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April 11, 2012 Volume VII

The School of Information Resources and Library Science (SIRLS) is an academic department and a professional school in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at The University of Arizona, Arizona’s only public land grant university. The Library and Information Science disciplines (LIS) and interdisciplinary perspectives relevant to knowledge and information resources comprise the intellectual foundations of the school.

The past year has lead to some great advances at SIRLS and this year is promising to be just as exciting. I’ve received many queries asking about our newsletter, and why it has not gone out since last summer. I am pleased to say that we are now able to send one, and hope to continue publishing the newsletter twice a year.

Academic Program ReviewLast spring SIRLS completed a very successful Academic Program Review (APR). Every five to seven years all programs at the University of Arizona are reviewed. The faculty and staff at SIRLS made a great effort putting together the review materials describing our program development including teaching, research and services over the past 6 years along with our

financials. We are grateful for the effort and feedback provided by the University selected Joint Internal/External Review Panel, consisting of Professor Louise Robbins (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Professor Linda Smith (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Professor Samantha Hastings (University of South Carolina), Professor Christine Szuter (Arizona State), Professor Judith Effken (University of Arizona College of Nursing), Professor Christopher Maloney (University of Arizona Department of Philosophy), and Ms. Kristen Curé (program alumna). The Panel visited the University of Arizona School of Information Resources and Library Science (SIRLS) on March 1-2, 2011 to conduct a required APR, and presented their findings to the

SIRLS NEWSLETTER

LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR

Inside this Issue:

DIRECTOR’S LETTER 1

WELCOME NEW FACULTY 5

DEPARTMENT NEWS 6

FACULTY PUBLICATIONS 10

LATINO LITERACY 12

SIRLS TIMELINE 14

CALENDAR 16

SCHOLARSHIPS, ETC. 17

ANNUAL CONFERENCE 18

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Provost. As a result, we have been working on program development based on these findings. Some of the main recommendations were to hire a new faculty member to increase research and teaching in Knowledge River, to expand the Digital Records Management (DigIn) program, to begin developing a biological and health informatics program and to expand our undergraduate presence. The Panel also made recommendations to the University to help SIRLS maintain financial stability in the face of deep state budget cuts to the University over the past year.

Strategic PlanningThrough the late spring and summer we planned a

strategic planning meeting that was held in September 2011. The meeting was a two days long. The first day an executive panel of six outside reviewers and the facilitator met and the second full day was held at Jana Bradley’s house. The faculty and staff organized materials for a large constituent meeting that was attended by about fifty people. About fifteen were faculty and staff. The other participants were librarians, publishers, archivists, museum curators and others from all parts of Arizona and around the country. Not too surprisingly, the outcome of the strategic plan was similar to that of the APR although we were able to be more specific about courses and objectives. Some of the programs that we have

developed or are under development are listed below.

Staff ChangesAs you all know we had a large loss to outreach, development, recruiting and administrative support when Leslie Kunkel retired last summer. That loss was particularly painful for me since I was left with no one to help with writing petitions to ABOR, developing strategic planning, and myriad other administrative duties

requiring an accomplished writing hand. Since that time Stephen Stillwell joined our staff to support recruiting. Many of you already know Stephen from his work as an adjunct and for his work on e-portfolios. In his new role, he has been traveling around Arizona and beyond representing the school. In January, Dolores D Pedroza joined our staff as the Assistant to the Director, Yahoo! Feel free to contact Dolores at, ddp2001@EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU

or at the SIRLS general number at (520) 621-3565.

Distance EducationSIRLS continues to have one of the largest and most innovative of distance education programs at the University of Arizona. This allows students around Arizona as well as non-residents to keep jobs, stay at home, and reduce overall education costs. The Arizona Board of Regents approved a tuition and graduate fee price

NEWSLETTER CONTRIBUTORS Bryan Heidorn SIRLS Director <heidorn@email.arizona.edu> Dolores D Pedroza Assistant <ddp2001@email.arizona.edu> Stephen Stillwell Adjunct Professor <sjstill@email.arizona.edu>

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reduction for non-resident distance education students to about one and a half times State Resident rates. On-campus students ask regularly for more face-to-face classes, but unfortunately face-to-face sections of classes tend not to fill while distance classes fill quickly. In difficult financial times we cannot afford to offer many low enrollment sections and the university keeps a keen eye on such offerings. Therefore, the faculty is coming up with some creative solutions. We are offering more “blended” and live online classes. For example, this semester my Research Methods class is being offered in a blended environment with some students meeting with me face-to-face weekly in the SIRLS building, while simultaneously working with a group of online students over the Internet. We are using Elluminate software so everyone can speak in class and be active participants in real time. To support blended classes we installed 70 inch TV, speakers and microphones to a room in the SIRLS building to facilitate management of this type of class. We also are expanding our presence in the Phoenix area. Through the generosity of the City of Chandler and an agreement with the University of Arizona, in the summer and fall, we will begin offering classes in Chandler in space owned by the City of Chandler. There will be telecommunications equipment to link that classroom with the new

SIRLS blended facility (the old multipurpose room). Entire classes including Foundation of Library and Information Services will be offered either in Chandler or in the SIRLS classroom with Chandler as a hub in blended classes.

