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DRAFT 2016-2017 Winter Session Term 2 [January-April]

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December 16, 2015
Subject to Change

DAY ROOM 8:00 –10:50 a.m. 9:00 –11:50 a.m. 2:00–4:50 p.m. 6:00-8:50 p.m.
MONDAY  461 LIBR 580 [KM] LIBR 526 [EM]
 156 ARST 545
 Terrace LIBR 551 [CB]
 155 ARST 587 / LIBR 587 [SaS]
 BUCH D323 LIBR 556 [RK]
 TUESDAY  155 LIBR 508 [LN]
 182 LIBR 504 / ARST 570 [CH]
 460 ARST 575J / LIBR 514K [VL]
 BUCH D201 LIBR 512 [FE]
 LASR 5C LIBR 534 [DG]
 185 ARST 540
WEDNESDAY  155 LIBR 506 [LF] LIBR 509 [AL]
 461 LIBR 535 [EM] LIBR 523 [JS] LIBR 574 [TS]
 158 LIBR 569A [LN]
 460 ARST 500 [MR]
THURSDAY Terrace LIBR 582 / ARST 556P
461  LIBR 570
460 ARST 560 / LIBR 514H [VL]
 185 LIBR 507 [RK]
 LASR 5C ARST 520 [LD]
 155 LIBR 511 [AL]
FRIDAY  461 LIBR 559S/ ARST 556K [EB]
 SATURDAY


Building abbreviations, please click on link: Guide on Building Abbreviations

Web Delivered Courses

NOTE: ** There is a required university fee of $45 for each web-delivered course. This is not covered by the regular tuition installment

1 Credit Courses

No 1-credit courses scheduled.

NOTE: All courses must meet minimum class size requirements [eight students for ARST courses and 10 students for LIBR courses]. If minimum size is not met the course may be cancelled. As well, all courses are subject to instructor availability and budgetary restrictions. Changes in instructor availability may require modifying the day/time in which a course if offered or the course might have to be cancelled.


DRAFT Courses By Term: 2016-2017, Winter Session, Term 1 [September/December]

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These syllabi are accurate for the start of the term. All are subject to revision.

 

Course Instructor Syllabus
 ARST 510: Archival Diplomatics (3) Corinne Rogers Syllabus
ARST 515: Arrangement and Description of Archival Documents (3) TBA Syllabus
ARST 516: Management of Current Records (3) Victoria Lemieux Syllabus
ARST 550: Management of Audio-Visual and Non-Textual Archives (3) TBA Syllabus
ARST 554: Database Design (3) [cross-listed with LIBR 554] TBA Syllabus
ARST 555: The Preservation of Digital Records (3) Luciana Duranti Syllabus
ARST 556E: Records Systems in the Digital Environment (3) [cross-listed with LIBR 514G] Sarah Romkey Syllabus
ARST 556M: Digital Libraries (3) [cross-listed with LIBR 581] TBA Syllabus
ARST 565: Administering Records Under Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Legislation (3) [cross-listed with LIBR 581] Greg Kozak Syllabus
ARST 570: Management of Libraries and Archives (3) [cross-listed with LIBR 504] Caroline Haythornthwaite Syllabus
ARST 573: Archival Systems and the Profession (3) TBA Syllabus
ARST 575H: Information Visualization and Visual Analytics (3) [cross-listed with LIBR 514J] Victoria Lemieux Syllabus
ARST 575R: Graduating Project (3) [cross-listed with LIBR 569R] Heather O'Brien Syllabus
ARST 587: Preservation (3) [cross-listed with LIBR 587] Sabina Sutherland Syllabus
ARST 591: Archival Research and Scholarship (3) [cross-listed with LIBR 505] Richard Arias-Hernandez Syllabus
ARST 592: Directed Research Project (3) Various
ARST 594: Directed Study (3) Various
ARST 595: Internship (3) Melissa Nightingale
ARST 596: Professional Experience (3) [cross-listed with LIBR 596] Melissa Nightingale
ARST 599: Thesis (12) Various

