Inside SOIS Fall 2013

UW-MILWAUKEE, SCHOOL OF INFORMATION STUDIES

Fall 2013

In this issue... From international fieldwork programs to community literacy programs, learn how SOIS students and alums are making the most of their education while making an impact in communities locally and worldwide.

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IN THIS issue Dean’s Note ....................................................................01 New SOIS Faculty - Smiraglia ......................................02 Dr. Hope Olson Retires .................................................02 New SOIS Faculty - Ponelis..........................................03 New SOIS Faculty - Force.............................................04 Amy Cooper Cary ..........................................................04 New Teaching Staff - Sabha | Smanz ..........................05 Bonnie Withers ..............................................................05 National Book Festival ..................................................06 New Teaching Staff - Gardner ......................................07 Ready to Read Corps - Abby Kiracofe ........................08 Librarians Without Borders - Emily Scherrer .............10 The World is a Classroom - Connie Manning.............12 Passion for Technology - Daniel Corcoran.................14 PhD Student Profile - Ed Benoit III ..............................16 Archives Leadership Institute - Ellen Engseth...........17

Archives in Italy - Emma Cobb ....................................18 Smithsonian Libraries...................................................19 Fieldwork in IO............................................................... 20 Alumni Update - Anne Prestamo ................................. 21 Staff Profile - Amanda Trice ......................................... 21 CIPR Update................................................................... 22 RGIR Update .................................................................. 22 Online Teaching Excellence - Mary Wepking ............. 20 Recent Scholarship ....................................................... 24 Faculty Publications ..................................................... 25 SOIS 2012-13 Graduates ............................................... 26 Staff Retreat. .................................................................. 28 Student Org News ......................................................... 28 SOIS Tech Corner .......................................................... 29 PantherProwl ................................................................. 29 Save the Date ................................................................. 30

Fall 2013 VOL. 5 No. 1 Inside SOIS is published twice a year by the School of Information Studies Interim Dean: Wooseob Jeong Interim Associate Dean: Alexandra Dimitroff Assistant Dean: Chad Zahrt Executive Editors: Chad Zahrt Bonnie Withers Writers: Steven Edwards Mary Johnston

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DEAN’S note It has been another exciting year at SOIS that has us all charged to take on next year’s opportunities and challenges. As we look to the start of 2014, the future of SOIS is as bright as ever.

SOIS continues its visionary approach to education by being the first School in the University of Wisconsin System to offer courses and, ultimately, a degree in the new Flex mode of delivery, based on competency based evaluation and self-paced learning.

The School’s IST degree is well-suited to meet the needs of adult degree seekers in Wisconsin and beyond, and will fit very nicely in the System’s Flex offerings. Our commitment to this exciting initiative continues the visionary and entrepreneurial spirit of the School started by Dr. Mohammad Aman in the late 90s as he lead the UW System and UWM with the online MLIS program.

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In addition to providing courses in Flex, SOIS is moving ahead with planning and creating the Master of Science in Information Science and Technology (MSIST), a degree that will combine SOIS faculty and curricula with Computer Science and Health Sciences. Planning is underway for a fall 2015 start.

Further good news greeted the School in summer of 2013, when The US News and World Report moved our MLIS program up to 15th in the nation. We’re now the top-ranked LIS program in the state.

2013 also saw SOIS giving back to students, by awarding nearly $200,000 in scholarship and tuition-remission awards. These are all possible because of your commitment to the School. These gifts insure that we can continue to make higher education affordable for all.

Thank you!

We continue to embrace the importance of global and community-based learning, international experiences and exchanges, fieldwork and internships for all of our students. As one example, we have placed numerous MLIS students in internships throughout the Milwaukee area. This is a collaborative effort between SOIS and local and regional libraries that provides tuition funding for internship work done at the library. The student experience is of the utmost importance to us, and we want to make sure all of our students leave our programs with a firm footing on their professional goals.

Finally, I’m very proud of Sharon Lake and the SOIS team at this year’s Panther Prowl. The team placed 5th overall in times posted and won the 1st place prize for number of participants with 59, unseating the previous sitting champions for the past 5 years! Well done Wooseob’s Walkers!!

With warmest wishes, Wooseob Jeong, Interim Dean Fall 2013

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SOIS Continues to Grow!

M E E T T H E N E W S O I S FA C U LT Y

Richard SMIRAGLIA Professor SOIS welcomes Dr. Richard P. Smiraglia, who has taken up his new position for Fall 2013 teaching courses in information organization, domain analysis and bibliography and conducting research in information organization. He has been a visiting professor at SOIS since 2009.

Smiraglia, a leading authority on the concept of ”the work” brings to SOIS a diverse background in information studies. He is associate researcher with the e-Humanities Group, Royal Netherlands Academy of the Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam and has almost 40 years of professional and scholarly experience. Smiraglia began his career as a music cataloger at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. He subsequently moved to the East Coast where he taught at Columbia University and then at Long Island University where he developed and headed the doctoral program in information studies.

Smiraglia earned his doctorate from the University of Chicago Graduate Library School in 1992. He has authored, co-authored, or edited nineteen books, most recently Cultural Frames of Knowledge (co-edited with Hur-Li Lee) on epistemology. His latest monograph Cultural Synergy in Information Institutions is expected in the fall of 2013. He has published more than 100 refereed articles and conference papers. Smiraglia is Editor-in-Chief of Knowledge Organization, the bimonthly journal of the International Society for Knowledge Organization and is a member of the editorial board of Cataloging & Classification Quarterly. “I am very excited and honored to join my SOIS colleagues full-time in the enterprise of leading our iSchool in this powerful information age.”

Dr. Hope Olson Retires SOIS Says Goodbye to Esteemed Colleague

In Summer 2013, Dr. Hope Olson retired from a long and illustrious career in library and information studies. Professor Olson served the School in many capacities both as faculty and administration during her 11 years of service.

Look for a feature story on Dr. Olson, her many accomplishments and her impact on the School and the profession in the next issue of InsideSOIS!

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Shana PONELIS Assistant Professor Dr. Shana Ponelis has been appointed Assistant Professor at SOIS where she is teaching and expanding research she began while earning a PhD in information technology from the University of Pretoria, South Africa. “I’m very happy to be able to join SOIS in a different capacity and continue working with the students and expanding my contributions,” Ponelis said.

Ponelis has a strong background in consulting and information technology. She previously worked as an IT consultant with Andersen and KPMG Consulting, advising various organizations located in Africa on management information systems and for a major financial institution. “I think the industry experience that I have can really be a benefit to students,” she said. Ponelis was

also a senior lecturer with the Department of Informatics at the University of Pretoria before joining UWM as a full time lecturer in 2009.

Her research focuses on how information is handled and used to make decisions by a variety of businesses. “In my doctoral research I looked at how small businesses use information for decision making, so I’m hoping to expand on that and also look more broadly at how information technology is adopted in organizations and in communities,” Ponelis said. “It’s very interesting for me to see how it differs between large businesses and how the challenges are also the same with small businesses.”

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SOIS Continues to Grow!

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Donald FORCE ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Dr. Donald Force has been appointed Assistant Professor at SOIS and has taken up his new position for Fall 2013 teaching and researching in archives and records administration.

Force, who recently earned his doctorate degree in Library, Archival and Information Studies from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, also has a master of arts in history from Southern Illinois University Carbondale, and a master of library science and a master of information science, both from Indiana University.

Specializing in legal issues associated with archives and records management, Force said he is eager to bring a fresh approach to the archival studies area.

“I think I have some really interesting ideas about how the Introductions to Records Management class should be taught to students,” Force said, noting that he would like to incorporate a human element into the course, which would cover the organizational differences amongst cultures. “You have to understand why people do what they do to best facilitate access and preservation of information” Force said.

Dr. Kimberly Anderson, a SOIS faculty member in the archival studies area, said Force is an expert in records management, electronic evidence, e-records and e-discovery. “He will transform the existing records management component into a major anchor of the archives and records administration concentration and certificate of advanced study,” Anderson said. Force’s MA in history will also support coordinated degree students, she said, especially those focusing on the combined Masters of Library and Information Science and MA in History. “I am confident that he will be an excellent addition to SOIS,” Anderson said.

They will be missed... but will always be a part of the SOIS family!

SOIS said goodbye to two valued members of the SOIS family.

Amy Cooper Cary held the position of Director of the Archives program at SOIS from 2005-2012. Last fall she accepted a position as Head of Special Collections and University Archives at Marquette University in Milwaukee. Cary continues to teach on occasion as an adjunct instructor in the SOIS Archives Program. About her experience as Director, Cary says, “During my seven years, it was tremendously exciting to see the growth in the Archival Studies Concentration and in the Certificate of Advanced Study (CAS) in Archives and Records Administration. I thoroughly enjoyed working with Faculty and Staff of SOIS, and with the Archival Studies Concentrators and CAS students. I’m grateful for the opportunity to have been a part of such a strong and vibrant School.”

