Start your year off with a bang: meet up with your GELA colleagues and sample the fare at a great local restaurant on Friday, February 3rd, 2012.
You may have encountered the dine-around concept at conferences. We decided to give it a shot here.
The idea of the dine-around is to organize small groups of GELA members to get out and visit local restaurants. Keeping the groups small ensures a more intimate dinner party experience, where everyone gets to know his or her fellow diners, which hopefully sparks some lively conversation.
It's a great chance for both new and long-time members to make connections and meet new people. Holding the event at multiple restaurants allows members to choose a restaurant that indulges their culinary curiosity and fits their budget.
The selected restaurants for the event are: the Pourhouse Bier Bistro, Blue Chair Café, Narayanni's Gourmet South African Indian Cuisine, and Pampa Brazilian Steakhouse.
If you have any questions, please email John Huck, GELA program councillor, at john.huck@ualberta.ca <mailto:john.huck%40ualberta.ca> .
Hope to see you there!
For more information and to RSVP please see http://gela.ca <http://gela.ca>
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Register to Attend the 2012 Forum for Information Professionals
Website registration is now open to attend the 2012 Forum for Information Professionals on Friday, January 27th, at the University of Alberta School of Library and Information Studies.
Please register at http://fip.lissa.ca/main/attend to attend this free one day conference. The cutoff this year will be 165 participants so please register asap! Note that registration is required to attend the lunch and the student presentations but not the morning or afternoon keynote speakers.
We are excited to present this year to the library and information services community, our morning keynotes speakers Marni Harrington and Elizabeth Marshall who will present on Mentoring in Academic Libraries: A Canadian Perspective. Our afternoon keynote speakers, Jeananne Kathol Kirwin, Linda Cameron and Robert Tiessen, will participate in a Copyright Panel Discussion.
Keynote speaker and student presentation information is also available on the website.
The schedule has now been posted!
If you have any questions please contact Senior Co-Chairs, J. Nicole Mullings (jmulling@ualberta.ca) or Tawnia Daughton (tawnia@ualberta.ca).
Please register at http://fip.lissa.ca/main/attend to attend this free one day conference. The cutoff this year will be 165 participants so please register asap! Note that registration is required to attend the lunch and the student presentations but not the morning or afternoon keynote speakers.
We are excited to present this year to the library and information services community, our morning keynotes speakers Marni Harrington and Elizabeth Marshall who will present on Mentoring in Academic Libraries: A Canadian Perspective. Our afternoon keynote speakers, Jeananne Kathol Kirwin, Linda Cameron and Robert Tiessen, will participate in a Copyright Panel Discussion.
Keynote speaker and student presentation information is also available on the website.
The schedule has now been posted!
If you have any questions please contact Senior Co-Chairs, J. Nicole Mullings (jmulling@ualberta.ca) or Tawnia Daughton (tawnia@ualberta.ca).
Edmonton Social Planning Council: Lunch and Learn Series
The Edmonton Social Planning Council invites you to our first Lunch and Learn Series event of the year!
Literacy: Implications For Us All with Jonna Grad and Wendy Peverett, Centre for Family Literacy
Our speakers will discuss the impact thatlower literacy rates have on all aspects of a person's life.They will also talk about programs offered by the Centreto help Albertans improve their literacy skills.
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
12-1 pm
Audio-Visual Room, Main Floor, Stanley Milner Library (downtown library @ Churchill Square)
Bring your lunch. Feed your mind.
Bring your lunch. Feed your mind.
For more information about our Lunch and Learn Series, visit our website, call 780.423.2031x354, or email Stephen MacDonald, Resource Coordinator at stephenm[at]edmontonsocialplanning[dot]ca
Strathcona County Library: Two upcoming lectures on The Art and History of Books.
THE HISTORY OF THE BOOKSUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5
Strathcona County Library welcomes guest lecturer Sarah Mead-Willis, Rare Book Cataloguer at the University of Alberta. Join us from 2 PM – 4PM, for a fascinating illustrated journey through the history of the book.
Tickets are $10, available at the Check Out Desk. For more information, email info@sclibrary.ab.ca, or call 780.410.8600.
HANDMADE BOOKS TODAYSUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12
Strathcona County Library welcomes guest speakers from the Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild. Join us from 2 PM – 4PM for a talk about the ancient and beautiful art of handmade books, with a showcase of books created by Guild members.
Tickets are $10, available at the Check Out Desk. For more information, email info@sclibrary.ab.ca, or call 780.410.8600.
Strathcona County Library welcomes guest lecturer Sarah Mead-Willis, Rare Book Cataloguer at the University of Alberta. Join us from 2 PM – 4PM, for a fascinating illustrated journey through the history of the book.
Tickets are $10, available at the Check Out Desk. For more information, email info@sclibrary.ab.ca, or call 780.410.8600.
HANDMADE BOOKS TODAYSUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12
Strathcona County Library welcomes guest speakers from the Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild. Join us from 2 PM – 4PM for a talk about the ancient and beautiful art of handmade books, with a showcase of books created by Guild members.
Tickets are $10, available at the Check Out Desk. For more information, email info@sclibrary.ab.ca, or call 780.410.8600.