Course Instructor Syllabus
LIBR 504: Management of Information Organizations (3) [cross-listed with ARST 570] Caroline Haythornthwaite Syllabus
LIBR 506: Human Information Interaction (3) Heather O'Brien Syllabus
LIBR 507: Methods of Research and Evaluation in Information Organizations (3) Rick Kopak Syllabus
LIBR 508: Information Practices in Contemporary Society (3) Lisa Nathan Syllabus
LIBR 509: Foundations of Resource Description and Knowledge Organization (3) Aaron Loehrlein Syllabus
LIBR 511: Cataloguing and Classification (3) Florian Ehrensperger Syllabus
LIBR 514E: Taxonomies: Research and Evaluation (3) Aaron Loehrlein Syllabus
LIBR 514F: Information Visualization and Visual Analytics (3) [cross-listed with ARST 575H] Victoria Lemieux Syllabus
LIBR 514J: Administering Records Under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Legistlation (3) [Cross-listed with ARST 565] Greg Kozak Syllabus
LIBR 520: Survey of Literature and Other Materials for Children (3) Shannon Ozirny Syllabus
LIBR 527: Services for Children (3) Tess Prendergast Syllabus
LIBR 528: Services for Young Adults (3) Ariel Caldwell Syllabus
LIBR 530: Subject-Based Information Services  TBA Syllabus
LIBR 535: Instructional Role of the Librarian (3) Eric Meyers Syllabus
LIBR 541: New Media for Children and Young Adults Eric Meyers Syllabus
LIBR 554: Database Design (3) [cross-listed with ARST 554]  TBA Syllabus
LIBR 555: Information Design I: Systems (3) Rick Kopak Syllabus
LIBR 559A: Sociotechnical Technical Perspectives of Information Systems (3) Caroline Haythornthwaite Syllabus
LIBR 559Q: Open Knowledge: Changing the Global Course of Libraries and Learning (3) Stranach / Erin Fields Syllabus
LIBR 561: Information Policy (3) TBA Syllabus
LIBR 569R: Graduating Project (3) Heather O'Brien Syllabus
LIBR 571: Human Resource Management (3) Chris Middlemass / Dawn Ibey Syllabus
LIBR 581: Digital Libraries (3) [cross-listed with ARST 556M]  TBA Syllabus
LIBR 587: Preservation (3) [cross-listed with ARST 587] Sabina Sutherland Syllabus
LIBR 592: Directed Research Project (3) Various
LIBR 594: Directed Study (3) Various
LIBR 595: Practicum (0) Student Services Coordinator
LIBR 596: Professional Experience (3) [cross-listed with ARST 596] Student Services Coordinator
LIBR 597: Research Collaboration (3) Various
LIBR 599A: Thesis (6/12) Various

Course Instructor Syllabus
LAIS 607: Doctoral Proseminar (3) TBA Syllabus
LAIS 609: Advanced Seminar in Library, Archival and Information Studies Topics: Interactive Information Retrieval (3-6)d TBA  Syllabus
LAIS 620: Advanced Study in Major Area (6) Various
LAIS 621: Advanced Study in Minor Area (6) Various
LAIS 699: Thesis (0) Various

DRAFT Courses By Term: 2016-2017, Winter Session, Term 2 [January/April]

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These syllabi are accurate for the start of the term. All are subject to revision.

Archival Studies Courses

Course Instructor Syllabus
ARST 500: Information Technology & Archives (3)  Maria Robinson Syllabus
ARST 520: Selection and Acquisition of Archival Documents (3)  Luciana Duranti Syllabus
ARST 540: Archival Public Services (3)  TBA Syllabus
ARST 545: Advanced Arrangement & Description of Archival Documents (3)  TBA Syllabus
ARST 556K: Research Data Management for Information Professionals (3)  Eugene Barsky Syllabus
ARST 556P: Digital Images and Collections (3) [cross-listed with LIBR 582]  TBA Syllabus
ARST 560: Records and Information Governance (3) [cross-listed with LIBR 514H]  Victoria Lemieux Syllabus
ARST 570: Management of Libraries and Archives (3) [cross-listed with LIBR 504]  Caroline Haythornthwaite Syllabus
ARST 575J: IT Security, Information Assurance and Risk Management (3) [cross-listed with LIBR 514K] Victoria Lemieux Syllabus
ARST 587: Preservation (3) [cross-listed with LIBR 587]  Sabina Sutherland Syllabus
ARST 592: Directed Research Project (3) Various
ARST 594: Directed Study (3) Various
ARST 595: Internship (3) Student Services Coordinator
ARST 596: Professional Experience (3) [cross-listed with LIBR 596] Student Services Coordinator
ARST 599: Thesis (12) Various

