Colleagues:
The University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies welcomes Dr. Jen Pecoskie, to our campus next week as the next speaker in the UA SLIS Research Colloquia Series on Thursday, September 27, 2012 in Gorgas Library room 503 from 12 noon CDT to 1:00 pm CDT. Please note that this event is available live to your desktop via Blackboard Collaborate webinar technology. Information about this access method is below.
Dr. Pecoskie, who is assistant professor in the School of Library and Information Science at Wayne State University, will be giving the following research presentation during her visit:
Thursday, September 27, 2012 – 12:00 noon CDT to 1:00 pm CDT - RESEARCH PRESENTATION in Gorgas Library room 503 (brown bag)
Exploring the Changing Landscape of Reading: Format and the Meaning of the Book
Pleasure readers today are faced with decisions about the options for accessing their chosen reading materials. Given the changing landscape of access that readership has, it is important to consider the question ‘what is the meaning of the book?,’ as it cannot be forgotten that the act of reading and publishing is grounded in an object – whether, physical or digitally constructed. How, then, is digital reading – the use of the electronic reading device – understood by readers? What are readers’ perceptions of these objects that facilitate the reading experience? Through qualitative examination from the perspective of readers, this presentation explores these themes and questions that researchers, libraries, and readers are faced with in this changing landscape of access to and formats of the book-as-object.
BB Collaborate session for participating in this Colloquium from a distance: http://tinyurl.com/9h697lk.
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Additional speakers in the UA SLIS Research Colloquia Series this fall (all to be made available at a distance):
· Tuesday, October 23, Noon – 1:00 pm in Gorgas Library Room 503
o Dr. Ina Fourie, Professor in the Department of Information Science at the University of Pretoria
· Monday, November 5, Noon – 1:00 pm in Gorgas Library Room 503
o Dr. Shelagh K. Genuis, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Health Promotion Studies, School of Public Health, University of Alberta
· Date and time TBD
o Dr. Michael Ollson, Senior Lecturer in the Communication Studies Group at the University of Technology, Sydney
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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 870252
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0252
http://twitter.com/stevenmaccall/