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Colleagues: The University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies welcomes Kathleen Walkup<http://www.mills.edu/academics/faculty/book/kwalk/kwalk.php>, Professor of Book Art and Director, Book Art Program<http://www.mills.edu/academics/undergraduate/book/index.php>, Mills College, to our campus as the kickoff speaker in the UA SLIS Research Colloquia Series<http://blogs.slis.ua.edu/uaslis-researchcolloquiaseries/>. Professor Walkup will be giving the following two presentations next week, the first of which is available for live online attending from a distance: * Tuesday, September 27, 4:00pm - 5:30pm CDT in Gorgas Library Room 503 Letterpress and Libraries: History Meets the Artist's Book Wimba room for participating in this Colloquium from a distance: http://tinyurl.com/3h73kre. (Information about Wimba<http://blogs.slis.ua.edu/uaslis-researchcolloquiaseries/2011/09/21/for-those-using-wimba-to-view-slis-research-colloquia-lectures-at-a-distance/>.) Facebook event page<https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=291451557536384> (please share with your FB friends!) Event tweet<https://twitter.com/#!/stevenmaccall/statuses/117325284625235968> (please retweet to your Twitter followers!) * Wednesday, September 28, 4:00pm - 5:30pm in Gorgas Library Room 503 Hybrid is the New Black: Why Partnerships Make (the Most) Sense (workshop on partnerships in the book arts) No Wimba access for this lecture Facebook event page<https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=224935107562584> (please share with your FB friends!) Professor Walkup's first lecture is open to the public in person in SLIS Room 503 in Gorgas Library and will also available live online by way of Wimba. (Please see linked information above for instructions on accessing Professor Walkup's live presentation via Wimba.) Professor Walkup's workshop on Wednesday is open to the public in person, but will not be available via Wimba. Professor Walkup's presentations are funded in part by an IMLS Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program Grant<http://test.imls.gov/news/2011/062111a_list.shtm#AL> that is facilitating a one-year planning process at SLIS for the development of a dual master's degree in Library and Information Studies (MLIS) and Book Arts (MFA). Please see the Schedule of Visiting Scholars - Fall 2011<http://blogs.slis.ua.edu/uaslis-researchcolloquiaseries/schedule-of-visiting-scholars-fall-2011/> for upcoming speakers in the UA SLIS Research Colloquia Series<http://blogs.slis.ua.edu/uaslis-researchcolloquiaseries/>. slm -- Steven L. MacCall, PhD Associate Professor School of Library and Information Studies College of Communication and Information Sciences The University of Alabama Box 870252 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0252 205.348-6727