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Calendar
February 4 through February 11

Sunday, February 4, 1500-1630, Bates Recital Hall, Frederick Swan, recital. This is part of the UT Music School and Austin American Guild of Organists, great organ series. Frederick Swan was the organist and choir director for 16 years at the Riverside Church in New York and then for an additional 16 years at the Crystal Cathedral in Los Angeles. He is now president of the American Guild of Organists and in demand for recitals throughout the world. If you are familiar with UT's Visser-Rowland Organ, you will understand what a great performance this will be. Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for others at the door. For the program and more information please visit the event Webpage or contact Don Drumtra.

Monday-Tuesday, February 5-6, State Capital, TLA Legislative Days.

Monday, February 5, 1-4 OM, Rec Center Sports Center Gym, Career Roundup. Student Government is hosting a Campus-wide Career Fair for all majors. Career Round-up is a campus-wide career fair that is open to all UT students. Career Round-up is the premiere opportunity to meet and network with companies spanning across several different industries. Need an internship? Full-time job? Part-time job? Look no further! It doesn't matter what your major is, ALL students are welcome! Attire is business professional. Bring a copy of your resume. The first 200 attendees receive free t-shirts. For more information and to view a list of participating companies, please visit the event Website.

Wednesday, February 7, Noon - 1 PM, SZB 464, UT ALA/TLA Meeting. The American Library Association/Texas Library Association Student Chapter would like to invite you to our first brown bag event of the spring semester. You supply your lunch, we supply cold* drinks and possibly snacks. We plan to discuss future events, tour possibilities, and the big April TLA shindig in San Antonio. Texas Legislative Day attendees are encouraged to share their experiences. No membership required! *The drinks will be cold if we remember to put them in the refrigerator beforehand. Regardless, drinks will be FREE. Please join us! For more information, please contact Angelica Delgado, UT ALA/TLA Coordinator.

Wednesday, February 7, 4:15 - 7 PM, SZB 556, Ron Pollock, Résumé and Cover Letter Workshop. We will work on how to develop your résumé, to include developing accomplishments, communicating value, and focusing on what the employer needs to see. The cover letter section will provide hints on how to create a cover letter that generates interest in you. For more information please contact Ron Pollock, Director Career Services. via email or phone, 371-2623.

Wednesday, February 7, 4:15 - 7 PM, Scholz's Biergarten. SASI Happy hour. Happy hours are a great way to network, learn more about the iSchool and meet new people! It's supposed to get up to 77 degrees today! Come enjoy the weather with Scholz's outdoor seating area! (Leashed dogs are allowed in the outdoor areas). For more information please contact Lisa Charbonnet, Christy Loya, Lea Susan Engle, or Kathleen Houlihan SASI Co-Directors.

Friday, February 9, 11 AM - 1 PM, PCL 1.124, Rachael Singer Gordon, Next Generation Librarianship: Where Do We Go From Here? College of DuPage series, Soaring to Excellence. The University of Texas Libraries have extended an invitation to students and faculty to attend their next live conference via satellite. OVERVIEW : Today's multigenerational library workforce faces a number of both internal and external challenges. To meet these challenges, we need to learn how to work together effectively, keep connected and current, and draw on individuals' unique strengths. In a graying profession, we also need to pay attention to succession planning, passing on institutional wisdom, and recruiting, retaining, and mentoring the next generation. Rachael Singer Gordon, is the "Computer Media" review columnist for Library Journal; she is also a frequent contributor to LJ's "NextGen" column, coauthor, with Michael Stephens, of Computers in Libraries' "Tech Tips for Every Librarian," and the author of Emerald's "Publish, Don't Perish" Library Link column. RSVP not required! There are no pre-requisites to attend this teleconference – just a willingness to learn more about each other. For more information please visit the event Website or contact Ron Pollock.