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Khaled Sabha LECTURER In August of 2012, SOIS welcomed Khaled Sabha as lecturer. Sabha, who holds a BS (electrical engineering) and an MS (computer engineering) from University of WisconsinMilwaukee, brings to SOIS a wide variety of professional experience. Previously, he was a software engineer for QuadTech Inc. Pairing his hands-on experience in the information industry with a love for teaching, Sabha is able to provide BSIST students an insight beyond textbooks. “Every job I worked in the industry really helps me in the classroom because I can relate to what I am teaching. A lot of the things I read in the books or tell my students about, I actually did in the industry.” He currently teaches courses in database information retrieval systems and information architecture. “I am doing something I enjoy…and most importantly I am teaching subjects I really like.” In his free time, Sabha likes to play soccer and travel.

Lyndsay Smanz LECTURER

Lyndsay Smanz has returned to her home state of Wisconsin and her alma mater, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, to join SOIS’s faculty as a lecturer. After completing her bachelor’s degree in Mathematics & Atmospheric Science at UWM in 2004 Smanz started working for Habitat for Humanity AmeriCorps, spending one year in Austin, Texas and then another in Aberdeen, North Carolina. It was during this time that she realized she loved working with people, and decided to refocus her career on services and teaching. She had prior experience with library work when she was in high school, and decided a career in information science would nicely integrate her interests.

Although Smanz stayed in North Carolina, she electronically returned to UWM as a distance education student and graduated with an MLIS degree in 2008. After graduating, she moved to Wichita, Kansas, and worked as a reference librarian at Wichita State University Libraries.

She also taught an introductory library research course, and assisted the chemistry, math, physics, biology, engineering, and health science departments with their library service needs.

She currently is teaching two courses for SOIS, 101 Information Literacy and 210 Information Resources for Research. Smanz is interested in organizing collaborative efforts that will continue to promote information literacy at UWM. In her free time she enjoys reading, baking, and playing with her two year old son.

She also is an avid runner, who is not deterred from training outdoor by Wisconsin’s arctic winters.

Bonnie Withers has been with SOIS since 2003 both as a popular lecturer, and as the coordinator of the School Library Media Program. Prior to joining SOIS Bonnie was a library media specialist for Milwaukee Public Schools.

Although Withers has officially retired from teaching, she continues her service by assisting in a part-time capacity in the SOIS administrative offices. SOIS students, faculty, staff and administration are very happy to have her continue her association at SOIS. “My work at SOIS has been the most rewarding of my career. I welcome the opportunity to continue to participate in this vibrant community.”

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National Book Festival Washington D.C

By Dr. Tom Walker

Making the most of three days in midSeptember, a busy group of SOIS students visited Washington, D.C. to tour libraries and take part in the 2013 National Book Festival.

A collaborative effort between the School of Information Studies and the Wisconsin Center for the Book, the event was led by Tom Walker of the SOIS faculty, who is the Executive Director of the Wisconsin Center for the Book, which now has its administrative home in SOIS. Among the highlights of the visit were tours of the Folger Shakespeare Library, one of the world’s leading research collection of materials related to Shakespeare and his period, and the Library of Congress, the latter led by John Cole, the Director of the National Center for the Book at the Library of Congress and the leading expert on the history and iconography of that institution. The students heard special presentations by Steven Prine, Chief of the Network Division of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, and the cartoonist Matt Dembicki, who shared his experiences as the creator of graphic novels. The group attended a gala reception for the state affiliate Centers for the Book, hosted at the Library of Congress, and was able to meet with other representatives from across

the entire country. On Sunday, students had the opportunity to visit the National Archives.

The focus of the trip was the National Book Festival of the Library of Congress, which is held every September and is the largest such festival in the United States.

Students helped staff the exhibit of the Wisconsin Center for the Book and spent most of their time exploring the many events by authors, illustrators, and poets who were invited to present sessions at the Festival. There were also opportunities to buy books and go to book signings.

The trip was a productive three days and allowed the students, both undergraduate and graduate, from the Milwaukee area and from other states, to get to know each other (and the Metro subway system). Student reactions were positive. One of the SOIS online students commented: “I feel incredibly fortunate to have had this opportunity. As a distance ed student it can be easy to sort of get lost in the shuffle.

There are a lot of things that I just can’t participate in because of distance. So opportunities like this that are extended to distance and on site students are great. It was really wonderful to meet so many other students in the program. I felt that we had a really good and friendly group. It’s also nice to be able to put faces face to some of those names that I come across on the discussion boards. I hope that UWM and the Wisconsin Center for the Book continue this program in the future, either as a course or just pro as a student trip. It’s an amazing experience and provides students with the ability to meet people pro that tha we would not typically ever encounter.”

Another focused on some of the literary figures A at the festival: “I “ had a fantastic time at the National Book Festival on Saturday. I had the chance to attend F book talks for fiction writer Don DeLillo, Mexican b chef Pati Jinich, children’s book author and c

Students at the Wisconsin Center for the Book Exhibit with Susan Hildreth, Director, Institute of Museum and Library Services

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“I feel incredibly fortunate to have had this opportunity. As a distance ed student it can be easy to sort of get lost in the shuffle. There are a lot of things that I just can’t participate in because of distance. So opportunities like this that are extended to distance and on site students are Sarah Hansen, IST Major great.” illustrator Jon Klassen, children’s author Monica Brown and illustrator Rafael Lopez, Cuban author and poet Cristina Garcia, children’s author Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, adult author James McBride and non-fiction author Thomas Kenneally.”

The trip was funded by support from SOIS, the Center for the Book of the Library of Congress, and the students. Plans are underway for an annual for-credit course, the highlight of which will be participation in the National Book Festival and visits to a variety of libraries and other institutions. For questions about the trip or the Wisconsin Center for the Book, please contact Tom Walker (twalker@uwm.edu).

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MEET THE NEW SOIS T E A C H I N G S TA F F

Kendrick GARDNER LECTURER Kendrick Gardner currently teaches courses in the SOIS undergraduate program, on multimedia application design and information security, but prior to that, he held a number of positions at UWM. He split his time working for UWM’s University Information Technology Services (UITS) information security office and as a multimedia and social networking specialist at the Center for 21st Century Studies (C21). Gardner won a number of awards during his time at UITS for the work he did to resolve security issues and develop policies and procedures that would prevent them from happening in the first place.

At C21 he used his technical knowledge and skills to aid in presentations, to produce content, and to help with general technical issues.

In addition to developing special topics courses that will expand the IST curriculum he hopes to continue to pursue research on the interrelated topics of disaffected youth, videogames, and digital culture.

Gardner grew up a few miles north of the Wisconsin Dells where he enjoyed a variety of outdoor pursuits before moving to Milwaukee for college. Before entering academia, he managed a local rock band and pursued musical interests of his own. While music is mostly a hobby these days, he hopes to find the time to perform again sometime in the future. In addition to his creative pursuits, he enjoys distance running, kickboxing, downhill skiing, and videogames. While he misses going on tour with the band, he still makes the time to travel whenever he can.

As a long time member of the UWM community, he’s very impressed with the ways the School has grown over the last decade and can’t imagine a better place to educate and enact viable social changes at this time than the School of Information Studies.

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Books, letters and shapes are just a few of the tools caregivers are being given to prepare a child for school from the Ready to Read Corps program, led by SOIS graduate Abby Kiracofe.

Ready for Success Through Reading!

By Kyle Vanderkin and Sarah McCraw

Abby Kiracofe Ready to Read Corps Program Leader MLIS Alumni 2009

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he Ready to Read Corps initiative at the Columbus Metropolitan Library (CML) in Ohio is geared toward helping children from birth to age five who are in low-income, lowliteracy families.

Abby and a team of library staff work with several social service agencies to actively seek out families that can benefit from the program. “(We) work with these families to educate them on the importance of early literacy, as well as how parents can embrace their role as their child’s first teacher,” Kiracofe said. “Essentially, we are working to make sure children are prepared for kindergarten.”

The staff includes members who are fluent in Spanish and Somali, and have degrees in social work, education, public health and sociology, among others. “They are invested in giving back to the community and have a deep passion for public service,” Kiracofe said.

The program is part of the library’s goal of having 90% of area children at specific schools meet the readiness scores for kindergarten by 2020, while currently 60% meet that goal. Reaching the goal, Kiracofe said, will take a group effort to connect with parents in hospitals, urban neighborhoods and teen mothers at city schools.

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they step foot into a classroom flourished during her MLIS online program with SOIS. Especially inspiring were her online classes with Senior Lecturer Mary Wepking. One of Wepking’s classes in particular, Library Services for Children and Young Adults, continues to be an inspiration throughout her career.

