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Welcome to the Calendar page of the Ph.D. Students' Website. See notes below. Announcements Annual Reviews. In case you missed Dr. Harmon's message, all Ph.D. Students except candidates should schedule their annual reviews between March 2 and April 27. Specific guidance was attached to the message. Graduate School March eNewsletter Available. The GSeN provides important dates for graduate students, information on workshops, useful links, and the latest thoughts on matters the Graduate School dean and staff considers important.
Calendar Monday, February 26, deadline for submitting a proposal for Drexel, Connections 2007, May 18-20. See details below. Tuesday-Wednesday, February 27-28, Campus wide Student Government Elections. The University of Texas Graduate Student Assembly is pleased to announce the 2007-2008 officer elections to be held in conjunction with campus-wide elections on February 27th and 28th. All candidates who have applied meet the eligibility requirements as outlined in the Graduate Student Assembly Constitution, Bylaws, and Election Code. The duties of these offices as outlined by the GSA Bylaws may be found on the GSA web site. Running unopposed for the office of President is Brian Gatten, a doctoral student in English. His personal statement may be found at . The two candidates for the office of Vice-President for External Affairs include Bradley Carpenter, a doctoral student in Education Policy and Planning, and Travis Witherspoon, a master’s student in Energy and Earth Resources. No candidates filed to run for the office of Vice-President for Internal Affairs. That position will be filled in accordance with the Constitution and Bylaws of the GSA. In addition to the offices of President and Vice-Presidents for Internal and External Affairs, the following Executive and Administrative officer appointments are also available. Executive Offices include a Financial Director, Programs Director, Communications Director and an Administrative Director. Administrative Offices include a Membership Director, a Legislative Relations Director, and a Student Affairs Director. Candidates for appointed offices must submit an application by March 7. The UT Graduate Student Assembly is the principal body for the representation of graduate student interests at the University of Texas at Austin. The Graduate Student Assembly reports to the Vice-Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies, and is considered an official element of the UT structure as one of the three student governance organizations at UT, including the Student Government and the Senate of College Councils. The general objectives of the GSA are to represent the views of graduate students to the university community and the community at large and to facilitate graduate student communication and interaction. The GSA strives to gather and disseminate information pertinent to graduate students, to conduct activities that promote the general welfare of graduate students, and to improve the financial expectations and access to financial information for graduate students. Vote Here. Tuesday, February 27, 4-6 PM, SZB 556, SAA UT meeting. The 2007 agenda for SAA-UT is very open at this time. The board will welcome suggestions for activities, events, speakers, etc. The theme for Archives Week 2007 will be decided in the near future, and we want your input on that topic as well. Snacks and drinks will be provided, and there will be time to meet informally with others. For more information and to provide suggestions, please contact Adam Knowles, SAA-UT President. Wednesday, February 28, deadline for $1000 Student Scholarship to attend the SAA meeting in Chicago, Aug 29-Sep 2. Snacks, treats and beverages will be provided. Come one, come all! For more information, please visit the Scholarship Website, read the application form, or contact Dennis Harrison or Dr. Gracy. Wednesday, February 28, 1-2:30 PM, UNB 2.228 (Texas Union Theater), Allison Supancic, Alternative Strategies for Getting Small Grants. PDCE offers graduate students another opportunity to learn how to apply for and receive small grants. For more information and details on how to register please visit the event Website or contact Liz Alexander via email or phone, 232-3613. ADDED EVENT. Wednesday, February 28, 4:30-6 PM, AZB 556, Student Association meeting. We'll discuss such topics as Tea with the Dean and April's iSchool Week. Also, anyone else think we need a new set of whiteboard markers in each classroom? For more information please contact Lisa, Christy, Lea, and Kathleen, Association Co-Directors. ADDED EVENT. Thursday, March 1, 3:30 - 5 PM, SZB 468, Dr. Javed Mostafa, Context-aware Information Services and Experimental Results in Diverse Domains. Professor Mostafa teaches at Indiana University and is a former iSchool student. Context-aware Information Services and experimental Results in Diverse Domains. For more information, please contact Dr. Galloway. Friday, March 2, deadline for $85 Early Bird student member registration for the ALA Annual