***Please forward this email to the person who is in charge of your doctoral and master's programs, if you are not that person*** 

Dear colleagues representing LIS and other information-related graduate programs, 

We are very excited to invite you to participate in a minority recruitment information session for potential master's and doctoral students, held in tandem with the 2010 ALA Annual Conference in D.C., co-sponsored by the University of Washington Information School and Howard University Library.

Date: Saturday, June 26, 2010
Time:  2-3:30pm
Location: Browsing Room, Founders Library, Howard University

Cultivating a diverse workforce is of great importance and this event will provide prospective students an opportunity to obtain information and talk to representatives from a wide variety of schools about LIS and other information-related graduate (master's and doctoral) degrees. 

We urge you to use this opportunity to share information about your school's master's and doctoral programs!

Participation
We would like you to be a part of this unique national recruitment event by:

* Promoting the information session to all potential graduate students throughout whatever means available to you. 

* Staffing a table during the event to answer questions about your graduate program(s).  (The UW iSchool table will be staffed by a faculty member, doctoral students, and director of graduate minority recruitment).

* Bringing any fliers/info you wish to share with potential students.

To RSVP:

1)	RSVP at the event's Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=114282138604841&index=1
OR
2)	Reply to Allyson Carlyle at [log in to unmask] to let us know if your institution will be participating.

We look forward to hearing from you and seeing you in D.C. for this important event!

Allyson Carlyle
Associate Professor and Chair, Ph.D. Program 
Information School
University of Washington 
Seattle, WA
(206) 543-1887
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Arthuree R. Wright, PhD
Interim Director
Howard University Libraries
Washington, DC
(202) 806-7234
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