ArchivesMany students have been filling archives and special collections classes over the last couple of years. With the assistance of the Arizona State Archive, Arizona State University, the Arizona State Archive Association and many others we introduced new courses in archives. There is now an advising document at (http://sirls.arizona.edu/node/873) to help students select courses that will prepare them for this career track. We expect to continue expanding this program. Also, my own work with natural history collections should lead to courses that will help with careers in museums as well.

Traditional LibrariesWe continue to fill classes every semester in traditional library courses such as reference and cataloging. As is usually the case, many students progress in their learning at SIRLS and their perspectives on libraries broadens. They realize that these “traditional” skills are highly sought after in many jobs in government, business, military, research labs and virtually anywhere information overload is a problem (almost everywhere). Knowledge production is no longer limited to books or eBooks. Libraries need to meet these new

needs or they will find themselves irrelevant to all but a few people. Here at the University of Arizona I sit on the campus committee on design of a scholarly data repository in the library. At one point libraries were the only place to go to get information about your town or anything from land records to finding a babysitter. Local governments are increasingly having difficulty keeping track of digital information and they need the skills taught in library and information science programs to meet these needs. Our students may find themselves providing these services in the library but also in the county clerks office or in corporate information centers.

School LibrariesSchool libraries in Arizona have been exceptionally hard hit by the recession. Many of our alumni have had their hours cut, been laid off or have taken early retirement. We still have some graduates with great skills to support school libraries. However, the school library sector is showing some signs of recovery, and I suspect it will be another year or two before we have any significant recovery. I strongly encourage you to sign the White House Petition for School Libraries (http://wh.gov/Wgd). A goal of 25,000 signatures has already been met. After “discussions” with the university lawyers, during the Arizona election, I wrote to the candidates for Arizona State Superintendent of Public Instruction. This included now elected superintendent John Huppenthal.

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The purpose of my letter was to point out the importance of school libraries for effective and economical education of Arizonans. I encourage you to please do the same, write John@johnhuppenthal.com, 8 Bullmoose Circle, Chandler, AZ 85224. Contact your local school boards as well.

Knowledge River (KR) and Underserved CommunitiesLast year Sandy Littletree, Richard Chabran and others on the KR board secured another three years of funding for KR. It continues to be one of the very best programs in the country with alumni winning jobs and awards around the country. Latinos and Native Americans however are still underrepresented in SIRLS and the University of Arizona in general. We need to increase our efforts in this area. The experiences, programs and alumni of KR will help us immensely with this effort. Many of you will have already heard that Sandy will begin studies towards a PhD at the University of Washington in the fall. We are sad to lose her, but also happy that her career is advancing to a new stage. We have already established a search committee to find a new program manager for KR. We also hope to be able to announce a new faculty hire in this area very soon.

Undergraduate MajorRecent faculty hire, Catherine Brooks has been spearheading this process. Last week the Arizona Board of Regents approved our petition to begin planning of a new

undergraduate major. This new program is tentatively called e-society. Students in this major will learn about the impact of the digital revolution on society and how society expresses itself in new media. SIRLS was selected as a home for the major in part because our existing undergraduate minor and course offerings closely matched the vision of the major. This new program will draw courses from many departments across campus and will strengthen our ties with those departments. We also see e-society students as potential candidates for our graduate programs. The program will also provide teaching and funding opportunities for our graduate students.

PhD ProgramOur doctoral program continues to grow steadily as we have been adding about two students a year to the program. Also, we have submitted two grant proposals to the Institute for Museum and Library Services in order to expand different aspects of our program. We should hear in May or June if the proposals were successful, and more will follow.

ALA Committee on AccreditationSIRLS is now putting together documents for our reaccreditation visit next October. Current students, alumni and employers have been providing feedback through surveys and interviews to help us adjust our program to

current needs and prepare for the certification review. The e-portfolio has proven to be an excellent tool for students to engage their own progress toward meeting SIRLS Student competencies as described online (http://sirls.arizona.edu/node/543). This has helped many students in their job search as well. While individual course evaluations help us evaluate courses e-portfolio also helps us with program evaluation.

SummarySIRLS is growing and changing as the information landscape for society changes. As a research one institution SIRLS has a duty to not only to adapt to these changes, but also to lead the way. Our faculty continues to conduct cutting edge research. They also obtain the necessary funding to support that research. In addition, they publish and speak in national and international venues. Through their mentoring our students are provided with new skills and perspective to benefit employers around the country. Please keep an eye on the SIRLS home page (http://sirls.arizona.edu) and Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/UASIRLS) for news and announcements.

Bryan Heidorn

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WELCOME NEW FACULTY & STAFF!