Conference, in Washington, D.C., June 21-27. See dates below for conference details and links. For more information, please contact Angelica Delgado, UT ALA/TLA Coordinator. Friday, March 2, 3-7 PM, Tarlton Law Library, SLA, Tour of Tarlton Law Library and Happy Hour. Please join SLA for a tour of UT's own Tarlton Law Library. The library is a really unique place to visit, not only for the law library itself, but also for the rare books collection and the Hyder Collection. We will be meeting in the lobby of the Law School starting at about a quarter to 3. The tour will last about an hour and afterwards we will head the Crown & Anchor for a Happy Hour at 2911 San Jacinto Blvd. Please join us for one or both of the events! For more information please visit the library Website or contact Heather Karbal. Saturday, March 3, 11 AM - 5 PM, UT Campus, Explore
UT. Texans of all ages are invited to EXPLORE UT, "the biggest
open house in Texas." You're encouraged to attend, volunteer
to help and invite friends and family to enjoy 400 free events. These
and more adventures await explorers of all ages. Programs will allow
participants to: Volunteers help create a welcoming environment that contributes to a memorable Explore UT experience for university guests. This year, volunteers are needed to assist with activities throughout the day on Saturday, March 3. You can sign up to volunteer at the volunteer Webpage. Saturday, March 3, 4-6 PM, Whole Foods, 6th and Lamar, Chili Cookoff. Chili-vs-Chili w/ beans-whatever you like, it all goes down good with cold Texas beers! For more information please contact Frank Mancuso via email or phone, 916-4565.
Future Events Tuesday, March 5, 3-5:30 PM, DFA 3.200 (Fine Arts Library), George Blood, Recorded Sound Digitalizing. George Blood, the owner of Safe Sound Archive, Philadelphia, PA, speak about recorded sound digitization and contracting for reformatting services. He's bringing great handouts and other stuff for us! The Fine Arts Library is on the third floor of the Dotty Fine Arts building. Don't miss out on this super learning experience! All are welcome. For more information, please contact Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa, Director, The Kilgarlin Center for Preservation of the Cultural Record, via email or phone, 471-8287. Wednesday, March 7, Noon - 1 PM, SZB 464, Tim Strawn and Xan Charbonnet, Automating and Cataloging Information. What better way to get ready for Spring Break than to give your brain something to chew on first :-). TLA/ALA Brown Bag Luncheon. Tim Strawn is the Head of Cataloguing and Metadata Sources at PCL and Xan Charbonnet is the Founder of Biblionix, a complete ILS system for small and medium public libraries. They'll offer interesting perspectives on automating and cataloguing information. No membership required! You bring your lunch, we share cold* drinks. For more information, please contact Angelica Delgado, UT ALA/TLA Coordinator. Wednesday, March 7, 10 AM - 3 PM, Erwin Center, Communications Job and Internship Fair. For more information, please visit the event Website. Wednesday, March 7, 4:30-5:30 PM, SZB 556, Sue Murphy, Moving Large Scale Collections. Sue Murphy, Preservation Consultant, Austin, will present on the logistics of coordinating and moving large-scale collections. Sue recently worked in the Preservation Directorate of the Library of Congress, heading a team that surveyed and planned the move of LC's AV collections to the new National Audi-Visual Conservation Center in Culpepper, Virginia. Don't miss out on this super learning experience! All are welcome. For more information, please contact Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa, Director, The Kilgarlin Center for Preservation of the Cultural Record, via email or phone, 471-8287. Wednesday, March 7, 4:30-6:30 PM, Scholz's Biergarten, SASI Happy Hour. For more information please contact Lisa, Christy, Lea, and Kathleen, Association Co-Directors. Thursday March 8, 5-7 PM, Draught House, GSA Happy Hour. GSA will pay for drinks via tickets until the allotted money runs out (and appetizers are free while supplies last)! Spread the word and get there early! The Draught House is located at 4112 Medical Parkway. For more information, please contact Clare Riviello. 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. Thursday, March 15 - April 13, The Program Committee for the Texas Conference on Digital Libraries (TCDL), May 30 - June 1, at UT, invites you to submit an extended abstract of no more than 500 words by April 13. The contributions must be written in English and should be double spaced. The Program Committee will select relevant submissions. Selected speakers will receive an email by April 27 with guidelines for their presentation. Presentations will be limited to 20 minutes, plus 10 minutes for questions. extended abstract submissions will be accepted through a web- based form . See notes below on for conference information. 