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Digital Collections: Strategies, Methods, & Outcomes Webinar, 6/27

When: June 27 at 12:00 PM (Central Time)

Register: https://forms.gle/jiaLxqBXBDmdt8EM9

This webinar will focus on library programs and initiatives that aim to facilitate access to unique resources from around the world and ensure their physical preservation without taking physical custody of the materials themselves. Each panelist will discuss the ways in which they form partnerships with scholars and institutions around the world, how the resulting collections function, and what lessons can be learned in the process. More detailed agenda information to come.

Panelists

      • Jody Butterworth (Curator, British Library Endangered Archives Programme)
      • T-Kay Sangwand (Librarian for Digital Collection Development, UCLA)
      • Jim Nye (Bibliographer for Southern Asia, Emeritus, UChicago; Director, Digital South Asia Library)
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Escuchando la Frontera: Listening to Collections and Communities, UCLA Digital Library Special Event

The Music Library, Chicano Studies Research Center, and Ethnomusicology Archive invite interested community members to a shared exhibit on the Frontera Collection, which is hosted by the UCLA Digital Library.  Escuchando la Frontera: Listening to Collections and Communities will include two panels with roundtable discussions, presentation of related student work, a DJ playing of some of the recordings from the collection and live performance by Steve Loza Group.

Escuchando la Frontera: Listening to Collections and Communities

In Celebration of the Strachwitz Frontera Collection at UCLA

Wednesday, June 5th, 1 – 6 PM

UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive and UCLA Music Library

1630 and 1102 Schoenberg Music Building

RSVP Here

 

12:30 – 1 Frontera Collection DJ

1 – 2:30  Listening to Collections Panel

Antonio Cuellar, Arhoolie Foundation

Tom Diamant, Arhoolie Foundation

Agustin Gurza, Chicano Studies Research Center

Lisa McAulay, UCLA Digital Library

Maureen Russell, Moderator, UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive

Chon A. Noriega, Introduction, Chicano Studies Research Center

2:45 – 4 Listening to Communities Panel

Cesar Favila, UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music

Steve Loza, UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music

Yuri Shimoda, UCLA Graduate Student

Matthew Vest, Moderator, UCLA Music Library

Allison Benedetti, Introduction, UCLA Library

4 – 6 Reception with Steve Loza Group

Organized by the UCLA Music Library, UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, and the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive.

With support from the Office of Interdisciplinary & Cross Cultural Affairs and the UCLA Center for Latino Arts.

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Workshop: Getting Started with ArcGIS Pro

Date: Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Time: 9:00am – 4:00pm (with one hour lunch break)

Location: Research Library 11630L – Scholarly Innovation Lab (SIL)

In this hands-on workshop, you will learn ArcGIS Pro, the next generation ArcGIS Desktop application, which is tightly integrated to modern Web GIS. The workshop will specifically discuss how to get started, how to migrate from ArcMap, doing Web GIS, and performing analysis and tasks. There will be plenty of hands-on exercises. To attend this workshop, please register: 

https://calendar.library.ucla.edu/admin/calendar/2190/event/5406529/registrations

We look forward to seeing you then.

Because we need to provide attendees with computers and ArcGIS Pro licenses in advance, we request that you register for the workshop no later than Monday, May 20.

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Call for Volunteers, ASIST 2019 Annual Meeting in Australia

 

Overview

The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is seeking ASIS&T student members to volunteer at our 2019 Annual Meeting, 19-23 October in Melbourne, Australia.  We invite you to complete this application if you wish to volunteer at the meeting.

Help ASIS&T welcome more than 400 information scientists, students and like-minded professionals to the meeting, and enjoy unparalleled opportunities to network with practitioners, researchers, educators, and industry representatives. Attend large and small sessions covering a myriad of important topics to all areas of information science.  We hope this will enhance your experience at the 2019 Annual Meeting.

If your application is approved, in exchange for volunteering, a complimentary registration (valued up to $485) (travel and lodging are not included) will be provided. Since your registration fee will be waived, you must be able to attend the entire meeting. Your institution also must sign your application to ensure they approve your attendance at the meeting.

ASIS&T student membership in good standing for 2019 is a prerequisite to volunteer. To apply to volunteer, please complete the application here no later than 19 July 2019.

How to Participate:
If you would like to be considered for the 2019 ASIS&T Annual Meeting Student Volunteer Program, please complete the application.

Applications are considered on a first-come, first served basis, so be sure to let us know of your interest by Friday, 19 July 2019.

