Inside SOIS - Spring 2012

UW-MILWAUKEE, SCHOOL OF INFORMATION STUDIES

Spring 2012

In this issue... corporate IT, rural libraries, and adaptive services in a public library setting - our alums are as diverse as the profession itself. Learn more about the unique work our alums and our staff are engaged in every day.

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IN THIS issue Dean’s Note ....................................................................01 I Love My Librarian - Venetia Demson Honored ........02 Connecting with Community - Reagen Thalacker .....04 The Gift of Education - Scott Piepenburg...................06 IST in Action! - Nick Evans...........................................08 We’ve Moved ..................................................................09 Veteran Support - Sharon Lake....................................10 READ Posters ................................................................ 11 A Letter From an Alumna .............................................12 Highlights from the 2011 Reunion ...............................13 OIF Intern - Erin Sommerfeld .......................................14

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Burns Article Published - Amanda Burns ...................14 Professional Development Institute ............................ 15 Research Center Update: CIPR.................................... 16 Staff Profile - Linda Barajas ........................................ 17 Recent Scholarship ....................................................... 18 Mu Publisher’s Award ................................................... 19 Haigh Research Update ................................................ 19 SOIS 2011 Graduates .................................................... 20 Information. Connection. Philanthropy. ...................... 21 Save the Date ................................................................. 22

Spring 2012 VOL. 3 No. 2 Inside SOIS is published twice a year by the School of Information Studies Interim Dean: Dietmar Wolfram Interim Associate Dean: Gwat-Yong Lie Assistant Dean: Chad Zahrt Assistant Dean: Joey Zafra Executive Editors: Chad Zahrt Scott Lenski

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DEAN’S note SOIS welcomed 2012 by moving from Bolton Hall to the recently purchased former Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital complex located at the corner of Maryland and Hartford Aves. The facility, now known as the Northwest Quadrant, will house a number of units on campus temporarily and others permanently as the campus master plan for space is realized. We are still settling in to our new space. The amount of time we will be occupying this space is unknown at this point. We have outgrown our space in Bolton Hall, which we had occupied since 2002.

The economic times continue to be challenging for the University of Wisconsin System.

SOIS continues to be in a fortunate position at present, having weathered the cuts with less impact than most other schools and colleges on campus with no cuts that affect the operation of our programs. The national trend of declining enrollment in graduate programs across many disciplines is one we’ll be monitoring diligently.

PROUD... accomplished students & alums The SOIS reunion held at the Pabst Mansion during the Wisconsin Library Association annual meeting in Milwaukee in early November was a memorable gathering. The 45th anniversary of the School and location of the conference called for a special event. With over 250 attendees, I’m quite certain it represented the largest gathering of SOIS alumni to date. With the SOIS 50th anniversary coming up in 2016, we hope to hold an even more memorable event. The SOIS administration would welcome any ideas you might have to celebrate this milestone. Our silent auction, held in early December, attracted over 150 donations. Monies raised from the event will be used to support diversity scholarships within the school. As part of the recently initiated UWM capital campaign, we welcome donations to the school for named instructional facilities and support for SOIS student scholarships.

SOIS faculty, staff and students continue to make the school proud through their involvement and presentations at professional and scholarly meetings. The 2011 calendar year represented a banner year for student presentations at conferences that included regional, national and international meetings. This issue of Inside SOIS highlights some of the accomplishments of the SOIS community and its distinguished alumni.

Thank You! Interim Dean Dietmar Wolfram In late February, SOIS was accepted into the iSchools Organization. We are very pleased and honored to have been admitted to this organization. As one of a small but growing number of iSchools internationally, our membership recognizes SOIS as a leader in the education of information professionals and contributor to information research.

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I Love My Librarian!

SOIS Alumna, Venetia Demson honored.

Venetia Demson, SOIS alumna, was one of the winners of the 2011 “I Love My Librarian Award.” The award was issued by the Carnegie Corporation of New York along with the New York Times. According to the “@ your library” website (http://www.atyourlibrary.org/), the “I Love My Librarian Award encourages library users to recognize the accomplishments of exceptional public, school, college, community college, or university librarians.”

Venetia was honored for her work as a disability advocate in her position as the Chief of Adaptive Services at the DC Public Library.

In her work, she has built an innovative Adaptive Services Program that has been used as a model around the world. Library representatives from Poland, South Korea, and Mongolia have come to see Venetia’s presentations on services that she has developed, including the Accessibility Camp program which has been used at 12 different international locations.

When asked about her accomplishment she said, “This was so exciting. What it means to me is the opportunity to tell people

about the importance of inclusive and accessible library services.

Everyone deserves the freedom to independently access reading and information at their public library and to independently access their programs. And recognizing me is really recognizing the community of people with disabilities that I serve.”

In addition to her MLIS, Venetia has a BA in French Literature from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. She was the President of the Beta Phi Mu International Library Honor Society from 1992-1994. Venetia is also the winner of the National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey “Celebration of Partnership Award” in 2005.

Throughout her career, Venetia etia has worked with those who ho are disabled. After graduating ng SOIS, Venetia worked for the e Wisconsin Regional Libraryy for the Blind and Physicallyy

“We are very proud of Venetia’s accomplishments. Her dedication to service exemplifies how librarians positively impact the lives of the people in the communities they serve and beyond.”

Dietmar Wolfram, SOIS Interim Dean

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Handicapped at the Milwaukee Public Library. She went on to become Director of the New Jersey Library for the Blind and Handicapped (NJLBH). While at the NJLBH, Venetia organized the “Help America Vote Act” Panel Discussion and Accessible and Auditable Voting Systems Display in 2005.