In her class, Wepking has students read the book, “Early Literacy Storytimes @ Your Library” by Saroj Nadkarni Ghoting and Pamela Martin-Diaz. “The book outlines a way that story times are more than just entertainment and distraction during the course of the day,” Wepking said. “It’s an opportunity to provide parents with instructions on how they can best interact with their children to make them ready to read when they enter school.”

That message resonated for Kiracofe. “Mary was the only professor who ever spoke about the importance of early literacy and ensuring that kids are prepared to succeed as learners,” Kiracofe said. “I really value that Professor Wepking made this an important piece of her lesson plan.”

After graduating from The Ohio State University with a degree in Classical Humanities and European History in 2004, Kiracofe decided to pursue her masters while working at CML. “I am most

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proud of having the motivation, ambition and self-perseverance to successfully complete an online master’s program while working full-time,” she said. “I learned a lot about myself through the process and found that if I put my mind to something, I will push through.”

As the Ready to Read Corps program leader, Kiracofe is responsible for a variety of tasks including working with staff to develop new types of programing, collecting statistics and training staff. “I supervise the Ready to Read Bookmobile, a smaller, more nimble Bookmobile that can get into the more narrow streets of urban Columbus neighborhoods,” she said. “I am also supervising my department’s targeted approach to plan and present the ready to read program to the Latino population.”

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The staff works one-onone with participants to teach techniques and give suggestions on how to work with a child. Each family is given a free literacy kit filled with books, bathtub letters and other educational tools. “We also provide referrals when we cannot help with something specific (such as) learning, speech delays or affordable housing questions,” Kiracofe said.

Approximately 8% of program participants speak Spanish, but Kiracofe anticipates that amount will increase as the program expands.

Technology has played a role in bridging the gap between the library and families, Kiracofe said. “The department has several Netbooks (used during events) to issue library cards and checkouts,” she said, adding they would also like to purchase iPads and create an early literacy-based app for parents.

“Hearing (parents) tell you the strides their child has made by working with them, on activities you suggested, is completely uplifting and inspiring.”

Abby Kiracofe, Ready to Read Corps Program Leader The success of the program, which started at CML in 2002, is not only being noticed in Columbus, but across the country as well.

The National Center for Family Literacy awarded Ready to Read a $10,000 grant in 2012 for its outreach efforts. CML also received a medal from the Institute of Museum and Library Services for its community service initiatives, specifically for the Ready to Read Corps program. The program is funded through a grant awarded from the United Way.

While the program has had its challenges, Kiracofe said, the biggest reward ultimately comes during discussions with parents they’ve worked with. “Hearing them tell you the strides their child has made by working with them, on activities you suggested, is completely uplifting and inspiring,” she said.

Learn More Columbus Metropolitan Library Ready to Read Corps http://www.columbuslibrary.org/ services/readytoreadcorps

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Emily Scherrer MLIS 2011

By Emily Scherrer

Youth Services Manager, Yuma County Library District SOIS Graduate Emily Scherrer traveled to Quetzaltenango, Guatemala this past April for twelve days to volunteer at the Miguel Angel Asturias Academy for children.

Fro April 13-28, 2013, 17 library professionals and students, from Vancouver From to San Francisco, from Saskatoon to Arizona, flew to Guatemala City to begin their twelve day volunteer adventure with Librarians Without Borders. be From there, the group embarked on a five hour van ride to Quetzaltenango F or o Xela (as it’s known to the locals). Once in Xela, they began the work of o implementing a library lending system to suit the needs of the Asturias Academy.

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This year marked Librarians Without Borders’ fourth year of going to the region to m volunteer in the school and marked a major transition for the school library as volunteers worked on implementing cataloging, searching and borrowing technologies (and training the staff on these tools) to enable students to locate and check out books for the very first time. Eventually, the library hopes to serve not only the school, but the entire local community.

A typical day was 9-5 with lunch somewhere in the middle but never fear!—there was some down time to explore the region as well. Participants were invited to dinner at

Librarians Wit hout Bor Service-Minded Alum Using Her Skills to students’ homes, were able to take a “dip” in a warm natural spring, and strolled the historic district looking for fresh fruit, wine and other delicacies.

LWB’s history with Asturias Academy is long and dedicated and is continually progressing. In 2012, Librarians Without Borders helped fund an on-site librarian at the Academy. That year, students far surpassed the reading goal of 4 books per year— reading on average, 14 books per year. Given this enthusiasm, LWB and the Asturias Academy will have an unprecedented impact on literacy levels (less than 60%) of Asturias’ students and their families once they can check books out of the library and take them into their homes.

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Says Scherrer, “It was an amazing experience I’d recommend to any library student or professional seeking to do something service-minded. I not only felt I was making an impact; I made 16 new friends as well.” While the students no doubt appreciate the new library that continues to grow every year, Scherrer believes the relationship is reciprocal. “The volunteers get as much out of it as the children do. One day we played soccer versus the students in a large gymnasium style soccer field. Needless to say, the students won. It’s a memory I’ll cherish the rest of my life.”

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Students of the Migual Asturias Acadmy at the zoo. Students and Volunteers cleaned up trash in the area, enjoyed lunch, and toured the zoo in Xela, Guatemala.

“It was an amazing experience I’d recommend to any library student or professional seeking to do something service-minded. I not only felt I was making an impact; I made 16 new friends as well.”

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Make a Global Impact Emily Scherrer graduated from SOIS in 2011. At the time she was a teen librarian in Waterford, Wisconsin. She is now the Youth Services Manager in Yuma, Arizona, where she spends her free time hiking, taking pictures of stray grocery carts and writing. She has her B.A. in history from Michigan State University. You can contact her at emily.scherrer@yumalibrary.org

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Can you contribute to the work of Librarians Without Borders?

Consider becoming a volunteer or member! LWB also seeks sponsors for those interested in supporting their programs in Guatemala, Ghana and elsewhere. Please contact exec@lwb-online.org for more details. And be sure to check out their webpage http://lwb-online.org/ to see how you can become an advocate for libraries around the world.

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The discovery of an internship nearly 6,800 miles away from home led Connie Manning, a Master of Library and Information Science student, to an opportunity of a lifetime. Manning is an online MLIS student in Fort Smith, Ark. who completed her 759 Archives Fieldwork course in Amman, Jordan.

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From September to November, Manning worked under archivists at the American Center of Oriental Research (ACOR), through the Council of American Overseas Research Centers.

Manning assisted with arranging and describing a large number of records involving archeological excavations. The collection contained a variety of media including slides, photographs, architectural drawings and Beta tapes ranging from the 1970s through the 1980s.

“The records had been in some state where it would have been hard to find things, but you would have eventually found what you needed,” Manning said. “We arranged them, we organized them, described them and every folder was relabeled. They can find what they’re looking for now.”

Manning learned of the position at ACOR - which covered her plane ticket, boarding, meals and provided a small stipend through a grant it received– last spring. Katie Blank, associate special librarian for SOIS, helped oversee fieldwork requirements for the archival studies program. Each semester a list of internship opportunities is sent to students, so when Manning applied for the spot, Blank made sure it met the archives fieldwork requirements. “We just touched base with the archivists that she was working with to make sure the projects were appropriate, and they definitely were,” Blank said, adding that Manning did about three times more than the 150 hours of fieldwork required for the class.

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“When I saw the opportunity to work in Ammon, Jordan, at first I thought, ‘Oh, it’s a political climate’,” Manning said, noting any hesitations she had to travel abroad were calmed by a previous internship experience. In 2006, Manning assisted with an archeological dig in Greece while pursuing a master’s degree in classics from Washington University in St. Louis. Just days after she arrived in Jordan, the U.S. embassy in nearby Libya was attacked, Manning said. “There were large protests in the capital (Amman) and they’d protest at the American embassy,” she said. “There were still little reminders that it was a very unstable region.”

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les Away Leads to an Opportunity tudent Connie Manning Manning said she enjoyed experiencing a different culture, but it was the time she spent helping to establish a solid archival system at ACOR that impacted her the most. “I think it prepared me for working in small repositories and in places where there’s not a archival model established,” she said. While the library sciences community is slowly progressing in Jordan, Manning said an archival community is non-existent, which made it difficult to obtain the proper folders, labels and other supplies needed for the job. “When you’re doing archival work, you want to make sure that the environment is controlled,” Manning said. “There’s usually temperature control monitors, but we couldn’t get those in Ammon unless we shipped them in and paid an arm and a leg for it.”

“If opportunities (to study abroad) are there, (students) should take them. You broaden your experience, you broaden your network and you have the opportunity to help other people in other countries. You learn from them and hopefully they can learn from you.”

doesn’t really have a policy of archives, and it’s adopting a bit of the British and a bit of the American (models), so you’re seeing this theory that you’ve been taught implemented differently.”

