Tomorrow: LAST DAY to REGISTER for the LISGSA Conference!

Time is running out to register for the Fifth Annual LISGSA Conference.  

Join us April 8, 2017. 

Our day includes a keynote address from Mr. Roosevelt Weeks, director of the Houston Public Library System in Houston TX and a winner of the 2016 I Love My Librarian Award, student presentations, panels, brief networking breaks, DONUTS (the good kind of donuts too) and lunch.

We welcome library students, faculty and staff, alumni, librarians, and other community library enthusiasts.

(Please complete registration by tomorrow: Friday, March 31, 2017.)

Register here if you haven't already: https://goo.gl/forms/ITmeXQOQo1IhpQtf2 

GPC is seeking leadership for next year!

Graduate and Professional Students, 

As we approach the end of the school year, GPC is looking toward next fall and how they can continue to serve all graduate and professional students at Mizzou. In order to continue advocating for their constituents, they need a strong Executive Board. At their April General Assembly meeting they will elect that board for 2017-2018. They are currently seeking nominations for all positions. Self nominations will be accepted. The positions they are seeking nominations for are: 

-President 

-Vice President 

-Treasurer 

-Secretary 

-Director of Programming 

-Director of Communication 

-Director of National Affairs 

-Director of State Affairs 

Nominations and elections will be at the General Assembly Meeting to take place on April 4th at 6 PM in the Student Center’s Leadership Auditorium. You can see each position’s responsibilities in the GPC Constitution and Bylaws, available here: https://gpc.missouri.edu/official-documents/ 

If you have any questions, feel free to ask a current Executive Board Member or email gpc@missouri.edu.

Speaker Presentation: Wesley Lowery

What: Public Health and Criminal Justice Reform
When: Tuesday, April 4, 2017, 3:30 PM
Where: Jesse Wrench Auditorium, S107 Memorial Union

In celebration of the 10-year anniversary of the Master of Public Health Program and launch of the undergraduate public health program in the School of Health Professions (SHP), journalist and author Wesley Lowery will be speaking at Mizzou.

An emerging voice in the national media landscape, Wesley Lowery is a national reporter for The Washington Post, covering the interactions between law enforcement officials and communities. Lowery is also author of the upcoming book “They Can’t Kill Us All,” which is the first deeply reported book to bring alive the quest for justice in the deaths of Michael Brown, Tamir Rice and Freddie Gray.

Among other honors and accomplishments, in 2015 Lowery was named to the Root 100, a list recognizing the nation’s top African American influencers. In 2014, he was named “Emerging Journalist of the Year” by the National Association of Black Journalists and also earned a 2014 Shorty Award as the best journalist on social media.

Wesley Lowery’s visit is co-sponsored by Missouri School of Journalism, MU Black Studies Program, MU Honors College and MU College of Education.

Academic & Conference Scholarship Opportunities

Association of Jewish Libraries is pleased to announce an academic and conference scholarships to students enrolled or accepted in a graduate school of library and information science.

Prospective candidates should have knowledge of and interest in Jewish studies, and demonstrate the potential, ability, and intention of pursuing a career in Judaica librararianship.

ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP
The Association of Jewish Libraries awards an annual academic scholarship to a promising student with a history of participating in Judaic studies or libraries, accepted into or attending or an accredited graduate school of library and information science. This scholarship is merit-based rather than needs-based.

CONFERENCE SCHOLARSHIP
AJL will now also provide conference subvention for attendance at the Association of Jewish Libraries' annual conference to a promising student with a history of participating in Judaic studies or libraries, accepted into or attending or an accredited graduate school of library and information science. Free full conference registration, travel and (shared) room is included. As such, conference attendance is required. This award is merit-based rather than needs-based.

Both awards also include a service component at the conference to benefit the Association of Jewish Libraries to be determined by the awardees and committee, one option could be to volunteer during the conference or write up their experience for the AJL Newsletter.

Applicants must indicate which award(s) (student scholarship or conference subvention) they seek.

Application is available here:
http://jewishlibraries.starchapter.com/content.php?page=Student_Scholarship


AJL membership is not required for eligibility.

STUDENTS WHO WISH TO APPLY FOR THIS SCHOLARSHIP SHOULD SUBMIT COMPLETE APPLICATIONS BY MARCH 31, 2017.

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Online Conference Opportunity for Columbia Students!

MU Libraries has registered for the Electronic Resources & Libraries Online Conference, which takes place April 3-5.

 

The ER&L sessions focus on various issues related to managing electronic resources and improving the way libraries collect, manage, maintain and make accessible the resources.  There are concurrent sessions running all days of the conference, offering a total of 32 sessions.

 

While MU Libraries cannot provide a login to share with SISLT distance students (as they only have a limited number of logins for the conference), anyone is welcome to go to Ellis Library to view the live-streaming sessions.  

 

For a schedule of all of the sessions, please email Rachel Wallenbeck (rmp5z6@mail.missouri.edu).

 

If anyone has any questions, please contact Rhonda Whithaus, Head of Online Information Services at MU (whithausr@missouri.edu).

Sign Up to Attend the LISGSA Conference!

We may have lost an hour of sleep as of Sunday, but you haven't lost the chance to sign up to attend the 2017 LISGSA Student Conference on Saturday April 8, 2017. Doors will open at 9 a.m. There will be donuts, student presentations, a keynote speaker, lunch, and CAKE!  

Register Here: https://goo.gl/forms/1gZrwNObDOcl5uAi2

We can't wait to see you there.