Catherine Brooks, Assistant ProfessorCatherine Brooks (PhD, University of California) joined the School of Information Resources and Library Science in January, 2012. She holds a joint appointment in the Department of Communication. Catherine’s primary research interest focuses on day-to-day language use in online and learning communities. She is most interested in the social uses of communication technologies and the varied opportunities for the co-construction of knowledge, self-presentations, relationships, and identities, as well as the possibilities for emotional and health-related support that can emerge and develop online. Currently, she is undergoing research on an online support group for those suffering from anxiety, examining the ways in which ‘expert’ information is translated and how

supportive messages function for an international and relatively anonymous set of members. Her research works across disciplinary boundaries and draws on a variety of academic traditions and methodologies. She teaches courses that focus on social media and human encounters with information technologies.  

Fei Xiang, Visiting Professor

Fei Xiang graduated and received his BA, MA and PhD from Information Management School of Wuhan University, China.  During his fourteen years study and research in the field of library and information science, his research is mainly focused on information services and users. As a lecturer of School of Medicine and Health Management, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, he taught courses on information management, intellectual property, information economics, knowledge management and basic theory of information science. He also holds research grants awarded by Chinese research councils. Fei will be visiting here from April 2012 - April 2013.

Dolores D Pedroza, Assistant to the Director of SIRLSDolores graduated from the University of Arizona with her B.A. in Near Eastern Studies. Continuing her education she pursued her master’s degree in the School for Information Resources and Library Sciences. During that short period of time she served the Library Student Organization first as webmaster, then as organization president. She is a member of the American Indian Library Association (AILA), and also volunteered for a year as their newsletter editor. She has received experience working with technical services at the UA main library, and is a Knowledge River Scholar Cohort 9 member. Future goals include working in a government or academic library, but also leaves the possibility of pursuing a PhD open as well.

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SIRLS DEPARTMENT NEWS

Graduation May 2012Please welcome our Keynote Speaker, Peter Brantley, who is the Director of the Bookserver Project at the Internet Archive, a San Francisco-based not-for-profit library, and co-founder of the Open Book Alliance. He was previously the Director of the Digital Library Federation, a non-profit association of research and national libraries.  He has worked in senior information technology management roles across the University of California and for the New York University Libraries and Press.  He is a contributing editor on libraries and media at Publishers Weekly, and a member of the advisory board of JHU's Project Muse.  He convenes an annual technology summit on book publishing, "Books in Browsers," in concert with O'Reilly Media and Safari Books

Online.  You can find Peter on Twitter at: @naypinya.

Knowledge River

KR Launches Mentorship ProgramTucson, AZ—The Knowledge River Alumni Network Mentorship Program was officially launched in February 2012 with a face-to-face and virtual orientation session for mentors and mentees and the initial matching of students to mentors. The program has been designed to facilitate the professional development of KR Scholars through partnerships and training to support career planning, networking, and leadership development. An important component of KR’s recently attained IMLS grant, the mentorship program has the potential to help KR continue to be recognized as a leader in the development of information professionals serving Latino and Native American communities.

A task force has been formed made up of KR alumni Monique Becerril Rodriguez, Mariaelena de la Rosa, Jessica Hernandez, Berlin Loa, Dolores Pedroza, Francisco Vargas and Linda Wynne, along with co-chairs Camila Alire and Marty de Montaño and KR Program Manager, Sandy Littletree. The task force, in place since December 2011, has been instrumental in developing the mission, vision and goals of the program, as well as preparing the orientation sessions, planning upcoming training sessions, and assisting the soliciting volunteer mentors and matching mentors and mentees. Jessica Hernandez and Francisco Vargas currently serve as co-chairs of the KR Alumni Network Committee.

There are currently 13 mentor volunteers, who are almost all KR and SIRLS alumni. The pairs will work together for the next year and will provide periodic feedback to the taskforce to assist with program progress and evaluation. The establishment of the mentorship program has been a goal of KR Program Manager, Sandy Littletree, since she started working at SIRLS in 2009.

KR HappeningsKR students have been submitting regular posts to the KR blog, discussing their experiences as KR students, conference participation, and other viewpoints. For the most recent postings, visit the site here, http://knowledgeriver.sites.arizona.edu/.

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Knowledge River welcomes renowned author, poet, and publisher Heid E. Erdrich (Ojibwe) to campus on Friday March 9 at 10am for “Poets and Publishers: Viewpoints on Indigenous Studies and Language Revialization.” Heid Erdrich is publisher and editor at Wiigwaas Press. Their first mono-lingual Ojibwe language book, Awesiinyensag, is written by a team of Ojibwe speakers, scholars and students, and is an award winning book. She is author of four poetry collections, most recently Cell Traffic: New and Selected Poems (2012) from the University of Arizona Press. KR is proud to co-sponsor this event with the American Indian Language Development Institute and the University of Arizona Press.

Sandy Littletree and KR Scholar Shawna Thompson will attend and participate in the 2012 IFLA Presidential Programme in Vancouver, BC, April 12-14. The programme, Indigenous Knowledges: Local Priorities, Global Contexts will bring together organizations and individuals interested in Indigenous and traditional knowledge, its creation, organization and access in a global context.

