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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 Hooray for
Don Drumtra
Monday,
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: Lunch will be provided by Iron Mountain, Members, students, and first time guests are free. The cost for others is $5. For more information please visit the ARMA Austin Website or contact Vickie Stephens. ADDED EVENT. Wednesday, February 15, 7:30-9 PM, TCC, 110, Nobel Laureate, Dr. Stephen Weinberg, Much Ado About Nothing--How the Energy of Empty Space Became a Central Concern of Today's Physics and Cosmology. Dr. Weinberg is the inaugural speaker in a series of public lectures in physics in celebration of the United Nations World Year of Physics. The Thompson Conference Center is located in the NE corner of the campus directly north of the LBJ Library. Lots of parking is available east of the LBJ School of Public Affairs. The event is free and open to the public. For more information please visit the event Website. Wednesday, February 15, Law, Sheffield Room, Dr. Stanley Chodorow,
Law Libraries and the Formation of the Legal Profession in the Late
Middle Ages. "We are delighted to have a scholar of Stanley Chodorow's
stature for our Rare Book Lecture," said Professor Roy M. Mersky, director
of the Tarlton Law Library. "Chodorow is one of the world's leading historians
of the Middle Ages, specializing in the history of the western legal
systems, constitutional ideas and institutions, and political thought."
In his talk, Chodorow will discuss how the standard medieval legal texts
came into being, what a medieval lawyer's library contained, and what
these libraries tell us about the formation of a legal culture.
Dr. Chodorow is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of California,
San Diego. He was the founding Chief Executive Officer of the California
Virtual University, a consortium of accredited colleges and universities in California
that offer distance learning programs. Prior to his appointment to lead the CVU,
Dr. Chodorow was Provost of the University of Pennsylvania from 1994 to 1997. From
1968 to 1994, he was a professor and administrator at UC-San Diego.
Chodorow is no stranger to library issues, having previously chaired the boards
of the Council on Library and Information Resources in Washington, D.C. and the
Center for Research Libraries in Chicago.
The lecture is open to the public. For more information please, contact Mike
Widener, Head of Special Collections, via email or phone 512/471-7263.
ADDED EVENT. Thursday, Feb 16, Noon - 1 PM, SZB 556, Dr. Caroline Frick, Discussions with students.See information below. ADDED EVENT. Friday, February 17, 9-11 AM, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Stitt Library, UT-SLA, Tour. The collection traces its origins to the second half of the nineteenth century, making it one of the oldest and most distinguished seminary libraries west of the Mississippi. At present the Seminary's collection numbers over 160,000 volumes with excellent holdings in most theological subject areas. Particular strengths are biblical archaeology, biblical studies, early church literature, the continental Reformation, Presbyterianism, and theology. Other well represented areas include religious history, literature, women's studies, minority studies, and pastoral care. In addition, the library's archival holdings contain the records and papers of numerous southwestern presbyteries. The Stitt Library is just north of UT campus, at 100 E. 27th Street. Parking there is limited, so we will plan to meet as a group on the ground floor of Sanchez, parking lot side, at about 8:30am and walk over together. For more information, please visit the library Website or contact Heather Colvin. , UT-SLA Co-director. ADDED EVENT. Friday, Feb 17, 12:30 - 2 PM, SZB 556, Dr. Caroline Frick, The Search for Melton Barker or Redefining "American" Film Preservation in the Digital Age. With the inception of cinema in the late 1890s, discussions relating to the preservation of film emerged in countries around the globe. Early motion picture collectors, enthusiasts, critics, scholars, and producers justified film preservation by appealing to cinemas role as art or artifact or through the medium's capacity to document historical events. In the mid to late twentieth century, however, film preservation advocates increasingly validated their work by defining and celebrating cinema as cultural heritage. This presentation provides an overview of the moving image preservation movement on all levels of the film archiving network, from the international and national to the sub-national. Drawing upon my dissertation research, I discuss how a more complete discursive history of key institutions involved in collecting and conserving motion pictures illuminates changing modes of film preservation practiceand indicates a path forward. I argue that moving image archives have not merely preserved movie history, but have, instead, actively produced cinematic heritage. Dr. Frick is a professor in the Department of Radio-Television-Film at UT and Executive Director, Texas Archive of the Moving Image (TAMI). She is a prospective faculty member for the iSchool. For more information please contact Dr. Pat Galloway . ADDED EVENT. Friday, February 17, 3-4 PM, SZB 556, SAA Meeting. We will be discussing Archives Week and hopefully finalizing some plans for Spring activities. For more information, please contact Sarah Quigley. Saturday, Feb 18, Bates, A Day at The University with Malcom Archer and Friends. The University of Texas at Austin School of Music is proud to announce our second Sacred Music Workshop. We are proud to have such esteemed presenters as Drs. Malcolm Archer, B. Glenn Chandler, Elaine Dykstra, Gerre Hancock, James Morrow, and Frank Speller. The cost of the workshop, which includes a catered luncheon, is: $40 (if registered by Feb. 1), $45 late/walk-up registration (no AGO discount, $35 for members of the Austin Chapter of the AGO (if registered by Feb. 1). We look forward