May 1st, 2008 rachel
PLEASE HELP SPREAD THE WORD!
The 4th Annual Community As Intellectual Space Symposium Registration is Open! http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/programs/cpd/CIS2008/
What:
The 4th Annual Community as Intellectual Space Symposium:
“Aesthetics as Resistance: The Act of Community Buildingâ€
Hosted by the Community Informatics Initiative, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and the Puerto Rican Cultural Center.
This year promises to be an extraordinary event, exploring notions of the “art†of community building in cultural context: from murals to media, technology to teaching. Join us for an unprecedented celebration of cross-cultural community in the heart of the Paseo Boricua neighborhood of Chicago.
(Continuing professional development units for K-12 educators will be available.)
When: June 13-15, 2008
Where: Puerto Rican Cultural Center, Chicago
Who:
•Dr. Margaret Burroughs (invited), founder of the DuSable Museum of African American History •Internationally known muralist and artist Pablo Marcano
Other speakers include:
Dr. Carol Lee, Northwestern University,
Dr. Lisa Yun Lee, Director of Jane Addams Hull-House Museum at the University of Illinois, Chicago;
Dr. Sarai Lastra, Turabo University, Puerto Rico;
Dr. Antonia Darder, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign;
Dr. Abdul Alkalimat, GSLIS, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign;
Dr. Jacqueline Lazu, DePaul University;
Dr. Jose Lopez, Executive Director of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center; Community and government representatives
Activities:
–A unique artist-led mural tour on the nationally known Paseo
–Community Informatics Initiative in Action workshops:
Curating Identity:Â Newberry Library exhibit created by high school students as curators;
“Do You ‘Squeak’?”:Â How to use creative technologies with early childhood learners;
Teens Going Green: How to inspire creative urban agriculture in the high school;
How to build a community library
•Premier of the third play in a trilogy by noted Puerto Rican author and playwright, Tato Laviera, performed by Pedro Albizu Campos High School students •June 12, a Pre-Symposium reception is being hosted by the Humboldt Park Branch of the Chicago Public Library featuring Chicago Public Library Commissioner Mary Dempsey (invited) and artists
•And, of course, we will be attending the 30th Anniversary People’s Parade
Want to hear more? Visit our registration website: http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/programs/cpd/CIS2008/
CONTACT:
Ann P. Bishop, Associate Professor
501 E. Daniel
Graduate School of Library and Information Science
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
217.244.3299
abishop@uiuc.edu
www.cii.uiuc.edu [jesse]
Tags: community, illinois, intellectual space, UIUC
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March 3rd, 2008 rachel
Get active on the forums during March, and win big! OK, “big†may be a relative term. But here’s the deal: Anyone who writes a post on the LISjobs.com online discussion forums during the month of March will be entered into a drawing to win, what else — books! Keep them, give them away, donate them to your library, or make book art out of them, but you could win:
- A brand-new copy of FRBR: A guide for the perplexed, by Robert L. Maxwell.
- Signed copies of ANY two books I ever wrote.
- Three, count em, three paperback/ARC supernatural romances.
- A whole darn box of random (yet recent) computer guides, for yourself or your library.
(Forum moderators are ineligible for this contest, sorry!) The four winners will be chosen in a random drawing from registered users who post on the LISjobs.com forums in March 2008.
Tags: community, contest, discussions, forums, lisjobs.com, professional development
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January 2nd, 2008 rachel
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For further information, contact Rachel Singer Gordon, rachel@lisjobs.com
January 2, 2008
 LISjobs.com Launches Online Community
New discussion forums now open
LISjobs.com, the largest free library career portal on the Internet, is pleased to announce the launch of its new online community for librarians. Devoted entirely to career development and job hunting, these forums provide a space for librarians, LIS students, library workers, and information professionals to discuss professional development issues: http://lisjobs.com/forum/.
“I’m excited to be able to offer this space for collaboration and discussion,†says Rachel Singer Gordon, webmaster, LISjobs.com. “As librarians, we know that we work and learn best in community — I look forward to watching the forums grow.†Current forum moderators include:
- Michael Stephens, LIS schools
- Jess Bruckner, Jumpstart your career
- Meredith Farkas, Professional development and participation
- Susanne Markgren, Talking tenure
- Kim Dority, Professional writing
- Sophie Brookover, Work/life balance
 In recent related developments, Info Career Trends, LISjobs.com’s professional development newsletter, has moved to the Wordpress platform to better serve its subscribers. Its long-time career Q&A columnists, Tiffany Allen and Susanne Markgren, have moved to their own blog, and author/entrepreneur Kim Dority joins in with her new monthly column on “Rethinking Information Careers.â€
Info Career Trends continues to fill an underserved niche, devoted entirely to career and professional development issues for librarians and information professionals. The newsletter and column content are accessible at: http://www.lisjobs.com/career_trends/. Rachel Singer Gordon shares: “I’m so pleased to bring Kim on board, and to watch the Library Career People column evolve in its new blog format. I look forward to hearing others’ opinions across the LISjobs.com online community.â€
LISjobs.com, launched in 1996, provides free library-related job listings to both employers and job seekers, as well as related services from resume postings to career development blogs.
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LISjobs.com: http://www.lisjobs.com
Online community: http://www.lisjobs.com/forum
Info Career Trends newsletter: http://www.lisjobs.com/career_trends/
Contact: Rachel Singer Gordon, rachel@lisjobs.com
Tags: community, discussions, forums, lisjobs.com, professional development
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