Jamie A. Lee, KR alumna and doctoral student and Sandy Littletree, program manager for Knowledge River will present with SIRLS Faculty members Jana Bradley and Cheryl Knott at the 2012 Arizona Centennial Conference in Phoenix on April 19. The session, Reading the West: The Making of Libraries and Librarians inArizona, will include a presentation on the KR project Stories of Arizona’s Tribal Libraries Oral History Project, as well as a history of the SIRLS program, presented by Jana Bradley, and a history of public libraries in Arizona, presented by Cheryl Knott.

Knowledge River will have a presence at the upcoming Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums (ATALM) Conference in Tulsa, OK in June 2012. We are collaborating with San Jose State’s Circle of Learning (COL) Program to offer a student research forum with poster sessions by KR and COL students. We will also be a part of the ATALM program, “Communication and Collaboration in Tribal Communities“ with COL. KR Program Manager also serves on the board for ATALM.

KR is getting ready for the American Library Association Annual Conference in Anaheim in June 2012. Be on the lookout for KR Alumni gathering announcements. Sandy Littletree will present with Mark Puente, Director of Diversity Programs at ARL, and Rae-Anne Montague, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, on Latino Recruitment in Librarianship at a program sponsored by REFORMA. The program is scheduled for Sunday June 24, 4-5:30.

KR has a poster session accepted for the Joint Conference of Librarians of Color, to be in Kansas City, Missouri September 19-23. The poster is titled, “10 Years of Knowledge River at the University of Arizona: Graduates Reflect on Latino and Native American Library Services in LIS Education and in the Field.”

DigInFor general information, please visit the main webpage at http://sirls.arizona.edu/programs/digIn

Student Chapters/Organizations

University of Arizona Society of American Archivists (UASAA), http://uasaa.org/

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University of Arizona Library Student Organization (UALSO) is planning their annual symposium to take place on Saturday, March 24th from 9am-4pm. The location this year will be at the Center for Creative Photography auditorium. For more details please see http://sirls.arizona.edu/lso for contact information.

University of Arizona Special Libraries Association (UASLA) is planning a special library-themed movie night. A proposal is also in progress to collaboratively develop a photography exhibit showcasing student creativity in the Tohono O'odham High School. Both events will take place later in the semester. Details to be announced. Please visit http://www.wix.com/uofasla/sla.

University of Arizona Progressive Librarians Guild (UAPLG), http://sirls.arizona.edu/plg, is focused on the idea that librarianship is political. Every action (or inaction) that a library makes may have a large ripple effect that affects certain populations disproportionately. PLG also fights to maintain the freedom to read content of our choosing. This fall, PLG celebrated Banned Books Week by organizing an exhibit in the main library and hosting "ReadOUT ACTout: Banned LGBTQ Children's Book Theatre" to bring attention to censored literature. 

We also ran a Human Library at the Tucson Festival of Books. This entailed volunteers of many diverse identities acting as "books" which "readers" could "check out" for ten to fifteen minute conversations about prejudice, discrimination, and being allies. We had over seventy people take the time to unpack their prejudices and several hundred more stopped by the booth to see what it's all about. 

Lastly, throughout the spring semester, we've been holding joint meetings with LSO and the other SIRLS clubs in order to more effectively organize and save students' time. This worked really well for planning the SIRLS Graduate Symposium. PLG received a grant for the food and we beat last years attendance record! We're currently looking into one last event for Choose Privacy Week coming up in early May. 

SIRLS Award CeremonyPlease place on your calendar that May 4th from 5:30 pm- 7:30 pm SIRLS will recognize students who have received awards of merit, and scholarships as well as Friends of SIRLS. To RSVP please contact SIRLS at (520) 621-3565 or email Dolores at ddp2001@email.arizona.edu.

Academic ProgramsIf you are interested in special libraries you may want to consider some of our other program options listed below. Please visit the website listed for more information.

Journalism, http://journalism.arizona.edu/node/746Middle Eastern and North African Studies, http://menas.arizona.edu/dual-libsciLaw Library Fellows Program (JD required), http://www.law.arizona.edu/Library/Fellows/fellows.cfm

For those interested in our PhD program please note that the application deadline each year is March 15!

Other SIRLS PhD program options that are pending grant funding include LaScala, which is a joint program with the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The purpose for this program is to prepare doctoral candidates for research in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) librarianship. For more information, please contact Bryan Heidorn at heidorn@email.arizona.edu or (520) 621-3565.

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Planning of New Options in the SIRLS Research PhD ProgramSIRLS is in the planning stages of two new options within its established PhD program. Both options provide doctoral preparation for applicants who are interested in research.

First, this will provide a major in Digital Content and a minor in Cultural Information Competency. Both the major and minor have a roster of courses to pick from, mostly online or hybrid. This content option will be available to residential SIRLS PhD students and also to a limited number of students interested in the second new option being planned by SIRLS, which is a hybrid model of delivery, including cohort residency requirements that also allows studying at a distance. Please note that this hybrid, distance-friendly option is in the early stages of planning and seeking funds for implementation, and is not accepting applications at the current time.