Library and Information Studies Courses

Courses Instructor Syllabus
LIBR 504: Management of Information Organizations (3) [cross-listed with ARST 570] Caroline Haythornthwaite Syllabus
LIBR 506: Human Information Interaction (3) Luanne Freund Syllabus
LIBR 507: Methods of Research and Evaluation in Information Organizations (3) Rick Kopak Syllabus
LIBR 508: Information Practices in Contemporary Society (3) Lisa Nathan Syllabus
LIBR 509: Foundations of Resource Description and Knowledge Organization (3) Aaron Loehrlein Syllabus
LIBR 511: Cataloguing and Classification (3) Aaron Loehrlein Syllabus
LIBR 512: Indexing (3) Florian Ehrensperger Syllabus
LIBR 514H: Records and Information Governance (3) [cross-listed with ARST 560] Victoria Lemieux Syllabus
LIBR 514K: IT Security, Information Assurance and Risk Management (3) [cross-listed with ARST 575J] Victoria Lemieux Syllabus
LIBR 523: Canadian Literature and Other Materials for Children (3)  Judith Saltman Syllabus
LIBR 526: Literature and Other Materials for Children (3) Eric Meyers Syllabus
LIBR 529: Services for Families and Early Literacy in the Preschool Years (3) Allison Taylor-McBryde Syllabus
LIBR 534: Health Information Sources and Services (3) Dean Giustini Syllabus
LIBR 535: Instructional Role of the Librarian (3) Eric Meyers Syllabus
LIBR 551: Library Automation and Systems (3) Colleen Bell Syllabus
LIBR 556: Information Design II: Documents (3) Rick Kopak Syllabus
LIBR 559S: Research Data Management for Information Professionals (3) Eugene Barsky Syllabus
LIBR 569A: Information Practice and Protocol in Support of Indigenous Initiatives (3) Lisa Nathan Syllabus
LIBR 570: Marketing in Information Organizations (3)  Alyssa Green Syllabus
LIBR 574: Project Management in Information Organizations (3)  Trevor Smith Syllabus
LIBR 580: Collection Management (3) Kevin Madill Syllabus
LIBR 582: Digital Images and Collections (3) [cross-listed with ARST 556P] TBA Syllabus
LIBR 587: Preservation (3) [cross-listed with ARST 587] Sabina Sutherland Syllabus
LIBR 592: Directed Research Project (3) Various
LIBR 594: Directed Study (3) Various
LIBR 595: Practicum (0) Student Services Coordinator
LIBR 596: Professional Experience (3) [cross-listed with ARST 596] Student Services Coordinator
LIBR 597: Research Collaboration (3) Various
LIBR 599A: Thesis (12) Various

Doctoral Courses

Course Instructor Syllabus
LAIS 605: Advanced Seminar in Research Methods (3) TBA Syllabus
LAIS 608: Academic and Research Practices in Library Archival and Information Studies (3) TBA Syllabus
LAIS 620: Advanced Study in Major Area (6) Various
LAIS 621: Advanced Study in Minor Area (6) Various
LAIS 699: Thesis (0) Various

Jessica Tung, UBC iSchool MAS/MLIS Student Featured in Macleans Magazine

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“Fill your days with a wide range of experiences and you’ll figure out what you like.”

This is the advice UBC iSchool student Jessica Tung provides to those reading Macleans 2016 University Rankings issue. Celebrating 25 years of providing Canada with Canadian university rankings Macleans reached out to students who were born in 1991 to get their university experience.

Jessica was chosen by UBC Faculty of Arts Co-op office for this article and we at the School are proud to have Jessica not only represent the School but the University.

Congrats Jessica!

Read more about Jessica’s experience here.

To read the full article please click here.

Mackenzie King Memorial Scholarships

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Mackenzie King Memorial Scholarships

The Open Scholarship is available to graduates of Canadian universities who pursue graduate study in any discipline, in Canada or elsewhere. One Open Scholarship is awarded each year. The Traveling Scholarship is available to graduates of Canadian universities who pursue graduate study in the United States or the United Kingdom in the areas of international relations or industrial relations (including the international or industrial relations aspects of law, history, politics and economics). Recently four scholarships have been awarded annually.

Please note that this competition requires all signatures to be original (in ink). Please advise your reference writers accordingly.

Deadline: Monday, 1 February 2016

Amount: $8,500 – $10,500 (subject to change)

Further information is available on the G+PS website at: http://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/mackenzie-king-memorial-scholarships

The contact at the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for this competition is Natalie Thorson (natalie.thorson@ubc.ca)

Terry Eastwood Receives UVic Distinguished Alumni Award

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Alumni Award recipients will be honoured at a special ceremony on February 2nd, 2016, during UVic Alumni Week.

More information about the Distinguished Alumni Awards Night and all award recipients can be found here: http://www.uvic.ca/alumni/impact/home/awards/distinguished/2016-DA-bios/index.php

Research Day 2016 – Perspectives On Access To Information

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Friday, March 11th, 2016

We are pleased to announce that the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies, the iSchool at UBC, will hold its 6th Annual Research Day on Friday, March 11th, 2016, in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, Golden Jubilee Room. Research Day showcases the contributions of the iSchool students and faculty working at the intersections of archival, information, library and children’s literature studies.

This year, Research Day will focus broadly on perspectives on providing access to analogue and digital cultural heritage, records and information, considering the many and various factors that work to enable and/or constrain access in different contexts, and the potential and challenge of new access environments.

