News & Events

2008-2009 Officers

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Information from 2007-2008

Officers

2007-2008 ASIS&T Student Chapter Officers:
President: Karen Wickett
Treasurer: Jenn Miller

Also, a big thank you to John MacMullen, faculty at GSLIS and advisor to the ASIS&T Student Chapter!

2006-2007 Events

From B.C. to A.D. (Bibliographies and Catalogs to After Digitization)

4/16/2007

Join us for a special presentation by Dr. Pauline Cochrane. Dr. Cochrane has a long and distinguished career as a leader in the field of information science, including many influential publications. The ASIS&T Student Chapter is particularly pleased to welcome her as former President of the American Society of Information Science which occurred during a time when library and information science practices were undergoing revolutionary change. Join us to hear about the changes that Dr. Cochrane has experienced during an extraordinary career.

Open Content Alliance Digitization Facility Tour

4/2/2007

The Open Content Alliance (OCA) was created by Internet Archives founder Brewster Kahle as an alternative to the Google Books project.
The University of Illinois Libraries are an OCA partner. Some recent work: Lincoln Books from the University of Illinois.
Betsy Kruger, head of UIUCs Open Content project will join us to talk about our participation. We'll have a chance to take a look at how the digitization is being conducted.

"What LIS Blogs Should I Be Reading?: An Introduction to the Biblioblogosphere

2/19/2007

Mark Lindner joined us to discuss how to keep your finger on the pulse of the library world, how best to keep yourself sane while doing so, and how you can contribute.

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