Call for student volunteers at November ASIS&T conference June 22, 2009
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Respond by July 20, 2009
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.”
How the Program Works
In exchange for complimentary registration, we’ll ask you to help us run the conference. You’ll serve as a room monitor for about three sessions each day for three days. In addition, you’ll help out either at our registration desk or conference headquarters for a 4-hour period on one day of the conference.
How to Participate
If you would like to be considered for this program, for the 2009 Annual Meeting, to be held November 6-11 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada . Please forward your name, address, phone, fax and e-mail numbers to:
American Society for Information Science & Technology
ATTN.: ASIS&T 2008 Annual Meeting
1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 510
Silver Spring, MD 20910
FAX: (301) 495-0810
e-mail: lvick@asis.org
There are a limited number of positions available, and applications are considered on a first come/first served basis, so be sure to let us know of your interest by July 20, 2009.
March meeting minutes posted March 16, 2009
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The minutes for the March executive meeting have now been posted. You can find them in the Meeting Minutes section of the About page of this blog, or you can click here.
Don’t forget about our last meeting of the year! April 1, 1-2pm, Room 461.
Term end meeting: April 1, 1-2pm March 15, 2009
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We’ve confirmed the date of our term end meeting:
April 1
1-2pm
Room 461 (that’s the one outside SLAIS, not the one by the lounge)
We’ll be doing a little business and having students talk about their experiences in the technology courses at SLAIS. Hope you all can make it!
February meeting minutes up February 24, 2009
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The minutes for the February executive meeting have now been posted. You can find them in the Meeting Minutes section of the About page of this blog, or you can click here.
Zotero workshop: Citing up a storm February 1, 2009
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“Oh, Xuemei, I’m glad I came today!” Cindy Mack, SLAIS student
9 students and 1 prospective student gathered in the SLAIS Terrace lab on the 29th to learn about Zotero. In just two hours we explored the ins and outs of this amazing free citation management tool. All participants were very impressed with the extensive features and flexiblity Zotero could offer. Xuemei Li, 2nd year MLIS student, did an excellent job inspiring us all to learn this new tool and all participants plan to make the most of Zotero for our upcoming research activities.
- Xuemei Li at the ASIS&T Zotero workshop
For those who missed the session, the Google site is still available with step-by-step instructions and screenshots:
http://sites.google.com/site/zoteroworkshopsite/. This is an incredible resources for anyone getting started with Zotero. Thanks Xuemei!
Xuemei prepared this workshop as part of the Digital Media Project, a partnership between SLAIS and the Chapman Learning Commons. This project focuses on social networking and digital media tools to enhance student’s learning experience. For more information about the project and other upcoming workshops please visit the Digital Media Project blog: http://ubcdigitalmediaproject.wordpress.com/
Don’t forget to come to the ASIS&T sponsored iGoogle and Delicious session, next Wednesday from 12-2pm in the SLAIS Terrace Lab.
Upcoming events January 20, 2009
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ASIS&T at UBC is pleased to announce several upcoming workshops for SLAIS students on techy tools to make your life easier. These workshops were designed and will be taught by the digital media interns at SLAIS.
Zotero – The Next Generation of Research Tools
Terrace Lab, Jan 29th, 12-2pm
Zotero is a Firefox that helps you collect, organize and cite your research sources. Come to the workshop if you’re tired of RefWorks — or (like me) copying down citation information by hand.
Delicious and iGoogle – Gateways to Academic Success
Terrace Lab, Feb 4th, 12-2pm
Can Delicious and iGoogle be beneficial to students and academics? Yes! Come find out how.
Delicious is a social bookmarking service that allows users to tag, save, organize, search and share web pages through the web. iGoogle provides users with a customizable web site, allowing users to put all their favorite online gadgets in one place — RSS feeds, Google Calendar, various social software, etc. It also manages URLS, usernames and passwords!
January 2009 meeting minutes posted January 18, 2009
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The minutes for the first executive meeting of the year have now been posted. You can find them in the Meeting Minutes section of the About page of this blog, or you can click here.