Friday, February 9, 3 -7 PM, Thompson Conference Center, Public Affairs Career Fair. Students of the School of Information are invited to participate in the 2007 Public Affairs Career Fair. Many of the employers present can use, and often hire, students with the skills you acquire in the programs of the iSchool. If you will be graduating soon, make certain you attend this fair. Employers representing the best of government, nonprofit, and private industry will be in attendance. Bring resumes and be prepared to interview. For more information, please visit the event Website or contact Ron Pollock by email or phone, 471-2623.

Sunday, February 11, 3-5 PM, St. David's Church, Father Justin , An Illuminated Manuscript of the Heavenly Ladder: Spiritual Ascents through Art. Father Justin Sinaites, is a native of El Paso, TX, was a student at UT, and is now the librarian of St. Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai. He will speak on his work with the library, especially using digitization to reunite separated pieces and to make accessible previously inaccessible items. St. Catherine's holds the second must valuable collection of icons and religious manuscripts in the world, after that of the Vatican. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity, Fr. Justin will speak only at the Getty Center in LA, at the Metropolitan Museum in New York, and here in Austin. In 2005, Parade Magazine, highlighted Dr. Justin's work. The article should be of interest even if you do not attend the presentation. Getty Center currently has and exhibition, Holy Image, Hallowed Ground: Icons from Sinai, featuring Fr. Justin's work. There will be a reception following the presentation. St. David's Church is located at 7th and San Jacinto. All are welcome. For more information, please contact Dr. Gracy via email or phone 471-8291.

Future Events
Mark Your Calendar

Tuesday, February 13, deadline for application for IA07, Enriching AI, work-registration opportunity. To help ASIS&T student members who might not otherwise be able to participate in ASIS&T meetings, we provide an opportunity to attend the sessions and network with other members in exchange for assisting us in running the meeting. Students who have participated in our program have found the experience "terrific." The summit is scheduled for March 22-26, in Las Vegas. See the announcement message for more information on the application and the calendar item below for details on the IA07 Summit.

Wednesday, February 14, Noon-1 PM, AZB 464, Jenifer Flaxbart and Beth Fox, Library Management from Academic an Public Library Perspectives. This is an UT ALA/TLA speaker event, but no membership required to attend. Jenifer Flaxbart is Head of Reference and Information Services at PCL and Beth Fox is the Director of Westbank Community Library. What better way to spend Valentine’s Day than to attend ALA/TLA’s February speaker event? Library Manager and Lovin’ It! You bring your lunch, we share cold drinks. (The drinks will be cold if we remember to put them in the refrigerator beforehand. Regardless, drinks will be FREE.) The ever-generous Jenifer is providing chocolates. For more information, please visit the ALA/TLA Website or contact Angelica Delgado, UT ALA/TLA Coordinator.

Thursday-Sunday, February 15-18, Sheraton Austin Hotel, Creating Agents for Change: Improving Communities Through Faculty and Student Leadership. The University of Texas at Austin will be co-hosting with Texas Campus Compact the inaugural National Conference on Civic Engagement. This past year, our university joined the Texas Campus Compact, and has committed to provide funding for this biannual event. The mission of the conference is to explore the relationship between higher education and our communities, and to promote an open discussion about the vital role higher education will play in dealing with current and future social issues--important topics for Ph.D. students. The conference speakers and workshops are organized into a student track and a faculty track. There are several speakers common to both tracks. As an institution, UT is proud to be part of a growing community of colleges and universities committed to the principles of civic engagement and service learning, and hopes that the members of our campus community take advantage of this unique opportunity. The Sheraton Austin Hotel is located at 701 E. 1t th St. between Red River and I-35. Thanks to funding from the Office of the Provost, registration and attendance is free for UT Austin faculty, staff, and students and available from the Dean of Students Registration Website. For further information please visit the event Website or contact Glen Baumgart at UT the Volunteer and Service Learning Center.