Venetia has been in her current role as the Regional Librarian for the DC Regional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped since 2006. In this role she’s overseen the distribution of new digital Talking Book players along with the expansion of the Braille and Audio Reading Download Service. At the Adaptive Services Division, she increased the number of adaptive workstations from 3 to 12.

Her collaboration with the Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind produced the Braille Book Club for Kids, Chess Club and Camp Lighthouse at the library. Shahinaz Gadalla, mother of a book club participant, said, “I feel the Braille Book Club is a very special activity. This activity initiated a community through which children and families connected. Selecting the DC Regional Library for the Blind’s staff as partners in this activity opened all the wonderful resources in the library to the book club participants.”

SOIS Interim Dean Dietmar Wolfram says, “We are very proud of Venetia’s accomplishments. Her dedication to service exemplifies how librarians positively impact the lives of the people in the communities they serve and beyond.”

Librarians from public, school, and academic libraries all over the country could be nominated for the “I Love My Librarian Award.” Out of the nearly 1,700 nominations, only 10 winners were chosen. The winners were honored in a ceremony on December 8, 2011 in New York City. Caroline Kennedy was the keynote speaker at the ceremony. During the ceremony Kennedy said to the winners, “Your work is truly life changing”.

Congratulations to Venetia!

Venetia Demson Chief of Adaptive Services DC Public Library

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This was so exciting. What it means to me is the opportunity to tell people about the importance of inclusive and accessible library services. Everyone deserves the freedom to independently access reading and information at their public library and to independently access their programs.

And recognizing me is really recognizing the community of people with disabilities that I serve.

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In her nomination, one of her peers said, “She has created a culture in the Adaptive Services Division that responds to requests with the attitude of not whether or not to help, but ―let’s figure out a way to do this, because it is the right thing to do. I can’t say enough positive things about her work and compassion.”

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Advocacy, Resources and Communication ~Connecting With My Community

Reagen Thalacker Executive Director, Southwest Area Multicounty Multitype Interlibrary Exchange (SAMMIE) Reagen Thalacker, a graduate of SOIS, hails from Milroy, Minnesota, population 252. In her current role as Executive Director of SAMMIE (Southwest Area Multicounty Multitype Interlibrary Exchange) in Minnesota, Reagen lives about 15 miles from where she grew up. “I went from being pretty much anonymous wherever I lived for the last decade to having almost every time I go out someone recognizes me or remembers me from when I was a kid. It’s a bit strange but you really can’t beat a small town community for being made to feel welcome.”

Reagen explains SAMMIE’s work like this: “In a broad sense we provide advocacy, resources and communication for the 197 member libraries.” This includes providing scholarships for conferences, establishing grants for programming, and planning regional training sessions. SAMMIE is made up of all types of libraries, including school, public, special and academic.

Reagen received her MLIS from SOIS in December of 2007. She also has a BA in English Literature and Political Science/History from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. While at SOIS, she worked as the Government Documents intern in Research & Instructional Support (RIS) at the UWM Libraries. After graduating, Reagen worked at the US Geological Survery (USGS) Northern

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Prairie Wildlife Research Center. “I was a solo librarian there and was able to gain a tremendous amount of experience in a broad spectrum of library related tasks (cataloging, circulation, serials management, interlibrary loan, etc.). Basically if you can name it, I probably did it.”

Reagen’s favorite part of her job is that she gets to work in a geographical area she grew up in. “I have a real connection to the community and understand the lives and the lifestyle of people from this area so having that knowledge makes it much easier to relate to the librarians who have made this region their home and helps me to better understand what aid SAMMIE can provide to such a rural area.”

One challenging part of being the Executive Director of SAMMIE is filling the shoes of the Director who came before her. “The Director who was here before me retired after 15 years of service so it can be a bit intimidating to step into those shoes. I want to be sure that I honor the work that has gone before me but also make sure that I’m steering SAMMIE towards an even brighter future.”

In 2010, Reagen was chosen to participate in ALA’s “Emerging Leaders” program. During her participation, she worked in a team to create a visual map of ALA for the Information Technology & Telecommunications Services Office. She was also nominated for Beta Phi Mu, the International Library & Information Studies Honor Society.

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While at SOIS, Reagen says that her favorite instructor was Catherine Hansen. “She has a no-nonsense flare in her approach to teaching which I appreciate and I’m glad to say that I still keep in contact with her.” To current students Reagen says, “Please take advantage of all the opportunities SOIS offers! Get involved in the Student Organization as it’s a great way to get to know other SOIS students. And because employment is always paramount regardless of how altruistic our original reasons for grad school, sign up for those job listservs and job boards. Watch out for the skills that employers are looking for so you can beef up your own skill set and see what new areas are out there that are just waiting to be discovered.”

Reagen speaks from experience. While at SOIS, she was selected as one of three students to travel to Pretoria, South Africa. In South Africa Reagen worked with the University of Pretoria’s Department of Information Science to help compile information for the 2007

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International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Freedom of Access to Information & Freedom of Expression (FAIFE) World Report. “I’d never thought I’d travel to South Africa but with SOIS I was able to go for an entire month and see firsthand how another country approaches information studies.” She also helped the Graduate Student Organization bring the documentary film “The Hollywood Librarian” to the Milwaukee area for a couple of showings.

“My time at SOIS was a delight. The decision to go to grad school after a few years’ hiatus from academia wasn’t an easy one to make but everyone at SOIS was extremely welcoming and encouraging. Any questions I had they answered and the educational and professional opportunities that students are able to take advantage of are remarkable.”