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-Saturday , March 30-31, TCC, Second Annual Lonestar Graduate Diversity Colloquium. This Colloquium is for students who have not yet entered graduate school, but current graduate student volunteers are needed to make it successful. Also, should you have the opportunity to interact with our visitors within your department or elsewhere on campus, please welcome them and share your thoughts and insights about the value of a graduate degree from UT Austin. The colloquium is a collective effort by all colleges and universities in Texas to expand the pool of prospective graduate students that all graduate programs can recruit from. The primary purpose of this event is to encourage more under-represented minorities and women currently enrolled at Texas colleges and universities to stay in Texas to complete their graduate education. Our target group is sophomore and junior undergraduate students. To facilitate student exploration of graduate school options, and due to space limitations, ONLY masters and doctoral degree granting Texas institutions of higher education will be accepted to recruit at the colloquium. President William Powers and the Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School, Victoria Rodriguez, will host this year's conference at UT. The
colloquium will begin with check-in at the Thompson Conference Center
at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, March 30. The colloquium will include informational
sessions on the graduate school experience, a graduate school recruitment
fair, and end with a closing ceremony at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, March
31. We encourage you to hold these dates open.
We are looking for volunteers for many parts of the colloquium especially the breakout sessions to be held on Saturday. Graduate coordinators, graduate students, and faculty are all invited to offer presentations that address subjects such as applying to graduate school, financial assistance, exam preparation, etc. We also plan to offer sessions that are intended for staff, faculty, and administrators interested in graduate recruitment issues. The titles below are subject to change; please consider them a guide as to the subjects that would best address the needs of the prospective students attending the colloquium. For more information or if you or your colleagues are interested in making a presentation at the Second Annual Lone Star Graduate Diversity Colloquium, or if you are interested in volunteering your time in any part of the colloquium, please visit the event Website and contact Luis Guevara, Graduate Program Coordinator, via email or phone, 475-6769. 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. Saturday, March 31, 2-4 PM, CDL, iSchool/Kilgarlin Center Edible Book Festival. Join the fun--and the puns--at the 2007 Austin Edible Book Festival, the 5th annual event in Austin! It will take place at the Collections Deposit Library (CDL) on the southwest corner of MLK Blvd and Red River St. Prizes will be awarded to winning entries and guests earn a bite of a book or two. The event will be organized by students from the University of Texas iSchool and the Kilgarlin Center for Preservation of the Cultural Record. Paid parking is available in the UT parking garage (TRG) at MLK Blvd and Trinity St. The 4 Montopolis/ 18 Martin Luther King AND 15 Red River/16 S. 5th St-Westgate have bus stops right at the corner of MLK and Red River. Additional bus routes and information on prizes will be added to the soon-to-be-updated Kilgarlin Program Edible Book Festival Website. Photos of amazing and amusing entries (and potential inspiration) from years past are already displayed on the web site. Austin sources for hard to find edible materials include - All in One bake Shop for potato starch paper, Michael's craft stores for edible ink pens, and Whole Foods Market for pre-made crepes. For more information folks can contact the organizing committee by email - or Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa via email or phone, 471-8287. 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. Friday, April 13, Abstract submissions due for the Texas Conference on Digital Libraries (TCDL), May 30 - June 1, at UT. Abstract are of no more than 500 words. The contributions must be written in English and should be double spaced. The Program Committee will select relevant submissions. Selected speakers will receive an email by April 27 with guidelines for their presentation. Presentations will be limited to 20 minutes, plus 10 minutes for questions. extended abstract submissions will be accepted through a web- based form . See notes below on conference. 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. For more information, please contact Angelica Delgado, UT ALA/TLA Coordinator. Friday, May 18, deadline for $100 advance student member registration for the ALA Annual Conference, in Washington, D.C., June 21-27. See dates below for conference details and links. For more information, please contact Angelica Delgado, UT ALA/TLA Coordinator. 