Colleagues: The University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies welcomes two October speakers, Julie Leonard (University of Iowa) and Michael Olsson (University of Technology Sydney), as part of the UA SLIS Research Colloquia Series<http://blogs.slis.ua.edu/uaslis-researchcolloquiaseries/>. Your participation is invited. Please note the social media links for each event and please share them with your Facebook friends and Twitter followers. Julie Leonard<http://book.grad.uiowa.edu/people/julie-leonard>, Lecturer in the University of Iowa’s Center for the Book<http://book.grad.uiowa.edu/> and School of Art and Art History<http://www.art.uiowa.edu/>, will be giving the following two presentations next week, the first of which is available for live online attending from a distance: * RESEARCH PRESENTATION Thursday, October 13, 4:00pm – 5:30pm CDT in Gorgas Library Room 503 Intersections: Teaching & Making Wimba room for participating in this Colloquium from a distance: http://tinyurl.com/628rsp7. (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=158778710879417> (please share with your FB friends!) Event tweet<https://twitter.com/#%21/stevenmaccall/statuses/120919140633546752> (please retweet to your Twitter followers!) * WORKSHOP ON PARTNERSHIPS IN THE BOOK ARTS Friday, October 14, 4:00pm – 5:30pm in Gorgas Library Room 503 Dual Degrees: Bridging the Gap, Finding Connections, and Making it Work No Wimba access for this lecture Facebook event page<https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=201043679964990> (please share with your FB friends!) Michael Olsson<http://datasearch2.uts.edu.au/fass/staff/listing/details.cfm?StaffId=1656>, Senior Lecturer and Graduate Coordinator in Information & Knowledge Management<http://datasearch2.uts.edu.au/fass/communication/courses/information/postgraduate/index.cfm> at the University of Technology, Sydney, will be giving the following two presentations the week following, the first of which is available for live online attending from a distance: * RESEARCH PRESENTATION Monday, October 17, 12 noon – 1 pm CDT in Gorgas Library Room 503 (please note the start time) Constructing Shakespeare (lecture information<http://blogs.slis.ua.edu/uaslis-researchcolloquiaseries/2011/09/20/michael-olsson-university-of-technology/>) Wimba room for participating in this Colloquium from a distance: http://tinyurl.com/5t8fhgd<http://tinyurl.com/628rsp7>. (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=210335239031559> (please share with your FB friends!) Event tweet<https://twitter.com/#%21/stevenmaccall/statuses/119795231188205569> (please retweet to your Twitter followers!) * DOCTORAL STUDENT WORKSHOP Tuesday, October 18, 10:30 am – 12:30pm in Phifer Hall Room 466 Theory-Methodology-Research Practice (workshop information<http://blogs.slis.ua.edu/uaslis-researchcolloquiaseries/2011/09/20/michael-olsson-university-of-technology/>) No Wimba access for this workshop Facebook event page<https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=245874272127116> (please share with your FB friends!) The research presentations of both speakers are 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 these research presentations live via Wimba.) The workshops will not be available via Wimba. We would also like to acknowledge that Professor Leonard’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