Blank said a student’s ability to apply concepts learned in class, out in the field, is the core of the fieldwork study program. “You can understand that there’s the ideal world of our theory and then there’s applying that theory to reality and making it work for each institution,” Blank said. While most SOIS students take part in internships in southeastern Wisconsin, Blank said several students have done fieldwork throughout the world in places like New York, Hawaii, Germany and the United Kingdom. “If opportunities (to study abroad) are there, (students) should take them,” Blank said.

“You broaden your experience, you broaden your network and you have the opportunity to help other people in other countries. You learn from them and hopefully they can learn from you.”

Manning is currently the curator for the Fort Smith Museum of History and said she is still absorbing the internship experience.

“It just makes you really think about who you are as a person and what your expectations are,” she said.

Katie Blank, SOIS Archives Fieldwork Coordinator “(The internship) has definitely made me think about how you prioritize things better. You don’t have money to care for your collection, but the money eventually does come, so it’s just prioritizing what needs it first.” Manning said she especially enjoyed doing a variety of archival tasks during the internship because it allowed her to gain experience and decide which aspects of the job she enjoys most. “I didn’t want the experience of going into a repository that had its stuff together and I would have just been working on some menial task over and over,” Manning said. “I think it was really good to go to a place that was being developed and seeing how there’s an American model of archives and there’s also the Canadian and the British and Australian (models). Then you go into Jordan, that

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riginally a health science major, Dan followed his passion for information technologies to the School of Information Studies after seeing many SOIS events on campus. After talking with an advisor and feeling welcomed by the SOIS community, he changed his major to Information Science & Technology.

The IST program challenged me to explore opportunities that really enhanced my education. The instructors encouraged me to apply the skills I was learning to real world opportunies - to gain experience and to help improve people’s lives with technology.

Dan Corcoran, BSIST ‘12 Dan learned a lot of new information and skills, and he learned them fast. He developed an understanding of how technology is constantly changing and how it improves people’s lives. During classes, Dan felt as though each professor was willing and able to give students the time and dedication they needed. One professor

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in particular, Khaled Sabha, challenged him to be the best he could be and shaped Dan’s academic career in a very positive way. Dan also took advantage of the extensive networking opportunities SOIS provides for their students and eventually became a SOIS Technician in his senior year.

Outside of class, Dan was hard at work applying the skills he learned in some unique ways. In early 2013 Dan, along with Joe Murphey, a psychology major, combined their interests to create a phone app called FLOURISH: A Life “Pruning” Game. The app helps the user create goals aligned with the user’s values and accomplish them by “pruning” away distractions and streamlining goals into easy-toaccomplish pieces. To obtain funding for the app, they turned to the UWM Student Startup Challenge. They also added three more members to their team: Steve Schneider, a graduate in architecture who had skills with CAD and other software; Veronica SoteloMunoz, a business graduate who helped them develop marketing ideas; and Chris Murphey, Joe’s brother and film graduate.

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Daniel Corcoran Passion for Technology Leads to Unique Opportunties Over the course of the last year, SOIS alumnus Dan Corcoran has been hard at work on some unique and interesting projects that have utilized the diverse set of skills he learned while in in the Information Science & Technology (IST) Program.

Dan and Steve designed the graphics using Photoshop and CAD, and figured out how to turn Joe’s concept into a playable, enjoyable game. As the game developed, Dan became the website designer and project manager for FLOURISH, shaping how the game would work and what the design of the game would look like.

After graduation, Dan was able to use his skill set close to home at the UWM Police Department as an Electronics Technician. He is a project manager for the security cameras, making sure they run properly and ensuring they are up-to-date and secure. He also assists officers with their tech-related issues and will be taking part in an update of their website and social media presence. Dan enjoys his current position because it uses the skills he learned in SOIS but also challenges him to become an active learner and work to extend beyond the skills and knowledge he gained as a student.

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National Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, NY, Recorded Media Archive Intern, Frank & Peggy Steele Internship Program, 2007

Ed Benoit III SOIS PhD Student

Ed Benoit has always been interested in antiquity, but it was not until later in his academic career that he realized he could influence the way the public accessed history.

He has been a part of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s scholastic community for over a decade, first studying history as an undergraduate, then extending his academic reach to a second discipline by earning dual masters in history and information science. While considering the next scholarly step, a faculty mentor suggested that an academic life in information science, rather than history, best suited Ed’s interest in finding ways to connect people with historical records.

Currently a Ph.D. candidate in information studies, Ed focuses his research on digital collections, including libraries, archives, and museums. His dissertation project explores the potential use of subject area expert user-generated tags as supplemental metadata within minimally processed digital archives. Additionally, his previous research highlights the heritage of digital collections, copyright issues, and users’ evaluation of search result lists and documents.

Ed teaches several courses for SOIS, including Arrangement and Description in Archives, Digital Libraries, and Information Resources for Research. He really enjoys teaching, getting to know his students, and sharing his excitement for the field. As an active member of the SOIS community, Ed co-founded the Doctoral Student Organization, and served as its president from 2010-2011. He also helped plan the 2011 Great Lakes Connections Conference hosted by SOIS. Recently, Ed became involved with the Social Studies of Information Research Group. He hopes after graduation to secure a position as a professor, and continue his research and teaching.

Although his duties with SOIS keep ep him very busy, Ed still finds time me for community events and hobbbies. Summer is an especiallyy good time for Ed, since he is an n enthusiastic Brewers fan. He also o collects space memorabilia, specifically autographed items from NASA and American astronauts.

His collection contains over 600 unique items, parts of which have been displayed at Boswell Books.

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ARCHIVES LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE E L L E N E N G S E T H In a competitive application process consisting of nearly 100 applicants, Ellen Engseth of the UW-Milwaukee Archives was selected to participate in the 2013-15 Archives Leadership Institute.

Participants were selected for the program based on their leadership skills and potential, ability to influence policy and change within an organization and the archival field, commitment to the archival profession, career progress and history, organizational involvement, professional motivation and goals, a collaborative and innovative spirit and diversity and specialization within the profession.

Ellen Engseth is an adjunct instructor with SOIS. She developed and teaches the Archival Studies Program’s first international course, a comparative study course based in Scotland, and has also taught Preservation and Arrangement & Description for the School.

Before joining UWM, she was Director of Archives and Special Collections at North Spe Park Par University in Chicago, IL a and held a visiting position at the University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign. A three-time graduate of thr UWM, UW she holds bachelors and an masters degrees in History as well as a MLIS. Hi The T Institute drew archives professionals from across p the th United States together for f a one-week intensive

event to start the on-going process of learning the Institute provides.

During the course of five days, the participants lived in a communal dormitory setting, creating a living and learning community. Each day carried a different thematic focus, starting with leadership training in asset-based thinking and generative models. The first day’s focus was carried throughout the week as Ellen and the other participants learned about strategies for born-digital resources, project management, strategic visioning and team development, and advocacy.

During the course of the week there was also a strong emphasis on teamwork and team building. In addition to changing focus groups throughout the week, Ellen was assigned to a core group of fellow participants with whom she will remain in contact throughout the ongoing experience the Institute provides. The idea of teamwork was especially prominent when the participants performed on a high-ropes course. Ellen remarked, “I was hesitant at first, but had such a positive experience I went for a second round on the ropes course!”

At the end of the week, each participant committed to a practicum they would carry out in their native environments. Ellen’s practicum will consist of managing a barcoding and circulating project where she, with the aid of her co-workers, will create item-level records for the Archive’s holdings in the UW System’s current integrated library system, Voyager. This project will bring improved control and efficiency and will provide easier online location information helpful not only to the Archives staff bu also to the statewide users of Wisconsin’s Area Research Center Network.

Ellen entered into the week with few expectations and preconceived notions of what to expect. She did not know many people at the conference and by the end of the week returned home with a positive experience and an enhanced network of fellow archivists. Over the next few years Ellen looks forward to continuing her involvement with the Institute.

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“How I Spent My Summer Vacat Restoration of Paper and Archival Documents in It I remember as a kid, that at the start of most every academic year, we had to write our “How I Spent My Summer Vacation” essays. I also remember never having much to write about as summer vacations were always spent running around outside during the day and lounging around inside at night—not exactly the stuff of legends. But this year, my summer vacation is truly brag-worthy. And that’s because I have just returned from spending four weeks studying the restoration of paper and archival documents in Italy. While that may not seem interesting to all, to me it was absolutely fascinating and a true once-in-a-lifetime experience.

For starters, the course was organized through the International Institute for Preservation and Restoration Studies which was started by ex-UWM Professor Max Cardillo (he taught as an adjunct professor at UWM for 13 years). The institute is headquartered in a small town in the Italian region of Umbria called San Gemini.