To speak to this broad topic area, with a specific focus on intellectual property issues, we are very excited to welcome Peter Hirtle, our keynote speaker. Peter Hirtle is an Affiliate Fellow of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University. Until his retirement from Cornell in 2015, he served as Senior Policy Advisor to the Cornell University Library with a special mandate to address intellectual property issues. Previously, Hirtle served as Director of the Cornell Institute for Digital Collections and as the Associate Editor of D-Lib Magazine. Hirtle is a Fellow and Past President of the Society of American Archivists and a member of its Working Group on Intellectual Property. He was a member of the Commission on Preservation and Access/Research Library Group’s Task Force on Digital Archiving and the Copyright Office’s Section 108 Study Group, and is a contributing author to the LibraryLaw.com blog.

We look forward to welcoming you for a day of engaging and inspiring short talks, conversations, and poster presentations. You can RSVP to this free event at: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/ischool-at-ubcs-research-day-2016-tickets-19846745149

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

The iSchool at UBC invites the school’s faculty and students to share their research!

Questions about how, where and why people access different types of information are central to the work of students and scholars across all our iSchool programs, as are related questions about barriers and restrictions to access. Recognizing this common ground, this year’s Research Day will focus on the broad topic of perspectives on access to information, considering the many and various factors that work to enable or constrain access to information in different contexts, and the potential and challenge of new and evolving access environments.

We invite contributions that seek to address (but are not limited to) the broad area of access to information.

Example sub-topics include but are not limited to:

  • Copyright and intellectual property
  • Open government
  • Open access
  • Tensions between access to information and privacy
  • Indigenous perspectives on access to information and privacy
  • Expectations of access and privacy in online environments (e.g. social media)
  • Digital technologies to facilitate and enhance access
  • Accessibility of libraries and archives for marginalized communities
  • Preservation and access
  • Cultures of deletion and other cultural constraints to access
  • Information management and metadata innovations to improve access
  • Ethical discussions on information access (e.g. right to be forgotten)

While the central theme of Research Day is “Perspectives on Access to Information,” we welcome submissions on any other topic related to children’s media, library, archival and information studies from current iSchool students and/or faculty. Students are specially invited to submit products from their own research related activities, independent inquiries, or course-related projects.

SUBMISSION TYPES

Presentations: Talks and Posters

The presentation category is divided into short talks and posters. The majority of submissions will be accepted as posters, with a select few asked to provide short talks. When submitting to this category, please indicate whether you would like your submission to be considered for a short talk.

The interactive nature of the poster session is intended to encourage discussion and debate.

Demonstrations

Demonstrations may consist of digital tutorials, search interfaces, digital collections, software tools, applications, or any designs that you wish to share with the community.

YOUR SUBMISSION

If you are interested in participating in the iSchool’s Research Day, please submit an extended abstract, 1-2 double-spaced pages in length (~400-500 words), in PDF format to ischool.researchday@ubc.ca.

Extended abstracts should include:

  • Title for your work and full name(s) of contributor(s)
  • The motivation for the work
  • An introduction to the idea and its context in the professional/academic literature
  • Method or approach proposed/taken
  • Actual or anticipated results or outcomes (if applicable), and
  • Contributions of the work.

DEADLINES

Extended abstracts are due: Friday, February 5th, 2016, midnight PST

Questions about Research Day can be directed to: ischool.researchday@ubc.ca

Dr. Richard Arias Hernandez

Dr. Jennifer Douglas

Dr. Luciana Duranti

 

Join SLAIS the iSchool at UBC in January 2017

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SLAIS, the iSchool @ UBC invites you to join us in January 2017, applications open for our MLIS and DUAL degree programs on February 15, 2016.

Located in the beautiful city of Vancouver, British Columbia the iSchool @ UBC boasts internationally recognized faculty in the areas of Information and Archival Studies. Our programs offer many opportunities for students to participate in practicum, internship, and professional experience courses with practitioners in their chosen field. We also work in collaboration with the Faculty of Arts to offer a robust cooperative education program allowing students to work professionally in their chosen field while obtaining their degree.

We encourage applicants to take time to explore the Prospective Students section of our website to learn more about the School, the programs, and important admissions requirements and deadlines.

You will also find a “Contact Us” form on the Admissions Process page where you can send along any questions you may have.

Online Information Sessions

Each Thursday* the iSchool will be hosting weekly online information sessions where prospective students are invited to bring their questions.
Time: 10am – 12pm PST (sessions format will be an open questions answer period)

*Note regular sessions will not run when scheduled presentations are given

Click here to join for the session

Online Information Presentations

New dates for info sessions coming soon!

Online information presentations will be hosted by Melissa Nightingale, Student Services Coordinator and attended by SLAIS Faculty and students. These sessions are designed to provide an overview of the degree programs an allow participants the opportunity to ask faculty, staff and students questions about the School, specific degree programs, admission requirements, UBC and more!

We look forward to welcoming you to SLAIS the iSchool @ UBC.