Sunday, January 8, 2012
2012 Forum for Information Professionals
Website registration is now open to attend the 2012 Forum for Information Professionals on Friday, January 27th, at the University of Alberta School of Library and Information Studies.
Please register at http://fip.lissa.ca/main/attend to attend this free one day conference. The cutoff this year will be 165 participants so please register asap! Note that registration is required to attend the lunch and the student presentations but not the morning or afternoon keynote speakers.
We are excited to present this year to the library and information services community, our morning keynotes speakers Marni R. Harrington and Elizabeth Marshall who will present on Mentoring in Canadian English Academic Libraries. Our afternoon keynote speakers, Jeananne Kathol Kirwin, Linda Cameron and Robert Tiessen, will participate in a Copyright Panel Discussion.
Keynote speaker and student presentation information is also available on the website. The schedule will be posted to the website soon, so stay tuned!
If you have any questions please contact Senior Co-Chairs, J. Nicole Mullings (jmulling@ualberta.ca) or Tawnia Daughton (tawnia@ualberta.ca).
We hope to see you at FIP 2012!
Please register at http://fip.lissa.ca/main/attend to attend this free one day conference. The cutoff this year will be 165 participants so please register asap! Note that registration is required to attend the lunch and the student presentations but not the morning or afternoon keynote speakers.
We are excited to present this year to the library and information services community, our morning keynotes speakers Marni R. Harrington and Elizabeth Marshall who will present on Mentoring in Canadian English Academic Libraries. Our afternoon keynote speakers, Jeananne Kathol Kirwin, Linda Cameron and Robert Tiessen, will participate in a Copyright Panel Discussion.
Keynote speaker and student presentation information is also available on the website. The schedule will be posted to the website soon, so stay tuned!
If you have any questions please contact Senior Co-Chairs, J. Nicole Mullings (jmulling@ualberta.ca) or Tawnia Daughton (tawnia@ualberta.ca).
We hope to see you at FIP 2012!
Research Colloquium: The Importance of Being Earnest: Non-ambiguous Identification of Information Objects
The School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alberta invites you to attend the following Research Colloquium:Dr. Andreas Strotmann, Senior Researcher, GESIS, Germany
"The Importance of Being Earnest: Non-ambiguous Identification of Information Objects"
When: Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Where: 2-09 Rutherford South, University of Alberta
Time: 12:00pm-1:00pm
"The Importance of Being Earnest: Non-ambiguous Identification of Information Objects"
When: Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Where: 2-09 Rutherford South, University of Alberta
Time: 12:00pm-1:00pm
Winter Institute on Statistical Literacy for Librarians (WISLL) February 22-24, 2012
The University of Alberta Libraries is hosting its sixth Winter Institute on Statistical Literacy for Librarians (WISLL) February 22-24, 2012. This training event will provide strategies and skills for finding, evaluating and retrieving online published statistics and will be useful to information professionals working in academic, public and special libraries. Seven (7) spots remain and will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.
Please note that this workshop will not provide instruction about how to conduct data analysis or library assessments, although some examples will include the use of data to demonstrate how statistics are produced. The instructional focus is on making online statistics more accessible to librarians and their patrons. Topics to be covered include:
- A framework for thinking about published statistics
- How statistics are derived from data
- The importance of definitions, standards and classifications in understanding statistics
- Using metadata to find statistics
- Interpreting statistical metadata
- Evaluating statistical sources
- Choosing official and non-official statistical sources
- Tools and strategies for locating statistics
- How to cite online statistics
- Geographical and spatial representations of statistics
- Challenges in finding statistics for small geographic areas
The registration fee is $250.00, which includes continental breakfast, coffee breaks and lunch for all three days. Due to the limited enrolment, we ask people to pay their registration fee within two weeks of completing the online registration form.
For more information, or to register please visit http://wisll.library.ualberta.ca./.
If you have any additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at: wisll@mail.library.ualberta.ca.
Nicole DalmerWISLL Coordinator
* Please note that I am in the Data Library at the following times and will respond to your inquiries as soon as possible: Tuesday morning, Wednesday afternoon, Friday all day
Please note that this workshop will not provide instruction about how to conduct data analysis or library assessments, although some examples will include the use of data to demonstrate how statistics are produced. The instructional focus is on making online statistics more accessible to librarians and their patrons. Topics to be covered include:
- A framework for thinking about published statistics
- How statistics are derived from data
- The importance of definitions, standards and classifications in understanding statistics
- Using metadata to find statistics
- Interpreting statistical metadata
- Evaluating statistical sources
- Choosing official and non-official statistical sources
- Tools and strategies for locating statistics
- How to cite online statistics
- Geographical and spatial representations of statistics
- Challenges in finding statistics for small geographic areas
The registration fee is $250.00, which includes continental breakfast, coffee breaks and lunch for all three days. Due to the limited enrolment, we ask people to pay their registration fee within two weeks of completing the online registration form.
For more information, or to register please visit http://wisll.library.ualberta.ca./.
If you have any additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at: wisll@mail.library.ualberta.ca.
Nicole DalmerWISLL Coordinator
* Please note that I am in the Data Library at the following times and will respond to your inquiries as soon as possible: Tuesday morning, Wednesday afternoon, Friday all day
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