Thursday, February 15, 7-9 PM, AT&T Labs, Sam Fuller, Processing Trends for IP-based Networking Equipment. The talk will cover the history of network and general purpose processing in networking equipment and then examine hardware and software technology trends and their likely impact on the kinds of processing devices that will be selected for use in wired and wireless IP-based networking equipment. Sam Fuller is Vice-President of Marketing for AMCC, a leading vendor of optical PHY, network processing and embedded PowerPC processing Technology. Previous to joining AMCC, Mr. Fuller served as the chairman and president of the RapidIO Trade Association and wrote the leading reference book on RapidIO technology. Mr. Fuller was also Director of Engineering for Motorola’s Networking and Communications Systems Division. Where he was responsible for the technology direction and architecture teams for Motorola's market leading line of integrated communications processors. Previous to this he managed the PowerPC™ system architecture and planning for Motorola’s Somerset Design Center. Mr. Fuller holds bachelors and masters degrees in electrical engineering from Brigham Young University and an MBA from the University of Texas. Guests are welcome. There is no cost to attend. Sandwiches will be provided. AT&T Labs is located at 9505 Arboretum Blvd. For more information, please visit the event Webpage or contact Steven.

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.

Thursday, February 22, deadline for early bird registration for the TLA Conference April 11-14, at San Antonio. See below for details.) For more information, please contact Angelica Delgado, UT ALA/TLA Coordinator.

Thursday, February 22, 11 AM - 1 PM, SSB G1.310, 2007 Graduate Student Tax Seminar. UT representatives from the International Office, Payroll Office, and Office of Accounting discuss specific UT student tax issues; representatives from the IRS will be available to answer your questions about student educational tax benefits and processes; and the Community Tax Centers will be on site to advise where you can go for free tax filing assistance. Come early for light breakfast snacks. The event sponsored by the Graduate Coordinator Network. Refreshments courtesy of The Office of Graduate Studies. For more information, please visit the event Website or contact Nichole Evans or Carol Carreón.

Sunday, February 26, deadline for submitting a proposal for Drexel, Connections 2007, May 18-20. See details below.

Tuesday, February 28, deadline for $1000 Student Scholarship to attend the SAA meeting in Chicago, Aug 29-Sep 2. For more information, please visit the Scholarship Website, read the application form, or contact Dennis Harrison or Dr. Gracy.

Friday, March 2, ALA Annual Conference Early Bird registration deadline. For more information, please contact Angelica Delgado, UT ALA/TLA Coordinator.

Wednesday, March 7, ALA/TLA Speaker Event on Cataloguing (tentative). For more information, please contact Angelica Delgado, UT ALA/TLA Coordinator.

Monday-Saturday, March 12-17, Spring Break. Hooray--let's party. (Or study ??)

Wednesday, March 14, deadline for pre-registration for the TLA Conference April 11-14, at San Antonio. See below for details.) For more information, please contact Angelica Delgado, UT ALA/TLA Coordinator.

Tuesday, March 20, 7:45 AM - 5:PM, JJ Pickle Conference Center, ARMA-Austin Spring Workshop, Back to the Basics: Implementing an Electronic Document System. This all day workshop begins with the morning session with Bruce Miller, fonder and president of RIMtech, Inc, with 20 years experience developing Records Management Software. Hi will be leading the discussion, e-Records Implementation. The workshop concludes with Bob Gutz, City of Austin, who is an expert in electronic records management. The Conference Center is located on the Pickle Research Campus at Burnet Rd. and Braker Ln. You may drive and park in the conference parking lot or take the UT PRB bus or the Austin bus no. 3 (be sure to get off at the Burnet stop before Braker--ask the bus driver to let you know when). Before March 5, Registration includes breakfast and lunch and is $150 for ARMA members, $175 for others, and a special $35 for students. Please see the announcement for more information on registration, the content of the workshop, and speaker biographies. For more information, you may also visit the ARMA-Austin Website, visit the event Website, or contact Scott Willrich. If you are at all interested in records management or archives, the spring and fall ARMA-Austin workshops are important events to attend both from their content and the contacts you will make.

