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Welcome to the Ph.D. News Website. This Website contains items of interest to iSchool Ph.D. students at University of Texas at Austin. The home page "Announcements," "Activities for this Week," and "Future Events" are normally updated each Sunday. Additions and changes to the current week as well as special announcements are noted in red (or other appropriate color) . Significant future calendar events are posted as they are received and time permits. Suggested additions, corrections, and other comments are always appreciated. Email me or grab me in room SZB 463 or in the hall.
Announcements Congratulations
to Jason Turner
Activities for this Week Monday-Thursday, Jan 16-19, Omni, San Antonio, 2006 ALISE Conference, From Research to Practice: The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in LIS Education. The annual conference of Library and Information Science Educators is near by this year--we should all be participating in this event. See related items on Oct 1 and Oct 31. Tuesday, January 17, First day of spring semester classes. Added Event. Friday, January 20, 5-7 PM, Scholz, SLA Happy Hour. Please join us as we kick off the new semester. Scholz Biergarten is at 1607 San Jacinto, two blocks from campus. For more information please contact Heather Colvin, SLA Student Co-director.
Future Events - Mark Your Calendar Monday, Jan 23, Noon- 1:30 PM, AZB 556, Susanne Markgren and Thad Dickinson, Alumni Speaker Series. Susanne and Thad, two of our alumni now working in academic libraries in New York, will discuss their current careers, how they got to their current positions, and lessons they have learned through their career paths. They will also discuss what they now consider to be important when applying and interviewing for jobs and answer any questions about their current jobs, their career path, or their recommendations for success when you begin your job search. The session will benefit both new students and students about to graduate. Suzanne is a 1999 MLIS graduate and is the Electronic Resources/Systems Librarian at Purchase College (SUNY). Her previous positions include Reference Coordinator at Mount Sinai School of Medicine (NYC) and Access Services Librarian at the Undergraduate Library, The University of Texas at Austin. Thad is also a 1999 MLIS graduate and is Head of Reference and Access Services at the Nestle Library at Cornell University. His previous positions include Reference Coordinator/Business Bibliographer at Loyola University Chicago and Communications Librarian at The University of Texas at Austin. For more information please contact Ron Pollock, Career Services. Tuesday, Jan 24, 11:30-1300, Nifty-Fifty Café, Janine Briley, The Lone Arranger: Strategies and Experiences.In a small company environment not everyone has a large staff, or a large budget. It is not uncommon for one records manager to implement and manage a records management program without a staff of specialists. Mrs. Janine Briley, CRM, is the Records Manager and Office Manager for RLC Partners, Ltd., a privately held family business in Longview, Texas. In the past 26 years has been instrumental in developing a comprehensive filing system for the company’s active, inactive, and archival records. Assets of the company include oil & gas, coal and lignite, real estate, and historical documents. In her program, she will share some of her strategies and experiences as the "Lone Arranger". This program is part of the ARMA Austin monthly series. The Nifty-Fifty Café is located on the campus of the Austin State Hospital, 4110 Guadalupe, a short free ride on the number one bus from campus to 41st Street. Attendance is free to members and students; $5 to others. Lunch this month will be sponsored by FileNet. Wednesday, Jan 25, 5-7 PM, Neuvo León, UTASIST Spring Session Introduction Happy Hour. You'll have been to all your classes but you're not swamped with homework just yet. Catch up with what everyone's been doing and kick off the semester right. Good food and drink, plenty of parking, and scintillating company. What could be better? The Neuvo León, is located on 1501 W. 6th St. For more information, please visit the UTASIST Website or contact Erika Moore . Friday, Jan 27, 6:30-10 PM, Dr. Gracy's, Spring Potluck. Between attending conferences, finding classrooms, examining syllabi, bartering for books, and surviving the general hustle of the first week of the semester, who doesn't need a break? With this in mind, SAA-UT extends an invitation to all iSchool students, faculty, and staff interested in archives and records management to attend Dr. Gracy's legendary potluck. This bi-annual event is more than just a social get-together, it's an iSchool tradition! So, bring your family’s famous dish (or your latest culinary success) and join us at 2313 Tower Dr. from 6:30 to 10ish on Friday, January 27th for an evening of great food, wine, and conversation. You are guaranteed to meet new people and have a great time doing so! Friends and family are welcomed. After dinner the SAA-UT will welcome both new and returning students and announce the incoming 2006-2007 SAA-UT board. If you have a chance next week, swing by the SAA bulletin board on the fourth floor of SZB (by the iLab) and sign up! This allows others to know who is coming and what they are bringing. If you have any questions, please e-mail me off-list. For more information please visit the SAA UT Student Chapter Website or contact April Norris, Student Chapter President, or Dr. Gracy. Feb 13, Proposals due for contributed papers. The 2006 ASIST conference "Information Realities: Shaping the Digital Future for All" will be in Austin this year November 3-9 at the Hilton Austin. This is a unique opportunity you will not want to miss. ASIS&T 2006 challenges us to explore this moment in the history of information science as people seamlessly move between their physical and digital worlds to create information realities for themselves and others. Submissions by researchers and practitioners are solicited on a wide range of topics. The Call for Papers has been issued. All submissions are made electronically via a link from the ASIS&T Web site . PROPOSALS DUE Monday, February 13, 2006, for: Tuesday, Feb 21, 9 AM - Noon, UNB San Rita, Jamie Stewart,
Information on Filing US Taxes. This is the annual
graduate student tax seminar sponsored by the Graduate Coordinator Network.
