Events and news from the UCLA Department of Information Studies: Upcoming events Apr. 26 - LISAA Alumni Colloquium featuring Johanna Drucker at UCLA Free to the public; RSVP preferred For more information and to RSVP: http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/events/showEvent.htm?eid=399 Apr. 28 - IS Colloquium on Books, Kids, and Doing Time: Recreational Reading in a Juvenile Detention Facility at UCLA Free to the public; No RSVP required More information at: http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/events/showEvent.htm?eid=233 Apr. 29 - Friday Forum: Taking Charge of Your Career: Résumé writing, interview skills, and finding a job that’s right for you at UCLA Registration fee applies. More information at: http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/events/friday_forums/workshops/2011/110429.htm Apr. 29 - MIAS Program presents A Conversation with Kevin Brownlow at UCLA Free to the public; No RSVP required More information at: http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/events/showEvent.htm?eid=409 Apr. 30 - SLA presents IS Night with the Dodgers at Chavez Ravine Information on purchasing tickets at: http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/events/showEvent.htm?eid=352 May 5 - IS Colloquium featuring Gary Small on New Technology and the Brain at UCLA Free to the public; No RSVP required More information at: http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/events/showEvent.htm?eid=234 May 6 - MLIS Student to present at SLA's Professional Development Day at Boeing, Huntington Beach Registration fee applies. More information at: http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/events/showEvent.htm?eid=386 May 6 - Friday Forum: Business Information Resources at UCLA Registration fee applies. More information at: http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/events/friday_forums/workshops/2011/110506.htm Selected podcasts and recordings of past IS colloquia, lectures, and presentations are available at http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/events/podcasts News Alumni profile - Cindy Mediavilla, Library programs consultant for the California State Library -- http://gseis.ucla.edu/about/news-events/alumni-profiles/cindy-mediavilla MLIS Student Receives SLA Travel Stipend -- http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/events/showEvent.htm?eid=393 2011 SCALL Scholarship Recipients -- http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/events/showEvent.htm?eid=392 Adopt a Chair in the IS Lab -- http://gseis.ucla.edu/for/support-gseis/where-to-give/adopt-a-chair Call for Papers: Gender, Sexuality, Information: A Reader -- http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/events/showEvent.htm?eid=290