“I have a real connection to the community and understand the lives and the lifestyle of people from this area so having that knowledge makes it much easier to relate to the librarians who have made this region their home and helps me to better understand what aid SAMMIE can provide to such a rural area.”

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Scott Piepenburg knows what it means to give. Scott, a Milwaukee native and graduate of the School, recently gifted SOIS his life insurance policy. “I made the gift because I want to be able to give back to the school that has given me so much. I also wanted to make a contribution so that those who would not normally be able to receive financial assistance would have a source of funds to continue their studies.”

This past August, Scott began his work as the Catalog and Metadata Librarian at the UW-Stevens Point University Library.

“My responsibilities are primary cataloging of all non-print materials, authority control work on our integrated library system (ILS), reference duties, and liaison work with the geography, geology and business programs.”

Before his position at UW-Stevens Point, Scott worked as the Library Systems Administrator at the Dallas Independent School District. “My singular biggest accomplishment was the automation of 225 schools into a single union catalog in Dallas.”

Scott has also worked for a LIS vendor, where he created a fullMARC retrospective conversion department, “which entailed hiring

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and training two shifts of data-entry people in MARC and cataloging concepts”. He has also worked with both vendors and libraries on authority control and integrated logistics support (ILS) design.

“I think authority control is perhaps the least understood concept in our profession.”

Scott is also the author of the widely popular book Easy Marc: A Simplified Guide to Creating Catalog Records for Library Automation. “I never suspected the book would be used so widely and for so many users.” Currently, Scott is working on putting together some materials describing the connections and differences between FRBR principles and RDA. “The ultimate goal is to help vendors and system designers understand how FRBR can be implemented in system design and response.”

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By Scott Lenski

e Gift of Education

Did you know...

During his time as a student at SOIS, Scott says his favorite instructor was Ted Samore. “He was unique and committed to the material. It frightens me how much I have become like him!” Scott also has a second Masters in History from UW-Milwaukee. For his undergraduate degree, Scott studied Theological languages at Concordia College (now called Concordia University Wisconsin) in Milwaukee.

When asked about the future, Scott says that “Honestly, I think libraries and librarians need to worry less about new technology and focus more on what we do; the knowledge we have and the resources at our disposal. If we try to play Google and Amazon’s game, we will always lose.”

“Honestly, I think libraries and librarians need to worry less about new technology and focus more on what we do; the knowledge we have and the resources at our disposal. If we try to play Google and Amazon’s game, we will always lose.”

Making An Investment Is So Rewarding Just like Scott Piepenburg, consider making SOIS a beneficiary on your life insurance policy.

Your investment can be used to help students, faculty, or our growing School!

How to make an investment: • •

Request a change of beneficiary form from your life insurance broker.

Contact Katie Sparks to share your wishes for how to use your investment.

Scott Piepenburg, Catalog & Metadata Librarian Scott’s advice to students in the program is to gain practical experience. “The best thing I did was doing an internship. It allowed me to put into practice things I had learned, but more importantly, demonstrated to me that the education I was engaged in was relevant and useful. That has always been the strength of the UW-Milwaukee program; its emphasis on practical-based education.”

For questions about making an investment, including proceeds of your life insurance policy, contact: Katie Sparks Office of Development & Alumni Relations 414-229-3080 kasparks@uwm.edu or

Easy Marc: A Simplified Guide to Creating Catalog Records for Library Automation Systems (Easy Marc) Scott Piepenburg Publisher: Hi Willow Research & Pub, 2007 ISBN

To make a gift today, please visit

http://sois.uwm.edu/give

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IST in Action!

Nick Evans strengthened his major with a minor in IST - and it paid off!

Nick Evans graduated in the Spring of 2011 with a major in Global Studies and a minor in Information Science and Technology (IST). Nick found himself in a lucky spot following graduation in that he was already employed fulltime at Telcom Data in Bay View, WI. In a challenging economic climate, Nick considers himself fortunate to have been given such a great opportunity.

Nick attended the UWM career fair in the Fall of 2010 and met the President of Telcom, Ricardo Trinidad. While attending the career fair Nick used some of the tips he learned from a presentation by Wade Krogwold from Direct Supply in his Information Architecture I course with Lecturer Adam Hudson.

Nick was elated when several months later he received a call from Mr. Trinidad, who remembered Nick from the career fair and invited him to Telcom Data for an interview. Mr. Hudson remembers the conversation he had last spring with Nick when Nick told him about the job, “It was really great to see someone being successful with the degree and being able to directly use the skills they learned in SOIS courses to change the way technology is being thought of and managed within a local business. From talking with Nick and Mr. Trinidad it was clear that they are both benefitting positively from the wide skill set Nick has brought to Telcom.”

Among the projects that Nick has worked on since joining Telcom Data, he is perhaps most proud of improving the company’s Search Engine Optimization (SEO) presence. SEO involves increasing the ranking of a company or entity in search engine results. It is very beneficial for companies to appear toward the top of a results list as those on the top of the list are a lot more likely to be found, and then contacted. Nick speaks passionately of the SEO field and says he “has learned a lot while I’ve been at Telcom.”

“[Nick] is unflappable, sees opportunities, sees things clearly, is enthusiastic, and most importantly has a positive attitude.”

Ricardo Trinidad, President, Telcom & Data Perhaps the greatest benefit Nick sees of working at Telcom is that, “First of all I have a great desk and great office layout. They trust me with the website and I have done a big information architecture project organizing our products, working with SEO, and making it easier for the end user.” Mr. Trinidad echoes Nick’s talents when describing him, “He is unflappable, sees opportunities, sees things clearly, is enthusiastic, and most importantly has a positive attitude.”

