Colleagues: The University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies welcomes Michèle Cloonan<http://www.simmons.edu/gslis/people/faculty/full-time/cloonan.php>, Dean and Professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science<http://www.simmons.edu/gslis/> at Simmons College, to our campus next week as the next speaker in the UA SLIS Research Colloquia Series<http://blogs.slis.ua.edu/uaslis-researchcolloquiaseries/>. Dean Cloonan will be giving a research presentation and convening a workshop during her visit: * RESEARCH PRESENTATION Tuesday, November 1, 4:00pm - 5:30pm CDT in Gorgas Library Room 503 The Invisible Presence of Gertrude Stiles in Bookbinding Today Wimba room for participating in this Colloquium from a distance: http://tinyurl.com/3chn6tl. (Information about using 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=127026004072232> (please share with your FB friends!) Event tweet<https://twitter.com/#!/stevenmaccall/statuses/128543088330285056> (please retweet to your Twitter followers!) * WORKSHOP ON PARTNERSHIPS IN THE BOOK ARTS Wednesday, November 2, 4:00pm - 5:30pm in Gorgas Library Room 503 The Art of Creating Partnerships No Wimba access for this workshop Facebook event page<https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=178735575545670> (please share with your FB friends!) Event tweet<http://twitter.com/stevenmaccall/statuses/128544826231758848> (please retweet to your Twitter followers!) Dean Cloonan's research presentation on 11/1 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 Dean Cloonan's live presentation via Wimba.) Dean Cloonan's workshop on Wednesday is open to the public in person, but will not be available via Wimba. Dean Cloonan's visit to The University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies is 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 SAVE THE DATE: The final speaker on the Schedule of SLIS Visiting Scholars - Fall 2011<http://blogs.slis.ua.edu/uaslis-researchcolloquiaseries/schedule-of-visiting-scholars-fall-2011/>, Joseph Dane, Professor of English<http://dornsife.usc.edu/cf/faculty-and-staff/faculty.cfm?pid=1003192> at the University of Southern California, will be on November 29 and 30<http://blogs.slis.ua.edu/uaslis-researchcolloquiaseries/2011/09/20/joseph-a-dane-university-of-southern-california/>. slm -- Steven L. MacCall, PhD<http://www.slis.ua.edu/Maccall.html> Associate Professor School of Library and Information Studies College of Communication and Information Sciences The University of Alabama Box 807252 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0252 Work: 205.348.6727 Fax: 205.348.3746 Twitter: https://twitter.com/stevenmaccall/