Join GSLIS at ALA Annual 2014

GSLIS faculty, staff, and students will participate in the American Library Association’s 2014 Annual Conference from June 26 - July 1 in Las Vegas. Visit us in the exhibits hall at Booth #1923. In addition to the presentations listed below, please join us for the GSLIS Reception on Sunday, June 29, from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at Bally’s, Skyview 2.

Prospective students are invited to learn about the GSLIS doctoral program at the Leaders Wanted / LIS Doctoral Program Options Fair, ALA's seventh annual minority student recruitment event. It will be held on Saturday, June 28, at the Las Vegas Hotel, Paradise South. Co-sponsored by the ALA Office for Diversity and the University of Washington iSchool, this event will offer opportunities for prospective students to talk one-on-one with current PhD students and faculty from the nation's best library and information science schools. GSLIS Assistant Professor Nicole Cooke will moderate a panel at this event.

Friday, June 27

“Making the Financial Case for Genealogical Librarianship: Fast and Affordable Methods for Training Genealogy Staff,” History Genealogy Preconference, 2:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m., Caesar’s Palace Hotel, Milano V. Presented by Nicole Wedemeyer Miller, GSLIS adjunct lecturer.

“Faculty Perceptions of the Value of Library Instruction Services,” Library Assessment Forum, 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m., Flamingo Las Vegas. Speakers include Lisa Hinchliffe, adjunct professor.

Saturday, June 28

Library and Information Science Education Interest Group (ACRL), 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m., Bally’s, Palace 3. Panelists include Lisa Hinchliffe, adjunct professor. Hinchliffe will also speak at the Technical Services Interest Group (ACRL) meeting from 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. at the Las Vegas Convention Center, N236.

“Leaders Wanted / LIS Doctoral Program Options Fair: Cultivating Diversity in LIS Education,” 10:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Las Vegas Hotel, Paradise South. Panel moderated by GSLIS Assistant Professor Nicole Cooke.

“Finding Dead People: Genealogy and Local History Resources for the ILL Practitioner,” 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., Las Vegas Convention Center, N232. Speakers include Cherié Weible (MS ’00), GSLIS doctoral student.

“Diverse Identities: Serving Oakland’s Asian and Asian-American Teens,” 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., Las Vegas Convention Center, North Building, Exhibit Hall Special Events Area. Poster presented by Jeanie Austin, GSLIS doctoral student.

“Values, Ourselves: Examining Our Values and What Others Value About Us,” RUSA President’s Program, 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Las Vegas Convention Center, Rooms N255/257. Speakers include Wayne Bivens-Tatum, GSLIS adjunct lecturer.

Asian Pacific American Librarians Association Literature Awards Banquet, 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., KJ’s Dim Sum & Seafood Restaurant. As chair of the young adult literature award committee, Karla Lucht, GSLIS doctoral student and academic advisor, will present awards for the winning books in the young adult category.

Sunday, June 29

“Evidence Based Decision Making in Library Technology,” 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., Las Vegas Convention Center, S232. Panelists include LaTesha Velez, GSLIS doctoral student.

“Extreme Customer Service: Reference at Its Finest,” 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m., Las Vegas Convention Center, N117. Discussion forum moderated by Jeanne Holba Puacz (MS ’92), GSLIS adjunct faculty member.

“Power, Privilege, and Positionality: Applying a Critical Lens to LIS Education,” 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., Las Vegas Convention Center, N116. Speakers include GSLIS Assistant Professor Nicole Cooke, who is also moderating the session, and Safiya Noble (MS ’09, PhD ’12), GSLIS-affiliated faculty member.

 
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