Telcom Data is located in the Hide House which is a revamped commercial and residential building in Bay View. Telcom Data supplies telecommunications systems and solutions to businesses all over the globe. http://www.telcom-data.com/

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Bolton Hall is no longer home for SOIS. We’ve moved to the 2nd and 3rd floors of the Northwest Quadrant (NWQ) Building B, located in the former Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital complex at the corner of Hartford and Maryland Aves. Why the move? growth, both in students and faculty/staff. From 2006-2011, SOIS continued to expand on to the 6th floor of Bolton, essentially taking half of the floor.

At the start of the fall 2011 semester, SOIS had approximately 13,000 SQFT of space in Bolton Hall. The move to NWQ has increased the School’s space to more than 24,000 SQFT. Finally, we have a little breathing room—although not much. The start of the spring 2012 semester found the School asking for additional space at NWQ.

Bolton Hall was slated for a comprehensive HVAC overhaul to install air conditioning on all floors of the building. In order for work to be completed, all occupants had to be moved out of Bolton Hall and in to “surge space” –temporary space while construction is completed. NWQ was selected as this surge space. The one difference between SOIS and the other units displaced from Bolton Hall, we likely won’t be returning.

Here’s a little history about where we’ve been and where we might be going—and yes, we still want our own building.

The School’s first home at UWM was in the Marietta House—now known as the Hefter Center. After the Hefter Center, the School had brief stints in both Chapman Hall and Mitchell Hall. Then, in 1985, the School was moved to the 11th floor of Enderis Hall. Due to space issues in Enderis Hall the School was moved in 2000 to the 5th floor of Bolton Hall. At the time, campus was certain this much larger space (it was easily a doubling of square footage) would be adequate for the School’s future growth and programs.

How wrong they were!

It is currently unclear how long SOIS will stay in NWQ; much of this depends on final approval of the campus master plan. We’ll keep you posted—but in the meantime we’re making NWQ a great place for faculty, staff and students. Feel free to visit us and check out our new digs, we’re happy to give tours.

The NWQ was bought by UWM in 2010 for $20.2 million and has a total of 7 buildings that will be renovated in stages over the coming years. Not only does NWQ add more assignable, usable square footage to the East Side campus, but also adds additional parking on surface lots and in the parking structure—which has been free for students.

New Address: Northwest Quadrant Building B 2025 E Newport Ave Milwaukee, WI 53211

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a network extending beyond the field Sharon Lake SOIS Senior Graduate Advisor

Most students at SOIS know Sharon Lake. As the senior graduate advisor she’s worked with many students, and she’s been working at the school for 9 years. Some may not know Sharon is a military veteran, having served 20 years in the U.S. Army.

UWM’s Veteran’s Advisory Council In addition to her role as graduate advisor, Sharon also serves as a member of UW-Milwaukee’s Veteran’s Advisory Council. The Council started a few years ago, and meets once a month. Both students and staff from a diverse selection of schools on campus serve on the Council, about 20 members total. The goal of the Council is to make staff and faculty aware of veteran’s issues, especially those that may arise in the classroom. UW-Milwaukee has the largest veteran population of any UW school, with more than 1,200 veteran students.

Sharon says, “Veterans are almost invisible on campus. This population has unique needs and many of their issues were not being addressed by the University.” The Council has been advocating for veterans on campus, and has helped to make UWM a military friendly school ranked in the top 15% of all colleges, universities and trade schools nationwide.

SOIS Student Veterans SOIS has a number of graduate and undergraduate students who are veterans. Aaron Derby graduated with the Bachelor of Science in Information Resources (BSIR). Aaron is currently pursuing his MLIS at SOIS with a focus on web development. Aaron is also a veteran, having served in the US Army Infantry from January 1984 until November 1994.

Aaron says, “The needs of a veteran are best served by another veteran. Traditional students’ needs should fit into the traditional support network found within our UWM’s Veterans and Veteran’s Advisory Council Celebrate Veterans Day and Remember September 11th on campus.

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Aaron Derby SOIS MLIS Student & US Army Veteran

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university. Any veteran or civilian students who recognize themselves as trauma survivors and are willing to do the work, will need a full, highly specialized private support network at their disposal within and outside of campus.”

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READ...

Attendees of this year’s Student & Alumni Reunion were treated to their very own custom designed READ posters! Do you recognize any of the famous readers below?

This support comes from groups like the Veteran’s Advisory Council, and people like Sharon. Aaron says, “Sharon is an amazing veteran who helps any UWM student. She is well organized, very patriotic and goes out of her way to bring positive attention and unique services to those student/vets who have served our country.”

In addition to campus advocacy, the Veteran’s Advisory Council has events to honor Veteran’s day, including a presentation, guest speakers and a student panel. In 2011, the Council also had a presentation, the “National Day of Service and Remembrance”, in honor of the victims of 9/11. The group also plans to have more workshops and speakers in the coming year to bring more visibility to veteran’s issues.

Sharon will continue her work with the Veteran’s Advisory Council. “I came back to school after retiring from the military, so I understand some of the issues these veterans are dealing with coming from the military and returning to civilian life.”

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SOIS Stud S Student & Alumni Reunion 2011

2011 SOIS Alumni Association Advisory Board members: Front: Katie Sparks, Sarah Kober, Jessica Hutchings, Sharon Lake, Lona Long Back: Jennie Stoltz, Robert Trumley, John Bartel, Tomas Walker, Matthew Derpinghaus

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Sommerfeld - OIF Intern Erin Sommerfeld, a MLIS student, was awarded an internship at the Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) of the American Library Association (ALA).