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ACA@UBC 8th Annual International Seminar & Symposium: Preserving Liquid Communication

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The ACA@UBC is delighted to present its 8th Annual International Seminar and Symposium, Preserving Liquid Communication. The event will address fast-growing issues around the preservation of informal communications in cloud environments generated through the use of social media. Archivists, records managers, and information professionals will explore the nature of social media output, the identification of what should be preserved, methods of preservation, provision of access and legal issues concerning intellectual rights, privacy, the right to be forgotten, and more. The Symposium’s confirmed speakers represent diverse viewpoints on this interdisciplinary topic.

Seminars

February 10-11, 2016

Dodson Room, IKBLC

10.00am-4.00pm

Symposium

February 12, 2016

Frederic Wood Theatre

9.30am – 4.30pm

Register online at http://acasymposium2016.sites.olt.ubc.ca

$40 professionals

$20 students

UBC responds to pride rainbow flag burning

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*UBC statement, Department of Equity and Inclusion*

University officials learned that the pride rainbow flag raised at the opening ceremony for OUTweek on February 5, was burned sometime over the Family Day long weekend. The flag was located at the Flagpole Plaza between the old Student Union Building and Brock Hall. Campus Security and the University detachment of the RCMP are conducting an investigation.

UBC condemns this incident as an act of hate and in contravention of the values of equity, inclusion and respect deeply held by the university community. UBC fully supports OUTweek 2016 which is an annual celebration of gender and sexual diversity organized each year by the AMS club Pride Collective at UBC with support from UBC units including the Equity and Inclusion Office.

The pride rainbow flag is raised as a symbol of support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans* (transgender, transsexual, trans-identified), two-spirit, queer, questioning, intersex and asexual (LGBT*TQIA+) students, faculty, and staff on campus.

Read more about resources for students, faculty and staff here

Freedom to Read Week

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Join the BCLA and ALA student chapters as we celebrate Freedom to Read Week.

 

Wednesday Feb 24, 1-2 pm in the Dodson room

OpenMedia’s Digital Rights Specialist Meghan Sali discusses the “Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: The Implications and Effects. Find out how the TPP will censor our Web, criminalize our online activities and cost Canadians millions of dollars.

Register at Eventbrite: http://bit.ly/1PMvoJN

 

Thursday Feb 25, 12:30-1:45pm in the Dodson room

Enjoy light refreshments (feel free to bring your lunch!), sign up for a $25 raffle from the UBC Bookstore, and hear from these six professionals on their experiences with “Censorship in Our Society” and the freedom to read:

  • Carl Cavanagh, Public Services and Outreach Librarian at Greater Victoria Public Library
  • Christie Menzo, Community Librarian at Vancouver Public Library
  • Susin Nielsen, Author
  • Judi Saltman, Professor at UBC’s SLAIS; children’s literature specialist
  • Kathie Shoemaker, author/illustrator and sequential visual arts scholar

Register at Eventbrite: http://bit.ly/1SPOaGq

The UBC Library & SLAIS the iSchool@UBC Present: “Effective Library Support/Training for Doctoral Students” by Dr. Sam Chu

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We are excited to welcome Dr Samuel Kai Wah Chu, Head of Division of Information and Technology Studies and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Education at the University of Hong Kong. He is also the Deputy Director for the Centre for Information Technology in Education in the Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong. Below are the details of his talk:

Date: Thursday, March 3rd 2016

Time: 11.00am – 12.00pm

Location: Chilcotin Room (IBLC 256)

Effective library support/training for doctoral students”

Dr. Sam Chu has 22 years of experience working with doctoral students, for 12 years as an academic librarian and then for 10 years as a professor, successfully guiding students through their doctoral studies. In this talk, Dr. Chu will share with you his professional experience as a former librarian helping doctoral students, his substantial research on information literacy support/training for these students and his first-hand experience in guiding a number of doctoral students completing their studies with great results. His talk will be partly based the following publications:

Chu, S. & Law, N. (2005). Development of information search expertise: Research students’ knowledge on databases. Online Information Review, 29(6), 621–642.

Chu, S., & Law, N. (2007a). Development of information search expertise: Postgraduate students’ knowledge of search skills. Portal: Libraries and the Academy, 7(3), 295–316.

Chu, S., & Law, N. (2007b). Development of information search expertise: Research students’ knowledge of source types. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 39(1), 27–40.

Chu, S., & Law, N. (2008). The development of information search expertise of research students. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 40(3), 165–177.

Theng, Y. L., Lee, E. A., Chu, S. K. W.., Lee, C. W. Y., Chiu, M. M. L., & Chan, R. C. H. (in press). Scaffolding in information search: Effects on less experienced searchers. Journal of Librarianship & Information Science.

 

RSVP to ischool.events@ubc.ca

 

Refreshments will be served.