504 Foundations of Library and Information ServicesThis fall 2012 semester IRLS 504 will be offered online in addition to the summer course. It will run the entire semester, and depending on registration levels will continue to be offered year round. This is an important change as it will allow for spring and fall registration, which may offer more flexibility to students.

Job Resources on SIRLS Web

http://sirls.arizona.edu/resources/jobhttp://sirls.arizona.edu/forumhttp://sirls.arizona.edu/LSO/resources

ListservsPlease see http://listserv.arizona.edu/ for instructions on how to subscribe to these listservs that are run by the UofA. Please contact sirls@email.arizona.edu for any questions about this listing.

[JOBOPS], The listserv run by the staff and students here at SIRLS; listings come from several different sources

[SIRLSORGS], A listserv that is run by the student organization.

[KRALL], A listserv of all current KR Scholars for general communication.

[KRALUM], A listserv of past KR Scholars. Please contact the KR Office for more details.

[IRLSALUM-FRIENDS], A listserv of friends and/or alumni of SIRLS.

[PHXFRIENDS], A listserv used to liaise between Phoenix area residents and SIRLS. Please also see their blog for more information, which can be found at http://phoenixfriends.wordpress.com/about/ or at SIRLS, http://sirls.arizona.edu/node/719.

ALA Mailing List Service, http://lists.ala.org/sympaListservs of the ALA in one place. You will just need to login and locate the list you are interested in and subscribe. If you are not sure which one to join there are descriptions of what each list is for, and so you may just want to explore before deciding.

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FACULTY PUBLICATIONS

Fallis, Don. "Wikipistemology." In Social Epistemology: Essential Readings, edited by Alvin Goldman and Dennis Whitcomb, 297-313. Oxford University Press, 2011. http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Philosophy/Epistemology/?view=usa&ci=9780195334616.

---. "Probabilistic Proofs and the Collective Epistemic Goals of Mathematicians." In Collective Epistemology, edited by Hans Bernard Schmid, Marcel Weber, and Daniel Sirtes, Ontos, 157-175. ontos verlag: 2011. http://ssrn.com/abstract=1795682.

---. "Lies, Incorporated." In Philip K. Dick and Philosophy, edited Dylan Wittkower, 163-173. Open Court, 2011. http://books.google.com/books?id=70ITuCtlnc0C&pg=PA163.

---. "The Many Faces of Deception." In Sherlock Holmes and Philosophy, edited by Josef Steiff, 159-177. Open Court, 2011. http://books.google.com/books?id=Vq24xAyfoq0C&pg=PA159.

---. "What Liars Can Tell Us About the Knowledge Norm of Practical Reasoning." Southern Journal of Philosophy (Wiley-Blackwell) 49, no. 4 (2011): 347-367. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.2041-6962.2011.00078.x.

---. "Floridi on Disinformation.", Etica & Politica, 13, no. 2, (2011): 201-214. http://www2.units.it/etica/2011_2/FALLIS.pdf.

---. "It is a Great Crime to Lie to a King." In Game of Thrones and Philosophy, edited by Henry Jacoby, 19-32. Wiley-Blackwell, 2012. http://books.google.com/books?id=d1tcIWvinTEC&lpg=PP1&pg=PT27.

Bradley, Jana, Bruce Fulton and Marlene Helm. “Self-Publishing: An Empirical Snapshot.” The Library Quarterly, 82, no. 2, (2012): 107-140.

Brooks, Catherine and Amy M. Bippus. “Underscoring the social nature of classrooms by examining the amount of virtual talk across online and blended college courses. European Journal of Open, Distance, and E-Learning (2012), http://www.eurodl.org/index.php?p=current&article=490.

Frické, Martin. Logic & the Organization of Information. New York: Springer Science+Business Media, 2012. http://www.springer.com/computer/database+management+%26+information+retrieval/book/978-1-4614-3087-2.

Heidorn, Bryan. Bulletin-American Society for Information Science and Technology, 37, no. 6, (2011): 38-44.

---. “The Emerging Role of Libraries in Data Curation and E-Science.” Journal of Library Administration, 51, no. 7-8 (2011): 662-672.

Littletree, Sandy. “Advocacy and Marketing for the Tribal Library,” Chapter 21 In L. Roy A. Bhasin, and S.K. Arriaga, (Eds.) Tribal libraries, archives, and museums: Preserving our language, memory, and lifeways. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press, 2011.

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Pearlstein, Toby and James Matarazzo. “Survival Lessons for Libraries – Staying Afloat in Turbulent Waters: News/Media Libraries Hit Hard.” Searcher: the magazine for database professionals. 18, no. 4, (2010): 14.

---. “Survival Lessons for Libraries – A Microcosm Points to Broader Implications. Positions Advertised in For-Profit Libraries in New England 2006-2009.” Searcher: the magazine for database professionals. 18, no. 10, (2010): 12-14.

---. “Survival Lessons for Libraries: Educating Special Librarians – ‘The Past is Prologue.’” Searcher: the magazine for database professionals. 19, no. 2, (2011): 30-39.

