Archives Month!

Wow, October is a busy month!  In addition to SLIS Week and Open Access week, we are also in the midst of archives month.  The Society of American Archivists - Student Chapter (SAA-SC) here at SLIS will be running a blog with information about archives and celebrating archives throughout the month.  Give it a visit if you're interested in archives in Wisconsin!

An interesting insight...

Open Access Week causes quite a flurry in the blog-o-sphere.  We came across an interesting article by Dorothea Salo, presenter of LIS 644, Academic Librarian and SLIS alum, on a blog in which she is a contributor, Book of Trogool.  Dorothea re-posted the article she wrote for the 2008 Open Access Day Synchroblogging competition, discussing her own views on Open Access and her experiences that shaped those views. 

OA Week Repost: My Father the Anthropologist; or, What I Offer Open Access and Why

Open Access Week!

In addition to SLIS week, October 18-24 is also Open Access Week, a four year old global event "promoting Open Access as a new norm in scholarship and research."  As librarians, it is our duty to consider the implications of closed access to research and availability of materials.

From their website:

Gearing up for SLIS week

Each fall, SLIS Week affords students and faculty the chance to come together to share their work, hobnob, network, and join in celebration of our stellar library school. The 2010 edition of SLIS week kicks off on Monday, October 18 in the SLIS Commons with an informational session for prospective master's students and continues throughout the week with presentations from the Center for the History of Print and Digital Culture, SLIS faculty, student groups focused on community engagement and service, and individual student research and practicum experience. A reception Friday afternoon will cap the week's festivities, bringing together students, alumni, faculty, advisory council members and friends in conviviality and recognition of the program's past, present and future.

Full schedule (all events in the SLIS Commons, 4th floor of Helen C. White Hall):

4:30-5:30pm, Monday October 18: Information session for prospective students
Noon-1pm, Tuesday October 19: Center for the History of Print and Digital Culture open house
Noon-1pm, Wednesday October 20: Faculty forum
Noon-1pm, Thursday October 21: Community engagement showcase
2:30-4pm, Friday October 22: Exhibit walkabout
4-6pm, Friday October 22: Reception

Congratulations SLIS graduates!

Congrats to all SLIS new graduates! The SLIS Library wish all graduates the best in the future!

View photos from the 2010 SLIS graduation celebration and share the joy with our graduates :)

Congraduations!

The SLIS Library would like to extend a hearty "congrats" to all its new graduates! Twenty-one students have reached the end of their (all too brief?) sojourn with SLIS and are preparing to launch themselves into the heart-stopping world of the professional librarian. While we will miss them, we wish them all the best.

This semester's happy graduates include Kathleen Baird, Lori Bird, Michelle Coller, Michelle Downer, Lyra Eugenio-Thomson, Katie Gleischman, Lisa Guidarini, Matthew Jabaily, June Jacob, Christina Johannson, Susan Mannix, Keely Merchant, Sarah Mueller, James Ramsey, Bruce Sullivan, Dennis Trest, Merle Watkins, Suzanne Way, Lisa Winkler, Briana Wolbers, and Megan Zabel. Go get em, grads! Don't forget to write.

Well done, Sensational SLISers!

Congratulations to UW-Madison's own Sensational SLISers book cart drill team, who returned triumphant from this year's WLA annual conference! The 2009 routine, based on an unlikely mashup of the Harry Potter theme and "I Put A Spell On You," worked its magic on the WLA judges, who awarded the SLISers first place honors. Swing by the SLIS library and check out the team's trophy-on-wheels: a slick new magenta book cart.