Erin started her position as news intern in November of 2011. When asked about her responsibilities, Erin said “The main focus for the news intern is to find news stories about things related to intellectual freedom, stories of interest span from book removal to SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act).

Unfortunately, the news stories are almost always violations of intellectual freedoms, things like censorship, restricted access to information, and filtering. I send these news stories to OIF’s listserv and consolidate the past week’s happenings in a weekly blog post.”

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Erin currently lives in Madison, Wisconsin, her home for the last ten years. Her area of focus in SOIS is information law, policy, and ethics and she plans to graduate this May. She has a BA in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

According to their website, the Office for Intellectual Freedom was established in 1967 and is “charged with implementing ALA policies concerning the concept of intellectual freedom as embodied in the Library Bill of Rights, the Association’s basic policy on free access to libraries and materials. The goal of the office is to educate librarians and the general public about the nature and importance of intellectual freedom in libraries.” Some popular projects managed by the Office are “Banned Books Week” and “Choose Privacy Week.”

Erin says, “I am really thrilled to have this opportunity; it’s been an incredible learning experience so far. Deborah CaldwellStone, Deputy Director of the Office has been a pleasure to work with, and a reminder that I have a lot more to learn—I mean that in a good way!”

“I am really thrilled to have this opportunity; it’s been an incredible learning experience so far. Deborah Caldwell-Stone, Deputy Director of the Office has been a pleasure to work with, and a reminder that I have a lot more to learn—I mean that in a good way!”

Burns Article Published

Multicultural Body Image in Children’s Amanda Burns, SOIS MLIS student, has recently had a paper published, “Multicultural Body Image in Children’s and Young Adult Publishing.”

It appears in The International Journal of Diversity in Organizations, Communities & Nations, Volume 11, Issue 3. The paper examines children and young adult publishing on body image issues that African-Americans face concerning skin tone, hair type, and weight.

The paper arose out of an assignment from Professor Laretta Henderson’s course on Multicultural Children’s Literature. The course examined how literature reflects different cultures in the United States. Amanda discusses how the paper came about, “What came to my attention was that all of the literature had “normal” protagonists when it came to body image/size. I wanted to know where the other possible body image/size characters were.”

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During her research, Amanda attended the YALSA Young Adult Literature Symposium in Albuquerque, New Mexico. During the symposium, there was a preconference event, “Body Positivity and Fat Acceptance in

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The SOIS Professional Development Institute offers a broad selection of seminars and workshops on the cutting edge of the new information topics and technologies that are integral to the information revolution.The topics vary according to the needs of the information specialist ranging from topics like grant writing and funding alternatives to legal issues, public access to resources, and information technology.

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and Young Adult Publishing Contemporary Young Adult Fiction.” “The symposium was fun and enlightening, but unfortunately, the preconference event was not what I was hoping it would be. The event was informative, but only from a white aspect. Every book they spoke about had white protagonists. There was no multiculturalism within the panel’s discussion. This made me want to do the research even more.”

We’d love to hear from you! We invite all SOIS students, alumni and friends to send us your news and updates for possible inclusion in future issues of Inside SOIS. Do you have an idea for a story? Let us know! Visit the Alumni & Friends website to contact us and share your news!

www.uwm.edu/sois/alumni_friends/update.cfm Amanda continued on her research, and then presented her paper at the International Conference on Diversity in South Africa. At the conference, Amanda presented along with Dr. Henderson, Twyla McGhee, and SOIS MLIS student Judith Jones in “Multicultural Children’s Literature from Theory to Practice.” The paper is now available in print and electronically through the publisher’s website.

or Email: rjhall@uwm.edu

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Center for Information Policy Research

Events, Research and Funding Opportunities

WLA Pre-Conference - A Great Success!

In November, the Center for Information Policy Research (CIPR) held a pre-Conference “Tell Me What Democracy Looks Like” during the Wisconsin Library Association conference. The event featured a number of speakers who discussed intellectual freedom challenges in libraries, along with the motivations of such groups as the Family Friendly Librarians, local politicians and the American Library Association (ALA). Joyce Latham, Assistant Professor and Co-Director of CIPR says, “The speakers during the conference were organized to address the issues around the practice and challenge of intellectual freedom as it occurred at the West Bend Community Library.”

In 2009, Jim and Ginny Maziarka petitioned the West Bend Community Memorial Public Library to ban over 50 gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender young adult titles because they felt the content was too obscene and pornographic for teens. The West Bend Library and it’s Board rebuffed these challenges and continued to allow access to the titles in question.

Barbara Deters, the past president of the West Bend Library Board, opened the discussion by outlining the specifics of the intellectual freedom conflict. Loretta Gaffney, a PhD candidate in Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois, discussed her research into the ideology and motivations of right-wing book challengers. Barbara Jones, director of the Office of Intellectual Freedom for the ALA, discussed how the Office supports librar-

Travel T Tr a Awards Fo Spring 2012, CIPR is For F pleased to make available ple travel funds for members of tra the UW-Milwaukee commut th nity engaging in research n related to the mission of r the Center. CIPR focuses t on key information policy issues such as informa intellectual intellectual freedom, access to infori t ll t l property, t privacy, i i t ll t mation, censorship, information law, and the complex array of government, corporate, and global information practices and policies.

Complete details available online: http://www.cipr.uwm.edu/

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ies that face intellectual freedom challenges. Sandra Braman, Professor of Communications at UWM, talked about the relationship between libraries and their local politicians.

