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THE SUMMER SEMINAR to LONDON

Kathrin — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:18:20 +0000

The School of Information and Library Science at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill and University College London invite you to attend
the inaugural offering of a new summer seminar: British Libraries and
Librarianship: Past, Present and Future. The seminar will be held between
May 16th and 29th, 2010.

This two-week summer seminar offers an opportunity to gain an in-depth view
of libraries and librarianship in Great Britain. Participants may also earn
three hours of graduate credit for attending.

The seminar will be held in London, one of the most historic and dynamic
cities in the world, and will feature lectures, presentations and tours of
libraries and cultural heritage institutions in England. Although most of
the program will take place in London, there will be day trips to visit the
university libraries at both Oxford and Cambridge.

ACTIVITIES
In addition to the libraries at Oxford and Cambridge, participants will
visit the British Library, the National Archive, the Imperial War Museum
(including its library) and the Wellcome Library (including the History of
Medicine Collection). Visits will also be made to other types of libraries
including public libraries and a newspaper digitization project.

Some free time will be built into the program so that participants can
explore London and visit other libraries and cultural institutions of their
choice. The weekend will be free so participants can visit places of
interest in London, Great Britain, or Europe.

LOCATION
The seminar will take place in Bloomsbury, the academic and literary heart
of London. Bloomsbury is home of University College London and the UCL
Department of Information Studies, co-sponsor of the seminar. It is also
the location of Winston House, an 18th century townhouse which serves as
the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s “campus” in London.
Winston House is located around the corner from the British Museum in
Bedford Square, “the oldest remaining complete Georgian garden square in
the city.” Many of the lectures will take place there.

Participants in the seminar are able to earn three hours of graduate
academic credit through UNC at Chapel Hill. Lectures and site visits will
be arranged by the faculty of the UCL Department of Information Studies,
the largest and one of the most highly ranked LIS Schools in the United
Kingdom. A UNC faculty member will accompany the group and will serve as
the academic advisor to all participants taking the course for credit.

The London Seminar program is open to all students and professionals, not
just students at UNC at Chapel Hill. Librarians at all stages of their
careers are welcome to participate.

ACCOMMODATIONS
All participants will be housed in the Janet Poole House, a Georgian
townhouse conveniently located close to both the Winston House and UCL.
Housing will be provided in studio apartments with kitchens and sitting
areas. The Janet Poole House is in the center of Bloomsbury near public
transportation and a variety of restaurants. Cost of the accommodations is
included in the price of the seminar.

COST & REGISTRATION
The registration fee for participants covers housing, instruction, a few
meals, transportation to Oxford and Cambridge and a basic travel card for
transportation on the London public transportation system (bus,
underground, and light rail) within the city. Other meals, transportation
from the airport to the Janet Poole House, additional local transportation
fees and airfare to and from the seminar are not included. Each participant
is responsible for organizing his or her flights to and from London.

COST
The price for this seminar is:

• Shared accommodation (roommate): $3,500

• Participant plus guest: $6,250

A guest is defined as someone who accompanies you on the trip (usually a
spouse) and shares a room with you but does not participate in any of the
instructional sessions and most tours.

If you are interested in a single room, we may be able to provide one.
Please get in touch with Michael Penny (mpenny@email.unc.edu) for more
details.

If you intend to take this course for credit, the UNC Cashier’s Office will
bill you separately for approximately $250.

Payment is accepted by check or by Visa or MasterCard credit card.

REGISTRATION
To register, please fill in the online form (under “Registration” at:
http://sils.unc.edu/programs/international/london.htm

CANCELLATION POLICY
A monetary penalty will be charged to those cancelling their registrations.

• Cancellation requests received on or before March 1: $50 cancellation
fee.
• Requests received March 2 – March 31: 30% penalty.
• Requests received April 1 – May 15: 60% penalty.
• Requests received after May 15: no refund.

ACADEMIC CREDIT
The seminar is available for 3 hours of graduate credit from SILS.
Participants are asked to attend all class sessions and complete a research
paper after the seminar ends. Participants determine the topic of their
papers in consultation with the academic advisor.

Please indicate your wish to enroll for credit on your registration form.
The UNC at Chapel Hill Cashier’s Office will bill you approximately $250.
Contact the SILS program coordinator if your institution requires further
information about the course.

Please direct any questions about the program to Michael Penny via e-mail
at mpenny@email.unc.edu or by calling 919-962-8366.

University of Toronto sucht neuen Assistant, Associate oder Full Professor

Kathrin — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:03:27 +0000

Die Universität in Toronto expandiert im Bereich New Media and Children’s Literature und sucht neue Mitglieder für den Lehrkörper.
Anbei die offizielle Stellenanzeige.

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SILS bietet internationales Sommerprogramm in Prag

Kathrin — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 15:51:44 +0000

The School of Information and Library Science (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) is pleased to announce its 2010 summer international program to Prague in the Czech Republic.

Registration is open to anyone interested in being part of the seminar in
Prague. This international summer seminar can either be taken for academic
credit or on a non-credit basis.

“Participants learn first-hand about libraries and library service in a
different culture,” said Dr. Barbara B. Moran, interim dean of SILS and
director of international programs. “They are able to gain a global
perspective on issues facing libraries around the world and come to
appreciate that librarians everywhere are linked in a global community of
information provision.”

