Welcome to the Ph.D. Students' Website. See notes below.

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RON HOUSTON
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Monday, Dec 11

CONGRATULATIONS!

Calendar
January 7 through January 14

Monday, January 8. First day of Add/Drop. See specific times on-line.

Friday, January 12, 8 AM - 5 PM, SZB 564, Ron Pollock, Introduction to Project Management. There may still room for a few students to participate in the 8-hour project management workshop just before the spring 2007 semester begins. Below are details: Learn the basics of project management, things like:

1. Gantt chart
2. Network diagram
3. Critical path and why it is important
4. Work breakdown structure
5. Resource cost calculations
6. Tracking progress

In a full day of activities, you will receive an introduction into project management techniques while planning a practice project as a member of a team. The experience is a mixture of lecture and practical application, with an emphasis on application. All teams will work the same project, comparing their approaches in presentations after each section of instruction. When you complete the day, you will be tired, but you will also have an understanding of an important skill needed in any environment in which you will work. Additionally, the skills you learn can help you structure and report progress on your capstone project. At the completion, you will receive a certificate indicating the completion of eight classroom hours of instruction in the introduction to project management. Class Information:

• Minimum number of students: 6
• Maximum number of students: 16 (approximately, with priority to students graduating in December or May)
• Free to iSchool students.
• Items provided: Handout that covers everything presented in the class, flip charts and markers, 3" x 3" Post-It notes, appropriate worksheets, masking tape for holding completed exercises on the wall
• What you need to bring: A rested body and mind, note pad, pen/pencils, calculator, snacks/drinks
• Breaks/Lunch: Individual short breaks may be taken in place or while working as a team in the practical applications. Lunch will be a break of approximately 1 hour.

If you are interested, please let Ron Pollock know as soon as possible so he can reserve a space for you. In years past, there has been a waiting list, so don't take too long to decide. Besides, where else can you get worked to death the last weekday before classes begin? For registration further information please contact Ron Pollock, Director of Career Services via email or phone: 471-2623.

Future Events
Mark Your Calendar

Tuesday January 16. Spring 2007 Classes begin. Enjoy!

Thursday, February 15, 3:30-4:30 PM, Townes Hall 2.111, Dr. Scott Pagel, "Literature of Witchcraft Trials." This is the 3rd Annual Rare Book Lecture at the School of Law. Scott Pagel is the Director of the Jacob Burns Law Library at George Washington University and a specialist in legal bibliography. Professor Pagel has been instrumental in the growth of the rare book collection at the Jacob Burns Law Library. For this talk, he will explore the literature of witchcraft trials using examples from his library's special collections. Professor Pagel was formerly director of the law library at the University of Oklahoma. In addition to his work on legal bibliography, he has written on law library management issues, labor law research and immigration law research. The lecture is free and open to the public. UT students and staff are welcome and encouraged to attend. For more information, please contact Addy Sounder via email or phone, 471-7263.

Friday, March 30, 7-9 PM, SZB 556, Jamie Kamph. Mim Watson, Book Arts Lecture. Jamie is a AIC Professional Associate in private practice as a book conservator, and also an exhibiting book artist. Jamie Kamph came to bookbinding from a career as an editor/publisher in 1971 when she met and began studying with Hope G. Weil. Since 1973 she has worked as a designer bookbinder and book conservator at Stonehouse Bindery in Lambertville, NJ. She has lectured and taught at Mount Holyoke College, Princeton University, the New York Public Library, Anderson Ranch, the Princeton Public Library, and in the Princeton and Pennington, NJ school districts. Her design bindings are held in private and public collections including the New York Public Library, the Pierpont Morgan Library, Princeton University Graphic Arts Department, the University of Texas, and Southern Methodist University's Bridwell Library. She has exhibited her work widely with the Guild and at Yale University Library, the Aspen Art Institute, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Grolier. In 2003, she was awarded the Helen Ward DeGolyer Award for American Bookbinding, sponsored by Bridwell Library. Her writings on bookbinding have been published in magazines and she is the author of A Collectors Guide to Bookbinding. She has work in the recent Guild of Bookworkers 100 the Anniversary Exhibition: (for the whole exhibition) (for a photo of her work in the retrospective portion of the exhibition) (images of her work at the Bridwell library in Dallas). For more information, please contact Chela Metzger.

Notes

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.

This fall, Dr. Harmon, Kai Mantsch and I will be working to synchronize the Student Website with the Ph.D. information on the iSchool Website. The online version that you have access to should continue to work. properly. Since it is a work-in-progress, you may expect to see some omissions and items to be provided; however, all links should work. We would appreciate an email with any suggestions, comments, or corrections relating to content and any links that do not work as you might expect them to.

Content Manager: Don Drumtra . Updated, 2007 January 7