Latham also spoke, and her discussion concerned “how to frame the intellectual ual authority granted the librarian in the public sphere.” She says that, “the critical question we need to ask ourselves concerns the role of the public librarian in society. Why are we there to begin with? If, as we think, our mission is to enable each patron to expand her or his world view through intellectual encounters via the library, we have to defend the right of the library to purchase and make available those materials which allow that individual pursuit.”

Latham says, “’Tell Me What Democracy Looks Like’ draws, of course, on the energy of the protests in Madison and the concerns about what democracy actually means. Public libraries have long been advanced as avenues of democracy.”

The enthusiastic audience of the pre-conference included scholars, practitioners, board members and retired librarians. Latham says, “One sensed sincere appreciation on the part of the audience as we pursued our topics of discussion.”

Feminism in LIS: the unconference

In early March, CIPR hosted,“Out of the Attic and Into the Stacks: Feminism in LIS” a meeting of practitioners, scholars and aspirants in the field of library and information studies explored feminism as theory, boundary, ecology, method, flavor, relationship, and epistemology -- among others. Learn more at:

http://feminismlisunconference.wikispaces.com/

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Faculty/Staff Profile: Linda Barajas is the Student Services

Coordinator

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responsible for all graduate admissions at SOIS. “I admit every approved application that comes through the school. Every graduate student that gets in gets in through me.” She also works on the Proficiency Exam Committee and the Doctoral Committee, along with the schedule of classes and room assignments.

Meet Mary (Linda) Barajas Linda has been with SOIS for over 25 years. “When I started working here there were only 8 or 10 faculty, and just the dean and the assistant dean, and the secretary. There wasn’t as large a staff as we have now. I was responsible for helping out with a lot of different things and that’s why I know who to refer students and faculty to with their questions.”

SOIS hired Linda right after she finished with her program at ITT Tech. One of the reasons that she was hired at SOIS was because of her typing skills. “I could type fast, 103 words per minute. SOIS only had one University networked WANG computer at the time, and I had to type up the syllabi and coursework for every course and make copies, in addition to the schedule of classes and anything else that needed typing.”

During her years at UWM, Linda has assisted SOIS with four accreditation processes and has seen the School move four times.

Her job and responsibilities have changed over time, but the thing that has kept Linda at SOIS is the people. “The thing that I enjoy most about my position as Student Services Coordinator is my coworkers and the student workers. I really like working with the students, along with the variety of things that I get to do every day.”

“Also, SOIS has always been on the cutting edge of technology. I am thankful that I have had the opportunity to learn and test these new technologies, often before any other department on campus.”

In her free time, Linda likes to spend time with her family. “I have three children, and seven grandchildren. They love to come over, especially when I cook.” When the family comes over, she loves to break out board games. She also is the business manager for her husband’s two bands. “I help with the booking and setup. We get to travel and see quite a bit of the state.” She also enjoys the lakefront and the festivals like Indian Summer. Linda is thinking about retiring, some day. “This is my second home, my home away from home.

I’ve really liked working here, and it’ll be difficult to leave.”

Tamales Expert

Its IIt ts a li llittle lit itt ttle ttl le kknow now fact fact that th Linda is the local Tamales expert (and all around great chef!).

Tamales are a traditional Mexican dish made with Masa and a delicious filling of meat and spices. Linda’s Tamales have been known to start fist fights between the SOIS Assistant Dean and other office staff!

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Faculty/Staff UPDATES Publications Henderson, L. (2012). The political socialization of African American children through literature from the 1970s. The International Journal of Diversity in Organizations, Communities and Nations, 11(2), 21-30.

Wu, Q., & Wolfram, D. (2011). The Influence of effects and phenomena on citations: A comparative analysis of four citation perspectives. Scientometrics, 89(1), 245-258.

Henderson, L. (2011). Identity matters: A call for bibliotherapy to support racial identity development. Illinois English Bulletin, 98(2), 69-86.

Ajiferuke, I., Lu, K., & Wolfram, D. (2011).

Who are the disciples of an author? Examining recitation and oeuvre citation exhaustivity. Journal of Informetrics, 5(2), 292-302.

Latham, J. (2011). Walkervilles, new democrats and “Wishes in the Wind”: Rolling back the 20th century in Wisconsin. Progressive Librarian, 36/37.

Lu, K., Joo, S., & Wolfram, D. (2011). An investigation of Web resource distribution in the field of information science. Cybermetrics, 15(1). Available: http://www.cindoc. csic.es/cybermetrics/articles/v15i1p1.pdf.

Moyer, J. (2012, Summer). Audiobooks and ebooks: A literature review and discussion of implications for library services. Reference and User Services Quarterly.

Moyer, J., & Thiele, J. (2012, Spring). Ebooks in public libraries: A literature review and case study. New Library World.

Moyer, J. (2011). What does it really mean to ‘read’ a text? Journal of Adult and Adolescent Literacy, 55(3), 253-256.

Peekhaus, W. (2011). Biowatch South Africa and the challenges in enforcing its constitutional right to access to information. Government Information Quarterly, 28, 542-552.

Peekhaus, W. (2011). Regulating agricultural biotechnology in Canada: Paradoxes and conflicts of a closed system. In L. Tepperman & A. Kalyta (Eds.), Reading Sociology (2nd ed., pp. 343-348). Toronto: Oxford University Press.

Peekhaus, W. (2011). Primitive accumulation and enclosure of the commons: Genetically engineered seeds and Canadian jurisprudence. Science & Society, 75, 529554.

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Book Contracts Peekhaus, W. (under contract). Resistance is fertile: Canadian biotechnology policy and struggles on the biocommons. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press.

