Events and news from the UCLA Department of Information Studies:

Upcoming events

May 11 - John Wilbanks, VP for Science with the Creative Commons, on Thoughts on the Fragmentation and Reintegration of Scientific Communication
at UCLA
Free to the public
More information at:  http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/events/showEvent.htm?eid=410

May 13 - ARTiFACTS presents The Beauty in Surviving
at UCLA
Free to the public
More information at:  http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/events/showEvent.htm?eid=418

May 13 - MIAS Program presents a Dan Streible Master Class
at UCLA
Free to the public
More information at:  http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/events/showEvent.htm?eid=391

May 13 - Friday Forum: Data in the Library: Data and Statistical Sources for Reference Providers
at UCLA
Registration fee applies.
More information at:  http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/events/showEvent.htm?eid=300

May 19 - LISAA Spring Awards Dinner featuring Kevin Starr
at L.A. Live - Members of the Class of '11 attend for FREE
Information on reserving your seat at:  http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/events/showEvent.htm?eid=400

May 21 (Sat.) - Friday Forum: Getting Students Psyched about ILI: What Psychology has to Tell Us about Teaching and Learning
at UCLA
Registration fee applies.
More information at:  http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/events/friday_forums/workshops/2011/110521.htm

May 23 - IS PhD Alumna Diane Mizrachi on How Do They Manage It? An Exploratory Study of Undergraduate Students in their Personal Academic Information Ecologies
at UCLA
Free to the public
More information at:  http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/events/showEvent.htm?eid=417


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

IS Alumna Elected to Serve on ALA Executive Board
--  http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/events/showEvent.htm?eid=414

IS Alumna / PhD Student Is Secretary of ACRL Section
--  http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/events/showEvent.htm?eid=413

IS Alumna Elected as SAA's President-Elect
--  http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/events/showEvent.htm?eid=412

IS Alumni Elected ALA Councilors-At-Large
--  http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/events/showEvent.htm?eid=411

MLIS Student receives RUSA Business Reference Travel Award
--  http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/events/showEvent.htm?eid=415

GSLIS Alum Melissa Beck Named Librarian of the Year at UCLA
--  http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/events/showEvent.htm?eid=419

Britt Foster Chosen as 2011 Commencement Speaker
--  http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/events/showEvent.htm?eid=420

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