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The Center for Information Policy Research (CIPR) at the School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is pleased to announce its 2007-08 Information Ethics Fellows. The IE Fellows Program was initiated in 2006 to highlight prominent scholars in the information ethics field, and to promote innovative research in IE. For its second year, the Fellows Program includes two Senior

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The UW-Milwaukee School of Information Studies is pleased to announce the appointment of Terrance Newell as assistant professor, starting in the Summer of 2007. Passionate about research and teaching and thoroughly integrating innovative technologies into both, he will provide additional depth and breadth to the SOIS research and teaching programs. Not counting adjunct instructors, this will

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The UW-Milwaukee, School of Information Studies, Center for Information Policy Research (CIPR), announces its Spring 2007 Colloquium Series. Established in 1998 and directed by Elizabeth Buchanan since August 2006, CIPR facilitates information policy research through its lecture series, research paper series, and outreach activities, and its information ethics fellows program. The Center's

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Toni Samek, associate professor at the University of Alberta, will speak at 11:30 a.m. Feb. 22 at the UWM Libraries, 2311 E. Hartford Ave., Room E281.Her talk, "Working the Earth: LIS Labour, Ethical Grounds, and the Hot Fields of Human Rights," is sponsored by the UW-Milwaukee School of Information Studies Center for Information Policy Research. For more details, please see today's story by

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The School of Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee has selected the first recipient of the Timothy L. Ericson Scholarship in Archival Studies. Katie Blank, a graduate student in the Coordinated Degree Program for MLIS and MA in History, was named the winner of the scholarship in a blind review process by a committee including faculty and staff from the School of

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Dean Johannes Britz of the School of Information Studies of the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee has a leadership role in the first ever Pan-African conference of its kind, the African Information Ethics Conference: Ethical Challenges in the Information Age. Co-initiated by Dean Britz and Rafael Capurro from the International Center for Information Ethics and sponsored by the South African

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UW-Milwaukee School of Information Studies (SOIS) Professor Hope Olson and Senior Lecturer Steven Miller have each been recognized with WISE 2006 Excellence in Online Teaching Awards. Determined by students voting for faculty at an institution other than their own, from among library and information studies schools in the WISE Consortium, these honors validate the dedication of Olson and Miller

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The University of Wisconsin -- Milwaukee School of Information Studies is inviting applicants for the first recipient of the Timothy L. Ericson Scholarship in Archival Studies, to be awarded for the Fall of 2007. The Timothy L. Ericson Scholarship in Archival Studies honors the founder and long-time Director of the SOIS Archival Studies Program, Timothy L. Ericson, whose contributions to SOIS

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Elizabeth Buchanan, Associate Professor and Director of the SOIS Center for Information Policy Research, and SOIS alum Kathrine (Kat) Henderson, librarian at Thunderbird, The Garvin School of International Management, have a contract and are currently working on an ethics case book for McFarland Publishers, the publisher of Journal of Information Ethics.The book presents scenarios and cases that

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The School of Information Studies announces the appointment of Mary Wepking as senior lecturer, effective with the Spring 2007 term. With teaching and administrative responsibilities related primarily to school library media, she will teach additional courses in literature for children and young adults and elsewhere in the MLIS program.A UW-Milwaukee SOIS alumna (MLIS 1992), Ms Wepking has a

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The Center for Information Policy Research (CIPR), the SWITCH Library Consortium, and the UWM Libraries will sponsor Judith Krug for a morning of professional development and intellectual enlightenment. Krug, the Director of the Office of Intellectual Freedom at the American Library Association, will outline the types of academic and intellectual freedom challenges facing institutions of higher

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Ranked 14th among the largest trading countries in the world and a major player in the production and trade of information technology products, Taiwan is also the sixth leading country of origin for international students in the U.S. Taiwan's contributions to technology and research and its investmentin education impact our lives daily.Please join the School of Information Studies (SOIS) and the

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The Center for Information Policy Research (CIPR) will present the final fall lecture in the International Information Policy Colloquium series Monday, November 27th, 2006 in Bolton Hall (521) at 11:30 a.m. Shana Ponelis, from the University of Pretoria, will speak aboutHer "Consumer issues in telecommunications in South Africa: quality of service and affordability."Shana Ponelis joined the

