| February
3
noon-1:00 p.m.
GSLIS
Room 126 |
Community
Informatics Research Speaker Series
The
goal of the series is to bring together researchers
from across campus who are doing exciting and important
work in community informatics, which is often defined
as the study and practice of using information and communication
technologies to help communities meet their goals. More
information about each week's speaker can be found on
the CI
Research Presentations page. |
| February
11
3:00-4:00 p.m.
GSLIS
Room 109 |
"Museum
Informatics" Talk
Paul
Marty, a former GSLIS grad, Professor at Florida State
University and former Director of the Spurlock Museum,
will be talking about museum informatics, digital collections
and digital communities. All are invited!
For
more information on Paul, see his website at: http://mailer.fsu.edu/~pmarty/ |
| February
18
5:15 p.m.
GSLIS
Room 131 |
ALA
General Meeting
The
next ALA general meeting will be on February 18, with
committee reports and more information on ALA events
happening during the LEEP weekend. There will also be
a presentation by Al Kagan (African Studies Librarian)
on the Social Responsibilites Round Table. Pizza and
pop will be provided. |
| February
20
Pre-Sale
(Admission by ticket only)
February 21-23
Book Sale
The
Center for Children's Books
GSLIS Room 24
|
Center
for Children's Books
Fourth Annual Book Sale
THOUSANDS
OF BRAND NEW CHILDREN'S BOOKS board books, picture books,
easy and transitional readers, chapter books, series
fiction, young adult novels, activity books and kits,
nonfiction series, mass-market paperbacks, and more!
See
website,
call 244-9331 or e-mail ccb@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu
for additional information. |
| February
25
4:00 p.m.
GSLIS
Room 126
The
lecture will be followed
by a reception in the East Lobby.
|
2005
Phineas L. Windsor Lecture
What
Children Can Teach Us: Lessons Learned from the Trenches
of Digital Libraries
Dr.
Allison Druin, University of Maryland College of Information
Studies and Institute for Advanced Computer Studies
Abstract:
Developing new technologies appropriate for children
can be challenging, since young people can have difficulty
reading, typing, and spelling without mistakes, and
are continually changing in their interests and abilities.
Since 1999, our team at the University of Maryland has
attempted to meet these challenges by developing digital
libraries that support young people in querying, browsing,
and reading scanned materials. With the support of an
NSF ITR, an IMLS leadership grant, and Microsoft Research,
we have developed and are evaluating the impact of The
International Children's Digital Library (www.icdlbooks.org).
Interdisciplinary researchers from computer science,
information studies, education, art, and psychology
have been working together with children to design and
evaluate this new library. Currently the collection
includes materials in 30 languages donated by authors,
publishers, and national libraries from around the world.
This presentation will offer a live demonstration of
the current prototype and will highlight the design
challenges in creating digital libraries for children.
In particular, the needs of children as information
searchers, users, and learners will be discussed.
The
Phineas L. Windsor Lectureship honors the career of
Dr. Windsor who was Director of the University of Illinois
Library and the Library School from 1909 to 1940. The
initial lecture was given in 1949 by John T. Winterich
titled Three Lantern Slides: Books, The Book Trade,
and Some Related Phenomena in America, 1876, 1901 and
1926. Gifts from alumni and friends built the fund when
Dr. Windsor retired. In 2004 Marian ('50 BA Science
and Letters) and Arnold ('50 BS Architectural Studies)
Thompson made a gift to this Fund. Marian is a Windsor
granddaughter. |
| February
26-27
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
GSLIS
Room 52
brown
bag, feel free
to bring your lunch |
"Introduction
to TEI" Workshop
Experts
from Brown University will be teaching the course, during
which participants will learn how to create their own
XML documents in the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI)
encoding scheme. Registration is $20. Email saschmid@uiuc.edu
to reserve your spot. See the BB
posting for more information.
Sponsored
by: GSLIS, The University Library, ASIS&T and EPRG |
| February
28
1:00-2:00 p.m.
GSLIS
Room 126
brown
bag, feel free
to bring your lunch |
"Conference
Attendance 101"
Don't
let your registration money go to waste! Come learn
from LIS professionals on how to make the most of your
Conference experience!
A
panel of LIS professionals will cover topics such as:
- How
to approach vendors
- How
to choose your sessions
- Conducting
a job search
Any
students that have attended conferences (such as mid-
winter!) are encouraged to attend and share their experiences,
as well!
We
look forward to seeing you there! Contact Katie at kkopchok
@ uiuc.edu with any questions.
Provided
by the ALA Student Chapter Professional
Development Committee. |
The
Graduate School of Library and Information Science
