UBC iSchool Ph.D. student Elaine Goh has won an honourable mention for her poster, “Strengthening the Regulatory Framework in a Digital Environment: A Review of Archives Legislation,” at this year’s Archival Educational Research Institute (AERI).  Elaine’s poster was one of 21 posters at this year’s Institute, representing research from Ph.D. students and faculty from institutions across the world. Along with the poster competition winner and another honourable mention, Elaine’s poster will be displayed at this year’s Society of American Archivists (SAA) conference in San Diego (August 6-11) as part of the AERI information booth. You can read about all 21 posters and presenters at the AERI poster competition at http://aeri2012.wordpress.com/conference-schedule/poster-session/.

 

 

 

The Summer 2012 edition of SLAISmatters, the newsletter of the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies, The iSchool@UBC, is now available in PDF format as a downloadable file. In this issue you'll find a feature on the UBC iSchool's new Roberta F. Greig Research Laboratory, another feature on the work being done at the Centre for the Investigation of Financial Electronic Records, as well as articles on two upcoming events in September, the UNESCO Memory of the World Conference being held in Vancouver, and a symposium on reader interaction with digital text, sponsored by the Digital Information Interaction Group (DiiG) at the iSchool.  There’s also news about faculty, students and alumni, and an article on the passing of our former Director, Basil Stuart-Stubbs. The print version of the newsletter is being prepared for mailing. For a print copy, send an email to slais.reception(at)ubc.ca. Current and past issues are always available on the SLAISmatters page of the iSchool website.

 

 

The iSchool at UBC is pleased to announce a free public lecture by Professor Judith Saltman on Thursday, July 26, from 5-6 pm in the Lillooet Room of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.

Professor Saltman will present “Nursery Rhymes and the Art of Calligraphy: When Poetry Meets Art” as part of a public program celebrating “A Pocketful of Rhymes,” a month-long exhibition at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. A Pocketful of Rhymes is presented by the Westcoast Calligraphy Society. For more information about the exhibition, visit http://www.ikebarberlearningcentre.ubc.ca/pocketful-of-rhymes.

 

As a faculty member in the iSchool at UBC, and Chair of the Master of Arts in Children's Literature Program, Professor Saltman teaches courses in children's and young adult literature and public library services for youth. Her research areas include Canadian and international literature for children and young adults, publishing and the book trade for children in Canada, illustrated books, and services for children and young adults in public libraries.

This event is not being recorded. For those in Vancouver, you may register for this free event, sponsored by the Barber Learning Centre and the West Coast Calligraphy Society, at http://nursery.eventbrite.com/.