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Laretta Henderson, Assistant Professor and one of the newest SOIS faculty members, recently signed a book contract with Scarecrow Press for her work on Ebony Jr.!, an African American children’s periodical published from 1973-1985. The book, tentatively titled, Ebony Jr.!: A Sociocultural and Historical Analysis, will be the first scholarly treatment of this periodical. We look forward to seeing

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The Center for Information Policy Research, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, is pleased to announce Dr. Charles Ess, Distinguished Research Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Drury University will lecture on “An Impending Global ICE Age?: East-West Perspectives on Information and Computer Ethics,” as part of his 2006-07 CIPR Information Ethics Fellowship.A

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Tomas Lipinski, SOIS Associate Professer will be presenting a lecture in Maria-Theresia-College of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven November 14, 2006. Currently doing research while on sabbatical, he is a visiting professor at K.U. Leuven in the Global Law School. His lecture, “The Video Made Me Do It! Finding the Devil (and the First Amendment) in Entertainment Media Products," is part of the

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Reminder: Please join SOIS in welcoming Dr. Reza Asghari from the Fachhochschule Braunschweig/Wolfenbüttel for the next in the International Information Policy Colloquia series. He will be speaking on Friday, October 27, 2006 at 11:30 a.m. in Bolton Hall 521 on the UW-Milwaukee campus. His lecture, "E-Governance and Global Development," reflects his research interests and some potential future

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Thomas Haigh, assistant professor in SOIS, used this summer to present his work in diverse professional forums. He delivered lectures at three conferences and workshops. At the Workshop on the History of the Internet and its Impacts at the Deutsches Museum in Munich, he presented a draft of his chapter on “Web Browsers and Email: The Software infrastructure of the Commercializing Internet.” MIT

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The University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, School of Information Studies is pleased to announce that Assistant Professor Laretta Henderson has joined the faculty as a specialist in children's literature in August, 2006. With a Ph.D. (Language, Literacy and Culture) from the University of Iowa, two master's degrees (M.A., African American World Studies; M.A. Sociology), and a bachelor's, Dr.

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In recent months, Maria Haigh, Assistant Professor at SOIS, researched and presented on issues pertaining to library and information science in Eastern Europe. At the VI World Computer Law Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland, Professor Haigh talked about intellectual property issues in the Soviet Union and the now former Soviet Block. She focused on the issues’ cultural contexts. She argued that

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Johannes Britz, Dean of SOIS, participated in a number of Information Studies related conferences this summer. At the annual ALA conference in New Orleans, Dr. Britz was involved in a session dealing with international education in the field of Library and Information Science. At the SCECSAL (Standing Conference of Eastern, Central and Southern Africa Library and Information Associations)

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Tomas Lipinski, Associate Professor at SOIS, has become the new chair of the SIG-IFP, the Special Interest Group for Information Policy of the American Society of Information Science and Technology (ASIST). In conjunction with Professor Lipinski’s appointment, the SIG-IFP website (http://ci.fsu.edu/asist-ifp/index.html) will move from the College of Information at Florida State University to UWM

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The next in the Fall Colloquium series from the Center for Information Policy Research (CIPR) will be that of Dr. Reza Asghari from the University of Applied Sciences (Fachhochschule) Braunschweig/Wolfenbüttel, who will discuss aspects of E-Governance and Global Development.It will be held at 11:30 a.m., in 521 Bolton Hall, UW-Milwaukee School of Information Studies (3210 N. Maryland Avenue,

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A UWM alumna, Penny Winchester and Terri Maguire will be visiting SOIS to recruit professionals for the Los Angeles Public Library system. Please visit to hear about this opportunity at one of the largest library systems in the country.Date: Oct. 24, 2006 - 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.Where: Bolton 521 – Online by AppointmentWhat: Employment Interviews with County of Los Angeles Public

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SOIS Professor Mohammed Aman is among a group of prominent international scholars and academic administrators who have been invited by the Saudi Ministry of Higher Education to review the academic programs of King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah as part of the Kingdom's efforts to establish international review process and accreditation of its programs of higher education. The review process is

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The Wisconsin Library Association’s Conference theme this year is “Making Connections,” which is broad enough to include a very satisfying mix of sessions, instruction, and receptions. Held in Wisconsin Dells from October 31 through November 3 in the Calahari Resort, the conference bears a very strong UW-Milwaukee School of Information Studies stamp.Starting at 11:00 a.m., November 1, we will

