Dear JESSE Faculty and Colleagues,

Would you forward and share the following course announcement with your students, professionals, and post it on relevant listservs, Bogs, or Wikies? I have extended the deadline to submit scholarship application to March 26^th, 2010.

Thank you,

--Yan Ma

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The Graduate School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Rhode Island is pleased to announce its Global Education for Librarians and Information Professionals Program.

GSLIS will offer a new course, LSC590 Chinese Information Services, taught by Professor Yan Ma and other professors at Peking University and Zhejiang University in the summer of 2010. The dates are: August 17 to August 27, 2010. The course will provide students and professionals with an opportunity to travel to China to study the history of Chinese librarianship and libraries and information services from ancient to contemporary times.

Participants will learn about different types of libraries and librarianship in China, specifically, the role of the traditional, academic, public, special and school libraries in China. Students will have an opportunity to visit the National Library of China, Peking University Library, Shanghai Library, Hangzhou Library, rural library, famous Tianyige Library in Ningbo, loyal and temple libraries, children’s libraries and learn the U.S.-China Million Book Digital Library Project, which is instituted at Zhejiang University. Students will participate, with Professor Ma, in attending, as she presents at, the 5th Shanghai (Hangzhou) International Library Forum from August 24~27 in Shanghai and Hangzhou. A tour of the World Expo in Shanghai will be included to end the course in Shanghai.

This is a 3-credit course from GSLIS. Participants are asked to attend all class sessions and library tours in China and complete a research paper after the Seminar ends. A non-credit option is also available; participants will attend all class sessions and library tours without the requirement of the research paper.

Scholarships:

There is a total of $10,000 from the Confucius Institute for scholarships. Each scholarship is $1000. The scholarship forms will be available at this site. The deadline for submitting the application has been extended to March 26, 2010.

http://www.uri.edu/artsci/lsc/Faculty/yanma/590/ConfuciusScholarship.doc

http://www.uri.edu/artsci/lsc/Faculty/yanma/590/ConfuciusTravelScholarship.doc

Registration is open to anyone. This course can either be taken for academic credit or on a non-credit basis. The deadline for application is April 2 with a deposit of $150. The full payment of $2500 will be due on May 7th. For more information on the curriculum specific to the Global Education for Librarians and Information Professionals Program, please visit GSLIS Website: http://www.uri.edu/artsci/lsc/Academics/GELIP/LSC597_china.htmlOr, contact Professor Yan Ma, Director of the GELIP Program.

Dr. Yan Ma
Professor

Director, Global Education for Librarians and Information Professionals Program

Graduate School of Library and Information Studies
University of Rhode Island
94 West Alumni Avenue
Kingston, RI 02881 USA
Tel: 401-874-5121
Fax: 401-874-4964
Email: [log in to unmask]

For more details and to application for registration form, please visit the Study Abroad Website:

http://www.uri.edu/international/study_abroad/summer.htm

For admission and registration information, contact

Ms. Lucia Holguin
Coordinator of URI Summer Programs Abroad
Office of International Students and Scholars
37 Lower College Road, Kingston, RI 02881
Tel: (401) 874-2019
Fax:(401) 874-2402
E-mail: [log in to unmask]

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Yan Ma, Ph.D.
Professor
Graduate School of Library and Information Studies
Special Assistant to the President on China Affairs
Director, Confucius Institute at URI
Confucius Institute at URI
University of Rhode Island
15 Lippitt Road (In the University Library, Rm 164)
Kingston, RI 02881 USA
Tel: 401-874-5121
Fax: 401-874-7095
Confucius Institute Homepage: http://www.uri.edu/confucius/

Yan Ma, Ph.D.

Professor

Graduate School of Library and Information Studies

Special Assistant to the President on China Affairs

Director, Confucius Institute at URI

University of Rhode Island

94 West Alumni Avenue

Kingston, RI 02881 USA

Tel: 401-874-2819 (GSLIS)

Fax: 401-874-4964 (GSLIS

Tel: 401-874-5121 (CI)

Fax: 401-874-7095 (CI)

Email: yanma@uri.edu

Homepage: http://www.uri.edu/artsci/lsc/People/ma.html

Confucius Institute Homepage: http://www.uri.edu/confucius/