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: 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. Monday-Saturday, May 20-25, College Station, Texas A&M Book History Workshop. Taking place in the Cushing Memorial Library and Archives at Texas A&M University, this five-day workshop provides an intensive, hands-on introduction to the history of books and printing with an emphasis on hand press era printing and its allied technologies--typecasting, papermaking, bookbinding, illustration, and ink-making. The combination of labs with seminars will provide students with practical experience as well as a broad historical survey of the field. Students will have the opportunity to cast type in a hand mould, set lines of type, impose formes, make paper, produce relief and intaglio illustrations and print on a replica common press. The workshop is intended for librarians, archivists, students, teachers, book collectors and private individuals who work in areas related to or who have an interest in book history. Past workshops have also included a series of evening lectures by scholars active in the field of book history. If you are interested in taking the workshop, please register soon as the workshop is filling up very quickly. To register, or see photographs from previous workshops, please visit the event Website. For more information, please visit the event Website or contact Christopher L. Morrow, Ph.D., Curator for Outreach,Cushing Memorial Library and Archives Texas A&M University, via email or phone, 979-845-1951. Wednesday- Friday, May 30 - June 1, ACE 2.302 (AVAYA Auditorium), Texas Conference on Digital Libraries. The first Texas Conference on Digital Libraries will be held at the University of Texas at Austin. Registration is forthcoming. There will be no registration fee for TCDL; however, space is limited, so please register as soon as it is available in order to ensure your participation. Important Dates:
Registration will be available March 1st. There is no registration fee for TCDL. However, space is limited, so please register as soon as possible in order to ensure your participation. Please visit the event Website for registration and the latest conference information. If you have any questions, please contact Hillary Spiller, Administrative Associate for the Texas Digital Library at 512- 495- 4129. Saturday- Wednesday, June 3-6, Denver, SLA Conference. Thursday-Wednesday, June 21-27, ALA Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. The ALA Annual Conference is a great place to advance your career and connect with a wide variety of new colleagues from around the world. ALA is focused on making your conference experience rewarding. In addition to the hundreds of programs and networking opportunities at Annual, special events and programs for first-time conference attendees have been set up to help you 'do' conference right. First time attendees will be matched up with an ALA Ambassador to help you personally make connections to programs, people and places before conference. Get expert advice on programs to attend, exhibitors to visit, parties to frequent, and ways to get the most out of conference. ALA Divisions and Round Tables will be sponsoring 101 programs throughout the conference to help you navigate programs, meetings and exhibits based on the kind of work you want do, or the type of library where you plan to work. First-time attendees will also receive special invitations to receptions sponsored by exhibitors and library vendors .Special events this year include the World Premier of "The Hollywood Librarian: Librarians in Cinema and Society". Get involved in "The Insider's Guide to Capitol Hill", "Library Day on the Hill", and volunteer projects as part of "Librarians Build Communities". Hundreds of programs on nearly every topic in library services are offered. Student members of ALA receive significantly discounted rates for the conference. ALA Student Members can register before March 2nd, 2007 for only $85.00! If you are not currently a member of ALA, Student Membership only costs $28.00 per year. Save nearly $100.00 by joining. Registration rates: Early Bird (until 3/2/07): $85; Advance (until 5/18): $110; Onsite: $120. Dorm housing will be available in D.C. Hostels and other less expensive housing options are available as well. Please visit these two sites for more information or to register: Conference website (membership and registration, hotel maps, travel info, etc.); Annual Conference Wiki (info from local people and long timers). For job seekers, the New Members Round Table (NMRT) offers free resume review services at the Placement Center. Pre-register for the Placement Center to review the list of libraries that are hiring, and come prepared to meet prospective employers. Connect with your future career today at ALA Annual Conference. Note that the Honor Dance for Dr. Roy at the National Museum of the American Indian is scheduled for 3:30-5:30 PM on Friday June 22 and Dr. Roy's inaugural banquet at the Grand Hyatt, DC, is scheduled for 7-10 PM on Thursday, June 26. 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.
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 March 3 |
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