WISE Courses: 2016 Summer Session [May/August]

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• Please remember than only 2-5 spaces in total are available in each course for WISE students in the participating institutions. There is no guarantee that there will be space for you in any of these courses.
• You should NOT request a space in a WISE course unless you are reasonably sure you will actually take the course if offered a space. It causes logistical problems to “take up” a space then drop the course at the last minute.
• All courses have the four MLIS Core Courses as required pre-requisites for students in the MLIS and Dual programs. Students in the stand-alone MAS program must have completed the four MAS Core Courses. Other required pre-requisites are noted in the individual course descriptions. If you are in the MAS program you should ask Susie Stephenson [SLAIS Graduate Adviser] about whether or not you have taken the relevant equivalent courses in the MAS program.
• All SLAIS students are eligible to take relevant WISE courses. Stand-alone MAS students – see below for information on taking a WISE course. MACL, CAS and Ph.D. students should consult with their advisers before requesting spaces in WISE courses.
• Students who are offered seats in their requested WISE courses will be registered in LIBR 593: Seminar by SLAIS office staff, but if you then drop the course it is your responsibility to drop the relevant section of LIBR 593: Seminar by the stated UBC drop deadlines.
• Students can take a maximum of two WISE courses [6 credits] as part of their MLIS, MAS, Dual MAS/MLIS, MACL, CAS or Ph.D. programs. WISE courses do not count as “External Credits” for students in the MLIS or MLIS/Dual programs, but do count as external for students in the stand-alone MAS program.
• Students must agree to the course parameters of the host institution including course management tools, grading, and dates of term
• Students must have access to technology necessary for completion of course
• Students must have the technical knowledge to complete a course successfully
• Marks given by the program offering the course will be converted to UBC marks using only the WISE Marking Matrix. Please read over this document carefully as it will be the sole source used to convert marks from WISE institutions to UBC marks. No information from instructors beyond the actual mark submitted to WISE will be used in the conversion to UBC percentage marks. If a given institution is not shown on the matrix then the information for an institution with the same marking scheme will be used.
• To request a space in one or more of the WISE courses please follow the registration instructions distributed to all SLAIS students via email on February 26, 2016. Do not attempt to register for a WISE course before February 29, 2016. Any requests before the 29th will be ignored.
• Once you have completed course registration at the WISE web site, please send Susie Stephenson a separate e-mail [susie.slais@ubc.ca] for each course giving this information:

  • Your name
  • Your program [MLIS, Dual MAS/MLIS, MAS, MACL, CAS, Ph.D.]
  • Your UBC student number
  • The name, number, and institution of the course you wish to take
  • If you have already taken a WISE course in the past
  • If you are requesting a space in two or more courses please send separate emails for each course and indicate the ranking of the requests.

• IMPORTANT- If you are in the stand-alone MAS – before we can send approval to WISE for you to take a course you must have first completed and submitted the Request for Credit for External Courses Form. It must be signed by Susie Stephenson as SLAIS Graduate Adviser before the WISE registration process can take place. When you send your request to take a class to Susie please indicate that the External Credit form has already been submitted and approved. If you forget to provide the required information or you haven’t completed the approval process it will delay the process of trying to secure a seat for you in one of the WISE courses. Given the small number of seats, it will likely keep you from obtaining one of the seats.

VERY IMPORTANT: When you take a WISE course you are registered in a SLAIS/UBC course: LIBR 593D or LIBR 593E and all the normal add/drop dates at UBC apply. You are held responsible for dropping ALL relevant courses by the UBC deadlines. If you forget to drop [even if the WISE course has not yet started] you may receive a mark of “F” in the course.


NOTE: Registration for the 2016 Summer term WISE courses opens on February 29, 2016. It is possible that additional WISE courses may be added later.

VERY IMPORTANT: No American students with US government loans can take any WISE courses as this would invalidate the loans.

VERY IMPORTANT: Due to the end dates of these courses they cannot be taken by any students who will graduate in May 2016. WISE instructors have up to three weeks after the end of the course to submit marks and SLAIS must submit a list of graduating students to UBC in mid-April.


Embedded Librarians/Embedded Libraries [Cannot be taken by students completing their degree requirements in August 2016]

Description: Embedding the library into the fabric of higher education. This course will explore the creative and proactive strategies academic libraries are employing to embed librarians, library presence, library collections, research support, and library instruction into the curriculum, student success initiatives, and patron points of need. In an era in which some students and faculty bypass the library entirely, librarians are developing innovative services that take them outside the library — both online and face-to-face — to provide services where their patrons are. This requires deep knowledge of one’s patrons and the academic environment, as well as an understanding of best practices for collaboration. We will explore best practices for embedding the library into the fabric of higher education through the literature as well as through significant written reflection and discussion.

Institution: San Jose State University

Class Number: INFO 220

Faculty: Meredith Farkas

Class Disclaimer: One required synchronous session for student presentations will be held on August 9 from 6 to 8 pm Pacific Time.