San Gemini is breathtakingly beautiful. It was founded by Romans in ancient times and sits atop a very large hill. While the town has continued to grow and cascade into the valley below it and past the fortified walls, the heart of the town is still quite traditional. There are many small shops that line the narrow roads as well as beautiful houses that look upon the quiet community and the valleys that surround it. The town’s main square—Piazza San Francesco—is the epicenter for all of the town’s activities, which often included traditional Medieval-style flag throwers!

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But of course, my stay there wasn’t all fun and games as the course itself was quite rigorous. Each morning was dedicated to learning the history of the paper and how it’s made, the structure of the book, and the myriad things that can damage books and paper including, but not limited to, humidity, bugs, and mishandling by people. We also learned through hands on techniques how to fix the damage caused by these and other factors which was the truly exceptional part of the whole course.

On the first day of lab each student in the class was given a bifolio (that’s one sheet of paper which represents four pages) from an early 18th century Greek book to work on. Interestingly enough, the book itself was actually printed in Italy, since at the time of its creation Greece was under failing Ottoman rule and the printing of books was prohibited, most likely to prevent the rise of Greek nationalism.

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cataloging internship at the Smithsonian libraries in Washington, D.C. Lauder cataloged music with the Bella C. Landauer collection of aeronautical sheet music. “The woman collected a lot of music that had to do with air travel,” she said.

“Part of the project is not just cataloging the music, but the artwork that goes with it.”

Lauder is an online MLIS student from Carson City, Nev. “It’s really exciting that I’ll be able to say that I worked at the Smithsonian,” she said.

The restoration process was quite lengthy (about 32 hours in all) and included a multi-stage dry and wet cleaning process of the document. Once the document was clean, I set about filling the holes with Japanese rice paper, which is renowned for its strength, and using ultrathin Japanese paper to fortify the document’s edges making it less fragile and easier to peruse for the future. All was done under the watchful and patient eye of our instructor, Konstantinos, who is a professor at the University in Athens during the academic year Over the four weeks, I successfully restored a total of three bifolios, each of which presented its own unique challenges depending on the types of ink used, whether it was printed text or handwritten, and so on, all while keeping in mind that restoration work needs to be completely visible. That means that anyone, expert or neophyte, looking at the documents we restored, needs to be able to see precisely what was restored and how. And all restoration efforts must be 100% reversible.

In 2010, Lauder graduated with a bachelor’s degree in music from the University of Nevada Reno. She is an employee at the Carson City Library, where she works in the digital learning center. Lauder also produces audio books and runs the regional recording program at the Nevada State Library. The internship, Lauder said, will reinforce lessons presented in the MLIS program. “I know a little bit about cataloging, but this is going to be practicing a lot of that to really start to learn how to do it,” Lauder said, adding that she will also be entering metadata for the collection’s images.

The Smithsonian, the world’s largest museum, founded in 1846, is comprised of 19 museums and galleries, the National Zoological Park and nine research facilities.

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Therefore if, in the future, the documents suffer further degradation or damage, my efforts and those of my classmates can be undone and the restoration efforts started anew.

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Fieldwork in Information Organization This last summer, three SOIS students held exciting fieldwork positions in information organization.

Ranging from organizing metadata on historical letters and maps to assisting a small business startup organization, each student has had a unique and fulfilling experience. Their experience also highlights the depth of the information organization field and the diversity of opportunities available within it.

Beth Goodrich Beth spent last spring doing fieldwork with the Special Collections Department at the Hennepin County Library in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Working specifically with the 19th Century American Studies Collection, she scanned and created digital images of the documents and created metadata for each piece at the item level. Beth’s main focus in the collection was the Autograph Collection, comprised mostly of letters and other signature-bearing ephemera. Prominent authors of items she worked with included Henry Ward Beecher, Emily Dickinson, Herman Melville, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Beth enjoyed her fieldwork and found it very interesting, especially enjoying the intimate experience with the hand-written poems and letters. She also enjoyed broadening her experience in historical research. Occasionally Beth would have to research the historical context of an item in order to assign proper subject headings. One area she learned the most about was the abolitionist movement in New England, an area she previously knew little about!

Beth will be enjoying her last semester in SOIS this fall and will graduate in December. She has completed her degree online and has enjoyed the flexibility it provides, allowing her to balance school with work and family. At first she was worried about the rigor of the coursework and the isolation from her classmates and faculty, but neither has posed a problem and Beth has had a very positive experience in the distance-learning program.

Kate Baroni Kate spent her summer fieldwork working with the five digital map collections at the Stony Brook University main library in Stony Brook, New York. She was first responsible for analyzing and assessing the current metadata fields created for each collection and finding any inconsistencies or areas that needed updating.

After presenting her findings in a report, Kate then created a metadata application profile that future catalogers will use when describing and creating metadata using ContentDM. The template contains twenty-one fields that she chose based on the needs of the Map and Preservation departments as well as the anticipated needs and requirements of future users.

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Kate enjoyed her fieldwork because of the strong hands-on experience it gave her. Previous fieldwork she had done felt more like job shadowing - being able to produce the template and effect real change at the library made this fieldwork a unique and exceptional experience. Kate was also able to develop and expand her skills working with metadata.

Even though she views herself as more of a cataloger, Kate chose to enroll at SOIS because of the strong offerings in the field of information organization. Attending SOIS has expanded her view on what cataloging is, as well as sparking an interest in metadata and digital collections - areas she had not previously considered.

Susannah Barnes Susannah spent last spring at gener8tor, a startup accelerator based in Milwaukee and Madison.

Twice each year, gener8tor assists startup companies through the initial phases of launching their businesses until they are able to stand on their own. Susannah worked as their User Experience/User Interface Intern, working with companies who became involved with gener8tor’s Winter Program.

She worked on several projects during her fieldwork, including reviewing and redesigning the information architecture of established websites, testing the usability of websites and interfaces, wireframing and prototyping websites and mobile app designs, researching taxonomy options for a metadata-based marketing company, and constructing an interactive map for website deployment. Susannah enjoyed the depth and diversity of her projects, as well as knowing they would have an immediate and noticeable impact not only with gener8tor but also with the startup companies.

Coming from a background in theatrical scenic design, Susannah enrolled in SOIS because she realized many of the same principals of design and efficiency carried over to user experience and information architecture. Although living close to Milwaukee, Susannah has enjoyed being, as she put it, an “unintentional” distance student. Planning to graduate after her last semester this fall, she has enjoyed the flexibility of the online courses SOIS offers, considering it an invaluable experience.

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SOIS Alumna Appointed Dean of Libraries at Florida International University SOIS is happy to report the appointment in July 2013 of Anne Prestamo, who received her MLIS from SOIS in 1995, as Dean of Libraries at Florida International University. In addition to the Green Library on the Modesto A Madique campus, she also oversees the libraries on FIU’s Biscayne Bay campus, the Broward Pines campus, and the Engineering Center. Florida International University is classified as a research university with high research activity by the Carnegie Foundation and a first-tier research university by the Florida Legislature. Founded in 1965, FIU is the youngest university to be awarded a Phi Beta Kappa chapter by the Phi Beta Kappa Society, the country’s oldest academic honor society. Fall 2013 enrollment is 52,000. FIU awards over 12,000 degrees annually, with 3,400 of them being graduate and professional degrees. The university offers 191 programs of study with more than 280 majors in 23 colleges and schools. FIU’s graduate programs include architecture, business administration, engineering, law, and medicine, offering 81 master’s degrees, 34 doctoral degrees, and 3 professional degrees.

Dr. Prestamo previously served as Associate Dean of Libraries for Collection and Technology Services and the Claud D. Kniffin Professor of Library Service and Education at Oklahoma State University. A significant portion of her responsibilities focused on evaluation and implementation of electronic resources, and analysis and negotiation of licensing agreements. She earned the respect of many library vendors as she worked diligently to implement advanced technologies in support of student learning and research.

This was evidenced by invitations to serve on numerous vendor advisory boards and Anne Prestamo MLIS ‘95 resulted in OSU being selected to serve as a development partner for Aquabrowser, Summon, and most recently Intota. In 2009 Dr. Prestamo was elected to the Board of Trustees of Amigos Library Services, and served as President of its Board in 2011-12. She led the negotiating team that lresulted in the merger of Amigos Library Services and the Missouri Library Network Corporation in 2012. She is a past Chair of the OCLC Americas Regional Council, and currently serves as President of the OCLC Global Council, the international library cooperative representing over 70,000 libraries worldwide. Dr. Prestamo is a previous recipient of the SOIS Graduate of the Last Decade (GOLD) Award.

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It isn’t surprising at all that Amanda Trice is a perfect fit for SOIS. Amanda, whose love and dedication to family is obvious from first meeting, now finds herself embraced by a new one—SOIS!

Amanda joined SOIS in August of 2011 as HR assistant and handles a variety of the School’s business needs. Amanda attended Florida A&M University and graduated with a degree in public administration and a big ambition for small business. Leaving behind the warm Tallahassee weather, Amanda returned to her beloved home of Milwaukee in 2009. Amanda couldn’t be happier to be back in Milwaukee.

