology projects for non-profit, library, and archives organizations.  At the Brown Bag Lunch she will explain how she created a customised catalogue and circulation system for an alternative special library using the open source content management system Drupal.  Amanda will discuss open source software for libraries, designing user-centred systems, and working with non-profit organizations.

Bring your questions, bring your lunch, and we’ll see you there!