Start and End Date: June 6th, 2016 – August 12th, 2016 [class begins in early June and ends mid-August]

Syllabus: http://ischoolapps.sjsu.edu/gss/ajax/showSheet.php?id=6524

Disclaimer: Students agree to the course parameters of the host institution, including but not limited to: course management tools, grading, any required residencies, possible synchronous sessions, and academic calendars. Students are expected to meet deadlines as outlined in course syllabus and to contribute to class participation. Please allow a minimum of 3 weeks for grade processing after the end date of the course. Check that this delay will not interfere with deadline dates at your school for graduation or financial aid.


Library Services for Under Served Populations [Cannot be taken by students completing their degree requirements in August 2016]

Description: This 12 week class will provide students with a deeper understanding of diversity and cultural competence. Students will explore the characteristics of several library user groups that are considered traditionally underserved (e.g. older adults, people with disabilities). Students will learn strategies for delivering effective services to meet each population’s information needs. Guest lectures will be provided by experienced LIS practitioners/researchers. The course will also offer opportunities for synchronous interactions.

Institution: Syracuse University

Class Number: IST 600

Faculty: Renee F. Hill

Course Tool: Blackboard

Start and End Date: May 23rd, 2016 – August 12th, 2016

Disclaimer: Students agree to the course parameters of the host institution, including but not limited to: course management tools, grading, any required residencies, possible synchronous sessions, and academic calendars. Students are expected to meet deadlines as outlined in course syllabus and to contribute to class participation. Please allow a minimum of 3 weeks for grade processing after the end date of the course. Check that this delay will not interfere with deadline dates at your school for graduation or financial aid.


Social Informatics

Class Description: Technological innovation, computerization, and electronic information are associated with dilemmas, value conflicts, and choices surrounding the scholarly, personal, and professional use of information. Addresses social relationships, technological utopianism, societal control, vulnerability of information systems, and ethical response

Institution: Rutgers University

Class Number: 17:610:581

Faculty: Lilia Pavlovsky

Course Tool: eCollege

Start and End Date: May 31st, 2016 – August 5th, 2016

Disclaimer: Students agree to the course parameters of the host institution, including but not limited to: course management tools, grading, any required residencies, possible synchronous sessions, and academic calendars. Students are expected to meet deadlines as outlined in course syllabus and to contribute to class participation. Please allow a minimum of 3 weeks for grade processing after the end date of the course. Check that this delay will not interfere with deadline dates at your school for graduation or financial aid.

Managing Electronic Records: 4th Annual ARMA Vancouver Island Conference

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ARMA Vancouver Island Presents:

Managing Electronic Records: 4th Annual ARMA Vancouver Island Conference

Date: Friday, April 29, 2016
Time:  8:45 AM to 4:00 PM (PDT)
Place: Vancouver Island Conference Centre, River Room, 101 Gordon St., Nanaimo, BC, V9R 5J8
Admission: $100 ARMA members; $125 non-members (visit www.armavi.org or Click Here to register)

Please note: Registration closes at midnight on April 21, 2016.

Please join us for our annual one-day conference, Managing Electronic Records.

Come and hear about how one BC Regional District cleaned up their shared drive records ; the new Canadian General Standards Board draft revision of “Electronic Records as Documentary Evidence”, a document which is crucial when scanning ; electronic records stored in the cloud and available Canadian data storage centres ; and, of course, EDRMS (Electronic Document Records Management Systems). Plus lots of time to network and create new contacts!

Here is our day’s agenda, along with session descriptions and speaker/presenter biographies:

8:45 – 9:00 Registration
9:00 – 9:10 Introduction and MC – Bruce Smith
9:10 – 9:30 eRecords Issues, Questions, Concerns on the Whiteboard – Ken Oldenburger
9:30 – 9:50 CAN/CGSB 72.34: New Draft vs. Previously Approved – Ken Oldenburger
9:50 – 10:10 CAN/CGSB 72.34: Implications of the New Draft – Dave Young
10:10 – 10:30 Calories & Caffeine
10:30 – 12:00 Shared Drive Restructure (Case Study) – Anne Rathbone and Kris Boutilier (Sunshine Coast Regional District)
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch (Provided)
1:00 – 2:00 Ditching Document Chaos in 2016 – Scot Fraser
2:00 – 2:30 Calories & Caffeine – Sponsored by Ricoh Canada
2:30 – 3:30 Canadian Data Centres – John Weigelt
3:30 – 4:00 eRasing the Whiteboard – Ken Oldenburger
4:00 Closing – Dave Young

Session Descriptions

eRecord Issues, Questions, and Concerns on the Whiteboard – Ken Oldenburger will facilitate a time to air your concerns, questions and issues with and about electronic records and electronic records management. We won’t try to answer them at this time, but will come back to them at the end of the day.