“I think I told so many people in Florida my ‘Milwaukee is great’ elevator speech…I realized, I need to move back to Milwaukee!”

“I love Milwaukee. It is a great city to grow

from the ground up.” And growth is something Amanda knows well. She owns and operates two small businesses in Milwaukee. “I see a lot of the same dedication in SOIS: constant growth, creation of new positions, and real ground-breaking innovations.”

In her free time, she spends every moment she can with her family, including her fiancé and a stepdaughter full of never-ending energy. If you ever need convincing of Milwaukee’s greatness or SOIS friendly atmosphere, stop by Amanda’s office. lty/Staff

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Center for Information Policy Research

Events, Research and Funding Opportunities

Under the continued leadership of Assistant Professor Michael Zimmer, the Center for Information Policy Research (CIPR) experienced a highly successful and active academic year during 20122103.

Much of CIPR’s efforts for the year focused on its continued involvement and influence with information policy-related projects, educational opportunities, and professional activities. CIPR continued its research partnership with the American Library Association’s Office of Intellectual Freedom, focusing on issues of privacy and literacy within public library settings. A research study on librarian’s attitudes and practices towards patron privacy, funded by the ALA and completed by CIPR, has been accepted for publication in Library Quarterly.

CIPR provided educational guidance to SOIS graduate students who are pursuing research in Information Policy via numerous research design workshops and providing venues for students to present their work. Undergraduate students interested in information policy and ethics were also offered mentorship opportunities at CIPR through the Office of Undergraduate Research Support for Undergraduate Research Fellows program. Finally, CIPR sponsored and planned a number of public events within SOIS and across campus, including sponsoring a WLA workshop on book challenges in public libraries, and sponsoring a keynote

by Professor Julie Cohen as part of the Center for 21st Century Studies “Dark Side of the Digital” conference.

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Research Group for Information Retrieval In August 2012, a research project conducted by RGIR members on consistency and features of image similarity presented at the IIiX 2012 | Fourth Information Interaction in Context Symposium held in the Netherlands received the Best Paper award for the conference.

RGIR sponsored four presentations over the past academic year.

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Looking forward, CIPR continues to develop plans for sustainability as a self-funded university research center focused on interdisciplinary information policy-related research. Zimmer submitted an IMLS National Leadership Grant to fund a 3-year research project focusing on assessing privacy implications of Library 2.0 technologies, and developing best practices to ensure the protection of patron privacy. The application is currently under review. A CIPR Faculty Fellowship was also awarded to Dr. Rina Ghose to assist the Center in pursuing additional grant opportunities related to interdisciplinary research activities related to big data and GIS. Finally, a potential collaborative relationship has been formed with the Commons Lab within the Science and Technology Innovation Program of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

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For the 2013-2014 academic year, CIPR R remains active in both research and outtreach. The Center organized a Banned d Books Week special event featuring a lec-ture by the Office of Intellectual Freedom’s director, Dr. Barbara Jones, co-sponsored and hosted by the Milwaukee Public Library. Zimmer is working with Barbara M. Jones the Howard County Library System in Maryland to apply for a planning grant Milwaukee Pub Library Centennial Halllic RSVP online: - Loos Room from the National Endowment for the http://sois.uwm. edu/banned13 Humanities on the impact of technology and new channels of communication on civil discourse and behavior. And the Centerr will wililll be be co-organizer of a proposed iConference workshop orkshop on Information Ethics & Policy.

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at SOIS, spoke on “Information Retrieval with BISAC in Bookstore, Library, and Other Catalogs.” In November, Associate Professor Kyung-Sun Kim from UW-Madison spoke on “Source Selection and Use: What the Undergraduates Know, What They Feel, and What They Do.” During the spring semester, Dr. Dania Bilal, Professor at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville presented on “Information Retrieval and Youth: The Question of Relevance and Readability on the Web” and Dr. Sanghee Oh, Assistant Professor at Florida State University addressed “Understanding the Health Information Needs in Social Q&A: A Mixed-Method Approach of Content Analysis and Data Mining.”

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CIPR Welcomes s Dr. Alexei Krivolap Fulbright Visiting Scholar for the Fall 2013 semester.

Dr. Krivolap has expertise in the sociology of the Internet and cultural studies, and received his PhD from Russian State University for the Humanities in 2011. He is currently a full-time lecturer at the European Humanities University in Vilnius, Lithuania. He has written and contributed to several publications, is a member of various professional societies including the Association of Internet Researchers, and has received numerous fellowships related to his work on new media and internet technology, most recently a Carnegie Research Fellowship at the University of Washington in 2008.

While at CIPR, Dr. Krivolap plans to pursue a research project entitled “Internet: Local Aspects of Global Technology,” making use of the resources in the campus library and archives and collaborating with colleagues to better understand implications of his project outside the sphere of Belarus. He is working towards completing his book entitled “Opening a New Constellation in the Internet’s Galaxy” about social and cultural differences in national segments of the Internet in the former USSR countries. His fellowship at CIPR will allow him to gain feedback from peers outside of Belarus.

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SOIS Lecturer Mary Wepking is the latest UWM recipient of the national Excellence in Online Teaching Award from Web-based Information Science Education (WISE).

“It’s validating especially because it’s for online teaching,” Wepking said. Wepking, who has been teaching at UWM for seven years, is one of 11 educators to receive the award that acknowledges outstanding educators in online LIS education.

A WISE student nominated Wepking for her work with the five-week, one credit course “GLBTQ Literature for Young Adults,” which is offered to MLIS and undergraduate students. “Mary was so involved and communicative through the whole process. It was like having an in-person instructor,” the student wrote. “Her comments on assignments were always complete and thoughtful. She was very active in the forum and the work she assigned was useful, interesting and practical.”

Wepking said she pushes herself to find new ways to deliver instruction that will keep her students engaged. “I use video and record lectures as much as I can. I assign small group activities. I try to do more than just post discussion forums, which is the typical way to do online classes,” she said.

Shortly after she began teaching online courses, Wepking said she noticed the potential they had to connect students and form an integrated learning community. “Online (classes) really levels the playing field. It requires that people show proof that they’ve done the readings, contemplated the questions, thought about their classmate’s posts and their response to them. I very carefully, every week, assess the discussion forum to make sure students are on track and that everybody is engaged” Wepking said.

UWM is one of 16 schools involved with WISE, a cooperative program that uses technology to advance LIS education, while strengthening relationships between universities. Fellow SOIS faculty Tomas Lipinski, Hope Olson and Steve Miller are previous recipients of the award.

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Faculty/Staff UPDATES Publications Henderson, L. (2013). The Representation of the African American-- 1877-1940: A Contested Space. Journal of Children’s Literature Studies. In Press.

Henderson, L. (2012). The political socialization of African American children through literature from the 1970s. The International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations.

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Yenika-Agbaw, V., Lowery, R., M., & Henderson, L. (Eds.). (2013). Essays on Fairy Tale Adaptations from Black Cultural Perspectives. Jefferson, NC: McFarland.

Henderson, L. (2012). Black Aesthetics & Gender Expectations in African American Fairy Tales. International Board for Books for Youth. London, England.

Lu, K., & Wolfram, D. (2012). Measuring author research relatedness: A comparison of word-based, topic-based and author cocitation approaches. Journal of the American Society for Information Science & Technology. 63(10), 1973-1986.

Han, H.J., Joo, S., & Wolfram, D. (2013).

Tales from transaction logs: User search session patterns in an image-based digital library. In Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Information Science.

Presentations Deutsch, T. & Hutchings, J. (October 2012). #DigitalAdvising @YourSchool! Presented at National Academic Advising Association Conference, Nashville, TN.

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Deutsch, T., Sadowsky, A., & Hutchings, J. (September 2012). #DigitalAdvising @YourSchool! Presented at Wisconsin Academic Advising Association Conference, La Crosse, WI. *Received “Best of State” award.

Kozak, N. (2013, June). Participant in “Changing Media Regimes, Changing Media Law and Policy?” Extended Session.

International Communication Association (ICA) Conference: Challenging Communication Research. London, UK.

Deutsch, T., Hutchings, J., & Sadowsky, A. (May 2012). #DigitalAdvising @YourSchool! Preconference presentation at National Academic Advising Association Region 6 Conference, Minneapolis, MN.

Kozak, N. (2013, June). “’Knitwear Cases Seem to be Particularly Tricky’: Bloggers’ and Blog Readers’ Understandings of Intellectual Property Law.” International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) Conference: Crises, “Creative Destruction” and the Global Power and Communication Orders. Dublin, Ireland.

Hutchings, J., Schultz, J., Sadowsky, A., & Deutsch, T. (October 2013). #DigitalAdvising @YourSchool! Invited presenters at National Academic Advising Association Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Hutchings, J., Schultz, J., Sadowsky, A., & Deutsch, T. (July 2013). Will it Blend?

