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

New Webmaster needed. The iSchool communications tools--the Ph.D. Website, elist, and Blackboard site--need a new master. Traditionally, an iSchool Ph.D. student completing their first year has volunteered assume this responsibility until reaching candidacy. If you are interested in learning how these tools work and in supporting communications between your fellow colleagues, please contact the current Webmaster.

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.

 

No more additions. As of April 1, the current Webmaster will no longer be adding items to this Website. Corrections will be made to ensure accuracy until the end of the current semester.

 

Calendar
April 29 through May 6

Friday, May 4, last day of spring classes.

Friday, May 4, 2-4 PM, SZB 1 (Al Kiva Auditorium), Capstone Poster Session. The poster session will begin with "Minute Madness" during which each student will have 90 seconds to condense his or her project and present it as a pitch to the audience. Following Minute Madness, students will take their places beside their posters as attendees circulate to view the posters. Students will answer questions about their posters/projects and provide explanations to attendees who stop to view their posters. The Dean's Award for Capstone Excellence will be accorded to the most outstanding project/poster. For more information please visit the Capstone Poster Website or contact Carla Criner via email or phone, 471-5654.

Friday, May 4, 2-4 PM, Tower Garden, UT Remembers. At the university's annual "UT Remembers" memorial program, students,
faculty and staff who died in the past year are remembered. Family and friends are invited to the public ceremony where Tower bells toll as each person's name is read. We ask your help in reviewing the list of students and current and retired faculty and staff who died in the last 12 months. The list on the link below can be sorted by name, classification or department. If you are aware of an omission, please contact LaToya Hill for students, Dorothy Harris for current or retired faculty members, or Robin Jarman for current or retired staff ,embers. Your prompt response will help us make sure each family receives an invitation to UT For more information, please contact Susan Clagett, Office of Relationship Management and University Events, via email or phone 471-7753.

Saturday - Tuesday, May 5-22, UT's Annual Trash to Treasure. Volunteer with Trash to Treasure and help reduce waste during move out! Trash to Treasure's goal is to reduce waste during move out by recycling students' unwanted stuff in a campus-wide garage sale. More than 150 volunteers will be needed from May 5-22 to collect and sort donations. Shifts are 9AM-Noon, Noon-3PM, and 3PM-6PM. All volunteers get a free Early Bird Pass to the Trash to Treasure Garage Sale on August 26th, so you can get the best deals. You also get access to a volunteer-only secret preview on August 25th, where you'll get to scope out the stuff before anyone else. This is a campus-wide recycling effort, and we need your help! To volunteer. To volunteer and for more information, please visit the event Website or contact Will Beard at williamhenrybeard@gmail.com via email or phone 260-5592.

 

Future Events
Mark Your Calendar

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:
• 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, 9-10 AM, Bass Concert Hall, Graduate School Convocation. For more information please contact Andrea St. Lawrence, via email or phone, 232-3618.

Saturday, May 19, 2-3 PM, Jessen Auditorium in Homer Rainey Hall, iSchool Convocation. For more information, please contact Carla Criner, via email or phone 471-3821.

Saturday, May 19, 3-4 PM, UNB 3.128 (Sinclair Suite), iSchool Reception. For more information, please contact Carla Criner, via email or phone 471-3821.

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:

  • March 15, Abstracts may be submitted
  • April 13, Abstracts due
  • April 27, Notification of acceptance
  • May 18, 2007, Final presentation due
  • May 30 - June 1, 2007, Texas Conference on Digital Libraries

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.

 

 

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 April 30