Baker, C. and Silverman, R., Translation and republication of “Misperceptions about White Gloves,” (originally published in International Preservation News 37, December 2005), by the National Archives of Mexico: “Percepciones erroneas en torno de la utilizacion de los guantes blancos.” Legajos: Boletin del Archivo General de la Nacion 7 epoca. 3, no. 10 (2011): 81-94.

Silverman, R. and Irwin, S., Translation and republication of “Fire and Ice Revisited: A Comparison of Two Soot Removal Techniques for Books,” (originally published in International Preservation News 49, December 2009): 31-35. Translated into Japanese and posted on the IFLA PAC Regional Centre for Asia website (2011): http://www.ndl.go.jp/jp/aboutus/pdf/20110708FireandIce.pdf.

Annabelle F. Shrieve, Vauna Gross, Jeff Hunt, Tomomi Nakashima, and Randy Silverman. “Boxing the ‘Big Huge’: A Preventive Conservation Conundrum.” International Preservation News, 2011.

Silverman, R. and C. A. Baker. “Cultural Record Keepers: Legacy of a One-Man Book Maker.” Libraries & the Cultural Record. 46, no. 1, (2011): 129-132.

Sun, H. (forthcoming), A longitudinal study of herd behavior in the adoption and continued use of technology, MIS Quarterly (MISQ), conditionally accepted.

FACULTY PRESENTATIONS

Bradley, Jana. “The Tale of Arizona’s Two Library Schools,” Arizona Centennial Conference, April 18-24, 2012, http://arizonacentennial.org/.

Heidorn, P. Bryan. “Repository as App: Functionality to attract Dark Data.” Featured Speaker, eResearch Australasia 2011, Malbourne, Australia, November 6-10, 2011. http://conference.eresearch.edu.au/eres2011/featured-speakers/.

---. “Biodiversity Informatics: An Interdisciplinary Challenge.” Keynote: 75th"Impacto de la Informática en el Conocimiento de la Biodiversidad: Actualidad y Futuro” at Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Columbia, August 12, 2011.

---. “The Path to Enlightened Solutions for Biodiversity's Dark Data.” Keynote speaker at Scripting Life: the science behind ViBRANT, Paris, France, January 20-21, 2011.

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LATINO LITERACY ROUNDTABLE 2012by Patricia Montiel-Overall, Kristen Curé, Monica Farmer, Mikel Stone

IntroductionOn Friday, March 9, 2012, the University of Arizona (UofA) School of Information Resources and Library Science (SIRLS), UofA Libraries, Department of Mexican American Studies (MAS), and REFORMA Tucson Chapter held an inaugural Latino Literacy Roundtable, with three invited authors, René Colato Laínez, Sarah Cortez, and Sam Quiñones.

The theme of the inaugural year was children’s and young adult literature. The Roundtable, held at the Sam Lena-South Tucson Branch Public Library in South Tucson, was free and open to the public. The Roundtable was well attended by teachers, principals, parents, and library and information science professionals from Pima County.

The purpose of the 2012 Latino Literacy Roundtable: A Focus on Children’s and Young Adult Literature was to discuss key issues pertaining to literacy. The Roundtable discussions highlighted the positive role literature has for children and young adults in developing literacy, and in addressing issues of identity, cultural heritage, communication, self-esteem, and much more.

By initiating the 2012 Latino Literacy Roundtable the day before the Tucson Festival of Books, the planning committee of the Roundtable hoped to raise awareness of issues related to the development of literacy of Latinos through children’s and young adult literature, written by and written about Latinos. The committee also hoped to celebrate Latino literature and culture and highlighted the important role of literature in developing children’s and young adult’s perceptions about themselves and others. The committee, which included library and information science professionals and educators, also hoped to highlight contributions of Latino literature to Latino communities and to society at large.

Latino literature plays a particularly important role in 21st century society as the Latino communities continue to grow around the United States. Latino literature helps foster greater respect, understanding, and inclusiveness. Latino literature also reminds society about who Latinos are, where they came from, and what their contributions to society are.

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BackgroundEvents in the Tucson community with regard to the removal of literature about Latino linguistic and cultural heritage occurred shortly after the inaugural Latino Literacy Roundtable was planned. These events heightened interest in affording opportunities through the 2012 Roundtable for participants and scholars to address the topic of Latino literature for children and young adults through a Call for Posters.

ProgramThe Roundtable included presentations from the highly respected Latino authors, René Colato Laínez, Sarah Cortez, and Sam Quiñones, about their personal journey becoming authors, and the contribution of their stories to a better understanding of language and culture of Latinos. Three Roundtable discussions followed the presentations with each author facilitating a discussion around the topic of access to literature, and multiple ways of developing literacy for children and young adults.

Poster sessionThe Roundtable provided an opportunity for scholars to present their research interests related to Latino Literacy. A poster session was held intermittently throughout the afternoon, and participants had various opportunities to discuss with presenters their posters related to the roundtable’s theme.

Future RoundtablesThe next Latino Literacy Roundtable will be an all day event, which will take place on Friday before the Tucson Festival of Books. The focus of the 2013 Latino Literacy Roundtable is Family Literacy.

