Colleagues:

The University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies welcomes Joseph Dane, Professor of English, University of Southern California, to our campus on Tuesday 11/29 and Wednesday 11/30 as the next speaker in the UA SLIS Research Colloquia Series.

Dr. Dane will be giving a research presentation and convening a workshop during his visit:

• RESEARCH PRESENTATION
  Tuesday, November 29, 4:00pm – 5:30pm CDT in Gorgas Library Room 205 (please note that this is a room change from previous colloquia this semester)
  Professor Dane will be reading from his  memoir Dogfish Memory and selections from his upcoming publication What is a Book?
  
  Wimba room for participating in this Colloquium from a distance: http://tinyurl.com/78bxcxq. (Information about using Wimba.)
  
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• WORKSHOP ON PARTNERSHIPS IN THE BOOK ARTS
  Wednesday, November 30, 4:00pm – 5:30pm in Gorgas Library Room 503
  Bibliographers of the Mind: Why Work?
  
  No Wimba access for this workshop
  
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Dr. Dane’s research presentation on 11/29 is open to the public in person in Gorgas Library Room 205 and will also available live online by way of Wimba. (Please see linked information above for instructions on accessing Dr. Dane’s live presentation via Wimba.) Dr. Dane’s workshop on Wednesday is open to the public in person, but will not be available via Wimba.

Dr. Dane’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 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). Additional funding provided by the Library School Association of The University of Alabama.

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Steven L. MacCall, PhD

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/