University of California, Los Angeles
Join us for a 6-week bootcamp led by seasoned industry experts to gain skills in product development and project management. In partnership with the County of Los Angeles, students will use the Google Ventures Design Thinking framework to address a social issue and learn the steps to produce real outcomes that benefit the local community.
REGISTER by October 6
MLIS students, librarians, archivists, collectors, and other scholars are invited to take part in an interactive tour of Rare Books LAX guided by Russell Johnson (Curator of History of Medicine and the Sciences at UCLA Library Special Collections) and Derek Quezada (Special Collections Outreach and Public Services Librarian at UC Irvine).
Featuring more than 75 leading specialists in antiquarian books, fine prints, photography, maps, and ephemera, the inaugural Rare Books LAX takes place October 5 and 6, 2019 at The Proud Bird in Los Angeles, a historic event center with an adjacent award-winning food bazaar, which is located a stone’s throw from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). For more information, visit www.rarebooksla.com
Each tour will run about 90 minutes, during which Russell and Derek will lead their ducklings up and down the aisles of the fair and discuss their approach to collection development, evaluating material for purchase, and the proper care and feeding of booksellers. Russell will lead tours beginning at 10:30 AM and 1 PM, respectively, on Saturday, October 5, while Derek will lead tours beginning at 11 AM and 1:30 PM, respectively, on Sunday, October 6.
Space is limited: each tour is capped at six participants.
When you reserve a spot for a tour, you will also receive complimentary admission to Rare Books LAX.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rare-books-lax-tickets-61308216526?aff=DucklingTour
After you select an available tour and complete your registration, a confirmation and ticket will be emailed to you.
If the tours are full and you would still like to attend Rare Books LAX, discounted passes are available through Goldstar:
https://www.goldstar.com/events/los-angeles-ca/rare-books-lax-tickets
If you have any additional questions, please email info@rarebooksla.com or call 626-634-0075.
Put your archival skills to work in the community. Volunteer for the IS Department’s contribution to UCLA Volunteer Day on Saturday, September 28, at the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center. The hospital serves veterans in an unincorporated area surrounded by the city of Los Angeles. Bruin volunteers will work with Professor Anne Gilliland to kick off a project that will not only establish an archives of the materials from the facility, but also make way for 1,200 housing units for homeless veterans.
#BruinsGiveBack @UCLAiS @UCLA
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
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
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.
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.
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
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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.
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!
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.