Jamie is a Senior Tax Specialist, IRS-Stakeholder Partnerships, Education & Communication.
She will be joined by
UT representatives from the International Office, Payroll Office, Office
of Accounting, and IRS representative who will be available to answer your
questions about graduate student educational tax benefits and processes
during the Q&A. Schedule is Monday-Friday, March 13-18, Spring break. Monday, April 17, Fall registration begins. Tuesday-Friday, April 25-28, TLA 2006 Annual Conference Libraries: Igniting the Passion, Houston, April 25-28. For more information, go to the conference Website. While we are on the topic, there is still room in the inn! The 2006 TLA Conference in will be here before you know it, so make sure you reserve your hotel room if you have not already done so. Online housing is available at the TLA website. For more information, please contact TLA or Kathy Pustejovsky, conference manager, via email or phone 328-1518, ext. 14. Friday, May 5, Last day of classes. Wednesday, May 17, Semester officially ends. Saturday, May 20, 9-11 AM, Bass, Graduate School Convocation. Sturday, May 20, iSchool Convocation. Saturday, May 20, 7-10 PM, South Mall, UT Commecement. Friday-Thursday, Nov 3-9, Hilton Austin, ASIST Conference. The 2006 ASIST conference "Information Realities: Shaping the Digital Future for All" will be in Austin this year November 3-9 at the Hilton Austin. This is a unique oportunity you will not want to miss. ASIS&T 2006 challenges us to explore this moment in the history of information science as people seamlessly move between their physical and digital worlds to create information realities for themselves and others. Submissions by researchers and practitioners are solicited on a wide range of topics.
Who We Are Webpage The information on the Ph.D. student Webpage is slowly growing. Names of all current Ph.D. students have been added. Your other information is needed to complete it . Please send Don a jpeg photo, information to post, and a link to your Website whenever you can. What is this Webpage? Well, as we agreed in spring semester, 2002, we wanted to have a summary page with a list of all Ph.D. students and links to more detailed information on each of us. The summary page consist of a photo, name, academic interest, contact information, and links to other pages. A detail page repeats the summary information and provides, education, a brief biography, and specialization. Students information should be linked to each student's individual Website with their vita, resume, and any other information they may wish to provide. If there is interest, we can also add Ph.D. alumni to this list. There is an input form that might work with your browser. Otherwise you can copy and paste.
Professional Associations, Email Lists, and other Forums Information on professional associations, student governance organizations, email lists and and other forums of interest to Information school Ph.D. students is provided through the Ph.D. Forums link on the left. Included is information on email lists, Blackboard, Websites and other forums.