to seeing you at the workshop this February! For more information and to register please visit the event Website. Saturday, Feb 18, 3-5 PM,SZB 556, "Gracuas a Todos" Latino/Latina LIS Education Forum. The Center for Mexican American Studies (CMAS) at the University of Texas at Austin is celebrating its 35th Anniversary this year. As part of this celebration, the the School of Information at the University of Texas at Austin is hosting "Gracias a Todos," a panel discussion on Latino/Latina library and information science education. Invited panelists will speak for 10 minutes each about their educational experiences and career. Panelists include: Maribel Garza, Bob Cardenas, Irma Flores-Manges, and Diana Miranda-Murillo. We will then open the floor to discussion. We will serve light refreshments. Attendees are invited to invite a prospective iSchool student to join them at this event. In addition, we will accept donations of books, socks, and/or blankets for young readers attending preK to sixth grade. These materials will help support a rural library program in Mexico. We hope that you will be able to participate and look forward to hearing your contributions. For more information, please contact Dr. Loriene Roy,CMAS 35th Anniversary Committee. Sunday, Feb 19, 8-9:30 PM, University Presbyterian Church, Texas State University Orchestra. The Texas State University Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Howard Hudiburg, will feature a performance of Saint-Saens's Symphony No. 3 in C minor, the "Organ Symphony." The UPC organ will have a significant role in this work, and will be played by Dr. John C. Schmidt, Professor of Music at Texas State and Organist for Covenant Presbyterian Church. The program will open with performances by the winners of Texas State's concerto and aria competitions held last fall, including soprano Elizabeth Schwab ("Pace, pace, mio Dio," from Verdi's La Forza del Destino), tenor Jason Slayden (a selection from Mahler's The Song of the Earth), marimba soloist Luke Hubley (Albados, by Paul Bissell--a world premiere), and pianist Joshua Cavazos (first movement from Beethoven's Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15.The University Presbyterian Church is located at 22nd and San Antonio Street. The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Scott McNulty, via email or phone, 476-5321, ex 208.
Future Events - Mark Your Calendar 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 Tuesday, Feb 21, 1-3 PM, Fine Arts Library, Open House. The Fine Arts Library will host an open house to celebrate it’s newly renovated main level. Refreshments will be served. For more information, please visit the event Website or contact Melissa Keenan. Wednesday, Feb 22, Noon - 1 PM, UT ALA Midweek Lunch. We will meet for a brown bag lunch just to socialize. Bring games if you wish, and bring your lunch. We are hoping for this to become a regular monthly or bi-weekly meeting. For more information, please contact Melissa Keenan. Thursday, Feb 23, 3-6 PM, ART 1.102, Dr. William Germano, The Graduate Author: From Research Topics to Published Book. An open invitation to graduate students from all disciplines who are interested in creating a publishable work! Dr. William Germano is author of "Getting It Published" and "From Dissertation to Book, " is former editor-in-chief at Columbia University Press, and is publishing editor at Routledge. The workshop is free, but registration is required. Mark you calendars now! To register and see more information about Dr. Germano's workshop and related events, go to the event Website. Friday, Feb 24, Proposals due for Connections, 2006, Bringing
Together Emerging Information Studies
Researchers: A Doctoral Conference in Information Studies. Connections
2006, aka the 11th Annual Great Lakes Information Science Conference, is a
forum for doctoral students in information studies to meet one another, exchange
ideas, present research and attend workshops and panels in a collegial and
receptive atmosphere. In keeping with a
tradition of convening Connections in a city near the Great Lakes,
Connections 2006 will be hosted by Syracuse University's School of
Information Studies in Syracuse, New York, from May 19-21. Our goal is
to attract doctoral students working in one of three broad areas: Saturday, Feb 25, 8 - 9:30 PM, Bates, Rossini, Petite Messe Solennelle. In this UT Choral Arts Society performance, the solo quartet will be members of the Houston Grand Opera Studio. Written in 1864 at the age of 72, Rossini called the mass "the last mortal sin of my old age." Composed for private performance, Rossini¹s grand mass setting is "petite" only in the chamber forces employed, including two pianos and harmonium. This original instrumentation accompanies brilliant operatic arias and ensembles and magnificent choral movements. $17 general/$15 UT faculty and staff/$10 students. For tickets call 471-0806. For more information on the concert contact Dr. James Morrow, Choral Director, via email or phone, 471-0806. Friday, March 3, Submissions due for the Ph.D. Consortium to
be held in conjunction with the Doctoral Consortium in Information
Studies at Connections 2006. PhD students in information studies (including
LIS, IS, MIS and
information policy programs) are invited to submit applications for
the Connections 2006 Doctoral Consortium. The consortium offers an
opportunity for Ph.D. students making progress on their dissertation
research to share and discuss their research with peers and faculty
mentors. It will include multiple concurrent small group sessions
facilitated by experienced faculty members with expertise in the topic
area or methodological approach. In addition, there will be
opportunities to network with peers and faculty, learn about research
and publishing strategies, and engage in discussions on research,
teaching, jobs, and careers. As the purpose of the Doctoral Consortium
is to share and get feedback on research, it is most useful for students
who have defended a proposal (or are close to doing so).