Wednesday, March 21, 4-6 PM, SZB 556, Ron Pollock, Placement Prep Workshop. Ron will be conducting one of this famous p charm workshops to help interested students prepare for job interviews at the TLA Conference, April 11-14, in San Antonio. For more information, please contact Ron Pollock by email or phone, 471-2623.

Thursday-Monday, March 22-26, Las Vegas, Enriching IA. The Information Architecture Summit is a premier gathering place for information architects and for discussion about information architecture. Everyone who touches on IA is welcome to share and learn. Last year's IA Summit attracted over 500 attendees, including beginners, experienced IAs, and people in a range of related fields. The 2007 conference is the 8th IA Summit and will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada at Flamingo Las Vegas. For more information, please visit the event Website.

Friday, March 23, deadline for $1500 scholarship to attend SLA. For more information please contact Dean Dillon.

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.

Wednesday - Friday, April 11-14, San Antonio, Strong Libraries, Strong Communities. TLA Annual Conference. Hundreds of programs, speakers and exhibits by vendors, meet prospective employers, find a job, and have a great San Antonio experience. Placement Service for May/August/December 2007 graduates. (Ron Pollock of Career Services is giving a workshop on March 21(see above) to prepare you for this Placement experience.) Special rate for IS student members. Dr. Immroth reminds us, "Includes the famous I School Reception on Thursday evening at Rosario's (remember we're the party school of UT, America's #1 party school) Don't miss this one!!!" For more information, please visit the event Webpages or contact Angelica Delgado, UT ALA/TLA Coordinator.

Monday, April 16, Summer and Fall registration begins. See UT course schedule time details for summer, fall, when they are posted.)

Monday, April 23, final submission due for Drexel, Connections 2007, May 18-20. See details below.

Friday, May 4, last day of spring classes.

Wednesday - Tuesday, May 9-15, exams.

Tuesday, May 15, ALA Annual Conference Advance registration deadline

Friday-Sunday, May 18-20, Drexel iSchool, Philadelphia, Connections 2007. For over a decade the Connections conference has given doctoral students in information studies the opportunity to network, share ideas, present research, and receive feedback from an audience of fellow students. Doctoral students working in all areas of information studies are invited to submit proposals. In an effort to provide all doctoral students with an opportunity to present their work we encourage students to submit proposals to present research at various stages of completion. Important dates: Submission Deadline February 26th, 2007; Acceptance Notification March 19th, 2007; Final Submission Deadline April 23rd, 2007Proposals should outline research in the fields of:
• Library Science
• Information Science
• Information Systems
• Management Information Systems

Proposals should include a brief summary of the research, a title author’s name(s), contact information, and affiliation. See http://connections2007.ischool.drexel.edu for more detailed information. For more information please visit the event Website, or contact Christine Wania or George Abraham Conference Chairs.

Saturday, May 19, 9-11 AM, Bass Concert Hall, Graduate School Convocation.

Saturday, Man 19, 1-2 PM, TBD, iSchool Convocation.

Saturday, May 19, 2-3 PM, TBD, iSchool Reception.

Saturday, May 19, 7-10 PM, South Mall, UT Commencement.

Saturday- Wednesday, June 3-6, Denver, SLA Conference.

Thursday-Wednesday, June 21-27, ALA Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. For more information, please contact Angelica Delgado, UT ALA/TLA Coordinator.

Wednesday, August 29 - Sunday, September 2, Chicago, SAA Conference. For more information, please contact Dr. Gracy.

Notes

This Website was created by senior Ph.D. students for all Ph.D. students (and anyone else interested) by providing informal information to fill the gap between official information and word of mouth interchanges. It provided the informal information desired by many Ph.D. students when it was created. 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 Ph.D. might find interesting and 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 Website 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 February 11