Information School Forums The school of information sponsors weekly or fortnightly iForums (or iFora) of interest to School of Information Students and Faculty. Scholars from across the campus and occasionally from other universities are invited to present their work at a forum. From time to time, Ph.D. students are also invited to present their work to the forum. Each individual forum will be listed in the above schedule when details are known. In 2001 and 2002 , Ph.D. students organized the Ph.D. students organized a colloquia to share their work in a friendly environment. The last series we had was the Fall 2002 Ph.D. Colloquia Series. Such a series could be reestablished if there was an interest. If you are interested in leading such a series, please contact Don Drumtra for his experience on leading the 2002 Colloquia
Orientations New students (and even old) might appreciate the following
two Orientation Websites:
Disclaimer. The following information is compiled from various sources and is current as of the time it was written and the documents available. It is not official UT, Graduate School, or School of Information policy. It is offered to help Ph.D. students gain an overview of Ph.D. requirements. Please refer to official sources for current information before taking irreversible action. General. UT Graduate School requirements for award of the Ph.D. degree are listed in the UT Graduate Catalog. Detailed requirements for the School of Information are listed the provided on the Doctor of Philosophy Webpage. Lisa Kleinman provided an unofficial summary of the requirements to the participants in the Fall 2004 Ph.D. Orientation. Milestones. Program milestones consist of development and approval of a Program of Study, satisfactory completion of course work and a comprehensive doctoral examination including written, oral, and research components, presentation and approval of credentials to Graduate School (including a separate Program of Work), approval of a dissertation proposal, research and completion of a dissertation culminating in a final examination consisting of defense of the the dissertation and final presentation approval of the student's credentials to the Graduate School. Administrative progress through most of these milestones is described in the Checklist for the Doctoral Program (1993). Annual reviews are submitted to the students Advising Committee so that the committee may evaluate the student's progress. The student's Supervising Committee monitors the student's progress after the student reaches candidacy. Graduate Studies Committee. Within the School of Information, the Graduate Studies Committee or GSC approves the students Program of Study and Annual review. Doctoral Program of Study. The content of the Program of Study is provided in the Guidelines for Development of the Doctoral Program of Study (ca. 1993). Lisa Kleinman and Don Drumtra have posted examples of their approved programs on their Websites. Annual Review. Required content of the Annual Reviews is provided in the Annual Review of GSLIS Doctoral Students (2002) and the Annual Review of Ph.D. Students (draft, 2003). Lisa Kleinman and Don Drumtra have posted examples of their approved Annual Reviews on their Websites. Qualifying Procedures. In order to qualify to apply for candidacy, the iSchool requires a written exam and oral defense (often called the comprehensive exam or "comps") and a research paper or "mini proposal" to be accepted by the student's committee. This committee (perhaps, it should be called the Examination Committee) ordinarily consists of three members of the iSchool faculty and one outside member. The three iSchool members could be your Advising Committee, potential members of your Supervising Committee, or any other three members who agree to serve. Ron Houston and Don Drumtra have volunteered to post their comps as two different examples of what was required. Their exams were open book and emailed to them on Monday at 8 AM with a response was due by Friday at 5 PM. But since the exams are student and committee dependent, another student's may be completely different. Ron and Don have volunteered to answer any questions you might have about their experiences. Application for Candidacy. On June 1, 2004 the UT Office of Graduate Studies automated the application for candidacy and placed it online. Instructions for completion of and a link to the actual online form is provided in the application Webpage. Other candidacy requirements are also provided on that page including the requirement for the Program of Work.
Dissertation. Requirements for the content of your dissertation are developed between you and your Supervising Committee and the Graduate School sets guidelines for format. There are two format guidelines are provided by the Graduate School (Office of Graduate Studies or OGS), print guidelines and electronic submission guidelines. Even though you must submit your dissertation electronically, you would do well to meet both guidelines because someone might very well want to print your dissertation in the future. An a point of interest, the final authority on both the content and format of your dissertation is your Supervisory Committee--not the folks in the Office of Graduate Studies. However, the OGS folks can make life really difficult for you if you do not listen to them. Dr. Harmon and eleven other UT advisors have published dissertation tips for doctoral students. It is posted on the UT Intellectual Entrepreneurship, Dissertation List-Serve and Resources Webpage. The Webpage also contains a dissertation writing bibliography, reflections of former graduate deans on dissertation completion, advice from UT alumni, and numerous other useful items for Ph.D. students. Final Oral Exam (Defense of Dissertation. A satisfactory final oral examination is required for the approval of a dissertation. The Office of Graduate Studies publishes the time and place of this examination. The exam is open to all members of the University community and the public, unless attendance is restricted by the Graduate Studies Committee. Information is available in the Graduate Catalog and an application form are available from the Office of Graduate Studies. Application for Graduation. There are lots of forms for graduation listed by the Office of Graduate Studies. You would be well advised to visit the office of Graduate Studies well before the deadlines to be sure you have the latest information and do not forget an essential form the absence of which might hold up your graduation. Graduation. After all that work you won't want to miss the graduation celebration and fireworks at the end of the spring semester. UT introduced a new doctoral robe in 2001, which will be first available for graduating students in May, 2005. You can be one of the first scholars to wear one. Additional Sources. The University of Texas and the UT Office of Graduate Studies provide the latest information on degree and administrative requirements requirements in three publications:
Course Comments of Ph.D. Students
Information on Qualitative Research Methods. In September 2004, Dr. Davis loaned a copy of the three-volume Sage Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods (2004) to the lab for our use. It not only provides excellent summaries of lots of issues and topics related to research methodology, but it provides reference sources under each topic to allow further exploration. A copy is also available is also at the PCL reference desk. Content Manager: Don Drumtra . Updated, 2006 January 22 |
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