Join us Apr 3 & 4 for two special public lectures with Parmit Chilana (University of Washington) & Sandra Toze (Dalhousie).
April 3: Re-envisioning Software Help and the Post-Deployment User Experience (bit.ly/Ycv93J)
April 4: Collaborating Effectively: Applying an Information Lens to Group Work (bit.ly/15PizqG)
Deadline Extension – Posters submissions are still being accepted for the 2013 APLA Conference happening at the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) in Charlottetown, PEI, May 14-17th, 2013.
New deadline for poster submission is April 12, 2013.
The theme for APLA 2013 is Go Organic! Locally Sourced Libraries. The theme underlines the idea of the library as a “natural” part of a healthy community. Focusing on the vital services and space offered while highlighting homegrown library initiatives.
Posters are invited along the same themes as those of the contributed papers, although submissions along other themes also are welcome.
Poster presenters will be allotted table space during the Poster Presentation Session. There is WiFi in the presentation area. If you are planning an electronic poster presentation, you must bring your own laptop computer as well as a standalone version of your presentation.
You will be required to staff your print or electronic poster during a portion of the conference. The Poster Sessions are scheduled for Thursday, May 16th at 11:30 pm-1:30pm.
To submit a poster for consideration, please send an email to Sara Kneževic, SIM AA Program Convener 2012/2013 (knezevic@dal.ca) by April 12, 2013 with the following information:
Name of the project
A brief structured abstract (no more than 250 words)
Name(s) and contact information of the presenter(s) including address, email, and work phone number
Please note that conference registration fees will be waived for student presenters of posters who need the financial assistance. All those submitting abstracts for posters will be contacted by April 26, 2013. Applicants will be notified of the results.
Dalhousie students can send their poster proposals via email to Sara Knežević at knezevic@dal.ca.
Honouring Our Own
Each fall the Associated Alumni of Dalhousie University’s School of Information Management present the Outstanding Alumni Award (OAA) to honour a member who “has made an outstanding contribution to Library and/or Information Management.” In selecting the winner of this award, the Associated Alumni seek to honour remarkable records of professional responsibility, scholarship and publishing, innovation and leadership, service to our professional community and to the community-at-large. All of this, along with a demonstrated healthy dose of enthusiasm, commitment and dedication to our field that are characteristic of SIM alumni!
Honouring our own requires your participation. Do you know of an alumnus that you feel should be honoured? We’re sure you do. Please consider taking the time to review the brief guidelines linked off the OAA page below and put together an application to draw our attention to a great colleague. The more of you who do this the better; in short, we are asking you to make our task a tough one!
http://sim.management.dal.ca/People%20and%20Groups/Associated%20Alumni/Outstanding_Alumni_A.php
Submissions and deadline:
Nominations will be received by email only, dated no later than May 31, 2013.
Receipt of submissions will be acknowledged by email.
Nominations of persons previously nominated but not chosen may be resubmitted.
Please send all nomination materials to:
Monique Woroniak
Chair, Associated Alumni Outstanding Alumni Award Committee
mworoniak@winnipeg.ca
We look forward to hearing from you!
The Nova Scotia Federal Council (NSFC) is pleased to partner with Dalhousie University’s Faculty of Management to host a 90 minute presentation “The Information to Policy Challenge”.
The session will draw on the work of the Environmental Information: Use and Influence (EIUI) research initiative, where questions about the use and influence of marine environmental research information produced by governmental and non-governmental organizations are examined. The Presenter will highlight the “information to policy challenge” in fully utilizing the information in policy and decision-making processes.
Please join Dr. Bertrum MacDonald on:
Date: Friday 8 March
Time: 10:30am to 12pm
Location: Horizon’s Room, Learning Centre +, Maritime Centre, 17th floor, 1505 Barrington Street, Halifax
Cost: Free admission
To register, please go to the following link:
http://www.nsfc-cfne.gc.ca/EventsandInitiatives/EventsCalendar/tabid/1887/vw/3/ItemID/2954/d/20130308/language/en-US/Default.aspx
Join us March 6 to hear Vivian Howard (SIM) present her lecture on Connecting Authors and Readers. http://bit.ly/WcXHv8
March 6 at 1:30pm (Rowe 5053)
The APLA Programming Committee invites Dalhousie students to submit their poster proposals to be considered for presentation at APLA 2013. The theme for APLA 2013 is Go Organic! Locally Sourced Libraries. The theme underlines the idea of the library as a “natural” part of a healthy community. Focusing on the vital services and space offered while highlighting homegrown library initiatives.
Posters are invited along the same themes as those of the contributed papers, although submissions along other themes also are welcome.
Poster presenters will be allotted table space during the Poster Presentation Session. There is WiFi in the presentation area. If you are planning an electronic poster presentation, you must bring your own laptop computer as well as a standalone version of your presentation.
You will be required to staff your print or electronic poster during a portion of the conference. The Poster Sessions are scheduled for Thursday, May 16th at 11:30 pm-1:30pm.
To submit a poster for consideration, please send an email by March 24, 2013 with the following information:
Please note that conference registration fees will be waived for student presenters of posters who need the financial assistance. All those submitting abstracts for posters will be contacted by March 29th, 2013. Applicants will be notified of the results.
Dalhousie students can send their poster proposals via to Sara Kneževi? at knezevic@dal.ca.
Join us Feb 14 to hear Patrick Ellis (Kellogg Health Sciences Library, Dalhousie) present his lecture on Health Knowledge Delivery. http://bit.ly/VPmeWl
Thursday, February 14 at 1:30pm (Rowe 3089)
Interested in learning more about the perfect degree?Join us for our MLIS Open House on Wednesday, February 13 from 5 to 6:30pm (Atlantic Standard Time)
Meet with current students in the MLIS and combined degree programs, as well as SIM alumni who are now professionals in the Information Management field. SIM’s instructors will also be on hand to answer your questions.
Additional details available online (http://bit.ly/VbKXEf)
Please RSVP February 11: bit.ly/simopenhousersvp
Laura Thorne is a recipient of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) 2013 Scholarship; she was one of ten chosen out of the fifty applicants. Each recipient will receive complimentary registration and a stipend to attend the ACRL 2013 conference. Laura will be traveling to Indianapolis in April for this event.
Congratulations, Laura!
If you missed Dr. Proot’s presentation on Flemish Early Modern Typography you can now listen online.