CAN/CGSB 72.34 – New Draft vs. Previously Approved and Implications of the New Draft CAN/CGSB 72.34 Dave Young and Ken Oldenburger will lead two back-to-back sessions as informal reports and discussion time on how the so-called “Scanning Standard” is being rewritten. The latest draft of CAN/CGSB-72.34-2015 Electronic Records as Documentary Evidence will be provided to attendees before the conference. This document has the potential to reframe electronic records management in Canada.

Shared Drive Restructure – A Case Study – Sunshine Coast Regional District – Anne Rathbone and Kris Boutilier – With 44,500 folders containing 465,000 files in its shared drive and the volume growing daily, the staff at the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) struggled with finding files, with dealing with information silos, and with duplicating documents that already existed. Records Management and Information Technology (IT) staff collaborated to spearhead a shared drive restructure project to gain control of the SCRD’s electronic documents. From developing the RFP (Request For Proposals) to implementing all of the changes, this case study will show how to undertake such a project, including what worked and what could have been improved.

Ditch Document Chaos in 2016 – Scot Fraser will lead a frank discussion on how far we’ve deviated from good organizational practices once we started sharing documents in computer structures. Are we any better at finding documents than when we housed paper documents in file folders with precise labels? Scanning paper documents and saving email attachments has added to the chaos and confusion.

Come and hear how an EDRMS system can help you organize and find and retrieve documents. But is that enough? No. Governance from the point a document enters your organization to the final disposition of the document once it has reached its destruction date are equally important, and will protect your business and make it more efficient. Examples of real customer use cases, best practices, and pitfalls to avoid when pursuing a document or records management project will be presented.

Canadian Data Centres – John Weigelt will present on Canadian data centres and the implications of those data centres to Records Management in Canada. Electronic Records and the “Canadian Cloud” will be discussed. Bring your questions about the cloud and the creation of Microsoft data centers in Canada.

“eRasing the Whiteboard” – A final review of the concerns, questions and issues that were raised at the start of the day. Items that have not been addressed will be recorded and may be used for future events and sessions.

Biographies

Dave Young is the Records Management Archivist for the University of Victoria. Prior to attaining that position in 2013, he was a records management consultant for many public sector agencies. He will be serving as President of ARMA Vancouver Island for the 2016/17 administrative year.

Ken Oldenburger has been involved in records management for twenty years. These services have involved: designing and amending records classification systems and retention schedules, and physically and electronically implementing these systems ; drafting information governance policies and procedures ; creating needs assessments and strategic plans ; providing training and advice ; and, of course, filing. Ken has worked for provincial, territorial, municipal, regional and First Nations governments as well as universities and private corporations. Ken is a founding member of the Vancouver Island Chapter of ARMA International (www.armavi.org).

Anne Rathbone, CRM, has a background in Chemical Sciences (specializing in Pulp and Paper) along with 20 years’ RIM experience in local government. She is the Sunshine Coast Regional District’s Records Management Technician and was one of the leaders on the SCRD’s shared drive project. She developed the RFP and worked closely with the consultant on the new shared drive framework. In addition, she provided the training for all staff on the new shared drive and is responsible for maintaining the integrity of the new framework. She has worked closely with the ARMA Vancouver Chapter, serving as Education Chair for several years, and has helped to bring workshops and conferences to interior BC communities.

Kris Boutilier has worked for 21 years in IT with the Sunshine Coast Regional District. He has seen first-hand a government organization grow from dozens to hundreds of users, storage capacity increase from hundreds of megabytes to terabytes and the exponential growth in information exchange and hoarding made possible by the adoption of the Internet in the workplace. Coming from the IT side of the fence, he brings an alternate perspective to the topic of electronic file management, particularly the increasing conflict between the desire of Records Managers to discard and users’ expectations that IT will always preserve.

Scot Fraser from Ricoh Canada has 40 years of IT project experience, and has worked for nine different corporations (including two Fortune 500s) as well as for the University of Victoria’s IT Department (where it all started for him). Scot has specialized over the past two decades in driving efficient document processes through automation.

John Weigelt is the National Technology Officer for Microsoft Canada and is responsible for driving Microsoft Canada’s strategic policy and technology efforts. In this role, Mr. Weigelt is the lead public advocate within the company on key issues such as the development of national technology policy and the use of technology by the private and public sectors, including  leading Canadian outreach for economic development, innovation, environmental sustainability, accessibility, privacy and security. Mr. Weigelt is also responsible for the development and implementation of strategies which strengthen the company’s relationships with the Canadian technology industry at large.

Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable’s Gala Celebration in Honour of Judi Saltman

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Speakers at the March 4th Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable’s Gala Celebration in Honour of Judi Saltman. From left to right, back row:, Sarah Ellis, Cynthia Nugent, Shar Levine, Eric Meyers, Luanne Freund, Glen Huser, Ronald Jobe. Front row: Kit Pearson, Allison Taylor McBryde, Judi Saltman, Anne Barringer, Gregory Maguire, Kallie George, Shannon Ozirny, Kathie Shoemaker, Norma Charles.

 

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