Roundtable Sponsors

University of Arizona LibrariesUniversity of Arizona School of Information Resources and Library ScienceUniversity of Arizona Mexican American Studies DepartmentREFORMA Tucson Chapter

Roundtable Organizing Committee

Chair: Patricia Montiel OverallCo-Chairs: Kristen Curé, Bob Díaz, Tom Gelsinon, Monica Farmer, Natalia Phillips-Portillo, Mikel Stone, Jacquie Welsh

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SIRLS TIMELINE

1956Beginnings as an undergraduate component in school library science in College of Education.

1958First MEd degree with school library science major awarded.

1969Graduate Library School founded.

Donald C. Dickinson appointed first director of the new library school. Six part-time students admitted to the Master of Library Science (MLS) program.

1971Lawrence Clark Powell joined the faculty.

First Master of Library Science degree awarded.

1973Indian Graduate Library Institute began for Native Americans.

1974 Program accredited by the American Library Association. School moved to its present location in the “pink motel.”

1975 Graduate Library Institute for Spanish Speaking Americans (GLISA) founded and directed by Dr. Arnulfo

Trejo.

1979 Program reaccredited by the American Library Association.

Ellen Altman appointed as director.

1984 Margaret Maxwell appointed acting director.

1985 School moved administratively into the Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, later renamed the College of

Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS).

1986 MA degree reaccredited for four years under the new 1992 ALA Standards.

1996 Changed to School of Information Resources and Library Science.

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1998 Director Charles Hurt named Associate Dean of SBS (July).

Charles Seavey, Associate Professor at SIRLS, appointed Acting Director.

1999 Carla Stoffle, Dean of Libraries at UA, appointed Interim Director (July).

2000 University of Arizona withdrew its appeal; invited COA for a site visit in 2001 (May).

COA granted SIRLS a two-year conditional accreditation beginning June 1, 2000.First Law Fellow Began.

2001 Brooke Sheldon appointed Director (January).

COA Accreditation site visit (October). Knowledge River Program Begins.

2002 ALA reaccreditation awarded for four years.

Successful and positive Academic Program Review concluded.

2004 Director Brooke Sheldon retired (May).

Jana Bradley appointed Professor and Director at SIRLS (August).

2006 ALA reaccreditation awarded for seven years.

Digital Information Management Certificate Program (DigIn) Begins.

2009 Director Jana Bradley steps down; Tom Wilding appointed Interim Director

P. Bryan Heidorn appointed Professor and Director at SIRLS (October).MENAS (Formerly NES) dual-degree program begins.

2011Archives Focus added as a Master’s option.

2012Arizona Board of Regents approves planning of e-society undergraduate major

Joint Master’s degree with Journalism approved.

A CALL FOR TIMELINE STORIES AND PHOTOS

We would like to add stories and photos to our timeline online. To view, please visit, http://bitly.com/HnFGfW. Also, if you would like to contribute to the SIRLS history, please send your items to sirls@email.arizona.edu. Be sure to include “timeline” in the SUBJECT line.

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Deadlines*

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SCHOLARSHIPS*

Davis Putter Scholarship Fund“The Davis-Putter Scholarship is open to undergraduate and graduate students who are active in the progressive movement. Selection is based on involvement in the struggle against racism, sexism, homophobia, and other forms of oppression, building the movement for economic justice, and creating peace through international, anti-imperialist solidarity,” http://dpsf.davisputter.org/.

Other Sources of Scholarship Research:

SIRLS Scholarships, http://sirls.arizona.edu/content/scholarshipsUofA Scholarship Universe Database, http://scholarshipuniverse.arizona.edu"FastWeb, http://fastweb.com"

RESIDENCY AND FELLOWSHIPS*

National Library of Medicine“The National Library of Medicine Associate Fellowship Program is a one-year postgraduate training fellowship at the NLM in Bethesda, Maryland, with an optional second year program component. The program is designed to provide a broad foundation in health sciences information services, and to prepare librarians for future leadership roles in health sciences libraries and in health services research. The Associate Fellows are introduced to a wide range of technologies and skills used in managing information at a national library,” http://www.nlm.nih.gov/about/training/associate/proginfo.html.

New Digital Curation Residency Program to Start! http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2012/12-016.html

Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completions Fellowships“...support a year of research and writing to help advanced graduate students in the humanities and related social sciences in the last year of Ph.D. dissertation writing. The program encourages timely completion of the Ph.D.” Please see link in text for more information.

NCSU Libraries Fellowship Program“The NCSU Libraries Fellows Program offers new librarians a two-year appointment during which you develop expertise in a functional area and contribute to an initiative of strategic importance,” http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/fellows

Association of College and Research Libraries Residency Interest Group, http://acrl.ala.org/residency/Here you will find a wealth of information on residency programs. They also have a listserv and an RSS feed. On the “Programs” tab you will find a map with a listing of one to two year programs to consider.

*Please note that while many deadlines have passed, this short listing is meant to help you start your own search. All applications require early planning, and an investment in time. So please consider researching for more opportunities than those listed and begin preparing before the application period opens up again.

