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Colleagues: The University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies welcomes Dr. Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy , to our campus next week as the next speaker in the UA SLIS Research Colloquia Series<http://blogs.slis.ua.edu/uaslis-researchcolloquiaseries/> on Thursday, March 29, 2012 from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm. Please note that this event is available live to your desktop via Wimba webinar technology. Information about this access method is below. Dr. Ada<http://almaflorada.com/> is an award-winning author of children's books and Professor Emerita at the University of San Francisco and Ms. Campoy<http://isabelcampoy.com/> is an international children's author and lecturer. They will giving a public research presentation during their visit to the University of Alabama National Latino Children's Literature Conference<http://www.latinochildlitconf.org/>. Please share the Facebook event page (linked below) with your FB friends and retweet the event tweet (linked below) to your Twitter followers, too. Thanks! * RESEARCH PRESENTATION Thursday, March 29, 2012 - 11:30 am to 12:30 pm CDT More Than One Voice: Authors in the Classroom, a Transformative Education Process In their book Authors in the Classroom, Ada and Campoy explore the concepts of voice and identity through authentic writing as a means to bridge the gap between the cultures of home and school. This colloquium centers on the role of educators as authors, their leadership responsibility in the educational community of their classes, and the various strategies that they can implement to make authorship an important key in the curriculum. They will also discuss various research projects in the area of children's literature and literacy. Wimba room for participating in this Colloquium from a distance: http://tinyurl.com/7nh96pj. (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/events/324169740975955/> (please share with your FB friends!) Event tweet<https://twitter.com/stevenmaccall/status/182939671289016320> (please retweet to your Twitter followers!) slm -- Steven L. MacCall, PhD<http://www.slis.ua.edu/Maccall.html> ALISE 2012-15 Secretary/Treasurer 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/