The consortium will be held on Friday 19 May 2006 as a pre-conference
activity in conjunction with Connections 2006 (19-21 May 2006), at the
Syracuse University School of Information Studies, in Syracuse, NY.
Accepted participants will be expected to arrive in Syracuse by 6 pm on
Thursday 18 May 2006. A get-acquainted event will take place at 7 pm.
Participants are also encouraged to attend and present their research
at Connections 2006.
To apply, send an e-mail to Kevin Crowston with
Subject Line "Connections 2006 Doctoral Consortium." Attach an abstract
(not to exceed 5 double spaced pages including figures and tables but
not references) describing the student's proposed dissertation. The
submission should also include the expected timeline for completing the
dissertation, including the date of the proposal defense.
The DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS is 3 March 2006 and accepted participants
will be notified by 17 March 2006. Faculty participants will be
identified soon. For more information or questions please visit the Consortium
Website or contact Dr. Kevin Crowston .
Sponsors are Hoovers, Ovid, 10 K Wizard, and EOS. The Texas Medical Association Building is located at 401 West 15th Street. Registration is $40 for SLA Members, $60 for non-members, and $15 for students, retirees, and those between jobs (price includes breakfast, lunch, and the wine and cheese reception). Please register at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=760311696951 Please consider participating in this event. It is a great opportunity for our chapter members to gather and apply the lessons learned. For more information, or if you would like to participate in the panel please contact Marcia Schemper-Carlock via email or phone, 972-718-6290. Monday-Saturday, March 13-18, Spring break. Thursday, March 23, 7-8 PM, HRHRC, Dr. Henry Petroski, Bookshelves, Pencils, and Paper Clips. Dr. Petroski is a Professor at Duke University and author of The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance. This lecture is co-sponsored by the College of Engineering at UT. For more information please visit the HRHRC Programs Website . Friday, March 24, 7-9 PM, CAL 100, Jim Reid-Cunningham, Book
Artist Lecture. This is the first annual; Mim Watson-- book
artist lecture. Jim is the head
Conservator at the Boston Athenaeum , as well as an internationally
shown book artist. He will discuss how book conservation and book
art intertwine in his work.
This series is generously funded by Mr. Kim Watson in honor of his
now deceased wife Mim, who was a book artist in the Dallas area. There will
be an informal Thursday, April 13, 5-6 PM, HRHRC, Dr. Denise Schmandt-Besserat, The Earliest Writing. Dr. Schmandt-Besserat is a Professor Emerita at UT.For more information please visit the HRHRC Programs Website . 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. Saturday, May 20, iSchool Convocation. Saturday, May 20, 7-10 PM, South Mall, UT Commencement. Thursday, June 1, 7-8 PM, HRHRC, Ed Nowotka, The Origins of Writing. Ed Nowotka, is a book critic and writer. He will host a panel discussion, An Ode to Typewriters, of writers who compose on typewriters. For more information please visit the HRHRC Programs Website . Thursday, June 29, 7-8 PM, HRHRC, Dr. Barry Powell, Alphabetology. Dr. Powell is a Professor of Classics at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He will focus on the nature and origin of the Greek alphabet. For more information please visit the HRHRC Programs Website . Thursday, July 27, 7-8 PM, HRHRC, Dr. Mark Van Stone, The Interaction of Pen, Paper, and Scribe: The Technical and Aesthetic Forces that Shape our Letterforms. For more information please visit the HRHRC Programs Website . 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 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.
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 February 15 |
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