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Barbara Erdman, one of three finalists for the teaching academic staff position for the literature of children and young adults, school library media, and potentially additional subjects, will be visiting SOIS on Monday, October 23. Her public lecture and open forum are scheduled for 11:00 a.m. in Bolton 521. Her CV is posted on the SOIS website:http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/SLIS/about/news/events/

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Please join the UWM Society of American Archivists (SAA) Student Chapter for a discussion with Dr. Michael Taft, Head of the Archive of Folk Culture at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress!Who: Any SOIS student- DE and On-site.When: Tuesday October 24th from 4:00-5:30 PM Central Time.Where: Bolton 521Dr. Taft will be meeting with the SAA student chapter and other students in an

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According to a very recent study, "Scholarly productivity of U.S. LIS faculty" by Denice Adkins and John Budd (Library & Information Science Research, Autumn 2006, 374-389; for access to the article itself, go here), SOIS ranked among the top ten or twenty among other leading LIS schools in several categories. Updating an earlier study that covered a period through 1998, the researchers examined

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The Milwaukee and Waukesha County Federated Library Systems, in conjunction with the Library Council of Southeastern Wisconsin, present Nancy Pearl on Wednesday, November 8, 2006, Franklin Public Library, 9151 W. Loomis Road.9:00 to noon: Yes, Ma’am—Mood, Appeal and Motivation inProviding Excellent Readers’ Advisories. In order to effectively match up a reader with just the right book, you need

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SOIS has recently proposed to the University that the MLIS program be redesigned to reflect changes in the discipline, to provide students with appropriate basic knowledge and competencies to allow them to follow various paths into the profession. Several campus committees will consider the proposal during October and we plan to implement the new program fully in the Fall of 2007.There are three

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Please note that SOIS has instituted a new method of informing the SOIS community about faculty, staff, and student activities and accomplishments. This will take the place of E-Buzz. It will be in the form of a blog, with recent contributions accessible by title and older items archived. Many thanks to Rebecca Hall for helping get this started. She is finishing details on an appropriate logo

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Join a group tour of Marquette University's new Raynor-Memorial Library and Archives, including the new learning commons. Coordinated by Katie Blank (kmblank@uwm.edu), vice president of the SAA, the tour takes place Wednesday, November 8, 2006 from 5:00 - 6:30 p.m..Space is limited 25 guests, so please RSVP to Katie. The group will meet in front lobby of Raynor Library.To get an idea of the

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The Graduate Student Organization is sponsoring a Fall Interview Workshop on Saturday, October 14, 8:30 – 12:30. There will be opportunities to have resumes evaluated and to meet with professionals or faculty with professioanl backgrounds in academic, public, and corporate settings. Please contact the GSO President, Adam Brisk, for more information (studentorg@sois.uwm.edu) and watch for flyers

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The Student Organization has provided informal access to faculty in its new "Brewed with SOIS" series held at The Grind in the Golda Meir Library. The series "designed as a meeting place for SOIS Faculty and students to gather together and build professional relationships; a bridge between future information professionals and today’s respected researchers and instructors."Alexandra Dimitroff, an

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One of our students, Carmen Orth-Alfie, flew in from her home in Kansas to serve as a Student Ambassador for the Fall Orientation and a student panel member for the recent SOIS Faculty Planning Retreat. She wrote the following to Dean Britz:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Dr. Britz,It is with all sincerity that I thank you and everyone at SOIS for

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On August 28 and 29, the SOIS held its fourth annual faculty planning retreat at the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center. Attended by faculty, teaching academic staff, adjunct instructors, and some students, it provided an opportunity for the School to focus on the exciting year ahead. Many curricular and programming issues were discussed, including the launching of the planning phase for a new Ph.D

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The Society of American Archivists held its 2006 Annual meeting in Washington DC July 30 – August 6. A joint meeting with the National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators (NAGARA) and the Council of State Archivists (CoSA), the meeting drew over 2,100 attendees. Among them, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee was represented by six Archives Program students and Amy

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September 26-28, 20069:30am – 2:00pmBolton Hall Rm: 521WHO SHOULD ATTEND?All researchers interested in China, specifically on the role that ICT play in information access and the development of information professionals.WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND:Meet other researchers on campus who share the same research interestsIdentify grant opportunitiesBe introduced to new, challenging and exciting research

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