Technology Use in Student Support Services. Featured presenters at the Sloan Consortium Blended Learning Conference, Milwaukee, WI. Hutchings, J., Sadowsky, A., & Schultz, J. (April 2013). #DigitalAdvising @YourSchool! Invited “Best of State” presenters at National Academic Advising Association Region 5 Conference, Kalamazoo, MI. Hutchings, J., Schultz, J., & Sadowsky, A. (June 2013). #DigitalAdvising @YourSchool! Presented at National Academic Advising Association International Conference, Maastricht, Netherlands.

Kozak, N. (2013, June). “A Chocolate Allergy Curse or a Cease and Desist Order?: Handicrafters’ Responses to Intellectual Property Issues,” Law & Communication in the Digital Age Workshop. UCSD Department of Communication 30th Anniversary Celebration. Invited presenter.

Smanz, L. (2013, June) “Integrating information literacy into English courses for academically unprepared students” QQML Conference (5th International Conference on Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries). Rome, Italy.

Wolfram, D. (2012). Overcoming Barriers to Information Access. Panel organizer and moderator. Joint Conference on Librarians of Color. Kansas City, MO. Jayroe, T., & Wolfram, D. (2012). Internet Searching, Tablet Technology and Older Adults. Poster. American Society for Information Science & Technology Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD. Joo, S., Wolfram, D., & Song, S. (2013).

Nonparametric Estimation of Search Query Patterns. Poster. iConference. Fort Worth, TX. Zimmer, M. (2013). Assessing the treatment of patron privacy in library 2.0 literature. Information Technology and Libraries, 32(2), 29-41.

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BOOKS...

Recent publications by SOIS faculty members

Zimmer, M. (2013). Patron privacy in the “2.0” era: Avoiding the Faustian bargain of library 2.0.

Journal of Information Ethics, 22(1), 44-59.

Zimmer, M. (2013, July) National symposium on “Revisiting the Children’s Internet Protection Act: Ten Years Later”. Organized by the ALA Office of Intellectual Freedom, the ALA Office for Information Technology Policy, and Google.

Resistance Is Fertile: Canadian Struggles on the BioCommons Dr. Wilhelm Peekhaus 4/1/2013 Publisher: University of British Columbia Press ISBN: 9780774823104

Instruction & Training Miller, Steve Completed week-long Fellowship of Practice in Ontology work at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, July 29 - August 2, 2013.

Miller, Steve Taught half-day Tutorial on “Introduction to Ontology Concepts and Terminology” at the DCMI International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications, Lisbon, Portugal, September 2, 2013.

Miller, Steve Taught full-day ALCTS Preconference on “Introduction to RDF and Ontologies for the Semantic Web” at the ALA Annual Conference, Chicago, June 27, 2013.

General Updates Jacques du Plessis co-organized a conference at UWM for Peace and Conflict Studies.

Jacques is UWM’s representative on the board of the Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies.

In April, Jacques officiated at the yearly conference of the National Council for Less Commonly Taught Languages, held in Chicago. He is vice-president of NCOLCTL. In June, Jacques and Ewa Barczyk, director of UWM Libraries, presented the keynote paper at CRIMEA 2013 in the Ukraine. Their paper addressed disruptive technologies and the library of the future.

Jacques also presented a plenary paper at the African Library Summit in South Africa in July.

He is serving as as Interim CIO for UWM.

Fairy Tales with a Black Consciousness Essays on Adaptations of Familiar Stories Edited by Vivian Yenika-Agbaw, Ruth McKowy Lowrey and Laretta Henderson 6/19/2013 Publisher: McFarland ISBN-10: 0786471298

Libraries and the Reading Public in Twentieth-Century America “A Liberal and Dignified Approach” Chapter by: Joyce Latham Edited by: Christine Pawley and Louise S. Robbins 9/13/13 Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press

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CONGRATULATIONS! 2012-13 Graduates MLIS Spring 2012 James Ahern Heather Angel Leslie Backes Rosalia Ballinger Shannon Blue Tanya Bolchen Kelly Bolter Laurie Borchard Sara Brandel Marwin Britto Wendy Bunch Andrew Burgess Maria Burke Amanda Burns Joan Callen Lacy Challe Yoon Jee Cho Heidi Clasemann Blaine Cornelius Lori Crocker Maria Cunningham Rachel Curtis Tiffany Davis Marissa Deku Joel DesArmo Melanie Ellston Ashley Feldman Rachael Gilman Erin Gitchell Alicia Groeschel Katherine Haasch Natalie Hall Hye Jung Han Mark Hanson Benjamin Heet Emily Heitman Kimberly Hillary John Hink Sarah Hopley Jessica Horvath Tracey Howerton Jennifer Hron Katrina Ivatts Heather James Pamela Johnson Sarah Jones Cournoyer Elizabeth Josephson Justin Kahn Elisabeth Kaune Victoria Kollar

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Kathleen Larson Norma Layton Jeannette Leow Nicole Lindstrom Amanda Liske Natalie Long Elizabeth Lowrey Anna Lyle Marta Maciolek Aileen Martin Lea McBain Meghan Meadows Minsook Moon Kelli Mountford Mary Naczek Amy Natale Blair Nelson Elizabeth Neuman Erin Nitka Kristina Nunez Robert Nunez Pamela Penza Jolene Peterson Carolyn Pfeifer Mary Ann Phillips Sara Pitcher Laura Pope Emily Powers Heather Propsom Rebecca Putzier Alana Quarles Micah Rademacher Emilirose Rasmusson Nicholas Roche Paul Romuald Sarah Rowell Timothy Rush Naomi Sack Emily Savageau Sarah Scheffer Amanda Schmidt Ben Schnapp Elizabeth Schroeder Stuart Simon Benjamin Skinner Erin Sommerfeld Samantha Stark Ann Stoub Sara Swanson Julie Taylor Gary D Tee Adela Torres

Meghan Turok Amanda Wallich Catherine Wehrey Hilary Wheelan Andrew Wirtanen Percy Wise Stephanie Zeman

MLIS Summer 2012 Karin Adams Stacey Bast Bradley Casselberry Amelia Cohoes Laura Dundee Susan Dykes Marie Funseth Christopher Geissler Laura Gest Denise Gullikson Britni Hartman Susan Johnson Megan Johnson-Saylor Karla Jurgemeyer Michelle Karbon Kari Koehler Stephanie Lewin Claudia Melton Ana Olivier Amy Page Sungyoen Park Scott Rader Lisa Spieker Sarah Sutschek Samantha TerBeest Lee Wagner

MLIS Fall 2012 Sarah Adams Marcus Alfonso Amanda Armstrong Kristin Backhaus Janine Bellinger Erin Bogle Shane Borger Nicole Bungert Abby Bussen Erika Buys Taya Cagle Samuel Crawford Kelly Dalton

William Doughty Laura Duff Aya Eto Hillary Evans Jennifer Evers Laura Farrow Christine Fary Elizabeth Fealey Christine Finch Jewell Foederer Paige Fuller Thomas Gill Kristy Gill Jessica Godfrey Sara Gonzales Jennine Goodart-Lovette Julie Goodrich Lori Gosser Mary Gracyalny Laura Grisson Emily Hackett Gretchen Hendrick Sandra Hernandez Mindy Hicks Leah Huey Katie Jentges Elizabeth Jerow Michelle Johnson Jeong Bok Kim Christian Koegel Nicole Kriener Ashlee Kunkel Eric Kuzma Julia Lasecki Rebecca Lemons Ann Lesch Mengyang Liu Sara Mackh Christina Makos Joy Matteson Kelly Meadow Sarah Molkentin Tina Morrell Samantha Myers Elizabeth Northcutt Jessica Norton Carmen Orth-Alfie Shannon Pahl Laura Patterson Jason Paul Allison Payne Thomas Pulhamus

Wendy Rondeau Monica Rynders Zeinab Salari Far Danielle Schwemlein Virginia Sedillo Rachael Short Jamie Smith Hyelim Song Stephen Spencer Elizabeth Stewart Gretchen Swadley Emily Szajna Scott Taves Elisabeth Tessone Tiffany Thornton Danijela True Linda Tully Kyle Vanderkin Lisa Volz Noah Weckwerth Heather Wiegand Kayla Williams Alicia Woodland Rebecca Young Kristen Zastrow

MLIS Spring 2013 Mohammed Alam Katherine Baroni Lindsay Bastian Brooke Bielema Tracy Bierman Ashley Borman Keely Brennan Lisa Christie Kelly Conaty Katelyn Conerty Maura Coonan Peter Cornelius Marlena Crenshaw Joseph Cross Kelly Darrah Jennifer Deal David Deprey Amy Dettmer Elizabeth DeVito Molly DeWolff Madeline Dietrich Faye Doran Xiaojie Duan Iman El Gamal