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ANNUAL CONFERENCES__________________________

APRIL 2012

IFLA President’s Program Indigenous Knowledges, Vancouver, BC, April 11-15http://iflaindigenousknowledges2012.ok.ubc.ca

Museum Association of Arizona (MAA) Phoenix, AZ April 18-21http://www.azmuseums.org/Default.aspx?pageId=1213607

Arizona Centennial Conference Phoenix, AZ, April 19http://arizonacentennial.org

Midwest Archives ConferenceGrand Rapids, MI, April 19-21http://www.midwestarchives.org/

MAY 2012

Association of Independent Information Professionals (AIIP) Indianapolis, IN, May 3-6http://www.aiip.org/conference

Medical Library Association (MLA) Seattle, WA May18-23http://www.mlanet.org/am/am2012/register/index.html

Conference of Inter-Mountain Archivists (CIMA) joint meeting with the Society of Southwest Archivists (SSA), Phoenix, AZ, May 23-26http://cimarchivists.org/conferences/

JUNE 2012

2012 International Conference on Indigenous Archives, Libraries, and Museums (Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums--ATALM), Tulsa, OK, June 4-7http://www.atalm.org/node/22

American Library Association(ALA), Anahaim, CA, June 21-26http://www.alaannual.org/content/registration-housing-and-travel

JULY 2012

Special Library Association, Chicago, IL July 15-18http://sla2012.sla.org/

11th Gathering of Arizona Tribal Libraries, Tuba City Public Library, July 19-20Website info forthcoming

American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Boston, MA July 21-24http://www.aallnet.org/conference

AUGUST 2012

Pacific Northwest Library Association (PNLA), Anchorage, AK, August 2-3http://www.pnla.org/events/conference2012/index.html

Society of American Archivists (SAA) San Diego, CA, August 6-11http://www2.archivists.org/conference

International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) World Library and Information Congress (WLIC), Helsinki, Finland, August 11-17http://conference.ifla.org/ifla78

SEPTEMBER 2012

Joint Conference of Librarians of Color, Kansas City, Missouri, September 19-23http://jclc-conference.org/

Wyoming Library Association (WLA), Casper, WYSeptember 26-29http://conference.wyla.org/

Association of Rural and Small Libraries (ARSL), Raleigh, NC, September 28-30http://khixon.com/arslsandbox/category/conference2/

OCTOBER 2012

Mountain Plains Library Association (MPLA), Omaha, NE, October 17-19http://nebraskalibraries.org/triconference2012/?p=1

American Society of Information Services and Technology (ASIS&T), Baltimore, MD, October 26-31http://www.asis.org/asist2012/

NOVEMBER 2012

Educause Annual ConferenceDenver, CO, November 6-9http://www.educause.edu/E2012

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JANUARY 2013

ALISE, Seattle, WA January 22-25http://www.alise.org/conferences

FEBRUARY 2013

Music Library AssociationSan Jose, CA February 27-March 3http://musiclibraryassoc.org/about.aspx?id=58

APRIL 2013

Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)Indianapolis, IN, April 10-13http://conference.acrl.org/

Art Libraries of North America (ARLIS/NA)Pasadena, CA, April 25-29http://www.arlisna.org/pasadena2013/

MAY 2013

Medical Library Association (MLA)Boston, MA, May 3-8http://www.mlanet.org/am/am2013/index.html

JUNE 2013

Special Library Association (SLA)San Diego, CA, June 9-11http://www.sla.org/content/Events/index.cfm#futuremeetings

American Library Association (ALA), Chicago, IL June 27-July 2http://www.ala.org/conferencesevents/upcoming

AUGUST 2013

Society of American Archivists (SAA), New Orleans, LAAugust 11-17http://www2.archivists.org/conference/2013/new-orleans

International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) World Library and Information Congress (WLIC), Singapore, August 17-23http://conference.ifla.org/ifla79

SEPTEMBER 2013

Mountain Plains Library Association (MPLA) in conjunction with the North Dakota Library Association (NDLA) and the South Dakota Library Association (SDLA) ConferenceSioux Falls, SD, September 25-27http://www.mpla.us/conference.html

OCTOBER 2013

Nebraska Library Association (NLA), Kearney, NEOctober 8-11http://nebraskalibraries.org/

Educause Annual ConferenceAnaheim, CA, October 15-18http://net.educause.edu/content.asp?PAGE_ID=1352&bhcp=1

MARCH 2014

Public Library Association (PLA) Indianapolis, IN,March 11-15http://www.ala.org/pla/education

JUNE 2014

Special Library Association (SLA)Vancouver, B.C., CanadaJune 8-11http://www.sla.org/content/Events/index.cfm#futuremeetings

OTHER FALL 2014

Mountain Plains Library Association (MPLA) in conjunction with the Arizona Library Association (AzLA) Conference, Fall Information Forthcoming

Educause Annual ConferenceOrlando, FL, October 27-30http://net.educause.edu/content.asp?PAGE_ID=1352&bhcp=1

ADDRESS:

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