Yenika-Agbaw, V., Lowery, R., M., & Henderson, L. (Eds.). Children’s Literature and Cultural Ways of Knowing: Africana Traditional Tales. Contract pending.

Presentations Henderson, L. (2011). Multicultural Children’s Literature from Theory to Practice.

International Diversity in Organizations, Communities, and Nations. Cape Town, South Africa.

Hutchings, J. (2011, April 28). Circulating iPads in Academic Libraries. Wisconsin Association of Academic Libraries. Steven’s Point, Wisconsin.

Moyer, J., & Thiele, J. (2012, January).

Four case studies of Ebook readers. 2012 BOCATSSS Symposium. Amsterdam, Netherlands.

General Updates Interim Dean Dietmar Wolfram co-presented a poster with PhD student Kun Lu on Assessing Author Research Focus Using Vector Space Modeling at the American Society for Information Science and Technology Annual Meeting in New Orleans in October 2011. He also served as a presenter on two panel sessions at the conference: Bibliometrics and LIS Education: How Do They Fit Together? and Using Information Obtained Through Informetrics to Address Practical Problems and to Aid Decision Making.

Assistant Professor Jessica Moyer presented two programs at the biannual Public Libraries Association Conference in March 2012 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She presented Good Books You Might Have Missed and Converstarter: Ebooks and Public Libraries.

Professor Mohammed Aman is the CoChair of the annual Middle East Dialogue Conference held in Washington, DC from Feb. 23-25, 2012. The theme of this year’s conference was “The Arab Spring and Beyond”. Professor Aman also presented a paper on the role played by the Internet, mobile phones and social networks in communicating in Arab revolutions. He was named to the Editorial Boards of electronic journals such as Cybrarians (published by King Fahd University in Saudi Arabia) and Online Learning, published by the American Public University (APU) and the Policy Studies Organization (PSO). His book reviews are published in the Digest of Middle East Studies, a Wiley journal of which he is the Editor-in-Chief. Professor Aman’s article on education for LIS was published in the Festschrift honoring Dr. George Jirjis, Dean of the School of Information and Journalism at Qatar University.

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Associate Professor Laretta Henderson was the Wisconsin Ambassador for the United States Board for Books for Youth in 2011. She is also the associate editor for The International Journal of Diversity in Organizations, Communities and Nations.

Richard Smiraglia, visiting SOIS professor, has become an Associate Researcher for the eHumanities Group of the Royal Netherlands Academy of the Arts and Sciences. The eHumanities Group brings together expertise and research in the development and use of digital technologies to develop innovative tools and theories for understanding what computational approaches can mean for research and scholarship in the humanities and social sciences.

Katie Blank, the Associate Special Librarian and Archives Program Assistant at SOIS, is the 2012 Treasurer for the Special Libraries Association (SLA) Wisconsin Chapter.

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Associate Professor Simon Mu Wins Publisher’s Award Associate Professor Xiangming (Simon) Mu has been awarded a 2011 Highly Commended Award for his paper “Search Strategies on a New Health Information Retrieval Systems” published in the Online Information Review.

The award was issued by the Emerald Literati Network who awards excellence for research in its different journal publications.

For this research, Associate Professor Mu constructed a new health information retrieval system called MeshMed. MeshMed allows for users to search and form more effective search strategies using different components including natural language and a hierarchical tree structure. The study identified three different search strategies that participants used when searching for health information.

Associate Professor Mu has his Ph.D in Library and Information Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research interests include information technology and user behavior studies, information retrieval theories and systems, and health and biomedical information retrieval.

Jessica Hutchings, Associate Advisor, participated as a speaker in the discussion, New Library Professionals Panel at the Wisconsin Library Association (WLA) Conference in Milwaukee, WI on November 4, 2011.

This paper was coauthored by Kun Lu, who is a PhD candidate at SOIS, along with Hohyon Ryu who is currently a dual-degree graduate student at SOIS and the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea.

Associate Professor Tom Haigh Shares His Wealth of Knowledge Tom Haigh, Associate Professor, has been

Professor Haigh has also been asked to con-

invited to speak at an online event for the

tribute a history column for Communications

National Center for Women & IT to its

of the ACM, a corresponding publication to

“Workforce Alliance.” According to the group,

the world’s largest education and scientific

“Workforce Alliance is a coalition of more than

computing society. In addition, Professor Haigh

35 multinational technology companies (primar-

will be writing the entry on “Software” for the

ily U.S.-based) committed to increasing the

Oxford Encyclopedia of the History of Science,

participation of girls and women in technology.

Medicine, and Technology in America.

Members of the Alliance include Google, Apple, IBM, Microsoft, among others.”

Histories of Computing, a book edited by Professor Haigh and authored by Michael Sean Mahoney, was also positively reviewed in the journal Science. Histories was published in 2011 by Harvard University Press.

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Congratulations!