Prague, Czech Republic
Libraries and Librarianship in the Czech Republic

Study in the Czech Republic is offered from May 23 – June 5, 2010.
Participants will see the libraries and facilities at central Europe’s
oldest university, Charles University, which was founded in 1348. The
lectures provide a broad overview of libraries across the Czech Republic
and will be supplemented with tours of libraries and other cultural
institutions in Prague and other parts of the Czech Republic.

The series of presentations is supplemented by:

Walking tour of the Old Town (Stare Mesto), Charles Bridge and Wenceslas
Square

Bus tour of historic Prague, including Mala Strana, Nove Mesto, Prague
Castle, St. Vitus Cathedral and the Jewish Quarter

* Visit to the Klementinum (National Library)
* Visit to Kromeriz to see a castle library
* Tour of the Parliament Library
* Tour of Strahov Monastery and its libraries

Those who have attended the summer seminar to Prague last year offer the
following testimonials:

“The seminar in Prague was a spectacular addition to my graduate studies.
With the group I was able to see libraries and books unavailable to any
tourist, or through any other program. The guides were attentive and put
together creative and interesting programs and tours for us. We were
treated like visiting scholars and colleagues. The Czech Republic itself is
a quintessentially beautiful European country and we got to see quite a lot
of it. I recommend this program to anyone!”

“The summer seminar in Prague on Libraries and Librarianship was hands-down
one of best experiences while at SILS. It was a wonderful opportunity for
me to learn across several disciplines and interests in the library science
field. This gave me a better vision of the library science field and all
that it entails. It raised new interests for me and has pushed me in a
different direction that I had originally planned when I first arrived to
SILS. Everyone was extremely kind and open to assisting our group with
anything we needed while in Prague. I felt like I made very dear friends
that I will not hesitate to contact if I ever return to Prague. Also, I was
able to see firsthand palace libraries, manuscript collections and special
libraries that I would have never had the opportunity to see if it had not
been for this program. It was rich in history and information that any
budding librarian would love.”

“The Prague Seminar has been in existence since 2002, and over that time a
wonderful curriculum has been developed and refined to near perfection.
Monday – Friday of each of the two weeks we were fully occupied, mostly
with field trips within and beyond Prague, and also with lectures at
Charles University. A factor that greatly enhanced the Seminar is that we
always had with us at least half a dozen CZ students and faculty from the
University’s library science program. We enjoyed their company immensely
and of course get totally spoiled with our own personal guides and
translators.”

All registrations must be received by March 1, 2010. The registration
process is first-come, first-served, so act quickly to reserve your spot!

For more details and to register, visit the international programs page
(http://sils.unc.edu/programs/international).

Nicht vergessen: iConference Submission Deadline naht

Kathrin — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:16:42 +0000

DEADLINE for submissions: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2009.

Please remember to use the ACM format for submissions. More details at
http://www.ischools.org/iConference10/participation/

The Fifth Annual iConference brings together scholars, professionals and
students who come from diverse backgrounds and share interests in working
at the nexus of people, information and technology. The 2010 iConference
theme addresses iMPACTS. As the Obama administration brings new potential
for our field to effect change, particularly through investments in
education, broadband and scientific research, it also is providing a moment
for critical reflection on the impacts of the iSchool movement (research,
teaching, profession, industry and service) within and outside our
community. In this theme, we thus consider such questions as: What are the
broad impacts (actual and potential) of the iSchool movement? How can
impact be defined, identified, measured and communicated to key audiences?


This Call for Participation solicits contributions that reflect on the core
activities of the iSchool community, including research, design, methods and
epistemologies, educational practices and engagement between the iSchools
and wider constituencies both in the United States and abroad.
Contributions are also solicited that reflect more broadly on complex
interrelationships among people, information and technology in the
iSociety, particularly those focusing on public and private sector
settings. With invited speakers, paper and poster sessions, roundtables,
wildcard sessions, workshops and ample opportunities for conversations and
connections, the iConference celebrates and engages our multidisciplinary
and diverse research communities drawing on the interest and expertise of
people across disciplinary and organizational boundaries. Sessions will
feature completed and early cutting-edge work. The iConference will also
include a doctoral student workshop and a mentoring session for untenured
faculty and post-doctoral researchers.

In addition to the conference theme, areas of interest include (but are not
limited to):

 * IT infrastructure development and sustainability in the home,
organizations, communities, society;
 * Diversity in the iSociety: inclusion of underrepresented groups—women,
youth, the aging, people with disabilities, indigenous communities, racial
and ethnic minorities, etc.;
 * Information behavior: theoretical, empirical and methodological advances
in everyday life settings, eScience and eResearch, information literacy,
etc.;
 * Information management: life cycle, personal information management,
digital asset management, technologies of remembering and forgetting;
 * Digital libraries: preserving digital information, information quality,
security and privacy;
 * Information organization: metadata, ontologies, the Semantic Web, social
tagging; and/or
 * eGovernment: information policy, economics, ethics, law, technologies of
privacy and trust;
 * Critical reflection on the impacts of the iSchool movement (research,
teaching, profession, industry and service) within and outside of our
community.

See more at http://www.ischools.org/iConference10/participation/

-- iConference 2010 https://www.ischools.org/conftool/

iConference 2009 Website online

Kathrin — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 07:07:03 +0000

Die Website mit allen Materialien zur iConference 2009 (hat Februar 2009 stattgefunden) ist komplett und online.
Gezeigt werden alle papers, Videobeiträge der key note speaker, Poster und round table – Kurzreferate.
Zu finden unter: http://www.ischools.org/iconferences/2009index/