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Angela Ennessy Rachael Fealy-Layer Dorothy Fouche Laura Fu Bethany Fuller Susan Garwood Anne Gaynor Briana Gehring Leah Gentry Cassandra Gilgenbach Neal Golding Sara Graber Erica Grunseth Elizabeth Guemmer Brenda Hall Erin Hannah Julie Hatfield Anya Helsel Karen Hiebert Ashley Hubbard Andrew Hunt Bonnie Jette Hayley Johnson Kimberly Johnson Mary Johnston Sujin Jung Joan Kadow Kristine Kakuske Lucy Kelly Brittany Khatib Lindsey Killips Julie Kinney Mary Kinser Melissa Klein Megan Koltes Kathleen Kosiec Rebecca Leannah Sukwon Lee Emily Linacre Heather Lipman Gloria Makris Nicole May Molly McGilp Soma Mitra Emma Molls Kirk Moore-Nokes Melissa Motl Nicole Moy Vincent Mussehl Johnathon Neist Calli Neumann Annie Nickum Megan Olson Kyle Orcholski Valarie Peery Jason Pinshower Karen Pundsack

Hamdi Robert Refai Derek Rieckens Cara Romeo Morgan Sawicki Amanda Schaefer Karen Schendlinger James Schultz Kimberly Schwenk Ji Hye Seong Catherine Sering Kathryn Skull Isa Small Amanda Smith Leda Smith Patricia Smith Tina Spielmann Michelle Spinney Sarah Stoecker Jill Straub Christina Streiff Tien Tran Marilee Tuite Alyson Vaaler Greta Voltz Rebekah Vrabel Weihua Wang Anneliese Warhank Wendy Widener Walter Wiese Mai Young Amanda Youngbar Richard Zaborowske William Ziegler

MLIS Summer 2013 Peter Allphin Lindsey Anderson Lara Balk Jill Berrill Anna Chesebrough Merete Christianson Victoria Clingan Sarah Corso Linda Ecclestone Matthew Etzel Lauren Gaines Megan Gove Staci Green Trevor Hanel Amber Holets Sharalyn Howcroft Carolin Kauten Ashley Kohls Marianne Kordas Amy Lauder Ross McPhail

Melanie Melville Joanna Messer Rebecca Philipsen Amy Razeghi Kirsi Ritosalmi-Kisner Sarah Salvia David Schousboe Mark Schroeder Jessica Stalker Charles Welborn Amanda Wilke Heather Wray Daniel Zuberbier

BSIST Spring 2012 Shane Arnold Dillon Christensen Shawn Daniels Justin DuPont Tim Felion Gabriel Garcia Tyron Gubser Juliana Henry Kory Hooper Michael Imig Robert Johnston Ryan Jonas Yeun Ju Kim Thomas Krizan Binh Le Marcus Levy Samuel Matzke Sara McKillop Andrew McKillop Megan Metcalf Mike Moua Andrew Pape Nicholas Perow Eric Ragozin Luke Reindl Adam Roach Whitney Seger Sarah Staplekamp Phillip Striggow Joseph Umeseaka Meng Vang Matthew Walby See A Nou Yang Laurie Zacharias

BSIST Summer 2012 Jordan Hughes Paris Myles Andrew Perdzock Jessica Sullivan

Dan Thomas David Zickuhr

BSIST Fall 2012 Sahithi Bayana Matthew Behrend Scott Bowen Julie Britten Johnny Brown Melissa Caycho Nicholas Clark Tyler Cory Antonio Cruz Steven Daddio Andrea Goff Coy Hammen Trent Huismann Amber Katzuba Nathan Kluth Randy Kmieciak Katie Kowalewski David Kwasny Eric Long Tsy Ly Mitchell Maling Marcy Malone James Marek Gaochee Moua Vivek Parmar Brian Prom Nicholas Rudich Megan Ryan Todd Schmiedlin John Schneider Golbon Shahmohammadi Maria Shelnutt John Siudzinski Rebecca Stando Jordan Steiner Joel Thompson Cua Vang Ryan Whitehead Michael Xiong

BSIST Spring 2013 Christopher Balzer Brian Burns James Cimarusti Timothy Clarke Daniel Corcoran Jessica Cundy Sandra DuPont Samuel Edwardsen Claire Ehlers Ryan Ewig

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Ryan Fitzer Tobias Fudge Solomon Gatton William Gaulke Philip Gordon Cheng Hang Elijah Her Jodi Keller Ashley Knowles Crystal Koch Jeffery Korinek Austin Krogh Fong Lee Andreas Lerner Thomas Maniscalco Jason McKelvey Vincent McKillip Sadie Mentink Mawlid Osman Michael Paul Jesse Peters Jeffrey Pieper Stephanie Reynolds Timothy Ross Michael Schuett Catherine Sloan Christopher Toepfer Derek Watson Jon Whitford Brian Withers ZacharyZlomke

BSIST Summer 2013 Jonathan Balzer Silvester Cruz Hrishi Gajria Paris Gulley Spencer Harper Andrea Iverson Roselle Pendergast Miyuki Schmidt Chelsie Schuette Stephen Specht Saul Sutton Kari Turner Leng Vang

If you do not see your name here we are very sorry we missed you... please let us know!

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~what a creative bunch!

SOIS Staff Retreat Over the summer, the hard working employees of SOIS participated in the first annual all staff retreat. The group met at Splash Studio in Milwaukee’s Third Ward for an afternoon of creative commarderie. A local artist from Splash guided the group through an original painting. Each staff member created their very own masterpiece which now hangs in the SOIS “gallery” on the third floor of the Northwest Quadrant. If you stop by SOIS, make sure you visit the gallery!

Clockwise: Toby Deutsch; Chad Zahrt; Jeremy Simon; Jan Brooks; Solomon Gatton; Amanada Trice

L to R: Angela Sadowsky; Claire Ehlers; Laura Meyer

SOIS Staff at Splash Studio - Milwauke, WI

SOIS Student Orgs

STUDENT ORG SOCIAL MEDIA

PA R T I C I PAT E !

http://linkedin.com (UWM-SOIS:Student Organization)

The SOIS Student Organizations plan social and academic events, help develop academic programs, bring student issues to administrators’ attention and much more!

Examples of past events and activities include: LAN Parties, SOIS Town Hall Meetings, Summer BBQs, Resume Building Workshops and the mighty SOIS Dodgeball Team!

Facebook - Grad

If you have an idea for a new event or just want to get involved, now is the time! Contact the SOIS Student Orgs online at soisorg.uwm.edu or by email at sois-ugso@uwm.edu.

Twitter

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LinkedIn

http://facebook.com/soisstudentorg

Facebook - UG https://www.facebook.com/ SOISUGStudentOrg http://twitter.com/soisorg

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SOIS

TECH CORNER

By Jim Schultz

Always on the cutting edge, SOIS continues to deploy new technologies and resources to faculty, staff and students. Recently SOIS has been leading several such initiatives!

Digital Signage Here at NWQ we have added over a dozen digital signage displays. These displays allow us to electronically post announcements and share important information with the UWM and SOIS community.

SOIS Panther Prowl Team

“Wooseob’s Walkers” Takes Home Win for Largest Team!

It was a great day for SOIS at the 2013 Panther Prowl - October 13, 2013! Wooseob’s Walkers took 1st place honors with the largest Team! We also took 5th place overall for the fastest team!!! Be sure

Need a Charge?

to join us next year to help

SOIS has installed several charging stations around campus to aid in helping students charge their cell phones.

These stations are branded with our IST program and have an interactive display.

us raise money for UWM student Scholarships!

We are determined to maintain our elite titles and

CRM SOIS is rolling out a new Constituent Relationship Management system and Electronic Graduate application. This is very exciting as it will allow our advisors and student services staff to better serve our students, and our prospective MLIS students will no longer need to scan or fax in stacks of paper.

perhaps gain a few more!

For more information on all of the new and updated technology resources, please be sure to check out the SOIS Tech website at: soistech.uwm.edu. If you ever need any technology assistance or have any tech ideas for our School, please be sure to get in touch with us!

Learn More About UWM’s Certified 5K run/walk

soistech.uwm.edu

Fundraiser for Student Scholarships www.uwm.edu/pantherprowl/

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PO Box 413 Milwaukee, WI 53201

Annual Ted Samore Lecture - May 3, 2014 Carol Kuhlthau Professor Emerita, Library and Information Science at Rutgers University

Save the Dat e!

Carol Kuhlthau is Professor Emerita of Library and Information Science at Rutgers University where she directed the graduate program in school librarianship and chaired the Department of Library and Information Science. She is internationally known for her groundbreaking research on the Information Search Process and for the ISP model of affective, cognitive and physical aspects in six stages of information seeking and use.

A note from your undergraduate student organization...