2011 Graduates MLIS Spring 2011 Jolene Arnold Catherine Ballman Aimee Balsam Kent Barnard Carolyn Bates Sheila Battin Steven Bisch Rebecca Bogaard Connie Bradley Timothy Bridwell Casey Brough Scott Brouwer Erica Brown Andrea Brunner Adam Carey Samantha Comer Rachel Cornelius Erin Dahl Faith Danneil Nicolle Davies Kyle Davis Amy Deuchler Charlene Dorsey Patricia Ellisor Carla Epp Michelle Erickson Rachael Fales Alexis Fielek Michael Gelman Brittany Gitzlaff Aric Gjervold Ann Graf Emily Guier Jamison Hein

Jamie Hernandez Marcea Horst Jennifer Huss Stephanie Irving Kaushalya Iyengar Serena Jacobson Mary Jennings Melissa Jensen Judith Jones Jeannine Kacmar Jenilee Kanenwisher Erin Kant Dale Kellison Peter Kersten Deborah Knickelbein Megan Kocher Katherine Koopman Kimberly Korbel Leah Kriebel Marissa Krueger Katherine Kudela Chris Langer Lisa Leverett Jacqueline Liesch Alexis Logsdon Stacie Mabry Linda Martin Jamie McGhee Sarah Michaelis Alicia Minkel Kristina Moulton Rachel Nason Amy Neeser Renee Neumeier Brittany Osika Eve-Gerri Pagliarulo

Jennifer Pahl Laura Patino Jill Perrigo Sarah Phillips Michelle Plunkett Nicholas Prieve Joanne Ratke Allison Reeve Megan Robbins Carin Roberts Rachel Rugg Emily Rutter Emily Scherrer Tina Schinabeck Jill Schmitz Susan Schwanz Marta-Kate Scofield Matthew Sherman Elizabeth Tuckwood Katherine VanDrunen Chia Vang Ashley VonRuden Charles Wise Victoria Young-Burns Huan Zhang

MLIS Summer 2011 Mary Anderson Ana Barbus Khristi Blocton Albert Cochran Kali Davis Honora Greenwood Jennifer Grieve Susan Gualtier

Greta Guck Julie Hayward Andrew Hoppmann Rebecca Iserman Margaret Jenders Emily Kornak Cletus Kuunifaa Chelsea Leachman Marilynn Manross Erin Montross-Erdmann Addie Mrosla William O’Hearn Melissa Olson Jennifer Parker Cary Perzan Laura Plowman Heather Schmidt Joan Simon Aaron Thomas Danita White

MLIS Fall 2011 Antonio Alba Carmen Aslesen Tia Aucoin Rebecca Barnick Megan Becker Michael Bernstein Katherine Blank Bryan Braun Camille Brown Naomi Brun Bryan Campbell Krystal Corbray Shannon Crawford Barniskis

Lora Davis Tanya Davis Matthew Eidem Lori Espinoza Avril Flaten Elizabeth Frye Karen Gallacci Chad Gilman Edward Glade Eric Graczkowski Jessamyn Gray Kelli Heikkila Dorothy Holzman Jillyan James Boram Jeon Stacie Karlin Diane Kauppi Amy Kieffer Emily Klukken Scott Lenski Arlene Lutenegger Jerilyn Mason Kurtis McDonald Zoya Nazari Arianne Nellessen Lisa Nielsen Agnew Heather Owings Karin Pannier Hyunmo Park Sara Peters Timothy Powers Keisha Radloff Mara Riebau Elizabeth Sanborn Christopher Schmit Russell Schneider

SOIS Student Orgs

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PA R T I C I PAT E !

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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!

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.

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Shane Stephenson Emily Stolen Rachel Stork Roslin Thompson Ruth Trask Kate Wiisanen Lois Wilkins Heather Williams Alyssa Woods Tammy Woodward Sira Yang Emily Zegers

BSIST Spring 2011 Michael Barylski Troy Brown Alexander Bryan Scott Daehler Laura Duff Justin Fox Sarah Gross Samuel Guzikowski Chamika Hardnett Samuel Koniar Travis Late Kelly Lee Anna Lemberger Kaitlin Lewis Wesley Mincks Antonia Odupitan Mark Paprocki Jessica Pawelski Burleigh Porte Michael Puissant Susan Richards Steven Rogler Andrew Schaefer James Schultz Anthony Siebert Jermial Spain Jillian Walker Michael Weber Fong Yang Sharon Yoho

BSIST Summer 2011 Matthew Gorski Orlando Hernandez Deirdre Mauro Robert Refai Charles Tonelli Justin Zahn

BSIST Fall 2011 Abby Arnold Carrie Bingham Christina Bowers Starlesha Brazil Jenna Buchholz Jomaque Cannon Phong Chang William Clasen Melissa DeVerna Gary Gibson Lucas Gordon Sarah Gosdeck Ryan Hamann Jenni Helen Austin Jackson Justin Kellner Brittany Khatib Lewis Lange James Lebron Brett Lehrer Andrzej Lenarczyk Laura Melau Luke Peerenboom Joseph Pelky Matthew Perrin Alexandra Picciolo Shannon Porter Jonathon Schoebel Ronald Spaciel Ryan Weaver Stephanie Weaver David Wiegert Zong Yang

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Information.

Connection.

Philanthropy.

There are several ways you can connect with SOIS, and you don’t have to be in Milwaukee!

Katie Sparks, SO IS Development Director

If you are interested in any of the following connections, please complete this brief survey,

http://sois.uwm.edu/getinvolved Ways to connect to SOIS here and abroad, include:

• Mentor a student • Host a student fieldwork • Promote alumni events • Start an Alumni Chapter in your area • Serve on a SOIS committee • Stay connected and share all of your accomplishments • Other ideas welcome!

THANK YOU!

Learn more about how you can make a financial investiment. Contact me for more information!

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May 8, 2012 • 7:00pm Big Brother, Big Business: The Data-Mining and Surveillance Industries Documentary Film Screening & Panel Discussion UW-Milwaukee Student Union Theatre 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd, 2nd Floor Milwaukee, WI 53211

June 15-16, 2012 2nd Milwaukee Conference on the Ethics of Information Organization See details and registration information at: http://sois.uwm.edu/ioethics

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