Ph.D. Student News

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SUELLEN ADAMS
WILL DEFEND HER DISSERTATION
AT 2 PM ON TUESDAY, JULY 11 IN SZB 556

Thursday, June 1, 7-8 PM, HRHRC, Ed Nowotka, An Ode to Typewriters, . Ed Nowotka, is a book critic and writer. He will host a panel discussion of writers who compose on typewriters. For more information please visit the HRHRC Programs Website .

Tuesday- Friday, June 20-23, 8 AM - 5 PM, Austin Hotel and HRHRC, ACRL Rare Books and Manuscripts Section Pre Conference. The 47th Annual Preconference of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries of the American Library Association will be held in Austin June 20-23, 2006, in Austin, Texas prior to the ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana. This year's theme: "Libraries, Archives, and Museums in the Twenty-First Century: Intersecting Missions, Converging Futures?" invites participants from the library, museum, and archival fields to join together in investigating common concerns relating to their shared missions to acquire, preserve, and make accessible the world's cultural artifacts and historical documents. The local arrangements committee is looking for volunteers to staff the registration booth at the Intercontinental Stephen F. Austin Hotel, 701 Congress St., and at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, 21st and Guadalupe. Volunteers are asked to work 2 hour shifts and will be responsible for handing over the conference bags and badges to already registered attendees and answering questions about Austin/UT/program/logistics. Registration for the conference is now at capacity (350).The hours would be:Tues. 8 - 5, hotel lobby Wed. 8 - 12, hotel lobby

If you are interested in volunteering please contact one of the following people: Margaret Tenney - mtenney@mail.utexas.edu (471-3927) Brenda Gunn - bgunn@mail.utexas.edu (495-4385) Volunteers are entitled to a free tote bag and attendance at any afternoon event and the receptions. For more information about the pre-conference please see the Preconference Website or contact Ron Pollock via email or phone, 471-2623.

ADDED EVENT, Friday, June 23, Noon-1:30 PM, SZB 556, Video: Teleconference on "Confronting the Crisis in Library Education. Join us for screening of the video of the 9 June 2006 teleconference, "Confronting the Crisis in Library Education." The panel is composed of ALA President M. Gorman and other librarian and library education professionals. Bring lunch/snacks and feel free to discuss the merits/viewpoints of the presentation. This is especially helpful as part of an environmental scan as the school develops it's new strategic plan and prepares for the 2007 accreditation process. For more information please contact Ron Pollock via email or phone, 471-2623.

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 .

Friday, June 30,3:30-5 PM, Littlefield House, David Gracy, Tour. Join us as Dr. Gracy takes us through the beautiful Victorian home on 24th and Whitis. We will meet outside the house and all go in together. This event is open to all students interested in archives. If you haven't yet joined SAA, you can find out more about the organization and how to become a member on our website. For more information on the event or joining SAA, please contact Sarah Quigley, President UTSAA.

Monday, July 10, 9 AM-Noon, SAB 468, Capstone Presentations. Support your Masters Degree colleagues who are completing their programs and applying their education to practical problems. One can always learn some neat stuff during these presentations. For more information and the specific schedule of presentations, please visit the Capstone Website. You may also contact Lee Lacy for more detail.

Tuesday, July11, 2-5 PM, SZB 556, Suellen Adams, Information Behavior and Meaning-Making in Virtual Play Spaces: A Case Study of City of Heroes. This is a dissertation defense, all Ph.D. students should attend. For more information please contact Suellen.

Friday, July 14, 6-9 PM, Reed Park, Bastille Day BBQ and Potluck. Celebrate the revolution that helped shape modern archival practice. Bring your favorite summer time dish and a friend or loved one to Reed Park (2600 Pecos Street) and plan to have a good time! This event is open to all students interested in archives. If you haven't yet joined SAA, you can find out more about the organization and how to become a member on our website. For more information on the event or joining SAA, please contact Sarah Quigley, President UTSAA.

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 .

Monday, August 7, 9 AM-Noon, SAB 468, Capstone Presentations. Support your Masters Degree colleagues who are completing their programs and applying their education to practical problems. One can always learn some neat stuff during these presentations. For more information and the specific schedule of presentations, please visit the Capstone Website. You may also contact Lee Lacy for more detail.

Friday, August 18, 8 AM-8 PM, San Antonio, Tours of AT&T Archives and UTSA Archives. Bill Caughlin will show us the new AT&T archives (formerly SBC) in the morning. Lunch will follow, then we will head out to UTSA where Traci Drummond will take us on a tour of the university archives there. It will be a long day, but it will also be one packed full of fun and interesting information. This event is open to all students interested in archives. If you haven't yet joined SAA, you can find out more about the organization and how to become a member on our website. For more information on the event or joining SAA, please contact Sarah Quigley, President UTSAA.

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.

This Website was created by senior Ph.D. students for all Ph.D. students (and anyone else interested) to fill the information gap between official information and more informal information desired by many Ph.D. students. This Homepage provides announcements (if any) and summaries of current and future activities that might specifically be of interest to Ph.D. students in the iSchool. The links on the left sidebar provide access to other information that you might find useful.

If you are a new Ph.D. student, we suggest you read the orientation page (link on the left sidebar) for things you need or might like to know. More senior Ph.D. students might also want to review this page occasionally to see how things have changed.

Items on this Webpage are normally updated weekly during the long semesters and monthly during the summer semester. Additions and changes to the current week or month 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, calendar entries, corrections, and other comments to any of the Webpages on this Website are always appreciated. Email me or grab me in the hall.