Events and news from the UCLA Department of Information Studies: Upcoming events: Oct. 26 - IS Reception at ASIS&T Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh at the Grand Pittsburgh Downtown Free to the public; No RSVP required More information at: http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/events/showEvent.htm?eid=258 Oct. 27 - Information Session for Prospective MLIS Students at UCLA Open to all prospective students More information at: http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/admissions/infomtg.htm Oct. 28 - IS Colloquium featuring Chris Anderson on What is a (musical) note? An introduction to the ontology of sounds, tones, notes, and related symbols and phenomena at UCLA Free to the public; No RSVP required More information at: http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/events/showEvent.htm?eid=219 Oct. 28 - Information Session for Prospective PhD Students at UCLA Open to all prospective PhD students and those with questions about the program More information at: http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/admissions/phd_info_mtg.htm Oct. 29 - Friday Forum: Book Care & Repair Workshop - SOLD OUT at UCLA Registration fee applies; Enrollment required More information at: http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/events/friday_forums/workshops/2010/101029.htm Nov. 2 - Horn Press Holiday Card Workshop at UCLA Registration fee applies; RSVP required More information at: http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/events/showEvent.htm?eid=271 Nov. 4 - IS Colloquium on The Relevance of Postcolonial and Ethnic Studies in Information Studies featuring IS doctoral students at UCLA Free to the public; No RSVP required More information at: http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/events/showEvent.htm?eid=220 Nov. 5 - IS Faculty Member Leah Lievrouw featured in e-Pub: A Roundtable on Design, Technology and Meaning-Making in 21st Century Academic Publishing at UCLA Free to the public; No RSVP required More information at: http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/events/showEvent.htm?eid=270 Nov. 6 - Information Session for Prospective MLIS Students at UCLA Open to all prospective students More information at: http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/admissions/infomtg.htm Nov. 12-14 - REIMAGINING THE ARCHIVE: Remapping and Remixing Traditional Models in the Digital Era symposium examining digitality and the evolution of archival practice, technology, and research at UCLA Registration required for the symposium More information at: http://polaris.gseis.ucla.edu/reimagining/ Nov. 13-14 - IS Career Forum Series at the California Library Association & California School Library Association Conference at the CLA / CSLA Annual Conference in Sacramento Conference registration required More information at: http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/events/showEvent.htm?eid=266 Nov. 14 - IS Reception at the California Library Association & California School Library Association Conference at the Hyatt Regency, Sacramento Free to the public; RSVP preferred but not required; Conference registration is NOT required More information at: http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/events/showEvent.htm?eid=268 A selection of past IS colloquia, lectures, and presentations are available as podcasts at <http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/events/podcasts> News: Student Awarded Honorable Mention for Senior Thesis -- http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/events/showEvent.htm?eid=269 Encyclopedia Edited by IS Faculty Members Named Best Information Science Book of the Year -- http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/events/showEvent.htm?eid=252 Information Studies Invites Applications for Position in Archival Studies -- http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/events/showEvent.htm?eid=157 David Cappoli Digital Resources Librarian <http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/>UCLA, Dept. of Information Studies [log in to unmask] tel: (310) 794-5350 - fax: 310-206-4460