Looking forward to seeing you in Melbourne, Australia! Learn More
APPLY TO VOLUNTEER

 

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Special Colloquium: Rémi Boivin on Montreal Police-Worn Bodycam Project

In addition to our regular colloquium at 3pm, the Department will be hosting a special colloquium this Thursday May 9 at 12h30 in room 111, featuring Professor Rémi Boivin from the Université de Montréal (abstract and bio below). Pizza and strawberry-rhubarb crisp will be served.

How video documents caused the ending of the Montreal police body-worn cameras project

Body-worn cameras (BWCs) have been implemented in thousands of police organisations during the last decade. The empirical literature is growing likewise; however, it mostly focuses on the deterrent effect that early studies promised. Drastic decreases of complaints against officers and of use of force during interventions are expected, because of (anticipated) better policing. These expectations neglect a key feature of BWCs: they were designed to record interventions and thus, to create potentially permanent footage documenting police work. While these recordings could — at least in theory — provide useful evidence in favor of or against officers and citizens, the amount of new video documents to stock and classify on a regular basis poses challenges that are so important (and costly) that entire implementations are jeopardized. This presentation is based on the recent pilot project conducted by the Montreal police. On the one hand, it discusses practical issues: How many documents should be expected? How are these documents managed? Are they useful? On the other hand, a preliminary analysis of factors related to camera activation is presented to investigate whether BWC recordings are representative of police work.

Rémi Boivin is Associate Professor at the School of Criminology (Université de Montréal) and regular researcher at the International Centre for Comparative Criminology. His main research interests are crime analysis and police work. He is currently leading a research project investigating the “perspective bias” related to body-worn cameras and its impact on judgments of police interventions. He was part of the research team that evaluated the impact of the Montreal police body-worn cameras pilot project.

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Accession & Digitization Workshop, May 2, 12:30pm, IS Lab Zone A

How do institutions add new materials to their collections?

The IS Lab welcomes participants to assist with the accession and digitization of recently acquired materials. In this workshop, participants will be introduced to accession and digitization practices for archival collections, including setting the appropriate level of description, articulating the link between description and arrangement, documenting an initial assessment, and starting a digitization project. The goal of the workshop is to provide practical experience in assessing, processing, digitizing, and managing gifted collections, especially within the context of a small repository.

Please join us at 12:30pm on May 2 in the IS Lab!

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Oxygen XML & OpenRefine Working Session, May 8, 12:30pm

If you’re enrolled in IS 464 Metadata this term—or if you wanted to take the course, but were unable to—please join us at 12:30pm on Wednesday, May 8, for  a working session.

We’ll start the session with an overview of Oxygen XML and work through the class assignment. Then we’ll shift into an overview of OpenRefine and walk through a few exercises of interest.

This working session is open to anyone interested in becoming familiar with Oxygen XML and/or OpenRefine.

Please bring your laptop and pre-register for a trial subscription to Oxygen XML. If you don’t have a laptop, please email us so we can reserve a CLICC laptop for you, which is preloaded with Oxygen XML.

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Horn Press General Meeting, 4:45pm Wednesday

The Horn Press will be holding a general meeting this Wednesday, April 24th, from 4:45 to 5:15 p.m. in room 111!

We will be discussing workshops & other activities for the spring as well as the future of Horn Press. Please join us if you might be interested in taking on a board position or being otherwise involved in the 2019-2020 academic year.

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README Lab Hours, Spring 2019

Are you interested in learning more about digital rights or looking for a space to talk about the latest data breach? Maybe you know a new online security tool and want to share it…

Join README during our weekly Lab Hours!

For the 2019 spring quarter through June 6th, members of README will be posted up in the IS Lab (Zone A) in GSEIS on Thursdays from 3pm-4pm. Each week, we will circulate a topic and relevant short news article through our website, IS-Net, and our listserv to better frame the conversation. If you have a topic or article suggestion, send it to uclareadme@riseup.net or @ us on Twitter at @uclareadme

Topic for April 4th: Free Week! This week, we’ll ease into our lab hours with a relatively unstructured check-in! We can talk about a recent meeting some members had with Elliot Harmon (Activism Director @ EFF), our upcoming event “After Disruption,” our participation in the UCLA Arts Party @ Hammer Museum, as well as brainstorm future lab hour topics and potential collaborations. Join us!

All are welcome to drop in and chat with us! This includes IS faculty, staff, and students as well as allies from around the UCLA campus and its libraries.

#READMELabHour on Twitter